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A visiting professor is a professor who teaches at a university or college on a short-term contract. Contracts for visiting professors may last for only a single semester. However, other visiting professors may receive contracts for two to three years. Visiting professors don't have tenure.

noun. : a professor invited to join a college or university faculty for a limited time (as a half year or an academic year)

A visiting professor has a job at one school but works at another for a period of time. An adjunct professor is also a limited or part-time position, to do research or teach classes. Adjunct professors have a doctorate.

A visiting professor is a professor who teaches at a university or college on a short-term contract. Contracts for visiting professors may last for only a single semester. However, other visiting professors may receive contracts for two to three years. Visiting professors don't have tenure.

A visiting professor is a professor at a college or university who is invited to teach at another college or university for a short period such as one term or one year. In addition, he served as a visiting professor at several American universities.

In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued.

Visiting professors are faculty members from an institution who must visit a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic they are knowledgeable in.

Assistant Professor (typically entry-level for "tenure track" positions which lead to Associate Professor) Research Associate, Lecturer, Instructor, Visiting Professor (usually non-tenure-track positions, sometimes with their own respective ranking hierarchies)