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UC San Diego Department Standards for Academic Advancement

Candidates proposed for appointment, merit, appraisal, and/or promotion shall be judged with respect to a candidate's performance in teaching, research and other creative work, professional activity, and University and public service as determined by the candidate's proposed academic series, rank, duties, and field of study.

Per PPM 230-220, acceleration proposals must address the department standards for normal merit advancement and articulate how the candidate’s performance is exceptional.  In parallel with normal merit advancement progress, the criteria for both good and exceptional performance become more rigorous with rank and step.

Such proposals should address established departmental standards and articulate how a candidate's performance meets or exceed said standards. 

Department Standards for Academic Advancement may not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the assessment and advancement of academic appointees.

Below is a repository of established departmental standards distributed by school.

 

UC San Diego General Campus

Colleges

Jacobs School of Engineering

Bioengineering

  • Ladder Rank (Merit)- Under Revision
  • Ladder Rank (Promotion)- Under Revision
  • Teaching Professors

Computer Sciences & Engineering


Electrical and Computer Engineering


Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering


Nano Engineering
  • Ladder Rank- Under Revision
  • Teaching Professors- Under Revision

Structural Engineering

Qualcomm Institute

Rady School of Management

School of Arts and Humanities

School of Biological Sciences

School of Biological Sciences


Cell & Developmental Biology


Ecology, Behavior & Evolution


Molecular Biology


Neurobiology

School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences

Halicioğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI)


San Diego Super Computer 

School of Social Sciences

Anthropology


Cognitive Science

  • Standards for Advancement- Under Revision

Communication


Economics


Ethnic Studies


Education Studies


Linguistics


Psychology


Political Sciences

  • Ladder Rank and Teaching Professors- Under Revision

Sociology


Urban Studies Program

School of Global Policy & Strategy

School of Physical Sciences

UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography

UC San Diego Health Sciences