Editing Rector (academia) (section)

=== Australia ===
The term "rector" is uncommon in Australian academic institutions. The executive head of an Australian university has traditionally been given the British title Vice-Chancellor, although in recent times the American term President has also been adopted. The term rector is used by some academic institutions, such as the University of Melbourne residential college, Newman College; the private boys' school, Xavier College; and the University of Sydney residential college, St John's College (Benedictine).

The title rector is sometimes used for the head of a subordinate and geographically separate campus of a university.  For example, the executive head of the [[Australian Defence Force Academy]] in Canberra, which is a campus of the [[University of New South Wales]] in Sydney is a Rector, as is the head of the Cairns campus of [[James Cook University]], based at Townsville.