Professional rankings are separate from the amateur ratings ( usually 30 kyu through 7 dan ).

Professional rankings are 1 dan through 9 dan ( sometimes written 1p through 9p ).

In contrast to academic rankings, the Professional Ranking of World Universities established in 2007 by the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris measures the efficiency of each university at producing leading business professionals.

Academic rankings in the Philippines are conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission and the Commission on Higher Education, based on the average passing rates in board tests.

His win in the 1982 Professional Players Tournament at the age of 50 led to his recapturing the world number one position in the first set of rankings to be calculated on tournaments other than the World Championship.

The rankings determine the seedings for tournaments on the World Snooker Tour, organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and who gets an invite to prestigious invitational events.

The system used to calculate the rankings was developed from McCormack's World Golf Rankings, which were published in his World of Professional Golf Annual from 1968 to 1985, although these were purely unofficial and not used for any wider purpose ( such as inviting players to major tournaments ).

Professional astronomers are highly educated individuals who typically have a PhD in physics or astronomy and are employed by research institutions or universities .< ref >

Many statistics are also available from outside of Major League Baseball, from leagues such as the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players and the Negro Leagues.

The two most prominent grading services at present are the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( NGC ) and the Professional Coin Grading Service ( PCGS ).

Professional athletes such as Kobe Bryant ( above ) who play for various sports teams are one of the most sought after careers in the world.

Professional dancers are usually employed on contract or for particular performances / productions.

Professional gamblers were common ; some of their loaded dice are preserved in museums.

Professional DJs may use harmonic mixing to choose songs that are in compatible musical keys.

Professional fictional languages are those languages created for use in books, movies, television shows, video games, comics, toys, and musical albums ( prominent examples of works featuring fictional languages include the Middle-earth and Star Trek universes and the game Myst ).

Special Agents of the FBI HRT ( Hostage Rescue Team ), and regional SWAT teams are issued the Springfield Operator or Professional Model 1911A1. 45 ACP Pistol.

Professional landscape designers are certified by the Association of Professional Landscape Designers.

In the USA, geotechnical engineers are typically licensed and regulated as Professional Engineers ( PEs ) in most states ; currently only California and Oregon have licensed geotechnical engineering specialties.

Only 25, 000 people per year, of which about 21 percent are industrial workers, graduate yearly from the National Institute of Professional Training ( Instituto Nacional de Formación Profesional-- INFOP ) established in 1972.

Unlike the corresponding Vista editions, the Professional and Enterprise editions are supersets of the Home Premium edition.

Professional shows and workshops by groups and prodigies from all over the world are an added attraction.

Professional sumo wrestlers are often seen in the kimono because they are required to wear traditional Japanese dress whenever appearing in public.

Accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Professional Studies.

Professional artisans of cooking are called chefs, while preparation staff and line cooks prepare food items in a more systematic and less artistic fashion.

In Ontario, Canada, Software Engineers who graduate from a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board ( CEAB ) accredited program, successfully complete PEO's ( Professional Engineers Ontario ) Professional Practice Examination ( PPE ) and have at least 48 months of acceptable engineering experience are eligible to be licensed through the Professional Engineers Ontario and can become Professional Engineers P. Eng.

Staff are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees ( CUPE ), the Administrative and Professional Staff Association ( APSA ), or Polyparty.

The exams are not normally administered by Linux Professional Institute Inc., but instead through one of their training partners.

Graduation from an accredited program, which normally involves four years of study, is a required first step to becoming a Professional Engineer.

Mental health professionals who go by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health ( WPATH ) Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People will normally require a patient to go full-time for at least a year ( a period of time generally referred to as the " Real-Life Experience " or " Real-Life Test ") before recommending surgery.

: Members ( MFOH ) are normally holders of the Diploma of Professional Competence in Occupational Hygiene and have at least five years ’ experience at a senior level.

Professional carwashing is a " non-point source " of discharge that has the ability to capture these contaminants, normally in interceptor drains, so the contaminants can be removed before the water enters sanitary systems.

Professional certifications are normally valid for a limited number of years, based on the pace of change in the certified profession, and require periodic recertification through reexamination ( to demonstrate continuing competency as occupational standards of practice evolve ) or continuing professional development ( to demonstrate continually enhanced competency ).

Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference ( PDC ) is a conference for software developers, normally Windows developers.

She was awarded the Professional Handlers' Ass'ns' Leonard Brumby, Sr. Memorial Trophy ( named for the founder-originator of the Junior Classes.

* CFAP ( Certified Forensic Accounting Professional ) awarded by the Center of Studies headquartered in India with chapters in many countries

* Master of Computer Applications, a three-year Professional Master's degree in Computer Science awarded in India

* Child Development Associate, the CDA Credential awarded to those in the Early Care & Education by The Council for Professional Recognition to work with Infants, Toddlers, or Preschoolers

* The Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility awarded annually by CPSR, was established in 1987 in honor of Wiener to recognize contributions by computer professionals to socially responsible use of computers.

In November 2010, Potter County commissioners awarded the bid for the 2011 use of the stadium to Scott Berry, owner of Southern Independent Baseball and franchisee with the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in January 1968 when the NBA awarded a franchise to Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. ( Milwaukee Pro ), a group headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman.

The Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award is awarded by the Professional Hockey Writers ' Association to " distinguished members of the newspaper profession whose words have brought honour to journalism and to hockey ".

and Hofstra University, where she was awarded a Professional Diploma in Reading and a Doctorate of Humane Letters.

Professional education began with establishment of the School of Veterinary Science in 1899 ; in 1902 the first two veterinary science students graduated and in 1909 the first Doctor of Veterinary Science degrees were awarded.

The following was achieved: the name of American Professional Football Association was chosen ; officers of the league were elected with Jim Thorpe as president ; a membership fee of $ 100 was set ; a committee to draft a constitution was named ; the secretary of the league was to receive a list of all players used during the season by January 1, 1921 ; and the trophy that would be awarded to the league champions.

The formation of Women's Professional Soccer was announced on September 4, 2007, during which time it was also announced that a franchise had been awarded to Boston.

It is a companion to the Hart Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the League's Most Valuable Player, as judged by members of the Professional Hockey Writers ' Association.

In 1999, Chicago received the UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award, and has been awarded honorary degrees from Lehigh University, Smith College, Duke University and Russell Sage College.

In 2011, the strip was awarded the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning by the Society of Professional Journalists.

She was awarded the Centennial Medal by the Canadian government in 1967, the Ninety-Nines awarded her the Amelia Earhart Medal in 1975, and in 1979 the Ontario Association of Professional Engineers presented her with their gold medal.

In 1986, she was posthumously awarded the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, but Lester del Rey declined the award in her name, saying that she would have objected to the award being given to her just because she had recently died.

Professional qualifications in the United Kingdom are generally awarded by professional bodies in line with their charters.

* Certified Professional SafeTech, a qualification awarded by the Safe and Vault Technicians Association

In 1997, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and was awarded honorary membership in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

Näslund was also a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league's most valuable player as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers ' Association.

In 1961, Rosenberg received his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and in 1966 was awarded Diplomate status in clinical psychology from the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology.