
Academic Review & Appointment Life-Cycle
Periodic review of academic accomplishments is required by University policy (APM - 210, 220, and 160) for all academic appointees. The academic review process is conducted to ensure the continuing quality of faculty and academics who are eligible for reappointment, merit advancement, or promotion based on their applicable academic series criteria.
During an academic review, a file containing materials submitted by the academic appointee, their department, and their school is prepared and submitted for committee review and issuance of an outcome by an applicable final authority.
This page is aimed at providing faculty and academics with an improved understanding of UC San Diego's academic review process while promoting procedural transparency.
UC San Diego's academic review process functions under the concept of "delegated authority".
Defined as the process of transferring responsibility for a task from one individual to another , delegated authority for the academic review process is normally divided between a school's Dean, the Sr. Associate Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs, Executive Vice Chancellor, and Chancellor.
For a detailed understanding of UC San Diego's delegations of authority for the academic review process, we encourage faculty and academics familiarize themselves with UC San Diego's Authority & Review Chart and Delegation of Authority webpage.
Based on the applicable delegated authority, academic review files can undergo one of several possible procedural workflows. Please review the charts listed below for a visual representation of an academic review file's movement through the review process.
UC San Diego's academic review process works at its most efficient level when materials, recommendations, and files are submitted in consideration of applicable campus review deadlines. Below is a listing of deadlines established at each school for the submission of academic review files and materials by a department to the school's dean's office for review.
Please contact your departmental academic personnel services representative if you have questions about your school's submission deadlines.
Please note, school deadlines are established in consideration of campus and committee review deadlines as linked below:
Interfolio Review, Promotion, & Tenure (RPT) Workflow Templates
UC San Diego's academic review and appointment process is managed via an electronic workflow and case management software called Interfolio Review, Promotion, & Tenure (RPT). Within RPT, proposed academic actions follow a pre-established workflow template that grants reviewers and final authorities, as determined by the proposed academic action and policy, access to file materials and the ability to issue final outcomes.
The creation and subsequent use of RPT workflow templates is determined by the academic review or appointment action and the applicable delegated final authority.
UC San Diego employs the use of several policy driven workflow templates for departments and schools to use when processing academic review and appointment actions. Departments and schools have some flexibility in how they design their specific workflow templates as long as they observe and maintain policy driven workflow requirements. Below is a breakdown of UC San Diego's foundational policy driven workflow requirements as well as a breakdown of workflow templates separated by school, department, action, and delegated authority.
Earl Warren |
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Eighth |
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Eleanor Roosevelt |
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John Muir |
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Revelle |
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Seventh |
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Sixth |
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Thurgood Marshall |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
Halicioglu Institute for Data Science |
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Qualcomm Institute |
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San Diego Super Computer |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
Jacobs School of Engineering |
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Bioengineering |
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Computer Science and Engineering |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering |
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Nanoengineering |
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Structural Engineering |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Arts and Humanities |
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Analytical Writing Program |
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History |
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Institute for Practical Ethics |
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Institute of Arts & Humanities |
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Literature |
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Music |
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Philosophy |
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Theatre & Dance |
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Visual Arts |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Biological Sciences |
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Cell and Developmental Biology |
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Ecology, Behavior & Evolution |
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Molecular Biology |
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Neurobiology |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Global Policy & STrategy |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Physical Sciences |
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Astronomy and Astrophysics |
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Chemistry & Biochemistry |
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Mathematics |
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Physics |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Social Sciences |
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Anthropology |
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Center for Research on Educational Equity & Teaching Excellence |
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Cognitive Science |
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Communication |
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Education Studies |
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Ethnic Studies |
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Linguistics |
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Political Science |
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Sociology |
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Psychology |
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Urban Studies and Planning |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
School of Medicine |
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Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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School of Public Health
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, Physical Oceanography
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Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine
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California Sea Grant
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Geosciences Research |
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Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
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Integrative Oceanography |
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Marine Biology Research |
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Marine Physical Laboratory |
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SIO Department |
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*Review workflow templates can also be used to process academic appointment actions.
2024-2025 File Submission Statistics
October 28, 2024 File Submission Deadline Statistics for:
- First Deferral- Dean's Authority
- Second Consecutive Deferral-EVC Authority
School |
Expected |
Outstanding
as of 1/3/2025
|
Percentage
Outstanding
|
Arts & Humanities |
15 |
0 |
0% |
Biological sciences |
2 |
1 |
50% |
Colleges |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Global Policy and Strategy |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Health Sciences |
2 |
1 |
50% |
Jacobs School of Engineering |
1 |
0 |
0% |
Physical Sciences |
2 |
0 |
0% |
Quartet |
1 |
0 |
0% |
Rady School of Management |
6 |
1 |
16.7% |
SIO |
2 |
1 |
50% |
Research and Innovation |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Social Sciences |
12 |
1 |
8.3% |
Total |
43 |
5
|
11.6% |
December 2, 2024 File Submission Deadline Statistics for:
- Consecutive no-change actions requiring campus review
- Actions for non-salaried appointees requiring campus review
- Contested no-change actions
- Appraisals
- Reappointments/merit actions requiring campus review
- Advancements within Above Scale
School |
Expected |
Outstanding
as of 1/3/2025
|
Percentage
Outstanding
|
Arts & Humanities |
9 |
0 |
0% |
Biological sciences |
12 |
1 |
8.3% |
Colleges |
0 |
0 |
0% |
Global Policy and Strategy |
1 |
1 |
100% |
Health Sciences |
42 |
16 |
38.1% |
Jacobs School of Engineering |
12 |
3 |
25% |
Physical Sciences |
10 |
0 |
0% |
Quartet |
1 |
0 |
0% |
Rady School of Management |
0 |
0 |
0% |
SIO |
9 |
9 |
100% |
Research and Innovation |
4 |
2 |
50% |
Social Sciences |
15 |
4 |
26.7% |
Total |
115 |
36
|
31.3% |
Please note, the above provided statistics are specific to actions requiring submission to and review from the Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP).
Historical File Submission Statistics
Click the below linked file containing academic review life-cycle statistics for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Please note, the provided statistics are specific to files submitted for Sr. AVC, EVC, or Chancellor review.
Additionally, the provided statistics are not inclusive of carry-forward files from the 2022-2023 academic year, appointments, series changes, retention and pre-emptive retentions, and UC-AFT Non-Senate Faculty Files.
Click the below linked file containing academic review life-cycle statistics for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Please note, the provided statistics are specific to files submitted for Sr. AVC, EVC, or Chancellor review.
Additionally, the provided statistics are not inclusive of carry-forward files from the 2021-2022 academic year, appointments, series changes, retention and pre-emptive retentions, and UC-AFT Non-Senate Faculty Files.