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
Within the United States the hierarchy of ranks is
Academic ranks (old universities):
