准じゅん教きょう授じゅ

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Meanings

noun

associate professor

A mid-level academic rank in Japanese universities, above lecturer (講師) and below full professor (教授).

彼かれは今年ことし、准じゅん教きょう授じゅに昇しょう進しんした。
He was promoted to associate professor this year.
准じゅん教きょう授じゅの田た中なか先せん生せいが講こう義ぎを担たん当とうします。
Associate Professor Tanaka will be in charge of the lecture.

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Kanji

准quasi-, semi-, associate
教teach, faith, doctrine
授impart, instruct, grant
準semi-, correspond to, proportionate to

Related words

助じょ教きょう授じゅN2
准教授 is the current official title that replaced 助教授 in 2007, while 助教授 is now used mainly in historical or informal contexts.

Don't confuse with

教きょう授じゅN3
教授 is the top academic rank at a Japanese university, while 准教授 is the associate-professor rank just below it, so the two titles are easily mixed up.

Written forms

准じゅん教きょう授じゅ
Standard kanji form for 'associate professor' in modern Japanese universities.
準じゅん教きょう授じゅ
Alternate kanji form using 準; less common than 准教授 but still encountered.

Etymology

Compound of 准 (quasi-, associate) and 教授 (professor). The kanji 准 is used specifically for the academic rank, while 準 is a variant with similar meaning.