Titles in academia

Titles in academia have been used with varying degrees of consistency in different places and at different times. Some commonly used titles for persons engaged in educating others include:

Administrative titles

• University President
• Provost
• Chancellor (in the United States)
  • Vice-Chancellor (in many Commonwealth countries)
• University Principal (Scotland and Canada)
• Dean
  • Vice-Dean or Assistant Dean
  • Dean Emeritus
• Rector
• Head teacher (in international schools)
• Director, used to reflect various positions ranging from the head of an institution to the head of a program
• Headmaster
• Principal, as used in primary education

Teaching positions

• Professor
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Adjunct Professor (or simply "Adjunct")
  • Lecturer
  • Instructor
  • Research Fellow
• Teacher or schoolteacher, generally used in elementary school and high school, as distinct from higher education