In Education, what is higher, a Professor or a Doctor?

[witchy]

How exactly do you become a Professor?

Is it a higher 'rank' than a Doctor?

I always thought a Professor was a person with a Doctorate, oh my heads sore.

 

[MH]

Doctor is PhD

Professor is Mr.....

Professor is higher than a Doctor in terms of education.

 

[beady]

A doctor has a PhD (although medical doctors don't have PhDs, they're doctors by profession), i.e. it's a qualification. 'Professor' is a position at university (which almost always requires a PhD to get the job), but isn't the same thing at all.

 

[witchy]

@ Beady, you've completely confused me mate :err:

My brother has recently qualified as a Maths professor, what exactly does that mean?

 

[allroad]

@ Beady, you've completely confused me mate :err:

My brother has recently qualified as a Maths professor, what exactly does that mean?

he knows how to count !!!

 

[pootas]

Well I'd say you got fook all chance of short changing him that's for sure.....

 

[beady]

It means he's got a job at a university as a professor. I imagine some time in the past he got a PhD (which is the qualification and gives him the title 'Doctor'). Professor is just the job title. Have a look here. How did we ever survive without wikipedia?

 

[ice2004]

@ Beady, you've completely confused me mate :err:

My brother has recently qualified as a Maths professor, what exactly does that mean?

professor is the highest rank you can get in teaching i believe. You really get awarded it maybe by a board based on your work etc. A Doctor is someone whose done a PHD i think.

 

[mozr]

The vast majority of professors do hold PHDs, but it is not neccesary. Some professors can get away with an undergrad qualification if he/she has done a lot of work in his/her field.

So. A Doctor could have more academic qualifications, but a professor be higher in the Educational establishmnet because he/she has excelled in their field.

 

[witchy]

Thanks guys I see now

He qualified as a 'Doctor' of Mathematics years ago (mid 90's), he's now a Prof

Smart Fooker, I'm as thick as two short planks. He must have been the Milkmans

 

[ice2004]

Thanks guys I see now

He qualified as a 'Doctor' of Mathematics years ago (mid 90's), he's now a Prof

Smart Fooker, I'm as thick as two short planks. He must have been the Milkmans

Yeah but did he get 24 cans of Carling for a £5?? Whose smarter now eh!!

 

[hamba]

Yeah but did he get 24 cans of Carling for a £5?? Whose smarter now eh!!

Yeah!!!!!!!

 

[witchy]

pmsl, yer and he has diabetes and he's an ugly bastard!

 

[daveleebond]

no doctor is higher, he's a friggin timelord!

 

[gez]

he knows how to count !!!

pmsl thats set me in a good mood for the day

 

[KhuramG]

Thanks guys I see now

He qualified as a 'Doctor' of Mathematics years ago (mid 90's), he's now a Prof

Smart Fooker, I'm as thick as two short planks. He must have been the Milkmans

"He must have been the Milkmans" or the other way round...ever thougnt of that mate? ;-)