For information about the tenure clock and tenure clock extensions for faculty based in a Basic and Social Science Department (HMS Quad).
Faculty based in clinical and HSDM departments are not subject to a tenure clock and may be reappointed at any rank indefinitely, with the exception of appointments as Professor in Residence, which may only be renewed once. To renew an appointment, the Department must submit appropriate documentation based on rank.). There is no minimum or maximum time at rank required before a promotion may be reviewed. However, at each five-year interval that a faculty member is an Instructor, or at the time of a second reappointment to a term position (e.g., at six (6) years for Assistant Professors and ten (10) years for Associate Professors) and each term reappointment cycle thereafter, Department Heads will, in addition to the routine reappointment documentation, provide an update in the form of a letter to the Dean regarding the academic trajectory for the faculty member and the likelihood of academic advancement.
Last updated June 2023