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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