Promotion & Tenure

Promotions

Pursuing promotion for Associate Professor or Professor ranks requires assembling and submitting a detailed dossier of your accomplishments. Our department supports faculty during this process by collecting all necessary documents, performing an initial review, and then submitting the finalized dossier to Faculty Affairs for review by the Medical School promotion committees. Dossiers are reviewed in accordance with the appropriate track statements, following the promotion procedures established by the University of Minnesota and the Board of Regents faculty tenure code.

If you are considering academic promotion, the best place to start is by making sure you keep your Curriculum Vitae (CV) updated regularly and keep detailed records of your accomplishments (teaching, publications, presentations). You may also want to consider meeting with our Department Head or the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs to review your CV and determine if you are ready to go up for promotion. For any initial questions on the P&T process, please reach out to Haley Rothman ([email protected]).

Timeline

January

Faculty informs administrative staff that they are interested in promotion for upcoming cycle.

Faculty may schedule a meeting with the Department Head or Faculty Affairs to determine readiness.

February

If ready, Faculty will submit their CV & Narrative Statement to the department. Faculty will also submit a list of reviewers for the department to contact.

March

Department will solicit letters of review from external and internal reviewers.

April/May/June

Faculty will work on preparing and submitting additional items for their dossier to the department.

Letters from external and internal reviewers are submitted to the department.

 

July

Faculty will submit any remaining sections needed for their dossier, and will submit a finalized version of their CV to the department.

August

Department Head completes their review and recommendations for candidate dossiers.

Department faculty meet to discuss and vote on candidates.

Candidates review finalized dossier and submit their statement of assurance.

September

Finalized dossiers are submitted to Faculty Affairs on September 15.

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Department Requirements

All faculty, at all ranks, undergo an annual performance review. According to the Medical School Faculty Review Policy, the head of the department or his/her designee annually reviews the progress of each faculty member and prepares a written summary of that review and discusses the faculty member's progress with the faculty member, giving him/her a copy of the report. 

Track Statements

Academic Track Statement

Clinician Track Statement

7.12 Tenure Track Statement

P&T Trainings

Promotion & Tenure Training Sessions are available for faculty and staff every year. You can find the full list of dates on the Faculty Affairs website here.