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This is a list of professorships at the University of Oxford. During the early history of the university, the title of
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who taught. From the 16th century, it was used for those holding a professorship, also known as a chair. The university has sometimes created professorships for an individual, the chair coming to an end when that individual dies or retires, and now awards titular professorships in the form of Titles of Distinction: these are not listed here. The
Regius Professorships A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, ...
are royal chairs created by a reigning monarch. The first five (in civil law, divinity, medicine, Hebrew and Greek) are sometimes called the Henrician chairs.


Professorships

*Abdulaziz Saud AlBabtain Laudian Professor of Arabic *Action Research Professor of Clinical Neurology * Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian Studies *Alastair Buchan Professor of International Relations *
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Professor of Corporate Law *American Standard Companies Professor of Operations Management *Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion *Andrew W. Mellon Professor of American Government *Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professorship of Developmental and Stem Cell Biology as Applied to Medicine *Barclay-Williams Professor of Molecular Immunology *
Barnett Professor of Social Policy The Barnett Professorship of Social Policy is the chair in social policy at the University of Oxford. It was established in 1999 and is named for Canon Samuel Barnett. The chair is based in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention and its h ...
* Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth *Blavatnik Professor of Government and Public Policy *Blavatnik Professor of Public Policy *
Boden Professor of Sanskrit The position of Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford was established in 1832 with money bequeathed to the university by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Boden, a retired soldier in the service of the East India Company. He wished ...
*BP Professor of Economics *BP Professor of Information Engineering *British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology *Brownlee-Abraham Professor of Molecular Biology * BT Professor of Major Programme Management *Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature * Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies * Camden Professor of Ancient History * Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre *Cancer Research UK Professor of Medical Oncology *César Milstein Professor of Cancer Cell Biology * Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science *Cheryl and Reece Scott Professor of Psychiatry * Chichele Professors **
Chichele Professor of Economic History Chichele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Chichele ( 1364–1443), English religious leader ** Chichele Professorship * Thomas Chichele (1614–1699), English politician See also *Chicheley (disambiguation) Chicheley i ...
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Chichele Professor of Medieval History Chichele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Chichele ( 1364–1443), English religious leader **Chichele Professorship *Thomas Chichele (1614–1699), English politician See also *Chicheley (disambiguation) Chicheley is ...
** Chichele Professor of Public International Law **
Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory Chichele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Chichele ( 1364–1443), English religious leader **Chichele Professorship *Thomas Chichele Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) of Wimpole Hall, Cambridge ...
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Chichele Professor of the History of War Chichele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Henry Chichele ( 1364–1443), English religious leader **Chichele Professorship * Thomas Chichele (1614–1699), English politician See also *Chicheley (disambiguation) Chicheley is ...
*Climax Professor of Clinical Therapeutics *
Corpus Christi Professor of Latin The Corpus Christi Professorship of the Latin Language and Literature, also known simply as the Corpus Christi Professorship of Latin and previously as the Corpus Professorship of Latin, is a chair in Latin literature at Corpus Christi College, Un ...
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Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry Coulson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Andy Coulson (born 1968), English journalist and political strategist * Bernie Coulson (born 1965), Canadian actor * Bob Coulson (1887–1953), American ba ...
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David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture The position of Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture was established at the University of Oxford in 1847. This professorship in the critical interpretation or explanation of biblical texts, a field known as exegesis, was i ...
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Diebold Professor of Comparative Philology The position of Diebold Professor of Comparative Philology (designated the Professor of Comparative Philology 1868–82 and 1925–2003, and known as the Corpus Christi Professor of Comparative Philology 1882–1925) is a professorship in comparati ...
*Donald H Perkins Professor of Experimental Physics *
Donald Pollock Professor of Chemical Engineering Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
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Donald Schultz Professor of Turbomachinery Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...
* Dr Lee's Professors ** Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy ** Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy (Physics) **
Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry The Dr Lee's Professorships are three named statutory professorships of the University of Oxford. They were created in 1919, and are named after Matthew Lee (1695–1755) who had endowed three readerships at Christ Church, Oxford, in the 19th cent ...
*Drue Heinz Professor of American Literature *
Drummond Professor of Political Economy The Drummond Professorship of Political Economy at All Souls College, Oxford has been held by a number of distinguished individuals, including three Nobel laureates. The professorship is named after and was founded by Henry Drummond. List o ...
*Dubai Ports World Professorship of Entrepreneurship and Innovation *E.P. Abraham Professor of Cell Biology *E.P. Abraham Professor of Chemical Pathology *E.P. Abraham Professor of Mechanistic Cell Biology * Edgeworth Professor of Economics *Edward Grey Professor of Field Ornithology *Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science *Edward Orsborn Professorship of US Politics and Political History * Ernest Butten Professor of Management Studies *
Field Marshal Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine The position of Field Marshal Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford was established in 1973 with funding provided by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as a memorial to Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, th ...
*Freshfields Professorship of Commercial Law *George Eastman Visiting Professor * Gladstone Professor of Government *Glaxo Professor of Cellular Pathology *Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature * Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography *Halley Professor of Physics *Hans Krebs Professor of Physiological Metabolism *
Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History The Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professorship is an endowed chair in American history at the University of Oxford, tenable for one year. The Harmsworth Professorship was established by Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868–194 ...
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Heather Professor of Music The Heather Professor of Music is the title of an endowed chair at the University of Oxford. The post and the funding for it come from a bequest by William Heather (c. 1563 – 1627). Following the example of his friend William Camden who had left ...
*Henry Moseley Centenary Professor of Experimental Physics *Herbert Dunhill Professor of Neuro-imaging *Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law *His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor in Contemporary Islamic Studies *Hoffmann and Action Medical Research Professor in Developmental Medicine *Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics *
Hope Professor of Zoology The Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Geraldine Wright. The position is associated with a professorial fellowship at Jesus ...
(Entomology) *Ieoh Ming Pei Professor in Islamic Art and Architecture * Isaac Wolfson Professor of Materials *Iveagh Professor of Microbial Biochemistry *
J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language The J. R. R. Tolkien Professorship of English Literature and Language was established at the University of Oxford in 1980 and named after the author, poet, philologist and academic J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1 ...
*Jacques Delors Professor of European Community Law *James Meade Professor of Economics *Jeremy Griffiths Professor of Medieval English Palaeography *
Jesus Professor of Celtic The Jesus Chair of Celtic is a professorship in Celtic studies at the University of Oxford within the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. The holder is also a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. Just six people have held the chair ...
*John Gilbert Winant Visiting Professor of American Government *Kadoorie Professor of Trauma Rehabilitation *Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud Professor for the Study of the Contemporary Arab World *King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies *King John II Professor of Portuguese Studies *
Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in Christ Church of the University of Oxford. The professorship was founded from the benefaction of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), mother of Henry VII. Its holders we ...
*Laing O'Rourke/RAEng Professor of Automation in Construction *Lee Placito Professor of Gastroenterological Disease *Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Relations * Linacre Professor of Zoology *
Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art The Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art is a chair at the University of Oxford, England. It is associated with Lincoln College, Oxford. Holders of the Chair * William Mitchell Ramsay (1885 to 1886); first incumbent * Percy Gard ...
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Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law The Professorship of Comparative Law is a chair in law at the University of Oxford. The current holder of the chair is Birke Häcker. The chair was founded as the Professorship of Comparative Law in 1948 and was the first chair of comparative l ...
*L'Oréal Professor of Marketing *Luc Hoffmann Professor of Field Ornithology *Man Professor of Quantitative Finance *Margaret Ogilvie's Professor of Ophthalmology * Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature * Masoumeh and Fereydoon Soudavar Professor of Persian Studies *May Professor of Medicine *
Merton Professors There are two Merton Professorships of English in the University of Oxford: the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Merton Professor of English Literature. The second was created in 1914 when Sir Walter Raleigh's chair was ...
**Merton Professor of English Language and Literature **Merton Professor of English Literature *Michael Davys Professor of Neuroscience *
Montague Burton Professor of International Relations The Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations is a named chair at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Created by the endowment of Montague Burton in UK universities, the Oxford chair w ...
*Newton-Abraham Visiting Professor *Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies *
Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion The Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion is a chair at the University of Oxford, associated with Oriel College. The chair was established in 1920 by an endowment from Charles Frederick Nolloth, on the basis of lectures d ...
*Norman Professor of Musculo-skeletal Pathology *Nuffield Professors **Nuffield Professor of Anaesthetic Science **
Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine The Nuffield Professorship of Clinical Medicine is a chair at the University of Oxford. Created by the endowment of William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, it was established in 1937. The chair is associated with a fellowship of Magdalen College, Oxf ...
**Nuffield Professor of Comparative Politics ** Nuffield Professor of Economics **Nuffield Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology **Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery **Nuffield Professor of Pathology **Nuffield Professor of Political Theory **Nuffield Professor of Population Health **Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences **Nuffield Professor of Sociology ** Nuffield Professor of Surgery *Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies *
Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture The Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture (until 1991 the Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture) is a chair in theology, particular Old Testament studies, at the University of Oxford. Oriel College, Ox ...
*Osler Professor of Medicine *Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies *Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics *Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law * Professor of the Study of the Abrahamic Religions * Professor of Ancient Philosophy *Professor of Applied Statistics *Professor of Bibliography and Modern Book History * Professor of Bioinformatics *Professor of Biological Anthropology *Professor of Biomaterials *Professor of Biomedical Engineering * Professor of Biostatistics in Genomics *Professor of British and Irish Poetry *Professor of Cancer Biology *Professor of Cancer Genetics *Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine *Professor of Chemical Biology *Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry * Professor of Civil Engineering *Professor of Clinical Biochemistry *Professor of Clinical Geratology *Professor of Computational Aerothermal Engineering * Professor of Computing *Professor of Computing Science *Professor of Computing Systems * Professor of Contemporary Archaeology *Professor of Control Engineering *Professor of Criminology *Professor of Development and Reproduction *Professor of Development Economics *Professor of Diabetic Medicine *Professor of Disease Genomics *Professor of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery *Professor of Economic and Social History *Professor of Economic History * Professor of Egyptology *Professor of Electrical Engineering *Professor of Energy Materials *Professor of English Law *Professor of Environment and Public Policy *Professor of Epidemiology *Professor of European Archaeology *Professor of Evidence-Based Intervention and Policy Evaluation * Professor of Evolutionary Ecology *Professor of French Literature * Professor of Genetics *Professor of Genomics and Global Health *Professor of Geochemistry *Professor of Geography *Professor of Geology *Professor of Geophysics *Professor of Geosystem Sciences * Professor of Medieval German *Professor of Gynaecological Cancer *Professor of Human Geography *Professor of Indian History and Culture *Professor of Informatics *Professor of Inorganic Chemistry *Professor of Integrative Systems Biology *Professor of Intellectual Property and Information *Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation *Professor of Internet Studies * Professor of Irish History * Professor of Jurisprudence * Professor of Law and Finance *Professor of Linguistics *Professor of Marketing * Professor of Materials Engineering *Professor of Materials Modelling *Professor of Mathematical Biology * Professor of Mathematical Finance *Professor of Mathematical Logic *Professor of Mathematical Modelling *Professor of Mathematics and its Applications *Professor of Mechanical Engineering *Professor of Metabolic Endocrinology *Professor of Microbiology *Professor of Modern History *Professor of Molecular and Population Genetics *Professor of Molecular Medicine *Professor of Musculo-skeletal Pathology *Professor of Musculoskeletal Sciences *Professor of Nanomaterials *Professor of Neuroimmunology *Professor of Neuropathology *Professor of Numerical Analysis *Professor of Old Age Psychiatry *Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery *Professor of Paediatric Neuroimaging *Professor of Paediatric Neuromuscular Disease *Professor of Pathology *Professor of Pharmacology *Professor of Physical Geography *
Professor of Poetry The Professor of Poetry is an academic appointment at the University of Oxford. The chair was created in 1708 by an endowment from the estate of Henry Birkhead. The professorship carries an obligation to lecture, but is in effect a part-time p ...
*Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences *Professor of Psychology * Whitehead Professor of Pure Mathematics *Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biology *Professor of Respiratory Medicine *Professor of Russian *Professor of Science and Civilisation *Professor of Scientific Visualisation *Professor of Social Policy *Professor of Social Psychiatry *Professor of Society and the Internet *Professor of Socio-Legal Studies * Professor of Sociology * Professor of Sociology and Social Policy *Professor of Statistical Science *Professor of Statistics in the Social Sciences *Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering *Professor of Technology and Social Change * Professor of the Analysis of Partial Differential Equations * Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire *Professor of the History of Art *Professor of the History of Latin America *Professor of the History of Science *Professor of the Philosophy of Law *Professor of the Physical Examination of Materials * Professor of the Romance Languages *Professor of the Study of Contemporary China *Professor of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience *Professor of Transplantation *Professor of Zoology *Professors (four) of Economics *Professors (four) of Education *Professors (two) of Management Studies *Professors (two) of Social Anthropology *Professors (two) of Statistics *Radcliffe Professor of Medicine *Radcliffe Professor of Pathology *
Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, until 1916 known as the Rawlinsonian Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, was established by Richard Rawlinson of St John's College, Oxford, in 1795. The Chair is associated with Pembroke Colleg ...
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Regius Professor A Regius Professor is a university professor who has, or originally had, royal patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of academia in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first Regius Professorship was in the field of medicine, and ...
s ** Regius Professor of Civil Law ** Regius Professor of Divinity **
Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History The Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford was founded by Queen Victoria in 1842. Previous Holders of the chair include John McManners, Peter Hinchliff and Henry Mayr-Harting. The current Regius Professor of Ecclesia ...
** Regius Professor of Greek ** Regius Professor of Hebrew ** Regius Professor of History ** Regius Professor of Mathematics ** Regius Professor of Medicine ** Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology *Rhodes Professor of American History *Rhodes Professor of Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology *Rhodes Professor of Race Relations *Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States *Richard Doll Professorship of Epidemiology and Medicine *Robert Turner Professor of Diabetic Medicine *
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics The Rouse Ball Professorship of Mathematics is one of the senior chairs in the Mathematics Departments at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. The two positions were founded in 1927 by a bequest from the mathematician W. W. Ro ...
*Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication *
Savilian Professor of Astronomy The position of Savilian Professor of Astronomy was established at the University of Oxford in 1619. It was founded (at the same time as the Savilian Professorship of Geometry) by Sir Henry Savile, a mathematician and classical scholar who was ...
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Savilian Professor of Geometry The position of Savilian Professor of Geometry was established at the University of Oxford in 1619. It was founded (at the same time as the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy) by Sir Henry Savile, a mathematician and classical scholar who was ...
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Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy The Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford. Overview The Sedleian Chair was founded by Sir William Sedley who, by his will dated 20 October 1618, left the sum o ...
* Sekyra and White's Professor of Moral Philosophy *
Shaw Professor of Chinese The position of Shaw Professor of Chinese is one of the permanent professorships at the University of Oxford, England. It was established in 1876 as the Professor of Chinese, and is now associated with a professorial fellowship at University Col ...
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Sherardian Professor of Botany The Sherardian Chair of Botany is a professorship at the University of Oxford that was established in 1734. It was created following an endowment by William Sherard on his death in 1728. In his will, Sherard stipulated that the first holder of th ...
*Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science *Sidney Truelove Professor of Gastroenterology *Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics *
Slade Professor of Fine Art The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art and art history at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and University College, London. History The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collect ...
* Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics * Tasso Leventis Chair of Biodiversity * Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature *Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering *Technology Law *Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature *Vesuvius Professorship of Materials * Vinerian Professor of English Law *Visiting Professor of Opera Studies *W.A. Handley Professor of Psychiatry * Wallis Professor of Mathematics *Watts Professor of Psychology * Waynflete Professors **
Waynflete Professor of Chemistry The Waynflete Professorships are four professorial fellowships at the University of Oxford endowed by Magdalen College and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are s ...
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Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy The Waynflete Professorships are four professorial fellowships at the University of Oxford endowed by Magdalen College and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are s ...
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Waynflete Professor of Physiology The Waynflete Professorships are four professorial fellowships at the University of Oxford endowed by Magdalen College and named in honour of the college founder William of Waynflete, who had a great interest in science. These professorships are s ...
** Waynflete Professor of Pure Mathematics *
Whitley Professor of Biochemistry The position of Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford is one of the permanent chairs of the university, and the first in the field of biochemistry at the university. It is associated with a fellowship at Trinity College, Oxf ...
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Wilde Professor of Mental Philosophy The Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy is a chair in philosophy at the University of Oxford. Its holder is elected to a Fellowship of Corpus Christi College. The position was initially established in 1898 as a readership by an endowment fro ...
*Wood Professor of Forest Science *
Wykeham Professor The University of Oxford has three statutory professorships named after William of Wykeham, who founded New College. Logic The Wykeham Professorship in Logic was established in 1859, although it was not known as the Wykeham chair until later. ...
s **Wykeham Professor of Ancient History **Wykeham Professor of Logic **Tencent-Wykeham Professor of Physics


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Title of Distinction The University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction for senior academics in the 1990s. These are not established chairs, which are posts funded by endowment for academics with a distinguished career in British and European universities. Howev ...


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