In 1950 he became the first Chair Professor of Pedagogy in Portugal.

He became the Chair Professor of the Institute of Material Science at Saarland University, Germany in 1979.

Chair Professor by special appointment, National Taiwan University, Taipei (appointed in 2003)

She was Chair Professor and Head of the Department of computer science at the City University of Hong Kong.

He retired from IACS as a Chair Professor in 2010.

Prof. Richard Davis (Chair Professor of History)

Prof. David Phillips (Chair Professor of Social Policy)

Prof. Lewis Flynn (Chair Professor of Life Sciences and Biochemistry)

In 2003, he was appointed a Chair Professor of Tsinghua's Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology.

Received the honor of Chair Professor of Soochow University.