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===Archchancellor===
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[[Image:Mustrum Ridcully.JPG|thumb|200 px|Mustrum Ridcully illustrated by Paul Kidby]]
The head of Unseen University is the [[archchancellor]], considered an important figure and holds a seat on the Ankh-Morpork council, in which he acts as a magical advisor to the [[Havelock Vetinari|Patrician of Ankh-Morpork]].

The archchancellor of UU is considered the leader of all wizards on the Disc (by those at the UU), the [[Primus inter pares|first among equals]]. Unseen University has existed for thousands of years, and the average Archchancellor remains in office for about eleven months.

As of the final novel, the archchancellor is '''[[List_of_Discworld_characters#The Archchancellor|Mustrum Ridcully]]''' who assumed the post in ''[[Moving Pictures (novel)|Moving Pictures]]'' and held it for the rest of the novels.

At the time he became archchancellor, Ridcully had not been seen at the [[university]] for forty years, having left the university to look after his family's land.

Ridcully has shown the occasional flash of magical skill. For example, in ''[[Moving Pictures (novel)|Moving Pictures]]'', the Bursar is surprised to discover Ridcully's adeptness at using a magic mirror, which, like most Discworld [[scrying]] devices, is hard to steer. In ''[[Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]'' Ridcully improvises, at short notice and with minimal assistance, a slimmed-down version of the rite of AshkEnte for summoning Death. It is also implied that he has some degree of practical magic knowledge (''[[The Last Continent]]'').

''[[Lords and Ladies (novel)|Lords and Ladies]]'' reveals that he and a young [[Granny Weatherwax|Esme Weatherwax]] were in a relationship some fifty years before Ridcully became Archchancellor. He is deeply affected by her death (''[[The Shepherd's Crown]]'').

In the [[Cosgrove Hall]] animation of ''[[Soul Music (TV series)|Soul Music]]'' he was voiced by [[Graham Crowden]].<ref name="Soul Music cast">{{cite web |title=Soul Music (1997) Cast |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159914/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |website=IMDB |access-date=27 April 2024 |ref=IMDBmusic}}</ref>
In 2006's two-part adaptation of ''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' he was played by [[Joss Ackland]],<ref name="Hogfather (2006)">{{cite web |title=Hogfather (2006) Cast |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765458/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |website=IMDB |access-date=27 April 2024 |ref=IMDBhogcast}}</ref> 
and in the 2010 adaptation of ''[[Terry Pratchett's Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' he was portrayed by [[Timothy West]].<ref name="Going Postal cast">{{cite web |title=Going Postal (2010) Cast |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219817/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |website=IMDB |access-date=27 April 2024 |ref=IMDBpostal}}</ref>