The office or position of a college or university professor.
he held a professorship in mathematics at the University of Bonn
Example sentencesExamples
- I was promoted to a full professorship in April last year.
- She was offered a professorship.
- He has held visiting professorships at Yale and other American universities.
- Being appointed to this professorship provides me with more resources for research and course development.
- All four authors are famous in their field and hold distinguished professorships in leading American universities.
- During his teaching career, he held appointments in Hawaii and visiting professorships in Canada and the United States.
- She was the first woman to be granted a full tenured professorship in a clinical department at the medical school.
- I accepted a visiting professorship.
- He quickly attained his full professorship.
- He gave up a tenured professorship in the animal science department.