Faculty Promotion Materials

University Promotion Information

Office of the Provost: Faculty Promotion and Tenure

 

College of Science Promotion Information

These documents are a supplement, giving college-specific information regarding the tenure and promotion criteria. The relevant university-level documents are

1. Academic Tenure and Promotion (I.B.2) and
2. Criteria for tenure and promotion for the West Lafayette Campus.

Details regarding the documentation of material in support of a promotion are in Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures, Section X of the College of Science Policies and Procedures Manual. The criteria described here are general in nature reflecting the diversity of ways to provide evidence of scholarship in our college. They summarize the major items that are the focus of the discussions at the College of Science Area Committee when reviewing nominations for tenure and promotion. Detailed department-specific criteria are listed separately below.

• College of Science Promotion Outline 2024 – Tenure/Tenure-track Faculty (PDF)
• College of Science Promotion Outline 2024 – Professors of Practice (PDF)

 

Departmental Promotion Criteria

• Biological Sciences (PDF)
• Chemistry
  • Tenure/Tenure Track Criteria (PDF)
  • Professors of Practice (PDF)
• Computer Science (PDF)
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (PDF)
• Mathematics
  
  • Tenure/Tenure Track Criteria (PDF)
  • Professors of Practice (PDF)
• Physics and Astronomy (PDF)
• Statistics (PDF)