University professors teach courses to undergraduate and graduate students and conduct research at universities and degree-granting colleges. University professors who are heads of departments are included in this unit group.

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• Agriculture professor –university
• Anatomy professor –university
• Anthropology professor –university
• Archaeology professor –university
• Asian studies professor –university
• Assistant professor –university
• Assistant professor, botany –university
• Assistant professor, history –university
• Associate professor –university
• Associate professor, linguistics
• Astronomy professor –university
• Bacteriology professor –university
• Biochemistry professor –university
• Biology professor –university
• Biomechanics professor –university
• Botany professor –university
• Business administration professor –university
• Chairman/woman, food sciences department –university
• Chairman/woman, geography department –university
• Chairman/woman, linguistics department –university
• Chairman/woman, physics department –university
• Chairman/woman, theology department –university
• Chairman/woman, visual arts department –university
• Chairperson, food sciences department –university
• Chairperson, geography department –university
• Chairperson, linguistics department –university
• Chairperson, physics department –university
• Chairperson, theology department –university
• Chairperson, visual arts department –university
• Chemical engineering professor –university
• Chemistry professor –university
• Civil engineering professor –university
• Classics professor –university
• Computer science professor –university
• Criminology professor –university
• Dentistry professor –university
• Department chairman/woman –university
• Department chairperson –university
• Department head –university
• Department head, food sciences –university
• Department head, geography –university
• Department head, linguistics –university
• Department head, physics –university
• Department head, theology –university
• Department head, visual arts –university
• Drama professor –university
• Economics professor –university
• Education professor –university
• Electrical engineering professor –university
• Engineering and architecture professor –university
• Engineering professor –university
• English professor –university
• Fine arts professor –university
• Food science professor –university
• Forestry professor –university
• Full professor –university
• Geography professor –university
• Geology professor –university
• Geophysics professor –university
• History professor –university
• Humanities professor –university
• Hygiene professor –university
• Industrial engineering professor –university
• Journalism professor –university
• Laboratory technology professor –university
• Language professor –university
• Law professor –university
• Lecturer –university
• Library science professor –university
• Life sciences professor –university
• Linguistics professor –university
• Literature professor –university
• Mathematics professor –university
• Mechanical engineering professor –university
• Medical sciences professor –university
• Medicine professor –university
• Metallurgical engineering professor –university
• Metallurgy professor –university
• Meteorology professor –university
• Music professor –university
• Natural sciences professor –university
• Nursing professor –university
• Oceanography professor –university
• Pharmacy professor –university
• philosophy professor –university
• Physical sciences professor –university
• Physics professor –university
• Physiology professor –university
• Political science professor –university
• Professor emeritus –university
• Professor of computer science –university
• Professor of medicine –university
• Professor, university
• Psychiatry professor –university
• Psychology professor –university
• Public administration professor –university
• Public health professor –university
• Recreology professor –university
• Religion professor –university
• Sculpture professor –university
• Social sciences professor –university
• Social work professor –university
• Sociology professor –university
• Surgery professor –university
• Teacher –teacher's college
• University department head
• University instructor, engineering
• University professor
• University professor, engineering
• University professor, English
• Urban planning professor –university
• Veterinary medicine professor –university
• Visiting professor –university
• Visiting scholar –university
• Zoology professor –university

Main Duties

University professors perform some or all of the following duties:

• Teach one or more university subjects to undergraduate and graduate students
• Prepare and deliver lectures to students and conduct laboratory sessions or discussion groups
• Prepare, administer and grade examinations, laboratory assignments and reports
• Advise students on course and academic matters and career decisions
• Direct research programs of graduate students and advise on research matters
• Conduct research in field of specialization and publish findings in scholarly journals or books
• May serve on faculty committees dealing with such matters as curriculum planning and degree requirements, and perform a variety of administrative duties
• May represent their universities as speakers and guest lecturers
• May provide professional consultative services to government, industry and private individuals.
• University professors specialize in a particular subject matter such as biology, chemistry, anatomy, sociology, business administration or law.

Employment Requirements

• A doctoral degree in the field of specialization is required.
• Licences or professional certification may be required for professors teaching future practitioners in certain professionally regulated fields, such as medicine, engineering, architecture, psychology or law.