On 18-2-2009 9:01, scott wrote:
>> None of the professors had PhD's?  Heck, the science teachers in my 
>> high school had PhDs.
> 
> At my University it seemed to be a requirement that to become a 
> professor you need a PhD (this is for the UK definition of Professor, 
> which means you are head of department or some other very senior role, 
> my understanding is that this is not the same in the US).

In the Netherlands it is not a requirement, but uncommon. The most 
common cause is that they wanted a person from a company as professor. 
As a non-PhD professor you can not act as the promotor for a PhD. You 
can do the daily supervision, but for the actual defence you need 
another professor that does have it's PhD.

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