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Professor

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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Activity sectors
Academics
Competencies
Academic knowledge, research, writing journal articles or book chapters, teaching
Education required
Master's degree, doctoral degree (e.g., PhD), professional degree, or other terminal degree
Fields of employment
Academics
Names
Professor
Occupation type
Education, research, teaching

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Professor

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples156
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
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Professor

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related to In fiction · 33
Professor → Blofeld, Bond, British, Christopher Lloyd, Cluedo, Cornell, Diamonds Are Forever, English, Examples, Futurama, George Bernard Shaw's, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, In, McGonagall, Plum's, Professor Calculus, Professor Henry Higgins, Professor Hubert Farnsworth, Professor Metz
related to Spain · 17
Professor → Autonomous Regional, Ayudante, Ayudante Doctor, Catedrático, Contratado Doctor, December, July, LOU, Nevertheless, Profesor Titular, Some, Spain, Spanish, The, There, These, We
related to Description · 12
Professor → An, Canada, Commonwealth, Emeritus, Europe, European, In, In Australia, PhD, The, United Kingdom, United States
related to Germany and Switzerland · 11
Professor → Cantons, CHF, Deutscher Hochschulverband DHV, ETH Zurich, German, Switzerland, The, University, W2, W3, Zurich
related to Italy · 11
Professor → As, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Euros, Full Professors, Italian, Italy, PhD, Professori, The, There
related to Tasks · 8
Professor → Conducting, Managing, Mentoring, Performing, Presenting, Professors, Providing, TV
related to Etymology · 7
Professor → As, Elizabethan, England, Latin, Old French, The, This
related to Non-academic usage · 7
Professor → In, Irwin Corey, Judy, Punch, Soupy Sales, The, The Big Professor
related to Research professor · 7
Professor → Europe, For, In, Most, The, United Kingdom, United States
related to External links · 6
Professor → Media, Professors, Wikimedia Commons Quotations, Wikiquote The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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professors research academic universities title countries salary used full also united states university associate often series institutions fields absent-minded film

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ProfessorActivity sectorsAcademics1.00infobox
ProfessorCompetenciesAcademic knowledge, research, writing journal articles or book chapters, teaching1.00infobox
ProfessorEducation requiredMaster's degree, doctoral degree (e.g., PhD), professional degree, or other terminal degree1.00infobox
ProfessorFields of employmentAcademics1.00infobox
ProfessorNamesProfessor1.00infobox
ProfessorOccupation typeEducation, research, teaching1.00infobox
ProfessorRelated jobsTeacher, lecturer, reader, researcher1.00infobox
Professoris aaccomplished and recognized academic0.90text
Professoris ahighest academic rank at a university0.90text
Professoris atitle given to selected retired professors with whom the university wishes to continue to be associated due to their stature and ongoing research0.90text
associate professorinstance ofthe word professor is also used in titles of lower ranks0.80text
assistant professorinstance ofthe word professor is also used in titles of lower ranks0.80text

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