Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

The Division of Academic Appointments of the Office of Faculty Affairs approves appointments and salaries of academic officers and administers the policies relating to them.

Our goal is to assist faculty, departments, schools, committees and the University and make the tenure process as seamless and efficient as possible.

The University provides full-time academic personnel with the support needed to navigate the retirement process.
Voluntary Retirement Program

The University offers a variety of leave options for Officers of Instruction and Officers of Research for academic enrichment and personal/family reasons.

Our goal is to help schools, departments, institutes, and centers determine whether a visitor coming to the University for academic purposes should be given a visiting appointment as an officer of instruction or research, or designated as a visiting scholar/scientist, visiting student intern, or as a short-term visitor.

The office is responsible for collection and analysis of data to assess policies relating to academic personnel and to evaluate and explore issues of importance to the University's senior administration.

Students who are enrolled in a non-Columbia University degree program and would like to visit Columbia to conduct research training with a PI will now be treated as Visiting Student Interns.

Best practices to help facilitate cross-disciplinary and cross-school/department/institute/center appointments and hires at Columbia, and outline best practices for potential joint and interdisciplinary hires and appointments.