Faculty Appointment Agreements

Below are the University's Appointment Agreements. For all part-time faculty, please refer to the Faculty Eligibility for Benefits Chart in completing the agreement. Include under "Additional Terms" ONLY those benefits for which the faculty member is eligible.

Tenure Track & Tenured Faculty

Information

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Professor

Following the third-year review, a new appointment agreement must be completed by the assistant professor and appropriate academic administrators.

Forms & Templates

(*Only use this form when appointing tenured or tenure-track faculty other than Assistant Professors.)

Professional Track Faculty

Click here to log in to the online Contract Administration tool for creating non-tenure track contracts for Instructional or Research Faculty.

Instructional Faculty

Titles
  • Lecturer Series
  • Adjunct Professor Series
  • Visiting Professor Series
  • Clinical Professor Series

Note: These contracts are for Fall and Spring courses only.

Research & Extension Faculty
Professors of the Practice

Titles
  • Faculty Assistant
  • Postdoctoral Associate/Scholar
  • Professor of the Practice
  • Title Series: Research Professor, Research Scientist, Research Scholar, Research Engineer, Artist-in-Residence

Non-Paid Appointments

University of Maryland Professor

If appointing a University of Maryland Professor who currently holds an appointment at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, at the level of professor, please follow these guidelines. Also, please use this transmittal form, which is specific to the appointment of University of Maryland, Baltimore professors.

Appointment agreement for Domestic Visitors

Click here for more information about the approval process for Foreign Visitors. Click here to begin the process.