assistant professor

English

Noun

assistant professor (plural assistant professors)

1. (education) An entry-level position in a university faculty, lower than an associate professor and a full professor.

Synonyms

• Asst. Prof. (abbreviation)
• Asst Prof (abbreviation)
• subprofessor

Related terms

• associate professor
• instructor
• professor

Translations

teacher

• Afrikaans: dosent
• Catalan: professor ajudant (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 助理教授 (zhùlǐ jiàoshòu)

• Danish: universitetslektor c
• Dutch: universitair docent m
• Finnish: apulaisprofessori
• Hungarian: (similar to a senior lecturer) adjunktus (hu), (the lowest degree, approx. assistant lecturer) tanársegéd (hu)
• Indonesian: asisten ahli (id) (junior), lektor (id) (senior)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: universitetslektor m

• Polish: adiunkt (pl) m, adiunktka f
• Romanian: profesor asistent m
• Thai: ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ (pûu-chûai sàat-dtraa-jaan)