Academic Rank.doc

Academic Rank Academic organizations typically have a rather rigid set of ranks. Those listed below refer specifically to universities, although colleges and other institutions may follow a similar schema. Australia Academic ranks ? Professor ? Associate Professor ? Senior Lecturer ? Lecturer ? Associate Lecturer Administrative ranks ? Chancellor ? Vice-Chancellor ? Pro-Vice Chancellor ? Dean ? Head of School Brazil At the University of Sao Paulo the academic rank system is: ? Titular Professor (Professor Titular) ? Associate Professor (Professor Associado): must hold a Livre Docente title ? Doctor Professor (Professor Doutor): must hold an PhD or equivalent degree ? Assistant Professor (Professor Assistente): must hold an MSc or equivalent degree ? Teaching Assistant (Auxiliar de Ensino): bachelor degree In the Federal Universities the academic ranks receive other names: ? Professor Titular ? Professor Adjunto ? Professor Doutor or Professor Canada Academic ranks Faculty (Professors): ? Distinguished Professor or University Professor ? Professor (or Full Professor) ? Associate Professor ? Assistant Professor Non-faculty and/or temporary ? Adjunct faculty member ? Sessional lecturer, Instructor, Research Associate, and miscellaneous other ranks holding a Ph.D. ? Postdoctoral fellow (sometimes including lecturing experience). ? Research and/or teaching staff not holding a Ph.D. (e.g., research technicians, lab managers, etc.) ? Graduate student or professional student (law, medicine, music, nursing, accounting, etc.). Graduate students often serve as teaching assistants (TAs) and/or research assistants (RAs). In Canada, graduate students are further ranked by degree, with Ph.D. students outranking Masters students (unlike in the U.S., a Masters degree is commonly completed before beginning a Ph.D. program). ? Undergraduate student. Undergraduate students are ranked simply as 1st Year (Frosh), 2nd Year, 3rd Year, and 4th Year students. A