Guidelines for Sabbatical Leave or Leave of Absence A. Procedures for Requesting Sabbatical Leave Sabbaticals may be requested by tenured professors after six years of service while in residence at the University. Sabbaticals may be requested for one year on half pay or half a year on full pay.
Sabbatical pay is equivalent to academic salary only.
For hospital based professors, the Medical School and the Hospital share in payment according to their fractional contributions to academic salary. Sabbaticals must be spaced in a way to avoid compromising the capacity of a department to meet its academic obligations. Letters of request from the professor to the Dean should indicate the intended length and goal of the sabbatical leave. An accompanying letter from the Department Head should indicate to the Dean approval of the Professor's request and the plans for covering the academic and clinical responsibilities of the faculty member making the application. If a faculty member intends to be away more than one week, the department head or designee should be notified, and plans for coverage of academic and clinical responsibilities should be shared.