Academic Ranks

I. Dakota Wesleyan University, USA

 General types of academic rank:
1. Instructor
2. Assistant Professor
3. Associate Professor
4. Professor
5. Professor Emeritus
6. Visiting Professor
7. Honorary Professor

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Qualifications for each rank:
 Instructor:
• A master degree (or equivalent teaching &
experience).
 Assistant Professor:
• A doctor or terminal degree;
• Or master’s degree and completion of three years
of college teaching.
 Associate Professor:
• A doctorate or terminal degree;
• Has held the rank of Assistant Professor for at
least four years;
• At least six years of successful college teaching.
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 Professor:
• A doctorate or terminal degree in the field which
s/he is teaching;
• Has held the rank of Associate Professor for five
years;
• Is a tenured member of the faculty.
 Professor Emeritus:
• Faculty member retiring from active service;
• Has tenure and has completed at least fifteen
years of service to the University in faculty rank;
• Not automatic, the honor should be served for
those who have excelled throughout his/her careers
as teacher.

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  Visiting Professor:
• May be employed as a part-time, pro rata, or full-
time visiting faculty member from another institution;
• Be assigned to individuals who hold or have held
professional rank (Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor, or Professor).
 Honorary Professor:
• May be assigned to individuals who offer
educational experiences to the students of the
University on a part-time basic;
• Have no contractual arrangement with the
University;
• Be assigned by the President upon recommendation
of the Department Chair & the Vice President of
Academic Affairs and Dean.
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 Process for determination of rank
promotion:
- Promotion is intended to:
• Acknowledge excellent in teaching;
• Promote professional relationships with students
and colleagues;
• Encourage professional development, service to the
University, Community service, and a;
• Commitment to the mission of the University.

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II. Los Angeles Community College
 General types for academic rank :
 Instructor
 Assistant Professor
 Associate Professor
 Professor
 Qualifications for each rank:
 Instructor:
• Any faculty member when condition for academic
rank have not been met.
 Assistant Professor:
• Any faculty member hired as a probationary
instructor.
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 Associate Professor:
• Assistant professor with master’s degree or higher;
• three (3) year’s professional service in Districts;
• Any faculty member with a bachelor’s degree and
seven years professional service.
 Professor:
• Four (4) years of full-time service as an associate
professor, or four (4) years of full-time service as
professional related to the subject or service area;
• Sixty (60) units of college or university credit
beyond a 120-unit bachelor’s degree;
• An earned Doctorate

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III. Canada and the United State
Types for academic rank (Tenured and
tenure-track positions) :
1. An introductory level professor
2. A mid-level
3. Professor/Full Professor
4. Distinguished Professor/ Endowed Chair
 Qualifications for each rank:
An introductory level position:
• After receiving PhD and/or completing a post-
doctoral fellowship;
• After 4-8 years as assistant professor.
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  A mid-level
• Usually tenured, professor.
 Professor/Full professor :
• A senior, tenured professor.
 Distinguished Professor/Endowed Chair:
• Is an honorary position in which a full professor’s
salary is increased by being tied to an endowment
derived from the university, private individuals, firms,
or foundations.

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 Types for academic rank (Non-tenure-track
positions) :
1. Teaching Assistant (TA) or teaching Fellow (TF)
2. Adjunct Instructor/ Adjunct Professor/Adjunct
Lecturer/ Faculty Associate
3. Instructor or Lecturer
4. Collegiate Assistant Professor/Collegiate
Professor/Collegiate Associate Professor
5. Visiting Assistant Professor
6. Research Professor

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Qualifications for each rank:
Teaching Assistant (TA):
• Graduate students;
• Whom plays a supportive role involving grading,
review sessions, and labs;
• Teaching fellows teach entire courses.
 Adjunct Instructor:
• Part-time non-salaried, non-tenure track faculty
members who are paid for each class they teach.
• Does not always requires a completed PhD.
 Instructor or Lecturer:
• A full-time at a university that does not involve
tenure or a research program in the classical sense;
• Not requires a PhD;
• Involves teaching undergraduate introductory
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 Collegiate Professor:
• Often full-time instructor;
• Main purpose is to teach and conduct service to the
students and university/college rather than
conducting research or publishing.
 Visiting Assistant Professor:
• A temporary professor position;
• Covers the teaching load of a faculty member
sabbatical;
• Who is invited to serve as a member of the faculty of
another university or college for a limited period of
time.

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 Research Professor
• No obligation for teaching ;
• No salary commitment from their institution;
• Salary from external funding sources such as
grants and contracts.

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VI. Egypt
 General types for academic rank :
 Teaching Assistant
 Senior Teaching Assistant
 Assistant Professor
 Associate Professor
 Professor
 Qualifications for each rank:
 Teaching Assistant:
• Top ranking students of the most recent graduate, or
publishing advertisements;
• Obtains a master’s degree within five (5) years of
commencing employment;
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 • Must either leave the university, or be transferred to
any administrative department that s/he is qualified for.
 Senior Teaching Assistant:
• Must obtain a doctoral degree within five (5) years;
• Must either leave the university, or be transferred to
any administrative department that s/he is qualified for.
Assistant Professor:
• Once a senior teaching assistant obtains a doctorate,
s/he is hired as an assistant professor, and receives
tenureship;
• Duties include delivering lectures, supervising
graduation projects, master’s thesis, and doctoral
dissertations.

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 Senior Teaching Assistant:
• After at least five (5) years as assistant professor
• Based on scholarly contributions of the applicant, in
terms of publications and thesisses dissertations
supervised.
Professor:
• After at least five years as associate professor;
• Based on the scholarly contributions of the
application, in terms of publications and thesis and
dissertation supervised.

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V. Sweden
 General types for academic rank :
 Adjunkt
 Doctor (Doktor)
 Graduate Assistant/Forskarassistant
 Lecturer (Lektor)
 Associate Professor (Docent)
 Professor
Qualifications for each rank:
 Adjunkt
• Often part-time, which required at least a bachelor’s
degree;
• Similar to the adjunct instructor in the USA.
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  Doctor/Doktor:
• The title entails a research education, typically
involving publication of scientific articles and
successful defense of a doctoral thesis;
• Equivalents to PhD.
 Graduate Assistant/Forskarassistant
• Requires a PhD, and which is typically undertaken
following a PhD in order qualify as a Docent;
• Similar to the Assistant Professor in the USA.
 Lecturer/Lektor:
• Requires a PhD;
• Broadly similar to the USA.

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  Associate Professor/ Docent:
• Requires PhD and typically entails having
documented scientific independence in the form of
additional publications;
• Requires teaching experience, and training in both
teaching and scientific mentorship;
• Serves as the main supervisor for PhD students and as
a member of an examination committee for evaluation
of a doctoral thesis.
 Professor:
• Requires a PhD degree, a strong publication record,
proven teaching skills;
• serves as main supervisor of PhD students which have
successfully obtained their PhD.
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IV. Philippine
General types for academic rank:
 Instructor I & II
 Assistant Professor
 Associate Professor
 Professor
 College/University Assistant
Qualifications for each rank:
 Instructor I :
• Common Criteria for Evaluation (CCE)
points and below;
• A Bachelor’s Degree Holder, who graduate
with academic honors;
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 • S/He is given three years to finish the appropriate
Master’s degree course.
 Instructor II:
• A Master’s Degree Holder in the area of
specialization;
• CCE points of at least 66 points and qualitative
contributions in instruction, otherwise known as
Teaching Effectiveness.
Assistant Professor:
• Master’s Degree holder;
• CCE points of at least 88 points;
• Qualitative contributions in instruction, otherwise
known as Teaching Effectiveness.

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 Assistant Professor:
• CCE points of at least 124 Master’s Degree in the area
of specialization; and
• Qualitative contributions in research, extension and
production or in at least two of the four functional
areas.
 Professor:
• CCE points of least 159 points;
• Doctorate holder;
• Qualitative contributions in research, extension and
production or in at least two of the four functional
areas; and
• Books, monographs, compendiums and major bodies
of published work;
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 • Scientific articles in publications of international
circulation, and other works of similar nature;
• Discoveries, invention and other significant original
contributions;
• Research recommendations transformed to public
policy benefitting the country;
• Supervision, tutoring or coaching of graduate
scientists and technologies.
 College/University Assistant:
• Outstanding scholar as shown in the quality of his/
her publication and research done in the principal
field of study or in allied fields, or has manifested
performance of his/here executive leadership role;
• Be known for intellectual maturity and objectivity in
judgment;
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 • Have high reputation among his/her colleagues and
other scholars for mastery of the subject of his/her
specialization;
• Have contributed to the advancement of his/her
field of specialization;
• Have been accorded various forms of honors,
awards, chairs, titles, etc.

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