AI job risk: Education

Will AI replace university professors?

Our AI risk score for university professors is 32 out of 100: medium risk.

32

Medium risk

The verdict

Parts of the job will be automated, but the role itself should change rather than disappear.

What AI already does

AI drafts lectures, grades essays and answers students' questions.

What stays human

Original research, mentoring and leading discussion.

What to learn next

Research, mentoring, teaching with AI.

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Other education jobs

Safer moves from university professors: childcare workers (5).

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Sources: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025; IMF, "Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work" (2024); ILO, "Generative AI and Jobs" (2023, updated 2025); Eloundou et al., "GPTs are GPTs" (2023); Frey and Osborne, "The Future of Employment" (2013). Scores are RoboDoom's own estimates, see how we score.

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