List of Academic Ranks - Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czech Republic and Slovakia

• Profesor (professor), both degree and position. Professors are appointed by the president after a successful accomplishment of řízení o udělení profesury (process of awarding a professorship). One of the requirements is an already accomplished docent degree.
• Docent (associate professor), both degree and position. The degree is awarded by the rector after a certain amount of years of teaching and after a successful accomplishment of habilitace (a process concluded by a defense of a reviewed research manuscript and a public lecture).
• Odborný asistent (lecturer / researcher), this title covers positions from lecturers to researchers. Requirements for lecturers / researchers vary, usually a Ph.D. is required.
• Asistent (assistant lecturer), at least Master degree is required.

Administrative

• Rektor (rector), head of the university
• Prorektor (vice-rector), typically 3 to 5 people are vice-rectors; the position is usually further specified by indicating domain a vice-rector is responsible for (e. g. research, communication, study-related issues)
• Kvestor (registrar, bursar), a "manager" of the university
• Děkan (Slovak: Dekan, English: dean), head of a faculty
• Proděkan (Slovak: Prodekan, English: vice-dean)
• Ředitel (Slovak: Riaditeľ, English: director), head of a sub-unit at a faculty (e.g. institute, research center)
• Vedoucí katedry (Slovak: Vedúci katedry, English: departmental chair), sometimes at the same level as director