rpt_standards - Regulations Library - The University of Utah

Per Policy 6-303, each division, department, school, or college shall develop and revise, as needed, a statement of criteria, standards, evidence, and procedures to be used for tenure-line faculty reviews for retention, promotion, tenure, and informal reviews. These standards require the approval of the academic unit faculty, dean, the Senate Faculty Review Standards Committee (SFRSC), and the cognizant senior vice president. To assist with this process, the SFRSC has developed, with Senior Vice President support, a template with the requirements from policy. For assistance with the drafting and the approval process, please contact Trina Rich in the Office for Faculty at trina.rich@utah.edu or 801.581.6690.

In response to recent changes in state law, the noted guidelines are considered "under revision" to allow for time to address the required changes and for the shared governance approval process.

RPT Standards Template (7.2024)

Department/School/College	Effective Date
College of Architecture + Planning (under revision)	July 1, 2021
School of Architecture
Department of City and Metropolitan Planning
Division of Games
Division of Multi-Disciplinary Design
David Eccles School of Business	July 1, 2023
Department of Accounting
Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy
Department of Finance
Department of Management
Department of Marketing
Department of Operations and Information Systems
School for Cultural and Social Transformation
Division of Ethnic Studies	July 1, 2018
Division of Gender Studies (under revision)	July 1, 2023
School of Dentistry
College of Education
Department of Education, Culture, and Society	January 14, 2025
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy	July 1, 2024
Department of Educational Psychology (under revision)	January 1, 2018
Department of Special Education	December 15, 2018
College of Engineering Engineering RPT Standards Clarification (7.26.2012)	July 1, 2017
Department of Biomedical Engineering	December 27, 2023
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Computing
College of Fine Arts
Department of Art and Art History (under revision) External Reviewer Update 3.2024	July 1, 2023
Department of Film and Media Arts (under revision)	July 1, 2017
School of Dance	July 1, 2017
School of Music (under revision)	July 1, 2022
Department of Theatre (under revision)	July 1, 2018
College of Health	January 28, 2025
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Department of Health and Kinesiology
Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
Department of Occupational and Recreational Therapies
Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training
College of Humanities
Department of Communication	July 1, 2013
Department of English (under revision)	September 19, 2023
Department of History (under revision)	June 1, 2023
Department of Linguistics	July 1, 2019
Department of Philosophy (under revision) External Reviewer Update 3.2024	July 1, 2012
Department of World Languages and Cultures (under revision)	July 1, 2017
Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies (under revision)	July 1, 2023
S.J. Quinney College of Law	March 24, 2023
James E. Faust Law Library	August 1, 2019
J. Willard Marriott Library External Reviewer Update 3.2024	July 1, 2022
Eccles Health Sciences Library	August 1, 2016
Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine	2015
Department of Medicinal Chemistry	July 1, 2012
College of Nursing	August 22, 2019
College of Pharmacy
Department of Medicinal Chemistry	July 1, 2012
Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	September 14, 2012
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology	November 12, 2015
Department of Pharmacotherapy	July 1, 2012
College of Science
School of Biological Sciences	July 1, 2025
Department of Chemistry	July 1, 2025
Department of Mathematics (under revision)	July 1, 2024
Department of Physics and Astronomy (under revision)	Spring 2007
College of Mines and Earth Sciences (under revision)	July 1, 2024
Department of Atmospheric Sciences (Eff. 12/19/2007) Department of Geology & Geophysics (Eff. 7/1/2025) Department of Materials Science & Engineering (College-wide statement adopted) Department of Mining Engineering (College-wide statement adopted)
College of Social and Behavioral Science
Department of Anthropology	July 1, 2020
Department of Economics	July 1, 2025
School of Environment, Society & Sustainability (under revision)	July 1, 2019
Department of Family and Consumer Studies	July 1, 2024
Department of Political Science (under revision)	July 1, 2012
Division of Public Affairs	Pending
Department of Psychology	July 1, 2022
Department of Sociology	July 1, 2022
College of Social Work (under revision)	January 1, 2023

Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Standards