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The document discusses the role and responsibilities of a chancellor in different countries and educational systems. A chancellor is typically the ceremonial head or chair of a university's governing body, while an executive leader such as a president or vice-chancellor handles day-to-day operations. The role of chancellor varies, from purely ceremonial to also having some administrative duties, depending on the country and university.

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Chancellor (Education) - 2

The document discusses the role and responsibilities of a chancellor in different countries and educational systems. A chancellor is typically the ceremonial head or chair of a university's governing body, while an executive leader such as a president or vice-chancellor handles day-to-day operations. The role of chancellor varies, from purely ceremonial to also having some administrative duties, depending on the country and university.

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Chancellor (education)

A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head
of the university or of a university campus within a university system.

In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor is usually a


ceremonial non-resident head of the university. In such institutions, the chief executive of a
university is the vice-chancellor, who may carry an additional title such as president (e.g.
"president & vice-chancellor"). The chancellor may serve as chairperson of the governing body; if
not, this duty is often held by a chairperson who may be known as a pro-chancellor.

In many countries, the administrative and educational head of the university is known as the
president, principal or rector. In the United States, the head of a university is most commonly a
university president. In U.S. university systems that have more than one affiliated university or
campus, the executive head of a specific campus may have the title of chancellor and report to
the overall system's president, or vice versa.

Chancellor

Australia and New Zealand

In both Australia and New Zealand, a chancellor is the chairperson of a university's governing
body; thus, as well as having ceremonial duties, the chancellor participates in the governance of
the university (but not its active management). The chancellor is assisted by a deputy chancellor
(known as the pro-chancellor in some universities). The chancellor and deputy chancellor are
frequently drawn from the senior ranks of business or the judiciary (it is one of the few jobs
considered compatible with judicial service). Some universities have a visitor who is senior to the
chancellor. University disputes can be appealed from the governing board to the visitor (as is still
the case in the UK), but nowadays, such appeals are generally prohibited by legislation, and the
position has only ceremonial functions (unlike the chancellor and deputy chancellor, who
frequently preside at functions such as graduations, the visitor rarely attends university
functions). The vice-chancellor usually serves as the chief executive of the university.

Macquarie University in Sydney is a noteworthy anomaly as it once had the unique position of
Emeritus Deputy Chancellor, a post created for John Lincoln upon his retirement from his long-
held post of deputy chancellor in 2000. The position was not merely an honorary title, as it also
retained for Lincoln a place in the University Council until his death in 2011.
Bangladesh

Chancellor is a titular position in Bangladesh always held by the incumbent President of


Bangladesh under the Private Universities Act 1992.[1] The position in public universities is not
fixed for the president under any acts or laws (since the erection of a state university in
Bangladesh requires an act to be passed in itself),[2] but it has been the custom so far to name
the incumbent president of the country as chancellor of all state universities thus established.
The day-to-day business of the university is run by the vice chancellor. The vice chancellor has a
deputy called the pro-vice-chancellor.

Canada

Canadian universities have a titular chancellor similar to those in England and Wales, with day-to-
day operations typically handled by a principal. The vice-chancellor usually carries the joint title of
"president and vice-chancellor" or "rector and vice-chancellor."

Finland

In Finland, if the university has a chancellor (Finnish: Kansleri, Swedish: Kansler), they are the
leading official in the university. The duties of the chancellor are mainly to promote sciences and
to look after the best interests of the university. As the rector of the university (Finnish: rehtori,
Swedish: rektor) remains the de facto administrative leader and chief executive official, the role
of the chancellor is more of a social, political and even historical nature. However some
administrative duties still belong to the chancellor's jurisdiction despite their often arguably
ceremonial nature. Examples of these include the appointment of new professors and docents.

The chancellor of University of Helsinki (the oldest and largest in Finland) has also the right to be
present and to speak in the plenary meetings of the Council of State when matters regarding the
university are discussed. Despite their role as the chancellor of only one university, they are often
regarded as the political representative of Finland's entire university institution when they
exercise their rights in the Council of State.

In the history of Finland the office of the chancellor dates all the way back to the Swedish Empire,
and later the Russian Empire. Historically the chancellor's duty was to function as the official
representative of the monarch in the autonomous university.

The number of chancellors in Finnish universities has declined over the years, and in the vast
majority of Finnish universities the highest official is the rector. The remaining universities with
chancellors are University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University.

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