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Academic rank
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Academic organizations typically have a rather rigid set of ranks.

United States

Within the United States the hierarchy of ranks is

Full Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
[Various statuses (stati?) requiring a Ph.D. that are not 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.

There is a parallel system of administrative ranks

President
Dean
Department head

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
Regestrar or Bursar
Dean of Faculty
Head of Department/School

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Modified by Geona