Titles, Ranks, & Descriptions

Faculty, Librarian, & Program Director Ranks

The first step to recruiting is to understand the University’s ranks for faculty, librarians and program directors and how the desired position fits within these ranks.

For an overview of ranks and their requirements, please refer to the Faculty Appointment Matrix (Excel).

To learn more, select one of the ranks below for information about brief job descriptions, the possibilities of full- or part-time appointments, benefits eligibility, instructions for hiring a foreign academic, and membership in the Faculty Association.

With Review Faculty Appointments

• Professor and Instructors
• Reduced Appointments
• Joint Appointments

Without Review Faculty Appointments (Term)

• Adjunct Professors
• Clinical Appointments
• Clinical Fellow
• Full-Time Without Review Appointments
• Honorary Appointments
• Lecturer (12 Month)
• Part-Time Faculty Appointments
• Postdoctoral Fellow
• Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
• Research Associate
• Sessional Lecturer
• Visiting Appointments

Librarians
Program Directors
Administrative Appointments
Associate Members
Chairs and Professorships
Post-Retirement Appointments