Faculty Tenure and Promotion

The criteria for promotion or for granting of tenure shall be relevant to the performance of the work which the faculty member has been assigned to do and to the faculty member’s duties and responsibilities as a member of the University community. These criteria recognize three (3) broad categories of academic service as follows:

  • Instruction, including regular classroom teaching, direction of theses and dissertations, academic advisement, extension programs, and all preparation for this work including study to keep abreast of one’s field.
  • Research or other creative activity including scholarly, peer-reviewed publications.
  • Professional and public service.

2025-2026 Tenure and Promotion Information

College of Veterinary Medicine

Department Chair Information

University of Florida

All applications for promotion, tenure, and/or permanent status at the University of Florida will be processed in the Faculty Insight Portal.

  • Log onto MYUFL
  • Go to Main Menu > My Self Service > Faculty Excellence & Advancement.

2025-2026 College of Veterinary Medicine and University Deadlines

  • January 1, 2025 – January 30, 2025
    Faculty member discusses possible application for promotion and/or tenure in Fall and, if (s)he decides to go forward, discusses list of 8-10 potential external reviewers with Chair.
  • April 1, 2025
    Faculty candidate attends one of the campus- sponsored workshops organized by the Provost’s Office.
  • March 17, 2025
    Faculty member consults with Chair to finalize list of external reviewers.
  • April 15, 2025 – April 30, 2025
    Faculty member completes updating of CV and Section 2: Brief Description of Job Duties from T&P template to be used by Chair for soliciting letters from external reviewers.
  • June 3, 2025
    Faculty member completes first draft of all sections of the dossier and provides to Chair for review and feedback. Review may include Chair and another senior faculty member as designated by the Chair.
  • June 17, 2025
    Chair or designee sends initial query email to potential external reviewers.
  • July 1, 2025
    First round of edits and comments are returned to the candidate, who meets with the Chair, mentor(s) and Glen Mapes to review and make revisions. Chair sends requests for letters to external reviewers with requested return date of September 15.
  • July 15, 2025
    Second draft of dossier is returned to Chair and Glen Mapes for additional editing and formatting.
  • August 1, 2025
    Dossier is distributed to department faculty for preliminary feedback.
  • August 15, 2025
    Comments and edits from department faculty are returned to the candidate for final editing.
  • September 16, 2025
    Department vote and final dossiers due.
  • October 1, 2025
    Dossiers due to Glen Mapes in Human Resources.
  • October 15, 2025
    College P&T committee reviews dossiers and provides feedback to Dean by November 1.
  • November 17, 2025
    Dean reviews candidate dossiers and writes letter.
  • January 15, 2026
    Dossiers due on campus for University Level review.

Mid-Career Review

The mid-career review process for tenure-accruing and non-tenure accruing faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine will occur after three years of employment. The review process will be used to formally advise the tenure-accruing faculty member on his/her progress toward tenure and recommend courses of action for improvement, if necessary. For non-tenure accruing faculty, the review process will be used to formally advise the candidate of his/her progress toward promotion.

Questions?

For questions, please contact:

2025 Tenure and Promotion Workshops

Workshops have been scheduled to discuss the preparation of Faculty Insight packets and the University evaluation process for 2025-26. We encourage faculty who will be submitting packets this fall, members of this year’s college/unit review boards, new hires, and other interested faculty who may be going through the evaluation process in the near future to attend one of the following sessions. To sign up for one of the faculty workshops, please register in myUFL, myTRAINING:   Code: UF_PRO340_ILT

  • Thursday, April 3, 2025
    9:30am-11:30am
    LG-101A – DeWeese Auditorium, McKnight Brain Institute

Center for Teaching Excellence

The Tenure and Promotion Workshop Series is designed specifically for faculty interested in learning more about the tenure and promotion process at the University of Florida.

Tenure and Promotion Workshop Series

GETTING STARTED

Instruction guides for navigating the system may be found below. In particular, I encourage you to read over the Reviewing Your Data guide to address any concerns or questions that may arise as you begin to curate your information in the new system.

If you anticipate having a proxy enter information on your behalf, please reach out to your department or college administrator responsible to ensure they have been granted access to the new system.

Faculty Excellence and Advancement

The instruction guides are designed to help you navigate the portal, streamlining faculty activities into a single source. It supports global research collaboration, accurate administrative and accreditation reporting while facilitating workflows such as promotion, tenure, and annual reviews.

 FEA Courses 

   Please complete the FEA Course for your role or level as an administrator. 

  • UF_FEA101_OLT (Promotion and Tenure for Department Administrators in Faculty Excellence and Advancement)
  • UF_FEA102_OLT (Promotion and Tenure for College Administrators in Faculty Excellence & Advancement)

The instruction guides are designed to help you navigate the portal, streamlining faculty activities into a single source: 

Navigation & General Use

Activity Manager Instruction Guides

Workflow & Process Management

General Guidance & Support

2025 OFFICE HOURS

The Office of the Provost will be hosting office hours during the upcoming dates and times to answer any questions you may have. No registration is required; simply join the session at the day and time that works for you.

April 4, 2-3pm​​​​​​​

JOIN SESSION

April 7, 2-3pm

JOIN SESSION

April 11, 10-11am

JOIN SESSION