International Review of Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 9, No. 1 (2015), pp. 117-125 www.irssh.com ISSN 2248-9010 (Online), ISSN 2250-0715 (Print) Survey the Concept of “Successful Professor” from the Viewpoints of Academic Staff Members at University of Guilan, Iran Abbas Sadeghi (Corresponding Author) Associate Professor, Educational Sciences Department Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan P.O. Box 3988. Rasht, Gulian Province, Iran E-mail: asadeghi_2003@yahoo.com Fatemeh Hoseini Lecturer, Educational Sciences Department Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan P.O. Box 3988, Rasht, Gulian Province, Iran E-mail: fhosseinyy@yahoo.com Atefeh Sadeghi M.A. Teaching Language Student, English Language Department Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan P.O. Box 3988, Rasht, Gulian Province, Iran E-mail: atefeh_sadeghi7@yahoo.com Hossein Vahed Chookadeh M.A. Educational Management, Educational Sciences Department Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan P.O. Box 3988, Rasht, Gulian Province, Iran E-mail: hosein_vahed2012@yahoo.com (Received: 29-12-14 / Accepted: 8-3-15) Abstract The main aim of the paper was survey Academic Staff Members’ viewpoints about “successful professor” which concentrated on characteristics of a “successful professor” with regard to group and the major in which they teach. The method was done in this way that from a sample of 150 persons of different major professors at university of Guilan was asked to select 3 main characteristics from 15 traits related to “successful professor of university”. These professors most had attention to professor ability to create and stimulus of faculty growth. They put the methodology in the second grade and little attention was given to traits related to scientific status and professor personality .Furthermore, among existing professors at Faculties of University of Guilan, there was an agreement about the type of regard to a “successful professor”. They selected those traits which were focused on speech and course material.