Unit Group

4121 University Professors

Example Titles

• English professor
• assistant professor, botany
• associate professor, linguistics
• chairperson, food sciences department
• chairperson, physics department
• department head, geography
• lecturer – university
• professor of computer science
• professor of medicine
• university instructor, engineering
• university professor

Main 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.

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.

Additional information

• University professors who are also practitioners in their field of specialization must have the appropriate licences or certification.
• Progression to senior positions within a department, faculty or university is possible with experience.

Classified elsewhere

• Administrators - Post-Secondary Education and Vocational Training (0312)
• College and Other Vocational Instructors (4131)
• Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants (4122)