Useful Website Links

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program - Offers services and resources to help individuals and departments with a range of issues, including trauma recovery, wellness, grief and violence.

Faculty Housing Assistance Programs - The University of California and UC San Diego offer housing programs to assist with recruitment and retention of Academic Senate Faculty. Eligibility will be stated in your offer letter at time of recruitment.

Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards - Each year the Academic Senate solicits nominations for the Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Research awards. Applications are evaluated by the Committee on Senate Awards. Visit the individual award pages for more information and listings of past recipients. 

UCSD benefits information and Resources - Get information and resources to help you select, enroll in, and manage your benefits.

Benefits orientation - Introduction to benefits and an opportunity to have questions answered.

UCNet - University of California’s comprehensive website, has benefits news and information, and online tools for retirement and benefits transactions

For further questions about faculty benefits, contact your department’s management services officer (MSO) or Academic Personnel representative, or your UCSD Benefits representative.

APS Faculty Development - We encourage you to peruse the Portal for Liniks to Campus-wide Leadership and Development Opportunities as well as some of this campus’s individual faculty development programs and resources.

Career Center: Faculty and Staff - The Career Center can coach you on how to find that ideal job, internship, or experiential outcome. Boost your skillset and become better prepared now.

The Partner Opportunities Program provides career and relocation resources in the San Diego area, as well as specific program benefits for dual-career family couples.

Southern California HERC (Higher Education Recruitment Consortium) promotes awareness of employment opportunities for dual-career couples and others.

The UCSD Emeriti Association offers a variety of benefits and services for retired faculty. 

Review Academic Affairs’ family accommodation policies and programs to help balance the needs of an academic career and family.

Childcare resources include part- and full-time day care, camps, recreation programs, a lactation program, and referrals to area child care providers. 

UC OATS UC San Diego Resources Page - See a new brief infographic for links to policies and an at a glance view of conflict of commitment categories, expectations, and deadlines, or log in below to enter outside professional activities, annual disclosures, Category I and student involvement requests.

UC OATS Systemwide Page - UC OATS is an easy-to-use, web-based application through which university faculty members can report outside activities and income, in accordance with UCOP conflict of commitment policies.

Visit the Diversity Initiatives for news about the innovative ways UCSD faculty are contributing to this important part of the University’s mission and for access to a searchable database of opportunities. 

ETS Faculty Services - Learn about instructional technology options to enhance your UC San Diego courses.

San Diego Supercomputer Center Training and Workshops - SDSC offers industry partners, researchers, educators, and students the opportunity to strengthen their skills and knowledge in High-Performance and Data-Intensive Computing, as well as in many other fields in technology and science.

Qualcomm Institute Research Services - The Qualcomm Institute has invested heavily in technical laboratories and other research facilities and equipment to support faculty and students on interdisciplinary projects.

CAPE Evaluations (requires sign-on)

Academic Senate, San Diego Division

Academic Senate, Systemwide

Council of University of California Emeriti Associations (CUCEA)

UCSD Emeriti Association

Family Accommodation Policies and Programs - The University of California and UC San Diego are committed to helping academic appointees balance the needs of career and family. Major strides have been made in recent years to increase family accommodations policies, family-friendly programs, and work/life benefits. Check out UC San Diego’s family accommodation policies and local and university family-friendly and work/life programs and services. 

Housing Resources offers links to information about housing resources for faculty and staff.

Search online for faculty sabbatical rentals and other vacancies.

Faculty housing assistance includes the Mortgage Origination Program and the Faculty Recruitment Allowance Program (eligibility is limited). 

Faculty Resources - Interfolio offers enhanced “faculty-first” higher education technology for faculty review, tenure, promotion, and activity reporting. 

Academic Appointees with academic-year appointments are expected to be in residence from the first day of the fall quarter through the last day of the spring quarter, except during official University holidays. Fiscal year appointees are in service to the university throughout the year, except during official University holidays.

The UC San Diego Academic and Administrative Calendar lists each academic year service period and the official university holidays that apply to all. Please note: Intersession days between quarters that are not designated official holidays are considered service days. Below are general directives, policy links, and leaves resources for faculty and academic appointees.

Access and download a brochure with an overview of current UC San Diego family accommodations policies and programs for academic appointees. 

Library Resources for Faculty

Faculty guide to academic Information Technology Services (ITS) - IT Services provides technology solutions that support UC San Diego’s learning, teaching, and research objectives.

Academic Job Opportunities

Partner Opportunities Program

Southern California Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

Academic Personnel policies listed by topic

Bylaws for the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate

Scripps Policies

UC Academic Personnel Manual (APM) - Academic Personnel and Programs develops, implements, and manages policies and procedures pertaining to the employment relationship between an academic appointee and the University of California.

UCSD Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM)

Required and recommended training for academic appointees

Faculty Retirement Resources