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professor

Also known as Prof.

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.

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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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Occupation.name: Professor
Occupation.image: 220px
Occupation.caption: Albert Einstein as a professor
Occupation.official_names: 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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male form of label: professeur
short name: проф.
female form of label: profesore
P8168: Troisfontaines
Commons category: Professors
equivalent class: id.loc.gov/entities/roles/professor

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Etymology
Description
Tasks
Around the world
Salary
Germany and Switzerland
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Spain
United States
Table of wages
Research professor
In fiction
Non-academic usage
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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.