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would create up to six new Regius Professorships, to be announced in early 2013, to mark her Diamond Jubilee. 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. In July 2015 it was
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in 1497. Regius chairs have since been instituted in various universities, in disciplines judged to be fundamental and for which there is a continuing and significant need. Each was established by an English, Scottish, or British monarch, and following proper advertisement and interview through the
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in Ireland, which left the United Kingdom in 1922). This royal imprimatur, and the relative rarity of these professorships, means a Regius chair is prestigious and highly sought-after.
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offices of the university and the national government, the current monarch still appoints the professor (except for those at
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announced that further Regius Professorships would be created to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.
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Royal warrant creating a Regius Chair in Mathematics at the University of Warwick (2013)
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Regius Professors are traditionally addressed as "Regius" and not "Professor". The
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University professor with royal patronage or appointment in UK and Ireland
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currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at fourteen.
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of the UK and Ireland. In October 2012 it was announced that Queen
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Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations
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was in the field of medicine, and founded by the Scottish King
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Regius Professor of Electronics & Computer Engineering
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Regius Professor of Engineering at Imperial College London
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Traditionally, Regius Chairs only existed in the seven
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patronage or appointment. They are a unique feature of
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list of Professorships at the University of Edinburgh
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Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
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List of professorships at the University of Aberdeen
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Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science
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Regius Professor of English Language and Literature
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Regius Professor of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
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Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature
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