Academic rank Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

Academic organizations typically have a rather rigid set of ranks.

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1 United States 2 United Kingdom 3 See also

United States

Within the United States the hierarchy of ranks is:

• Full Professor
• Associate Professor
• Assistant Professor
• [Various statuses requiring a Ph.D. that are neither professorships nor post-doctoral fellowships, varying from one university to another. Among these are Lecturer and Instructor. At some universities, those titles are held by persons without doctorates; at some others, they are held only by persons with doctorates.]
• Post-doctoral fellow
• Graduate assistant including teaching assistants and research assistants.
• Undergraduate

There is a parallel system of administrative ranks

• President
• Chancellor
• Provost
• Vice President
• Vice Chancellor
• Vice Provost
• Associate Vice President
• Associate Vice Chancellor
• Associate Vice Provost
• Assistant Vice President
• Assistant Vice Chancellor
• Assistant Vice Provost
• Dean
• Associate Dean
• Assistant Dean
• Director of Department (Administrative Department)
• Associate Director of Department (Administrative Department)
• Assistant Director of Department (Administrative Department)
• Head of Department (Academic Department)

United Kingdom

Academic ranks (old universities):

• Professor
• Reader
• Senior Lecturer
• Lecturer/Research Fellow
• Postgraduate Student/Research Assistant
• Undergraduate

Academic ranks (new universities):

• Professor
• Reader
• Principal Lecturer
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow
• Postgraduate Student/Research Assistant
• Undergraduate

Administrative ranks:

• Chancellor (honorific)
• Pro-Chancellor (honorific)
• Vice Chancellor
• Pro-Vice Chancellor
• Registrar or Bursar
• Dean of Faculty
• Head of Department/School

See also

• Academia

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