Assistant Professor - Accountancy & Taxation
About the role
The C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston seeks qualified applicants for one tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank in the Department of Accountancy and Taxation, starting in Fall 2027.
The Bauer College is one of the largest AACSB-accredited business programs in the country, with over 8,000 undergraduate and 1,100 graduate students. It offers degrees in Accountancy and Taxation, Finance, Management and Leadership, Marketing, Management Information Systems, and Supply Chain Management. The college's undergraduate program is ranked 15th among public schools and 40th overall by Poets & Quants (2025), and its professional MBA program is consistently ranked in the top 30 among public schools by U.S. News & World Report and Fortune Magazine. Faculty research productivity ranks 48th in North America per UT Dallas rankings (2021–2025).
The Accountancy & Taxation department is separately accredited by the AACSB. It offers innovative programs including the Professional Program in Accountancy (enabling students to obtain B.B.A. and M.S. degrees in five years), an M.S. in Accountancy program with over 150 students highly sought by top public accounting firms and industry, and a doctoral program that has fostered numerous coauthored publications by students and faculty. According to the 2025 BYU accounting research rankings, the department ranks 22nd in analytical modeling and 41st in archival research over the last 12 years.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Accounting (must hold or be expected to hold by June 2027)
- Excellent record of, or clear promise for, high-quality research
- High level of teaching competence
Benefits
Houston is the energy capital of the world with a large healthcare sector and several Fortune 500 headquarters. The cost of living