Appointments & Promotions
The process of receiving an appointment or a promotion at the Yale School of Medicine is lengthy, and the details vary from one department to another. However, there are certain school-wide requirements that apply to everyone.
All faculty appointments and promotions begin within the candidate’s department. We recommend that you contact your department for information about its process, requirements and timetable. All appointments and promotions must be approved by one of two Appointments and Promotions Committees, which are composed of the dean or deputy dean of the Yale School of Medicine and senior faculty who represent a wide range of ladder faculty in relationship to department, academic, track, and areas of expertise. The Committees meet from February to June to discuss and vote on faculty proposals submitted by the departments.
Attaining an appointment or a promotion culminates with approval by the Yale Corporation, the governing board and policy-making body of Yale University. New academic titles are not official until they have been approved by the Corporation, so it is in the interest of the candidate as well as the department to provide all documents in a timely manner.
To help with this process, we have prepared checklists of the documents needed for appointment, reappointment and promotion within the faculty ranks:
- Ladder faculty with Tenure Appointments
- Ladder faculty with Continuing Appointment
- Ladder Faculty with Term Appointments
- Research Appointments
- Non-ladder faculty appointments
- Voluntary appointments
When the documents are ready for review by the Appointment and Promotions Committee, the department’s faculty affairs coordinator will submit them to the Office of Faculty Affairs using our email address: faculty.affairs@yale.edu
Reappointment & Promotion Timeline
Timeline
New faculty recruits, reappointments and promotions all follow the same general timeline, although some dates differ for senior and junior faculty.
The process begins in July, when department chairs assemble their lists of candidates for reappointment or promotion, and ends in June, when the Yale Corporation votes on candidates.
We recommend that department administrators and candidates use this timeline so they can plan their schedules and submit their materials in a timely manner.
