Tenure

Guidance and templates for faculty who wish to change their appointment term.

The University community recognizes the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on faculty productivity, performance, and trajectory.

The University of Maryland, College Park (“the University”) recognizes that our faculty engage in visible, meaningful, innovative, and impactful research/scholarship/creative works, teaching and mentoring, service, extension, and librarianship activities that further the mission of our University. The creativity, ingenuity, and excellence of our faculty propels the University’s success as we reimagine learning, take on humanity’s grand challenges, invest in people and communities, and partner to advance the public good (Fearlessly Forward).

A list of faculty who were tenured and or promoted during the most recent academic year.

Faculty who wish to change from a 9.5 or 10 month contract to an Academic Year (9 month) contract must complete the Request For Change In University Of Maryland Appointment Agreement form. Faculty members who are currently on 12-month appointments may request, after consultation with their department chair, a change in the fraction of their salary provided by the State.

The Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) and our partners in the Office of Academic Affairs– ADVANCE, the Center for Leadership and Organizational Change (CLOC), and the Teaching and Learning Transforma

The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) does not permit a faculty member to hold tenure at more than one institution.