Promotion and tenure

Medical School faculty requesting promotion to associate professor or professor across all Medical School tracks must submit a dossier which will be voted on at the departmental, collegiate, and University levels.

Dossiers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF document with bookmarks. Guides for creating these documents can be obtained from the Office of Faculty Affairs (612-624-5442).

Promotion and Tenure Committee

POLICIES
Policies regarding external letters have changed. Read the instructions regarding external letters in the model dossier to ensure compliance. If your dossier does not meet the requirements, it cannot be considered by the collegiate committee and will be returned to the departments for amendment. It is required that the faculty list their relationship with the reviewers in this section. An example of this document and its suggested language can be viewed here. 

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
The promotion and tenure dossiers submission deadline for fiscal year 2014 is September 17, 2012.
If you have additional questions, contact the Office of Faculty Affairs at 612-624-5442. 

CRITERIA STATEMENTS
7.12 Statements by departments
7.12 Statement  (Draft of Updated Preamble Available Here.)
Clinical Scholars Statements
Research Track Statements
Teaching Track Statements

DOWNLOADS
Forms
ISI Web of Knowledge Instructions
2011-2012 Instructional Memorandum for Medical School Department Heads (Carey)
2011-2012 Instructional Memorandum for P&T (Provost)
Tenure Code (amended 6/2011)
Tenure Code (amended 6/2007)
Tenure Code (amended 3/2001)
Procedures for Review of Probationary Faculty
Provost's Voting Rules on Tenured Assistant Professors (10/6/11)