Full-time professors of KMU who intend to apply for sabbatical leave as researchers for the academic year 2024  are requested to submit the applications to their respective departments (institutes, centers, degree programs) starting today, and no later than January 26, 2024. We kindly ask all units to complete department-level and college-level faculty evaluations by February 23, 2024. These evaluations will be sent to the Human Resources Office for processing.

According to Article 3 and Article 4 of the University's Sabbatical Leave Regulations for Professors, full-time professors who have completed at least seven consecutive semesters of service with excellent performance are eligible to apply for one semester of study sabbatical; those with at least seven years of continuous service and excellent performance may apply for a sabbatical leave for one academic year. The application should be accompanied by a proposal, and be reviewed sequentially by the Faculty Evaluation Committee at all three levels before being submitted for the President's approval.

However, those who have the following circumstances are not allowed to apply.

I.     Professors who have reached retirement age and been granted a service extension.

II.   Professors who had been approved to study, lecture, or research within the country or abroad and are still in the process of fulfilling their service obligations.

III. Professors who had been on an approved study sabbatical and have returned to the university to serve for less than seven consecutive semesters.

Departments (institutions, centers, degree programs) and colleges (Center for General Education) are requested to provide their review results by the deadline to the Human Resources Office to be compiled and submitted to the University's Faculty Evaluation Committee for review.

Applicants should apply via the K.M.U Faculty Information System (https://wac.kmu.edu.tw) T.6.0.05. <https://wac.kmu.edu.tw/tea/teagro/team6005.php> Full-time Faculty Sabbatical Study Application/Print the Form.

Departments (institutions, centers, degree programs) and colleges (Center for General Education) are requested to provide the review results by the deadline to the Human Resources Office to be compiled and submitted to the University's Faculty Evaluation Committee for review.