Contract renewal and promotion issues tend to go hand in hand. If a faculty member is either an assistant professor, associate professor, or an endowed professor, then usually the duration of contract is 3 years. As it takes 4 years of instructional experience for assistant professors to be promoted to associate professors, they are subject to one contract renewal before their promotion evaluation. In such cases, research products acknowledged in the contract renewal process can also be acknowledged in the promotion evaluation process.

Usually promotion evaluation is a more difficult process than the contract renewal. In a promotion evaluation, the number of points needed to pass is 80 points; while for contract renewal, 70 points.

The guidelines stated below are contract renewal and promotion standards according to SNU¡¯s Administration. Each college may require standards a little higher.

Contract renewal is restricted to one time only. If you do not receive a contract renewal offer, that means you are dismissed as a SNU faculty member. Of course, you may file a petition against your dismissal.

2. Evaluation of research products will be conducted as stipulated in Articles 11 and 13 of SNU¡¯s Tenure-Track Faculty and Teaching Assistant Appointment Regulations.

3. Specific standards, weights, methods, etc. for the above evaluation criteria are evaluated by the Promotion and Tenure Committee and finalized by the dean of each school.

A. Evaluation criteria are: educational activities (40), research activities (40), service activities (10), and Dean¡¯s assessment (10). Additional points (5) are awarded depending on various awards and commendations. This adds up to a total of 105 points.
B. Educational Activities (40) are evaluated based on: class responsibilities, degree facilitation, and class assessment, according to the table in Appendix 2. Specific evaluation and evaluation criteria may be adjusted by each school¡¯s Promotion and Tenure Committee
C. Research Activities (40) are evaluated based on: Designated Research Products (20), Overall Research Products (15), and Other Research Activities (15), according to the table in Appendix 3. ¡°Other Research Activities¡± refers to assigned research tasks, industry-academic cooperative research, etc. Specific evaluation of Overall Research Products and Other Research Activities will be conducted by each school¡¯s Promotion and Tenure Committee.
D. Service Activities (10) are evaluated based on: on-campus activities, institutional activities, government services (advisory positions, judges, delegation member, etc.), and community service, according to the table in Appendix 4. Specific evaluation and evaluation criteria may be adjusted by each school¡¯s Promotion and Tenure Committee.
E. Dean¡¯s Assessment (10) is conducted by the dean/associate dean of each school or department, according to the criteria specified in the table in Appendix 5.

Acknowledged research products are restricted to research conducted during a faculty member¡¯s employment at SNU. For example, SNU promotion evaluation recognizes a faculty member¡¯s teaching experience from schools other than SNU. Let¡¯s assume you were an Assistant Professor at another school for many years, and came to SNU as an Assistant Professor. In your evaluation process for promotion to Associate Professor, your instructional experience at the other school is recognized. However, the recognized years of instruction at another school cannot exceed your total years of teaching at SNU. For example, the required instructional experience for promotion to Associate Professor is 4 years. If your time at SNU as an Assistant Professor has been 2 years in total, then only 2 out of your many years at the other school will be recognized as instructional experience. The recognized research products, however, will be restricted to products you have completed during your 2-year period of employment at SNU.