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A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the '''VC''') of a University in England , Wales , Northern Ireland , 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, he or she 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 (e.g., 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 (e.g., 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 , 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. 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. Note that some systems, like the California State University , invert this ranking so that a 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. SWEDEN In Sweden Vice-Chancellor (vicekansler) is an honorary title given to the rectors at the universities of Lund and Uppsala. SEE ALSO |
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