University and higher education professors (except vocational training)
Profesores de universidades y otra enseñanza superior (excepto formación profesional)
6.5
AI exposure: High
6.5 / 10
Theoretical estimate — not a prediction
Employees
138K
Average salary
46,630 €
Exposed wage index
4.2B €
employment × salary × score
Score sub-components
D
Displacement potential 8
C
Current AI capability 8
F
Physical barrier 3.5
R
Regulatory friction 6
Formula:
(D*C/10)*(1-F/20)*(1-R/20) Automation vector
University teaching involves advanced research, knowledge creation, and high-level instruction, activities that are eminently digital and intellectual. Generative AI is already capable of drafting academic literature, designing study programs, and tutoring students on complex concepts. Although mentorship and original research resist, the core of technical information transmission is highly exposed to automation.
Automation vector (Spanish)
La enseñanza universitaria implica investigación avanzada, creación de conocimiento y docencia de alto nivel, actividades eminentemente digitales e intelectuales. La IA generativa ya es capaz de redactar literatura académica, diseñar programas de estudio y tutorizar a estudiantes en conceptos complejos. Aunque la mentoría y la investigación original resisten, el núcleo de la transmisión de información técnica está altamente expuesto a la automatización.
Augmentation EU AI Act: High risk Employment confidence: A
Source: LFS Q4 2025, INE Census 2021, SEPE 2024 · Methodology v30 · CC BY 4.0 · Authors: Álvaro de Nicolás, Miguel Sureda