President Joe Biden says he was a ā€œfull professorā€ at the University of Pennsylvania for several years.

During an event on Thursday, Biden said, ā€œI’ve been on a lot of university campuses.ā€

ā€œMatter of fact, for four years I was a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania,ā€ he added.

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This is not the first time the president has said he was a professor.

In Feb. 2020, Biden said he ā€œbecame a teacher, became a professorā€ instead of ā€œtaking a Wall Street job.ā€

And during a live-streamed address to the Munich Security Conference in Feb. 2021, Biden said, ā€œTwo years ago, as you pointed out, when I last spoke in Munich, I was a private citizen. I was a professor, not an elected official.ā€

In 2017, the University of Pennsylvania named Biden the ā€œBenjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor.ā€

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Kate Bedingfield, his spokesperson at the time, said, ā€œHe will not be teaching classes.ā€

According to PhillyMag, the university paid Biden $776,527 during his time in the position.

He took an unpaid leave in 2019 to campaign for president.

The then-former vice president reportedly visited the campus four times in 2017 and four times in 2018.

According to the New York Post, ā€œOne of the visits was a November 2017 event promoting his book ā€˜Promise Me, Dad.ā€™ā€

ā€œThe other Biden visits included Q&As with UPenn administrators, one lecture to Wharton business school graduate students and public events with former Mexican President Felipe Calderon and former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg,ā€ it added.

However, the Post notes, ā€œBefore he became vice president in 2009, Biden was an adjunct professor of law at Widener University in Pennsylvania for 17 years.ā€

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He did teach classes during that time period.