professor
Sign in to saveProfessor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank.
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A professor is an academic expert and teacher of the highest rank at universities and research institutions, commonly abbreviated as "Prof." Professors matter because they advance knowledge in their fields through research and teaching, shaping the education of students and contributing to scientific and scholarly progress.
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- Professor
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- Albert Einstein as a professor
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- Professor
- Occupation.type
- Education, research, teaching
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Academics
- Occupation.competencies
- Academic knowledge, research, writing journal articles or book chapters, teaching
- Occupation.formation
- Master's degree, doctoral degree (e.g., PhD), professional degree, or other terminal degree
- Occupation.employment_field
- Academics
- Occupation.related_occupation
- Teacher, lecturer, reader, researcher
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Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank.
In most systems of academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word professor is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well, and often to instructors or lecturers.