Academic ranks in Spain
Academic ranks in Spain are the titles, relative importance and authority of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia. Overview According to the Spanish Organic University Law, the following are the academic ranks in Spain: National Royal Academies: "Academico de Numero" (Full Royal Academician with a numbered chair) (elected full academician in one of the National Academies, most of the academies are subject specific except for the Royal Academy of Doctors (Real Academia de Doctores) which is interdisciplinary. Appointments to the rank of numbered academician are published in the government gazette (BOE) and are for a lifetime. Numbered academicians enjoy the official style of "excellency" and are considered to be the maximum exponents of their disciplines. This is the highest academic rank that can be attained in Spain. There are fewer than a 1000 people who hold this title at any time.) Academico Correspondiente" (Corresponding Academician) (elected corresponding academican in one of the National Academies. Appointment to the rank of the corresponding academician is for a lifetime and they enjoy the treatment of "ilustrisimo Sr. ". Corresponding academicians are prominent members of their disciplines, mostly prominent full professors and in some rare cases associate professors. Foreigners can also be