Special Professorships
Special Professorships recognize academic excellence, outstanding service, and excellent contributions in academic or administrative service, or academic distinction across disciplinary lines through a peer nomination process.
Board of Governors Professorships
Board of Governors Professorships are awarded to faculty whose academic achievements are nationally and globally recognized as exceptionally outstanding—surpassing the high standards of Distinguished Professor (Professor II). These titles honor Rutgers’ most celebrated scholars, based on transformative accomplishments that go beyond typical disciplinary honors. The title is held until retirement or departure and is not eligible for emeritus designation.
Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professorships
Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professorships recognize sustained and exceptional service to the university, to the academic profession, to the state or nation, or to the broader community by a faculty member at the full professorial rank. It is most appropriate for a land-grant university to recognize faculty who are engaged so effectively in service to our society. Service at the level of this Distinguished Professorship must have made a recognized exceptional impact such that it has brought appropriately documented acclaim to the individual. Accordingly, the Distinguished Service Professorship exists to provide special recognition for extraordinary achievement.
This title is only held until retirement or departure from the university and is ineligible for emeritus designation.
Photo, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Samuel Rabinowitz
University Professorships
University Professorships are awarded by the Board of Governors, upon the President’s recommendation, to senior faculty who have made exceptional academic or administrative contributions or achieved distinction across disciplines. Recipients may or may not be affiliated with a specific department, and some serve primarily in administrative roles. The title is held only until retirement or departure from the university and is not eligible for emeritus designation.
