sentences:  The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research provides a comparative table for faculty ranks in France and worldwide.For example, "professeur" corresponds to (full) professor in North America and the UK, while "maître de conférences" corresponds to (tenured) associate professor in North America, or to lecturer/reader/senior lecturer in the UK depending on pay grade and whether the habilitation was obtained or not.There also exist equivalent ranks as state employees (non civil service) for professors coming from industry and working part-time in a university.