Regius Professor

Regius Professorships are "royal" professorships. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment is approved by the Crown, except at Dublin since 1923. Glasgow currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at thirteen.^[1]

New Regius chairs (2013)

In October 2012 it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee.^[2] In January 2013 the full list was announced, comprising twelve new chairs, probably the largest number ever created in one year, and more than created in most centuries.^[3][4]

University of Aberdeen

• Regius Professor of Anatomy (1863)
• Regius Professor of Botany
• Regius Professor of English Literature
• Regius Professor of Greek
• Regius Professor of Humanity (formerly Classics)
• Regius Professor of Logic
• Regius Professor of Mathematics
• Regius Professor of Medicine
• Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy
• Regius Professor of Natural Sciences
• Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (formerly Midwifery)
• Regius Professor of Physiology
• Regius Professor of Surgery (1839)

University of Cambridge

• Regius Professor of Botany (1724/2009)
• Regius Professor of Civil Law (1540)
• Regius Professor of Divinity (1540)
• Regius Professor of Engineering (1875/2011)
• Regius Professor of Greek (1540)
• Regius Professor of Hebrew (1540)
• Regius Professor of Modern History (1724)
• Regius Professor of Physic (1540)

University of Dublin

• Regius Professor of Laws (Dublin) (1668)
• Regius Professor of Physic (Dublin) (1637?)
• Regius Professor of Greek (Trinity) (1761)
• Regius Professor of Surgery (Dublin) (1852/1868)

University of Dundee

• Regius Professor of Life Sciences (2013)

University of Edinburgh

• Regius Professor of Astronomy, Edinburgh (1785)
• Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery (1803)
• Regius Professor of Engineering (1868)
• Regius Professor of Geology (1871)
• Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations (1707)
• Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature (1762)

University of Essex

• Regius Professor of Political Science (2013)

University of Glasgow

• Regius Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics, Glasgow (1637/1713)
• Regius Professor of Materia Medica, Glasgow (1831) (merged in 1989 with Medicine and Therapeutics)
• Regius Professor of Law, Glasgow (1713)
• Regius Professor of Anatomy, Glasgow (1718)
• Regius Professor of Astronomy, Glasgow (1760)
• Regius Professor of Zoology, Glasgow (1807)
• Regius Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Glasgow (1815)
• Regius Professor of Surgery, Glasgow (1815)
• Regius Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow (1817)
• Regius Professor of Botany, Glasgow (1818)
• Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine, Glasgow (1839)
• Regius Professor of Physiology, Glasgow
• Regius Professor of Civil Engineering, Glasgow
• Regius Professor of English Language and Literature, Glasgow (1861)
• Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Glasgow (1716–1935)

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

• Regius Professor of Engineering (2013)

King's College, University of London

• Regius Professor of Psychiatry (2013)

London School of Economics and Political Science

• Regius Professor of Economics (2013)

University of Manchester

• Regius Professor of Physics (2013)

Open University

• Regius Professor of Open Education (2013)

University of Oxford

• Regius Professor of Civil Law (c.1540)
• Regius Professor of Divinity (1535)
• Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology (1842)
• Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History (1842)
• Regius Professor of Hebrew (1546)
• Regius Professor of Medicine (1546)
• Regius Professor of Greek (c.1541)
• Regius Professor of Modern History (1724)

University of Reading

• Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science (2013)

Royal Holloway, University of London

• Regius Professor of Music (2013)

University of St Andrews

• Regius Professor of Mathematics (1668)

University of Southampton

• Regius Professor of Computer Science (2013)

University of Surrey

• Regius Professor of Electronic Engineering (2013)

University of Warwick

• Regius Professor of Mathematics (2013)

References

1. ↑ "Regius Professor of Law Appointed to the University of Glasgow". University of Glasgow. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013. 
2. ↑ "Queen to bestow new Regius Professorships on outstanding Universities" (Press release). Cabinet Office. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2013. 
3. ↑ "New Regius Professorships announced for 12 universities". Times Higher Educational Supplement. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013. 
4. ↑ "Cabinet Office: The Queen awards prestigious Regius professorships to twelve universities" (Press release). PoliticsHome. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.