The Office of the Provost advances the mission of the University of Maine through the coordinated support of academic affairs. As UMaine’s second-ranking officer, the Provost collaborates closely with the President and her cabinet, deans and directors, the chief academic officers of other campuses across the University of Maine System and the world-class faculty who carry out UMaine’s mission through their teaching, research, and service. Through its stewardship of various functions unique to the university’s status as a Land- and Sea-Grant institution, the Office of the Provost serves diverse communities at UMaine and beyond.

In total, the Office oversees six colleges (and associated schools) and UMaine’s regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. It oversees the Division of Lifelong Learning; Cooperative Extension; and many other departments, divisions, offices and centers across the university. It also leads academic affairs, faculty development, student success initiatives, strategic priorities, program assessment and accreditation, institutional research and assessment, university libraries, and academic personnel management (including appointments and reappointments of faculty and staff, tenure and promotion, and annual evaluations). For more information about the units that report to the Office of the Provost, please visit our Academic Affairs page.

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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost


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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the heart of the University of Maine, contributing to the education of every undergraduate student on the Orono campus. Courses in this college …

College of Engineering and Computing

As Maine’s leading engineering and computing program, the college prepares an educated workforce, conducts research that turns knowledge into innovative solutions and …

College of Earth, Life and Health Sciences

2,299 Undergraduate Students
673 Graduate Students

The College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences at the University of Maine is a hub for discovery, education and collaboration in the social, health, life and environmental sciences.  Since its …

Education & Human Development

The College of Education and Human Development promotes learning and wellness across the lifespan, shaping leaders who will go on to shape the world. No other institution in Maine …

Maine Business School

1,393 Undergraduate Students
367 Graduate Students

The Maine Business School offers an education that is robust in perspective, rigorous in practice, and relevant to the needs of the ever-changing business …

Honors College

749 Undergraduate Students

The Honors College is one of the oldest and most respected Honors programs in the country. Honors began in 1935, with its first group of four students graduating in 1937. Over the past 85+ …

Cooperative Extension

UMaine Cooperative Extension is your doorway to University of Maine expertise. For over 100 years, we’ve been putting university research to work in homes, businesses, farms, and communities — in every corner of Maine. Our educational efforts focus on the …

Lifelong Learning

1,082 Undergraduate Students
15 Graduate Students

The Division of Lifelong Learning is home to many programs and services designed to increase access to UM’s wide range of degree and certificate …

UMaine at Machias

293 Undergraduate Students

The University of Maine at Machias is the Downeast regional campus of the University of Maine. Located in a historic town on Maine’s Bold Coast, UMaine …

Office of the Provost News

President Ferrini-Mundy shaking a faculty member's hand at a Promotion and Tenure reception event at the President's house.
Thirty-eight faculty members receive tenure or promotion
Image of students in a classroom. A young man is drawing a diagram on a piece of paper in the foreground.
LearningWell magazine features Research Learning Experiences at UMaine
A picture of Fogler Library in the summer in the early evening.
Generative AI in Teaching and Learning

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