The southern section, extending down from the Winter Garden, is the more densely populated region, containing Gateway Plaza, and Rector Place apartment buildings.

The UNU is headed by a Rector, Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder, who is the chief academic and administrative officer, and who holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Utrecht University is led by the University Board, consisting of Yvonne van Rooy ( President ), prof. dr. Bert van der Zwaan ( Rector Magnificus ) and Hans Amman.

One of the canons is also Rector of St Margaret's Church, Westminster, and often holds also the post of Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

In some universities, the title is phrased in an even loftier manner, as Rector Magnificus or Lord Rector.

For example, in Portugal, the rector of the University of Coimbra, the oldest Portuguese university, is referred to as Magnífico Reitor Professor Doutor ( Rector's name ) (" Rector Magnificus Professor Doctor ( Rector's Name )").

In Spain, the Rector of the University of Salamanca, the oldest on the Iberian Peninsula, is usually styled according to academic protocol as Excelentísimo e Ilustrísimo Señor Profesor Doctor Don ( Rector's name ), Rector Magnífico de la Universidad de Salamanca (" The Most Excellent and Most Illustrious Lord Professor Doctor Don ( Rector's name ), Rector Magnificus of the University of Salamanca ").

The Rector is nominated by the University Academical Senate and appointed by the President of the Czech Republic.

The vote to elect or repeal a Rector is secret.

St Chad's College, one of the two so-called " recognised colleges " of the University of Durham, has a Rector as titular head ( the Dean of Durham Cathecdral ex officio ) while the academic head is the Principal.

At University College London, the head is the Provost ; at King's College London the head is the Principal ; at Imperial College London the head is the Rector ; and the London School of Economics is headed by a Director.

The Rettore is styled and formally greeted as Magnifico Rettore ( Magnificent Rector ).

In Dutch universities, the Rector Magnificus is the member of the executive board of the university responsible for the scientific vision and quality of the university.

In Portugal, the Rector ( Portuguese: Reitor ) is the highest official of each university.

The official complete title is Magnífico Reitor ( Magnificent Rector ).

In Scotland, the position of Rector exists in the four Ancient Universities-( St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh ) ( in order of foundation ) and at Dundee, which is considered to have Ancient status as a result of its early connections to St. Andrews University.

The Rector is the third-ranking official of university governance and chairs meetings of the university court, the governing body of the university, and is elected at regular intervals ( usually every three years to enable every undergraduate who obtains a degree to vote at least once ) by their matriculated student bodies.

Formerly by law, and now by tradition, the highest positions, such as Rector or Dean, are only held by professors.

In Spain, Rector or Rector Magnífico ( magnific rector, from Latin Rector Magnificus ) is the highest administrative and educational office in a university, equivalent to that of President or Chancellor of an English-speaking university, but holding all the powers of a vice-chancellor ; they are thus the head of the academi in Universities.

The term Rector ( Burmese: ပ ါေ မ ာ ကၡခ ်ဳ ပ ္) is used to refer to the highest official of universities in Myanmar.

The term Rector or Rector Magnificus is used to refer to the highest official in prominent Catholic universities and colleges such as the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and the San Beda College.

The term Rector is not widely used to refer to the highest executive position in Thai universities ( Thai: อธ ิ การบด ี; ), compared to the term President.

The term Rector is used to refer to the highest official of universities, and university-owned high schools ( e. g. Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini ) in Argentina.

The term Rector ( Portuguese: Reitor ) is used to refer to the highest official of universities in Brazil.

The two maces of the Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas symbolizes the spiritual and temporal power of the Rector Magnificus as the highest authority of the University.

Formerly by law, and now by tradition, the highest positions, such as Rector or Dean, are only held by professors.

The highest governing body within the university is the Senate, which consists of 75 members: Rector, 5 Vice-Rectors, 12 Deans, 12 students and 45 eligible staff representatives.

The Rector has a distinctive robe ( a full-sleeved gown of black corded silk, faced with silver-trimmed palatinate purple, and with sleeves lined with palatinate purple ); college officers generally wear the academic regalia associated with their highest degrees.

The second highest administrative authority is the Rector's Council, which comprises the Rector, the tree Vice-rectors, one student representative and one representative of the administration staff.

University of Algarve's highest academic official has the title of Reitor ( Rector ) and is responsible, on behalf of the institution, for the running and maintenance of faculties and schools, the organisation and planning of courses, as well as the administration of its finances and subsidiary services.

The President & Rector of Imperial College is the highest academic official of Imperial College London.

A former pupil of an eminent German scholar and educationist Valentin Friedland, Martin Helwig went on to study at the University of Wittenberg where as a student of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon he earned the academic degree of Magister, in 1552 he became Rector of St. Maria Magdalena School in Breslau ( now Wrocław, in Poland ).

Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff, Rector at Heidelberg by that time, would resume Derrida's place as: " Beyond the boundaries of philosophy as an academic discipline he was a leading intellectual figure not only for the humanities but for the cultural perception of a whole age.

Innovations in the following years involved establishment of the chair of Political Economy in the Faculty of Law in 1817, the opening of a Veterinary School at Venaria in 1818, and a new procedure for the appointment of the Rector by the academic staff of each Faculty, who proposed to the Sovereign a list of names of retired or teaching professors.

Hindenburg served as academic dean at the University of Leipzig, where he was also Rector in 1792.

Back to the academic career while maintaining formally important political functions such as executive president of the National Union, Caetano was the 9th Rector of the University of Lisbon from 1959 on, but the Academic Crisis of 1962 led him to resign after protesting students clashed with riot police in the university's campus.

It advises the Rector and the adequate units, such as the Administrative Council and the Academic Senate on the development of new politics, and efficacy of processes, planification, and academic decisions.

The University has a Board of Directors, an Executive committee, a Rector and three Vice Rectors, for academic and administrative management.

The Chancellor ( Swedish kansler ) of Uppsala University was from 1622 to 1893 the head of the University of Uppsala, although in most academic and practical day-to-day matters it was run by the consistory ( konsistorium ) or board, and its chairman, the Rector magnificus.

Ćorović was professor of Serbian history at the University of Belgrade since 1919, and Rector of the Belgrade University in the 1934 / 35 and 1935 / 36 academic years.

The Rector also acts as ombudsman for the teaching and research autonomy of academic staff.

Members of the Senate include: the Rector, the Vice Rector, the Deans of Faculty, representatives of the various academic disciplines, and student representatives appointed by the Student Council.

The Executive Committee is an academic body that cooperates with the Rector in his function of making strategic proposals to the University's governing bodies.

Bandem's academic career includes sixteen years as the director of the Indonesian College of the Arts in Denpasar, and was also the Rector ( President ) of Indonesia's oldest cultural institution, the Institut Seni Indonesia-Jogjakarta ( Indonesian Institute of The Arts-Jogjakarta.

After several further academic appointments, he later became the Rector of Imperial College.