Chancellor (education)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Lord Grenville as Chancellor of Oxford by William Owen.jpg|thumb|Lord Grenville as Chancellor of the University of Oxford; painting by William Owen]]
[[File:Encaenia 2009.jpg|thumb|The Chancellor of the University of Oxford, [[Chris Patten|Lord Patten]], in procession at Encaenia, 2009]]
{{See also|Ancient university governance in Scotland|Chancellor of the University of St Andrews}}
In the United Kingdom, a Chancellor is generally a titular position without day-to-day managerial responsibilities, such as at [[University of Oxford]], where the Vice-Chancellor runs the administration and is the de facto university leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7kUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA24|title=The Oxford University Calendar 1817|date=24 June 2017|via=Google Books}}</ref> In Scotland, day-to-day operations are typically handled by a "[[university principal|principal]] and vice-chancellor."