Legal analysis: female professors in colleges and universities can retire at the age of 55. The legal age for women is 55, and they must work continuously for ten years. However, professors, researchers and senior experts with the same titles at the corresponding level may extend their retirement age with the approval of the people's governments of provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions or ministries and commissions of central and state organs, but the longest retirement age shall not exceed 70 years old.

Legal Basis: Interim Measures of the State Council on Retirement and Resignation of Workers Article 1 Workers in enterprises and institutions owned by the whole people, party and government organs and mass organizations shall retire if they meet one of the following conditions. (a) men over 60 years of age, women over 50 years of age, continuous service for ten years. (two) engaged in underground, high altitude, high temperature, particularly heavy physical labor or other harmful work, men over 55 years of age, women over 45 years of age, continuous service for ten years. This provision also applies to grassroots cadres whose working conditions are the same as those of workers. (3) The male has reached the age of 50, the female has reached the age of 45, and has worked continuously for ten years, and has been certified by the hospital and confirmed by the labor appraisal committee, and has completely lost the ability to work. (four) work-related disability, proved by the hospital, and confirmed by the labor appraisal committee, completely lost the ability to work.