Chancellor (education)

===Bangladesh===
Chancellor is a titular position in Bangladesh always held by the incumbent [[President of Bangladesh]] under the Private Universities Act 1992.<ref name=act>{{cite web|title=The Private University Act, 1992|url=http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/bdlaw/1992-a34.htm|publisher=Südasien-Institut|access-date=6 April 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217204244/http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/workgroups/bdlaw/1992-a34.htm|archive-date=17 December 2007}}</ref> The position in public universities is not fixed for the president under any acts or laws (since the erection of a state university in Bangladesh requires an act to be passed in itself),<ref name=moe>{{cite web|title=Ministry of Education – Law/Act|url=http://www.moedu.gov.bd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=510&Itemid=400|publisher=Ministry of Education, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh|access-date=6 April 2011}}</ref> but it has been the custom so far to name the incumbent president of the country as chancellor of all state universities thus established. The day-to-day business of the university is run by the vice chancellor. The vice chancellor has a deputy called the pro-vice-chancellor.