Academic ranks in Italy


Academic ranks in Italy are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.

Overview

Faculty :
  • Professore Emerito
  • Professore Ordinario, or more precisely: Professore di I fascia
  • Professore Straordinario
  • Professore Associato, or more precisely: Professore di II fascia
  • Professore Associato non confermato : Professore di II fascia taking his/her three years of testing before being confirmed as Professore Associato)
  • Professore aggregato
  • Ricercatore confermato
  • Ricercatore non confermato
  • Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A/B
  • Ricercatore tenure-track
  • Assistente
Non-faculty and temporary:
  • Professore a contratto
  • Professore incaricato
  • Assegnista di Ricerca
  • Dottorando di Ricerca
Notice that as of January 2011, some changes have been introduced in the above system, in particular faculties have been abolished in all Italian state universities substituted by larger departments in charge of both teaching and research. Therefore, the role of the "Preside", that used to be the head of the faculty, is now extinguished.
In Italian universities the role of "Professore a contratto" is paid at the end of the academic year nearly €3000 for the entire academic year, without salary during the academic year. In 2020 there are 23 thousand Associate Professors and 28 thousand "Professori a contratto" in Italy. Associate Professors have a starting salary of around 55,000 euros per year, Full Professors have a starting salary of about 75,000 euros per year, and Contract Professors of around 3,000 euros per year.
Administrative ranksRettore Prorettore Preside Presidente di Consiglio di Corso di Laurea
  • ''Direttore di Dipartimento''

Professorship

Faculty members must hold a degree or a master. This because pre-Bologna process Italian degrees are equivalent to foreign master degrees. Faculty may hold a PhD and can be :