Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Director Graduate School

Position: Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Director of the Graduate School

Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Director of the Graduate School Please see Special Instructions for more details.

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Position Information

Announcement Number

Announcement Number FAC - VA - 26031

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Working Title Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Director of the Graduate School

Brief

Position Overview

President Brock Tessman and Executive Vice President and Provost Robert Mokwa are pleased to announce the launch of a national search for a Vice Provost of Graduate Education and Director of Graduate School (Vice Provost). The Vice Provost will provide leadership, management and administration of graduate education and serve as director of the Graduate School. The vice provost will report to the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs (Provost).

The person hired in this position will lead transformation and growth of graduate education and will work with academic departments and college deans to achieve advancements in recruitment, retention and completion, and expansion of graduate education at the Master and Doctoral levels. The vice provost will serve as a champion for graduate education and will ensure the integration of graduate education and research in alignment with University priorities.

Full Leadership Profile and application link can be found at https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..html

Faculty Tenure Track

Faculty Tenure Track Yes

Faculty Rank

Faculty Rank Full Professor

Position Number

Position Number 4B3471

Department

Department Graduate School

Division

Division Office of Academic Affairs

Appointment Type

Appointment Type Faculty

Contract Term

Contract Term Academic Year

Semester

If other, specify From date

If other, specify From date 07/01/2026

If other, specify End date

Union Affiliation

Union Affiliation Exempt from Collective Bargaining

FTE

FTE 1.0

Benefits Eligible

Salary Salary commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications.

Contract Type

Contract Type MUS

Recruitment Type

Recruitment Type Open

General Statement

The University Founded in 1893 as Montana’s land‑grant institution, Montana State University has established a national and international reputation for excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, high research activity and active community outreach and engagement in the colleges of agriculture; arts and architecture; business; engineering; education, health and human development; letters and science; and nursing. The university also boasts a very successful graduate school, library, honors college and a two‑year college.

Routinely listed by U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s best buys for undergraduate education. Montana State’s strategic plan, Choosing Promise (
www.montana.edu/strategic plan/), establishes the university’s goals and priorities, while emphasizing the strengths and responsibilities of the land‑grant mission.

MSU is among the nation’s top research universities with faculty that explore health and biomedicine; energy, the environment, transportation, engineering, agriculture, business and economics, the arts, computer and data science, cybersecurity, optics and photonics, the physical sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. MSU researchers are active in publishing and enthusiastic about sharing their work. Faculty take advantage of the ability to conduct pioneering research while providing learning opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.

In fiscal year 2025, MSU had $288 million in research expenditures.

MSU has enjoyed strong state legislative support, an enrollment growth of about 24% over the past decade, exceptional growth in research expenditures and grants awarded, as well as partnerships with agencies and private benefactors who have fully funded the construction of several new buildings on campus for education and research. Currently under construction on campus are new buildings for nursing, a building for computer science and art technologies, and an on‑campus hotel.

Montana State University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities ( NWCCU ), an institutional accrediting body…