This following is a current list of the chancellors, vice-chancellors and visitors of universities in the United Kingdom. The chancellor is the ceremonial head of a university, while the vice-chancellor is the chief academic officer and chief executive; some universities have only a vice-chancellor but no chancellor. A few universities use other titles for their ceremonial head, e.g., "president" at the Royal Agricultural University and "rector" at Brunel, University of London.
The visitor is appointed by the founder of a charitable institution to oversee the distribution of the founder's bounty; in the case of universities, this is often the sovereign, in which case the office is usually carried out by the Lord President of the Council. In general, only universities incorporated as chartered or statutory corporations have visitors, i.e. most pre-1992 institutions but not post-1992 universities. Where there is no provision for appointing a visitor in the charter of a chartered university, or if no visitor has been appointed, then the sovereign is the visitor. Scottish universities do not have visitors, nor do the two ancient universities of England, which are civil corporations.
England, Wales and Northern Ireland
{| class="wikitable"
! University
! Chancellor
! Vice-Chancellor
! Visitor
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|Aberystwyth University
| Dame Nicola Davies
| Jon Timmis
|(Appointed by the Privy Council)
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| Anglia Ruskin University
| Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro
|Roderick Watkins
|
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| Arden University
|
| Carl Lygo
|
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|Arts University Plymouth
|
|Paul Fieldsend-Danks
|
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|Arts University Bournemouth
|
|Lisa Mann
|
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| <span style="display:none">University of Aston</span>Aston University
| Sir John Sunderland
| Aleks Subic (outgoing)
| (Appointed by the Privy Council)
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| Bangor University
| Sir Robin Williams
| Edmund Burke
| (No provision in charter)
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| University of Bath
| Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
| Phil Taylor
| Sir Barry Cotter (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| Bath Spa University
| Sharanjit Leyl
| Georgina Andrews
|
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| University of Bedfordshire
| Sarfraz Manzoor
| Rebecca Bunting
|
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| BIMM University
|
| Olivier Robert-Murphy
|
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| Birkbeck, University of London
| Shami Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti
| Sally Wheeler
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| University of Birmingham
| Sandie Okoro
| Adam Tickell
| Lord President of the Council
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| Birmingham City University
| Ade Adepitan
| David Mba
|
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| Birmingham Newman University
|
| Jackie Dunne
|
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| University College Birmingham
|
| Michael Harkin
|
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| <span style="display:none">University of Bournemouth</span>Bournemouth University
| Kate Adie
| Alison Honour
|
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| BPP University
| Martyn W Jones
| Tim Stewart
|
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| University of Bradford
| Anita Rani
| Shirley Congdon
| (No provision in charter)
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| University of Brighton
|
| Donna Whitehead
|
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| University of Bristol
| Sir Paul Nurse
| Evelyn Welch
| Lord President of the Council
| Andrew Jones
|(No provision in charter)
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| University of Buckingham
| Dame Mary Archer
| James Tooley
| (No provision in charter)
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| <span style="display:none">University of Buckinghamshire New</span>Buckinghamshire New University
|Vacant
|Damien Page
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| University of Cambridge
| Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury
| Deborah Prentice
|
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| Canterbury Christ Church University
| Archbishop of Canterbury<br>(Sarah Mullally)
| Rama Thirunamachandran
|
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| Cardiff Metropolitan University
| Stephen Wordsworth
| Rachael Langford
|
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| <span style="display:none">University of Cardiff</span>Cardiff University
| Laura Trevelyan
| Wendy Larner
| Sir Anthony Evans<br/>(Appointed by the Sovereign-in-Council on the nomination of the chancellor of the university)
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| University of Chester
| Dame Jenny Harries
| Eunice Simmons
|
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| University of Chichester
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| Symeon Dagkas
|
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| City St George's, University of London
| Lord Mayor of London
| Anthony Finkelstein
|(No provision in charter)
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| Coventry University
| Eng Ahmed El Sewedy
| John Latham
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| <span style="display:none">University of Cranfield</span>Cranfield University
| Dame Deirdre Hutton
| Dame Karen Holford
| Prince Edward, Duke of Kent<br/>(Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University for the Creative Arts
| Dame Magdalene Odundo
| Melanie Gray and Mark Ellul (acting)
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| University of Cumbria
|Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York
| Julie Mennell
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| De Montfort University
| Akram Khan
| Katie Normington
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| University of Derby
| William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington
| Kathryn Mitchell
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| Durham University
| Fiona Hill
| Karen O'Brien
| The Bishop of Durham, or a suffragan bishop during vacancies longer than four weeks (Sarah Clark)
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| University of East Anglia
| Dame Jenny Abramsky
| David Maguire
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of East London
| Aamer Sarfraz
| Amanda Broderick
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| Edge Hill University
| Dawn Airey
| Michael Young
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| University of Essex
|Sarah Perry
| Frances Bowen
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of Exeter
| Sir Michael Barber
| Lisa Roberts
| The Sovereign (Charles III)
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| Falmouth University
| Dawn French
| Emma Hunt
|
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| University of Gloucestershire
| Michael Bichard, Baron Bichard
| Dame Clare Marchant
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| Goldsmiths, University of London
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|David Oswell (interim)
|(No provision charter)
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| University of Greater Manchester
| George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
| George Holmes
| Jane Harrington
|
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| Harper Adams University
| Anne, Princess Royal
| Ken Sloan
|
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| Hartpury University
| Martin Clunes
| Andy Collop
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|Health Sciences University
|Anne, Princess Royal
|Lesley Haig
| Anthony Woodman
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| University of Huddersfield
| Sir George Buckley
| Bob Cryan
|
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| University of Hull
| Alan Johnson
| Kevin Kerrigan (acting)
| Lord President of the Council
| Lord President of the Council
| Kevin Shakesheff
| Lord President of the Council
| Georgina Randsley de Moura (acting)
| Archbishop of Canterbury (Sarah Mullally)
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| King's College London
| Anne, Princess Royal<br><small>(as Chancellor of the University of London)</small>
| Shitij Kapur
| Vacant (appointed by Order in Council)
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| Kingston University
|
| Steven Spier
|
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| University of Lancashire
| Ranvir Singh
| Graham Baldwin
|
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| Lancaster University
| Alan Milburn
| Steve Decent
| The Sovereign (Charles III)
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| University of Leeds
| Dame Jane Francis
| Shearer West
|Lord President of the Council
| Simone Wonnacott
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|Leeds Beckett University
| Sir Bob Murray
| Peter Slee
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| Leeds Trinity University
|Deborah McAndrew
| Charles Egbu
|
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| University of Leicester
| Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock
| Nishan Canagarajah
|Lord President of the Council
|
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| Lincoln Bishop University
| Tracy Borman
| Andrew Gower
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| University of Liverpool
| Wendy Beetlestone
| Tim Jones
| Lord President of the Council
|
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| Liverpool John Moores University
| Nisha Katona
| Mark Power
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| University of London
| Anne, Princess Royal
| Wendy Thomson
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| London School of Economics
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| Larry Kramer
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| London South Bank University
| Sir Simon Hughes
| Paul Kett
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| <span style="display:none">University of Loughborough</span>Loughborough University
| Sebastian Coe, Baron Coe
| Nick Jennings
| Paul Michell (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of Manchester
| Nazir Afzal
| Duncan Ivison
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| Manchester Metropolitan University
| Antony Jenkins
| Malcolm Press
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| Middlesex University
| Dame Janet Ritterman
| Shân Wareing
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| <span style="display:none">University of Newcastle</span>Newcastle University
| Imtiaz Dharker
| Chris Day (Charles III)
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| University of Northampton
| Richard Coles
| Anne-Marie Kilday
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| Northeastern University – London
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| Rob Farquharson
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| Northumbria University
| George Clarke
| Andy Long
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| Norwich University of the Arts
| Amma Asante
| Ben Stopher
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| University of Nottingham
| Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey
| Jane Norman
| Lord President of the Council
| Dave Petley
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| <span style="display:none">University of Open</span>Open University
| Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho
| David Phoenix
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of Oxford
| William Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond
| Irene Tracey
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| Oxford Brookes University
| Paterson Joseph
| Helen Laville
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| Plymouth University
| Jonathan Kestenbaum, Baron Kestenbaum
| Richard Davies
| Claire Taylor
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| University of Portsmouth
| Karen Blackett
| Graham Galbraith
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| Queen's University Belfast
| Hillary Clinton
| Sir Ian Greer
| (No provision in charter)
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| Ravensbourne University London
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| Jon Kingsbury
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| University of Reading
| Paul Lindley
| Robert Van de Noort
| Lord President of the Council
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|Richmond American University London
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| Philip Deans
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| <span style="display:none">University of Roehampton</span>Roehampton University
|Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma
| Jean-Noël Ezingeard
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| Royal Agricultural University
| King Charles III
| Peter McCaffery
|
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| Royal Holloway, University of London
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| Julie Sanders
| (Appointed by the university council)
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| Royal Veterinary College
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| Stuart Reid
| (No provision in charter)
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| University of Salford
| Lucy Meacock
| Nic Beech
| (No provision in charter)
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| University of Sheffield
| Dame Anne Rafferty
| Koen Lamberts
| Lord President of the Council
| Liz Mossop
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| SOAS University of London
|
| Zeinab Badawi
|King-in-Council (or as appointed by Order in Council)
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| Southampton Solent University
| Theo Paphitis
| James Knowles
|
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| University of Southampton
| Justine Greening and Kamlesh Patel, Baron Patel of Bradford
| Mark Smith
| Lord President of the Council
| Ben Calvert
|
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| <span style="display:none">University of Staffordshire</span>Staffordshire University
| Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford
| Martin Jones
|
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| St Mary's University, Twickenham
| Cardinal Vincent Nichols
| Anthony McClaran
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|University of Suffolk
|Helen Pankhurst
| Jenny Higham
|
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| University of Sunderland
| Emeli Sandé
| Sir David Bell
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| University of Surrey
| Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
| Stephen Jarvis
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of Sussex
| Sanjeev Bhaskar
| Sasha Roseneil
| Lord President of the Council
| Paul Boyle
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| Teesside University
| Paul Drechsler
| Paul Croney
|
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| Ulster University
| Colin Davidson
| Paul Bartholomew
|(No provision in charter)
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| University College London
|
| Michael Spence
|Master of the Rolls
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|University of the Arts London
| Clive Myrie
| Karen Stanton
|
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| University of Law
| David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury
| Andrea Nollent
|
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| University of Wales
| King Charles III
| Elwen Evans
| Lord President of the Council (Joanna Penberthy)
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| University of Warwick
| Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland
| Stuart Croft
|(Appointed by Order in Council)
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| University of West London
| Laurence Geller
| Peter John
| Sir Steve West
|
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| University of Westminster
| Natalie Campbell
| Peter Bonfield
|
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| University of Winchester
| Hugh Dennis
| Sarah Greer
|
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| University of Wolverhampton
| Vacant
| Ebrahim Adia
|
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| University of Worcester
| Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
| David Green
| Joe Yates
|
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| University of York
| Heather Melville
| Charlie Jeffery
| (Appointed by Order in Council)
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| York St John University
| Reeta Chakrabarti
| Karen Bryan
|
|}
Scotland
At Scottish universities, the chief executive is styled the principal (formally principal and vice-chancellor). The ancient universities of Scotland, and the University of Dundee, have a Rector, elected by the student body.
{| class="wikitable"
! University
! Chancellor
! Principal
! Rector
|-
| University of Aberdeen
| Queen Camilla
| Peter Edwards
| Iona Fyfe
|-
|Abertay University
| Alice Brown
| Liz Bacon
|
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| University of Dundee
| George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
| Nigel Seaton (interim)
|Maggie Chapman
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| University of Edinburgh
| Anne, Princess Royal
| Sir Peter Mathieson
|Simon Fanshawe
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| Edinburgh Napier University
| Will Whitehorn
| Sue Rigby
|
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| University of Glasgow
| Dame Katherine Grainger
| Andy Schofield
|Ghassan Abu-Sittah
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| Glasgow Caledonian University
| Anne-Marie Imafidon
| Mairi Watson (incoming)
|
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| Heriot-Watt University
| Vacant
| Richard Williams
|
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| University of the Highlands and Islands
| Anne, Princess Royal
| Vicki Nairn
|
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| Queen Margaret University
| Patrick Grant
| Sir Paul Grice
|
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| Robert Gordon University
| Dame Evelyn Glennie
| Steve Olivier
|
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| University of St Andrews
| Dame Anne Pringle
| Dame Sally Mapstone
|Stella Maris
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| University of Stirling
| Jack McConnell, Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale
| Sir Gerry McCormac
|
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| University of Strathclyde
| Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin
| Stephen McArthur
|
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| University of the West of Scotland
| Yekemi Otaru
| James Miller
|
|}
Long service
The vice-chancellors listed below have served in that capacity for 15 years or more at a British university, a constituent institution of a federal university, or an institution that achieved that status during their period in office. Italics indicate people currently in office .
47 Years: George Baird (Edinburgh 1793–1840).
43 Years: Sir Henry Reichel (Bangor 1884–1927).
36 Years: George Campbell (Aberdeen 1759–95).
35 Years: Duncan Macfarlan(Glasgow 1823–58), John Mackay (Dundee 1895–1930).
34 Years: Hector Boece (Aberdeen 1500–34), Thomas Hamilton (Queens Belfast 1889–1923), Sir Hector Hetherington (Liverpool 1927–36, Glasgow 1936–61).
33 Years: Neil Campbell (Glasgow 1728–61).
31 Years: Sir Emrys Evans (Bangor 1927–58), Sir James Irvine (St Andrews 1921–52), Charles Thorp (Durham 1831–62).
30 Years: William Robertson (Edinburgh 1762–92), John Murray (Exeter 1926-51), Sir Albert Sloman (Essex 1962–87), John Strang (Glasgow 1626–51), Sir Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson (Cardiff 1968–93).
24 Years: Sir William Halliday (KCL 1928–52), William Leechman (Glasgow 1761–85).
23 Years: James Duff (Durham Colleges 1937–60),
22 Years: Sir David Brewster (St Andrews 1837–59), Sir Thomas Holland (Imperial 1922–29, Edinburgh 1929–44), Lord Stopford (Manchester 1934–56), Dame Margaret Tuke (Bedford 1907–29), Edward Wright (Glasgow 1662–84).
21 Years: Bill Bevan (Cardiff 1966–87), Henry Charteris (Edinburgh 1599–1620),