University Professors (NOC# 4121)

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.

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.

Example Titles

* 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

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