Teaching staff academic merits

The selection and promotion of teaching and research staff at universities falls within the framework of university independence set out under  Organic Law 2/2023, of March 22, of the University System

When exercising this independence, universities establish internal procedures to select and promote their teaching staff, and which may include preliminary assessment by ACSUCYL of the academic curricula of those making an initial application to certain permanent teaching posts.

For this purpose, the Agency includes this assessment programme in its Catalog of Evaluation Services, such that universities may solicitar la prestación (111 kbytes) this service which, subsequent to approval by ACSUCYL’S Board of Directors and the signing of the corresponding contract, will give way to the assessment process.

• Manual del procedimiento de evaluación. (416 kbytes)

ACSUCYL conducts assessment of the applications for evaluation received from universities through the Teaching Staff Assessment Committee , which is responsible amongst other tasks for:  

• Planning and coordinating the assessment process.

• Designing, approving and publishing the assessment criteria and methods.

• Adopting joint final assessment decisions.

In order to perform its tasks, the committee draws on the advice provided by panels of experts.

The work undertaken by the members of the committee and the experts is subject to the Agency’s Código Ético (556 kbytes) .

Only the University of Salamanca applied to this assessment programme during the period 2016-2017.