vice-chancellor

noun

vice-chan·​cel·​lor ˈvīs-ˈchan(t)-s(ə-)lər 

ˌvīs-

variants or vice chancellor

1

: an officer ranking next below a chancellor and serving as deputy to the chancellor

2

: chief administrative officer in a British university

3

: a judge appointed to act for or to assist a chancellor

Examples of vice-chancellor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Starmer is leading a delegation of more than 100 entrepreneurs, university vice-chancellors and cultural leaders, including director Gurinder Chadha and British Film Institute (BFI) governors Monica Chadha and Andrew Smith, who is also Corporate Affairs Director at Pinewood Studios. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025

Klingbeil will also become vice-chancellor in the new government. —Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 5 May 2025

Steve Hill is the vice-chancellor and CEO at LIBF and explained the major shift in approach in a recent interview. —Derek Newton, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

The leaders of Germany's three-way governing coalition, from left: finance minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democratic Party, chancellor Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party and vice-chancellor Robert Habeck of the Green Party. —Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024

Her mother, Henrietta, was the executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, while her father was a mathematics professor. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024

Saurabh Sinha Saurabh Sinha is a professor of microelectronics and deputy vice-chancellor of research and internationalization at the University of Johannesburg. —IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for vice-chancellor

• chancellor

Legal Definition

vice-chancellor

noun

vice-chan·​cel·​lor

ˈvīs-ˈchan-sə-lər

1

: an officer ranking next below a chancellor and serving as deputy

2

: a judge appointed to act for or to assist a chancellor