Academic ranks in China

Short description: Overview of academic ranks in China

Academic ranks in China are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.

## Overview

Most universities in the People's Republic of China adopt a four-level academic rank system (Senior rank, Vice-Senior rank, Medium rank, and Junior rank), i.e. Professor, Associate professor, Lecturer, and Assistant lecturer.[1] More recently, some top universities (e.g. Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) also added the American-style title of assistant professor, typically granted to tenure-track positions, with the expectation that they will be promoted to Associate professor (tenured or untenured) and then full professor (tenured) within the academic tenure system.[citation needed]

Most PhD graduates will initially be appointed at the lecturer level and receive the qualification to be promoted to associate professorship after several years of teaching. However, people holding a doctorate from Western universities and with some working experience overseas will occasionally be appointed at a higher level, in exceptional cases at the full professor level directly.[citation needed] Mostly, each individuate institute has only one principal rank (e.g. dean of a college, president of a university) and multiple deputy ranks.

Four-level academic rank in different series (Senior rank, Vice-Senior rank, Medium rank, and Junior rank)

Professor series

* Professor (Senior rank) (Chinese: 教授)
* Associate Professor (Vice-Senior rank) (Chinese: 副教授)
* Lecturer (Medium rank) (Chinese: 讲师) or Assistant Professor (American-style title) (Chinese: 助理教授)
* Assistant Lecturer, or Associate Lecturer (Junior rank) (Chinese: 助教)

Engineer series

* Professor-level senior engineer (Senior rank) (Chinese: 教授级高级工程师)
* Senior engineer (Vice-Senior rank) (Chinese: 高级工程师)
* Engineer (Medium rank) (Chinese: 工程师)
* Assistant Engineer (Junior rank) (Chinese: 助理工程师)

Researcher series

* Researcher (Senior rank) (Chinese: 研究员)
* Associate researcher (Vice-Senior rank) (Chinese: 副研究员)
* Assistant researcher (Medium rank) (Chinese: 助理研究员)
* Intern researcher (Junior rank) (Chinese: 实习研究员)

Academic trainee

* Postdoctoral research fellow ( Chinese: 博士后研究员) and research fellow/researcher ( Chinese:研究员)
* Research assistant ( Chinese:研究助理) and teaching assistant ( Chinese:教学助理/助教)
* Doctoral student ( Chinese:博士研究生)
* Master student ( Chinese:硕士研究生)
* Undergraduate student ( Chinese:本科生)

Honorary titles

* Academician (Chinese: 院士), a person who was nominated as a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering or/and Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Emeritus Professor (Chinese: 退休教授)
* Honorary Professor (Chinese: 名誉教授), usually awarded to academics with important social contributions
* Distinguished Professor (Chinese: 特聘教授), usually awarded to academics with a recognized achievement in research
* Guest professor, or commonly visiting professor (Chinese: 客座教授), usually awarded to distinguished visiting scholars

Administrative ranks

* Secretary of the CPC Committee (Chinese: 党委书记), similar to Chancellor, who usually does not take administrative responsibilities
* Associate Secretary of the CPC Committee (Chinese: 党委副书记), similar to Vice-Chancellor; the 1st order Associate Secretary is usually appointed President, with other Associate Secretaries being the Vice-President
* President (Chinese: 校长), taking the major decision for academic and administrative affairs, assisted by Vice-Presidents
* Vice-president (Chinese: 副校长), usually taking the responsibility of a certain area, e.g. academic, administrative, facilities, finance, etc.
* Dean (Chinese: 院长/所长)
* Deputy dean or associate dean (Chinese: 副院长/副所长) of schools and faculties
* Director of research centre (Chinese: 部长/主任) and director of academic department (Chinese: 系主任)

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## References

1. ↑ "人事部 教育部关于印发高等学校、义务教育学校、中等职业学校等教育事业单位岗位设置管理的三个指导意见的通知 - 中华人民共和国教育部政府门户网站". http://www.moe.gov.cn/jyb_xxgk/gk_gbgg/moe_0/moe_1443/moe_1497/tnull_23287.html.

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