The lecturer is an intermediate title. Intermediate and above titles refer to intermediate titles, deputy senior titles and positive senior titles. Intermediate titles include lecturer, intermediate engineer, intermediate economist, intermediate accountant, intermediate statistician, second-class notary, first-class teacher, second-class writer of literary creation, second-class actor and first-class operator. University teachers are divided into four grades. A lecturer is a university teacher who can offer one or more courses independently. It is an intermediate title in colleges and universities.

There are three specific situations for the title of lecturer:

1. Lecturer is a kind of professional title among university teachers, ranking above teaching assistants and below associate professors, belonging to intermediate professional title.

2. Teachers who give lectures, or especially lecturers in the training industry, or hosts of class discussions, are common words in enterprise training, which are different from internal lecturers and external lecturers.

3. Senior lecturer, intermediate lecturer and other secondary vocational school teachers.