In many countries in Europe (f.i. in the USSR and in the independent countries of the former Soviet Union), a prorector is deputy to rector and a member of the management body of a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

. In cases with more than one prorector each prorector manages a particular area of university life. Examples include prorector of education and prorector of science.

See also

• Rector
  Rector
  The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
  
  

The same applies for Brazil. For example "Graduation Prorector" means the member of the management body in charge of graduation courses, and so on.