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A
Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the
VC) of a
university in
England,
Wales,
Northern Ireland,
New Zealand,
Australia,
India other
Commonwealth countries, and some universities in
Hong Kong, is the
chief executive of the University. In
Scotland and
Canada the
chief executive of a University is usually called
Principal or
President with Vice-Chancellor being an honorific.
Official role
Strictly speaking, the VC is only the deputy to the
Chancellor of the university, but the Chancellor is usually a prominent public figure who acts as a ceremonial figurehead only (for example, the Chancellor of
Cambridge University is
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh), while the Vice-Chancellor acts as the day-to-day
chief executive. An assistant to a Vice-Chancellor is called a
Pro-Vice-Chancellor or
Deputy Vice-Chancellor — these are sometimes teaching academics who take on additional responsibilities. In some universities (for example,
Macquarie University,
Deakin University), there are several Deputy Vice-Chancellors subordinate to the Vice-Chancellor, with Pro-Vice-Chancellor being a position at executive level ranking below Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Canada and Scotland
Canadian university Vice-Chancellors almost always carry the title of "
President (or equivalent) and Vice-Chancellor": likewise, in
Scotland, they hold the position of "
Principal and Vice-Chancellor". In the Scottish practice the one individual may have two sets of official robes, reflecting a continuing division of responsibilities between the two posts.
India
In
India most central and state level universities are administered by the Vice Chancellor, the highest paid official of the university. In deemed universities and institutes of national importance, the head of the institution is called the
Director.
Republic of Ireland
In the
Republic of Ireland, day-to-day operations of the universities are under the directorship of a President (a
Provost in the case of
Trinity College Dublin). However, the president of each constituent college of The
National University of Ireland also has the title of
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the NUI.
United States
In the
United States, a Vice-Chancellor is an assistant to a Chancellor, who is generally the (actual, not merely ceremonial) head of one campus of a large university which has several campuses. The head of the entire university is the
University President (the equivalent of a Commonwealth Vice-Chancellor), the
Chancellor is in charge of one campus, and a Vice-Chancellor is one of the chief assistants. Some systems, such as the
California State University and
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, invert this ranking so that the Chancellor is the head of the entire university.
At the
University of the South, the Vice-Chancellor is the administrative head of the
University (as well as the village of Sewanee). The
Chancellor is the most senior
Episcopalian Bishop of the owning
Dioceses of the
University. The
Chancellor neither resides at the
University nor holds administrative power; the Bishop holds ceremonial office only.
Philippines
In the Philippines, in the
University of Santo Tomas the day-to-day head of the University, as mandated by his duty as the
Prior Provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, the Dominican province that has majority control over the University.
As said earlier, The Vice Chancellor or the "Grand Vice Chancellor of the University of Santo Tomas" is only the deputy to the
Chancellor of the university, but the Chancellor is usually a prominent public figure who isn't always in the country (for example, the Chancellor of
University of Santo Tomas is the current
Master of the Order of Preachers, the current being, Very Rev. Fr.
Carlos Azpiroz Costa), OP, while the Vice-Chancellor acts as the day-to-day
chief executive. The current Vice Chancellor of
UST is the Acting
Prior Provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, Very Rev. Fr. Hilario Singian, OP.
Sweden
In Sweden, Vice-Chancellor (vicekansler) is an honorary title given to the rectors at the universities of
Lund and
Uppsala.
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