Professor

The term Professor is granted to educational teachers and scholars engaged in research in the wizarding world. They appear throughout the Harry Potter book series.

About

Education

In teaching, the term Professor is granted only to those who teach in a school. In the wizarding world, wizarding schools are boarding schools and teachers could live at the school. Known schools of teachers who have the title of Professor include Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Durmstrang Institute.

At Hogwarts, they have the power to give and take House points, and give out detentions and special permissions to students when they needed. They have their own apartment in the school, and the Head of House will have one probably near their House common room (e.g. Professor McGonagall could hear her House partying from wherever she was sleeping). Teachers should ideally be experienced (knowledgeable and skilled) in their field, with an O.W.L. or N.E.W.T. grade. However, the Headteacher can give a teaching post to a person who doesn't have any formal education if they were knowledgeable enough like Rubeus Hagrid.

Professor Dumbledore, Transfiguration teacher and Headteacher

The Head of Hogwarts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is appointed and suspended by a Board of Governors. A temporary Headteacher is appointed when the Headteacher was suspended. The Headteacher appoints teachers and they could be given other roles including Deputy Headteacher and Head of House. Professors can eat in the Great Hall at the High Table and they have a staff-room. Teacher get free hours throughout a school day, like when Professor McGonagall was in her office when Professor Umbridge was teaching.

Teachers can fill in for others if they are unable to attend their lesson, even if it's not for a subject they teach. If the school is in danger, teachers patrol the corridors. The Head of House has career counselling sessions for fifth years about to take their O.W.L.s. At the beginning of their sixth year, the Head of House will approve the subjects of their choice for N.E.W.T.s depending on if they have achieved the necessary O.W.L. grade. They give guidance if they have not. Each teacher provides an exam to their students at the end of the year.

Professor McGonagall, Transfiguration teacher, Deputy Headteacher, Head of House and eventual Headteacher

It is possible for a teacher to switch what subject they teach. Professors cou need to be a certain age to be granted a teaching job. Professor Dippet thought that Tom Riddle was too young at eighteen to teach, but Professor McGonagall was accepted at the age of twenty-one. Teachers can take time off to research their subject instead of teaching.

The government has a certain level of control in education and intervened when they thought it was needed. Professor Umbridge was given powers and rights beyond that of an average Professor when the government imposed an Educational Decree to appoint her.

Scholars

If a scholar is engaged in research, they could have the title of Professor too. They don't have to teach per se but they can write books like Vindictus Viridian did, or get involved with marking examinations like Professor Tofty.

Known Professors

Teaching

Hogwarts

Subject	Professor	Years	Notes
Unknown	Godric Gryffindor	10th century	Founder and Head of House
	Salazar Slytherin
	Rowena Ravenclaw
	Helga Hufflepuff
	Phyllida Spore	15th century	Head of Hogwarts
	Everand	Unknown
	Dexter Fortescue
	Dilys Derwent	18th century
	Phineas Nigellus Black	Late 19th - early 20th century
	Armando Dippet	Unknown - between 1965 and 1971
Arithmancy	Septima Vector
Astronomy	Aurora Sinistra
Care of Magical Creatures	Rubeus Hagrid	1993 - unknown
	Silvanus Kettleburn	Unknown - 1993
	Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank	1994 - unknown	Substitute teacher
Charms	Filius Flitwick	By 1976 - unknown	Head of House
Dark Arts	Amycus Carrow	1997 - 1998
Defence Against the Dark Arts	Galatea Merrythought	late 19th century - unknown
	Quirinus Quirrell	1991 - 1992
	Gilderoy Lockhart	1992 - 1993
	Remus Lupin	1993 - 1994
	Bartemius Crouch Jnr.	1994 - 1995
	Dolores Umbridge	1995 - 1996
	Severus Snape	1996 - 1997
Divination	Sybill Trelawney	1981 - 1996; 1996 - unknown
	Firenze	1996 - 1995
Flying	Rolanda Hooch	By 1991 - unknown
Herbology	Pomona Sprout
History of Magic	Cuthbert Binns	Unknown
Muggle Studies	Quirinus Quirrell	By 1989 - 1991
	Charity Burbage	Unknown - 1997
	Alecto Carrow	1997 - 1998
Potions	Horace Slughorn	c. 1931 - 1981, 1996 - unknown	Head of House
	Severus Snape	1981 - 1996
Study of Ancient Runes	Bathsheda Babbling	By 1993 - unknown
Transfiguration	Albus Dumbledore	Unknown - 1997	Head of Hogwarts
	Minerva McGonagall	1956 - bet. 2008 and 2014	Head of House, Deputy Headteacher and Head of Hogwarts

Durmstrang

Professor	Years	Notes
Igor Karkaroff	Between 1981 and 1994 - 1995	Headteacher

Research

Professor	Years	Field	Notes
Griselda Marchbanks	Late 19th century - ?	Unknown	Examiner
Tofty	By 1996 - unknown
Vindictus Viridian	Before 1991	Curses and Counter-curses	Author