ка́федра

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1.
department (university), chair (professorship), faculty divisioneducation
Он рабо́тает на ка́федре русского языка́.
He works in the Russian language department.
The basic teaching and research unit of a Russian university, headed by a professor.
2.
lectern, rostrum, pulpit, dais
Профе́ссор подня́лся на ка́федру.
The professor stepped up to the lectern.
Also the pulpit in a church.

Examples

В университете есть кафедра нефтехимии.
The university has a department of petrochemistry.
Преподаватель, совместительствующий на двух кафедрах, был очень занят.
The lecturer who worked concurrently at two departments was very busy.
Она работает аспиранткой на кафедре физики.
She is a postgraduate student at the Department of Physics.
В университете есть кафедра арабистики.
The university has a department of Arabic studies.
Она мечтает о профессуре и своей кафедре.
She dreams of becoming a professor and having her own department.
На факультете открыли новую кафедру славяноведения.
A new department of Slavic studies was opened at the faculty.
Женщина, заведовавшая кафедрой, написала много книг.
The woman who headed the department wrote many books.
Она работает лаборантом на кафедре гистологии.
She works as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Histology.