Retired members of the faculty who continue to be professionally active contribute a great deal to the University community. Tenured faculty members entering full retirement will be The title of Emeritus is granted by vote of the Corporation an emeritus title corresponding to their rank. The to members of the teaching faculty in certain ranks when they retire or resign from Yale, provided that they meet specified criteria for age and length of service. The ranks automatically eligible for Emeritus status are tenured faculty in all schools; professors in the investigator, clinical-scholar, and clinical-educator ranks in the School of Medicine; clinical professors in the Schools of Law and Nursing; full-time adjunct professors in the Schools of Art and Drama; and full-time adjunct professors and professors in the practice in the School of Music. To be eligible, a faculty member must have reached age 55 with a number of years of service at Yale in one of these ranks that added to his or her age equals at least 75. The dean or chair of the member's school or department should must submit a Faculty Appointment Form for this purpose the Emeritus appointment during the final semester of the individual's non-retired status. The Emeritus title is not a rank, but rather an honorific title to which Yale attaches certain non-monetary administrative privileges, and the title may be withdrawn by the Corporation upon recommendation of the President or Provost.

In order to support the continued professional activity of retired faculty and to accommodate this activity to the primary requirements of the students and non-retired faculty, the following policies and procedures have been developed.