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Office of the Provost

Promoting and Advancing Northwestern’s Academic Mission

Welcome to the Office of the Provost

The Office of the Provost provides the resources and infrastructure that empower Northwestern's community of scholars to pursue their greatest scholarly ambitions.

Provost Kathleen Hagerty

As Northwestern's chief academic officer, Provost Hagerty works with deans, directors and administrative units to set academic priorities and polices and coordinate initiatives to support graduate and undergraduate education, faculty appointments and promotion, and space and resource planning. She also has primary responsibility for preparing Northwestern’s annual budget.

Provost Hagerty is the First Chicago Professor of Finance in Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management.

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Provost Hagerty speaking at podium

For Faculty

The Office of the Provost oversees faculty policies and connects faculty with a wide range of career and work/life resources.

Updates and Announcements

Upcoming Events

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4
2025

Independence Day - University Closed

All Day
Independence Day - University Closed

Announcements

State Department's new criteria for visa applicants

June 23, 2025
from Office of International Student and Scholar Services
Late last week, the U.S. Department of State announced new screening and vetting criteria for visa applicants. According to the announcement, “all applicants for F, M, and J nonimmigrant visas will be instructed to adjust the privacy settings on all of their social media profiles to ‘public.’”

Updates Ahead of Graduation Weekend

June 10, 2025
from Leadership Notes
Graduation Weekend is a time to honor the achievements of our graduates in the Class of 2025 and all those who have supported them along their journeys — family, friends, faculty and staff. These guidelines were created to ensure the focus remains on graduates throughout Graduation Weekend.