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Reporting directly to the President, the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies works closely with the Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs in furthering the academic mission of the University. While the Provost and V-P, Academic Affairs serves as chief academic officer and manages the overall academic enterprise, the V-P Research and Graduate Studies concentrates on developing research, graduate studies, and international activities at Concordia. The position of Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies was established in December 2005 by the Board of Governors, when the Concordia research profile had grown steadily.

With the formation of the Concordia Faculty of Arts and Science in March 1977, an additional Vice-Rector, Academic position was created for Arts and Science that existed for almost a decade, from 1977 to 1985. Russell Breen, former Dean of the Loyola Faculty of Arts and Science, was appointed Vice-Rector Academic, Arts and Science in May 1977, a position he held until his retirement in April 1985. In fall 1980, after the closing of the Office of the Vice-Rector and Principal of Loyola campus, Russell Breen’s office was moved from downtown as the new office of senior representative of the Concordia administration at Loyola campus.

The Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs is the University senior academic officer and provides leadership to the faculty deans and the academic support units, such as the academic departments, research centres and laboratories. The position of Vice-Rector, Academic was established on August 10, 1973, with the adoption by the Board of Governors of By-Law “D” which established the governing and administrative structure of the coming new university, Concordia University. Jack Bordan, who had then been Vice-Principal, Academic of Sir George Williams University, became the first Vice-Rector, Academic of the new institution. For almost a decade at Concordia, there was an additional Vice-Rector, Academic position for Arts and Science, from May 1977 to April 1985, a position held by Russell Breen. The merging of the two Vice-Rector, Academic portfolios into one occurred with a reorganization of the University senior administration adopted by the Board of Governors in Fall 1984. In 1996, in the context of another reorganization of the senior administrative structure and with the discontinuation of the position Associate Vice-Rector, Academic (Research), the Vice-Rector, Academic assumed direct responsibility for the research portfolio. This was reflected in a change of title from Vice-Rector, Academic to Provost and Vice-Rector, Research. In June 2002, the title was again amended to that of Provost, with the establishment of the position of Vice-Provost Research - which was filled in 2003 -, a position reporting directly to the Provost. The English-language title of Provost was changed to Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs by the Board of Governors in October 2004.