Sarwagya Bhooshan
Director of Sanskritganga
Occupation
NamesSarwagya Bhooshan
Occupation type
Education, research, teaching
Activity sectors
Academics
Description
CompetenciesAcademic 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
Related jobs
Teacher, lecturer, reader, researcher

Sarwagya Bhooshan born 16 May 1980 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.[1]

Etymology edit

 
The Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was one of the earliest recorded professors.[2]

Description edit

Tasks edit

 
Toni Morrison, Emeritus Professor at Princeton University.

Professors are qualified experts in their field who generally perform some or all the following tasks:

  • Managing teaching, research, and publications in their departments (in countries where a professor is head of a department);

Around the world edit

Salary edit

 
Salary of professors, as reported in the 2005 report the Deutscher Hochschulverband [de] DHV. Bars are for assistant professor, associate professor and full professor, respectively.

Germany and Switzerland edit

Saudi Arabia edit

Spain edit

Education professors edit

Netherlands edit

United States edit

Table of wages edit

The table below shows the final reference wages (per year) expressed in net amounts of Dutch Euros in 2014. (i.e., converted into Dutch purchasing power).[3]

NL comparison, 2014, net salaries, in NL purchasing power
Country Assistant professor Associate professor Full professor
United States €46,475 €52,367 €77,061
United States – top universities €59,310 €68,429 €103,666
United Kingdom €36,436 €44,952 €60,478
United Kingdom – top universities €39,855 €45,235 €84,894
Germany €33,182 €42,124 €47,894
France €24,686 €30,088 €38,247
Netherlands €34,671 €42,062 €50,847
Switzerland €78,396 €89,951 €101,493
Belgium €32,540 €37,429 €42,535
Sweden €30,005 €35,783 €42,357
Norway €34,947 €37,500 €45,113

Research professor edit

In fiction edit

 
Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem"

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References edit

  1. ^ Harper, Douglas. "Professor". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  2. ^ David K. Knox "Socrates: The First Professor" Innovative Higher Education December 1998, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp 115–126
  3. ^ SEO Economic Research (23 September 2015). "International wage differences in academic occupations" (PDF). Retrieved 12 April 2008.

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