List of Academic Ranks - South Africa

South Africa

  • Professor (must hold a PhD, except in accounting)
  • Associate professor (must hold a PhD, except in accounting, although sometimes appointed while still studying the PhD)
  • Senior lecturer (must hold a PhD, except in accounting, although sometimes appointed with still studying the PhD)
  • Lecturer (must hold a Masters degree, except in accounting)
  • Junior lecturer (must hold a Honours degree, except in accounting)
  • Research assistant
  • Tutor, student-assistant, demonstrator
  • Administrative assistant
  • Senior secretary

Administrative ranks

  • Chancellor (titular), (honorific)
  • Vice chancellor
  • Rector/principal & vice-chancellor (dual title)
  • Vice-rector/vice-principal and deputy vice-chancellor/pro-vice-chancellor
  • Dean
  • Vice-dean/deputy dean
  • Programme directors/Programme Convenor
  • Departmental chairperson or head of department

In Afrikaans-speaking universities the terms rector and vice-rector are common, whereas English-speaking universities tend to favour the terms principal and vice-principal. The use of deputy vice-chancellor seems to be phasing out pro-vice-chancellor.

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