In some countries (e. g. in the USSR and in the independent countries of the former Soviet Union), a prorector is a member of the management body of a university. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Republics of the Soviet Union were according to the Article 76 of the 1977 Soviet Constitution, Sovereign Soviet Socialist states that had united with other A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Each prorector manages one particular area of university life. Examples include prorector of education and prorector of science.
The same applies for Brazil. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic For example "Graduation Prorector" means the member of the management body in charge of graduation courses, and so on.