List of Academic Ranks - Denmark

Denmark

Administrative positions:

• Rektor (rector)
• Dekan (dean), head of a faculty (human sciences, natural sciences etc.)
• Institutleder (department manager), head of a department (computer science, mathematics etc.)

Academic positions:

• Professor
• Lektor (associate professor), time traditionally divided as 50-40-10 between teaching, research, and administration
• Adjunkt (assistant professor), usually almost the same teaching/research/administration division as lektor, although sometimes a little more time for research
• Post-doc, generally a research position, but with the possibility of teaching
• Ekstern Lektor part time teaching at university. Does not normally require a research degree (PhD or equivalent)