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Higher education makes high demands on a teacher, his knowledge, pedagogical skills and personal featuresto ensure that he meets the demands of students and the requirements of employers. Teachers areconstantly asked to innovate and update their competences and improve students learning outcomes. Highrequirements for professionalism, permanent workload, necessity for regular update of knowledge andinefficacious management style may lead to emotional burnout. The authors study the causes of emotionalburnout, research the burnout syndrome among university teachers whose length of teaching experienceis over 20 years based an a short questionnaire and give recommendations for further studies.