UNC Announces New Provost

Today, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced the appointment of Magnus Egerstedt as Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, effective March 2, 2026. Egerstedt, currently Dean of Engineering in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine, will succeed Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost James W. Dean Jr., who has been serving in an interim role since May 2025.