Extracting the criteria for faculty members rank promotion through the application of comparative study of selected universities

The faculty promotion system, due to its special nature, is recognized as one of the prominent policy tools in the field of higher education. The criteria and principles for rank promotion represent the missions, policies and programs of the academic system. Therefore, authorities try to better organize the promotion system. Due to these characteristics, academic and scientific policymakers have considered the bylaws for the scientific rank promotion level in recent years. In this regard, the comparative studies, as one of the ways to achieve existing knowledge, can improve the perspective of scientific and academic policymakers. The present study comparatively examined the promotion criteria in some selected universities in the world and the region. For this purpose, the top 9 universities in the world (from the United States, Britain, Canada and Germany) and the top 6 universities in the region (from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Turkey, and Malaysia) were reviewed and criteria related to teaching, research and services were extracted. Then, in a comparative way, the criteria were matched with Iran's promotion bylaws' criteria and important findings were discussed.