Chancellor (education)

===Philippines===
In the Philippines, [[University of Santo Tomas]] the day-to-day head of the university, as mandated by their duty as the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]] Provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, the Dominican province that has majority control over the university.

As said earlier, the vice-chancellor or the "grand vice-chancellor of the University of Santo Tomas" is only the deputy to the chancellor of the university, but the chancellor is usually a prominent public figure who is not always in the country (e.g., the chancellor of [[University of Santo Tomas]] is the current [[Master of the Order of Preachers]], the current being Very Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, while the rector acts as the day-to-day chief executive). The current vice chancellor of [[University of Santo Tomas|UST]] is the [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]] Provincial of the Philippine Dominican Province, Very Rev. Fr. Napoleon Sipalay, OP. The current rector of the university is Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, OP.

In the [[University of the Philippines]], the chancellor assigns different vice-chancellors to handle different aspects of running the university. There is one for instruction, administration, and community affairs, among others.