Policies and Procedures

The Office of Institutional Policy Management is responsible for ensuring university-wide policies and procedures are developed in an efficient, consistent and transparent manner.

The Office of Institutional Policy Management facilitates and supports policy development, review, approval, and communication by providing templates, routing, storage, and monitoring of internal and external requirements for new policies or changes to the existing policy. While the office does not write or enforce policy, it provides oversight, guidance and best practices on University policy and procedure projects.

The Office of Institutional Policy Management also maintains the Policy and Procedures Library, UMB’s official repository for university-wide policies and procedures.

View the steps involved in developing or revising a policy or procedure, from the initial proposal to the final rollout. 

All policy and procedure proposals must be submitted through the UMB Policy Administration Application (also known as the Policy App) for review and processing by the UMB Office of Institutional Policy Management.

New UMB Hazing Policy 

“Hazing” is against federal[1] and state[2] law and is strictly prohibited at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (“University”).

All students, including potential new members and current members of any student group or organization, have a responsibility to avoid participating in Hazing. All students, faculty, and staff share the responsibility to oppose Hazing and report acts of apparent Hazing.

[1] The Stop Campus Hazing Act, is a federal law enacted on December 23, 2024, which modifies the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, 20 USC § 1092(f) and implementing regulations, 34 CFR § 668.46.

[2] See Md. Code, Crim. Law, § 3-607.