Associate professor
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Associate professor (frequently capitalized as Associate Professor) is an academic title with two principal meanings.wikipedia
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Professor
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In the North American system, used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship.
In some countries or institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the word professor is sometimes used colloquially to refer to anyone in an academic post.




Academic ranks in South Africa
South Africa
Traditionally British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks.
Academic ranks (Australia and New Zealand)
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Traditionally British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks.
Reader (academic rank)
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In the Commonwealth system, the title associate professor is traditionally used in place of reader in certain countries.
Lecturer
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Senior lecturer
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The position is tenured and is roughly equivalent to an associate professor in the North American system.
Assistant professor
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In the North American system, used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship.
It is below the position of associate professor at most universities and is equivalent to the rank of lecturer at most Commonwealth universities.
Academic ranks in the United Kingdom
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North America
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In the North American system, used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship.









United States
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In the North American system, used in the United States and many other countries, it is a position between assistant professor and a full professorship.









Academic tenure
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In this system an associate professorship is typically the first promotion obtained after gaining a faculty position, and in the United States it is usually connected to tenure.
Commonwealth of Nations
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In the Commonwealth system, the title associate professor is traditionally used in place of reader in certain countries.







India
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Traditionally British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks.









Malaysia
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Traditionally British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks.









Ireland
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Traditionally British universities have used the title reader, while associate professor in place of reader is traditionally used in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, India, Malaysia, and Ireland within an otherwise British system of ranks.









Professors in the United States
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University of Western Australia
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The University of Western Australia, for example, adopted the American system in 2009; those who until then held the title lecturer received the new title assistant professor, previous senior lecturers received the new title associate professor, previous associate professors under the old system received the new title professor, and previous professors under the old system received the new title Winthrop professor.









Doctorate
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