Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Mechanical/Mechatronic/Vehicle Engineering

Hunan University - College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering

The college consists of three First-Level Disciplines covering mechanical engineering, mechanics, as well as power engineering and engineering thermophysics. The college offers sophisticated doctoral, masters and bachelor degree education in various areas of mechanical engineering. Additionally, the college has several post-doctoral research centers in the areas of mechanical engineering and engineering mechanics, two national research bases including the National Engineering Research Center for High-Efficiency Grinding, and the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body and a number of national, provincial, ministerial and university level research institutions.

There are 160 full-time professors and lecturers in the college, including Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, “1000 Talent Plan” scholars, “Yangtse Rive” Scholars, Winners of National Outstanding Youth Scientist Funding, "Furong" scholars, national candidates for “new century excellent talents Plan” and “Baiqianwan in the new century talent project” of the Ministry of Education. The college enrolls 510 full-time undergraduates, 370 postgraduates and around 60 doctor candidates each year.

Available Positions:

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Mechanical Engineering

• Number of vacancies: 12

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Mechanics

• Number of vacancies: 5

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics

• Number of vacancies: 3

General Responsibilities and Requirements for All Positions:

• Conduct full-time lecturing and research in the disciplines of Mechanical Engineering.
• A PhD degree or equivalent in the relevant area from an internationally recognized university.
• Research experience with outstanding academic achievements will be given special considerations.
• Fluent in English communication and writing, and candidates of non-Chinese natives are encouraged to have basic Chinese communication skills.
• Responsible for teaching at least one core course in the related major for undergraduate students as well as one basic course for undergraduate students or graduate students each year.

Specific Responsibilities and Requirements for different positions:

• Professor: have been on an associate professor or equivalent position for 5 years; with strong academic publication record in high-quality papers in related research fields in internationally well-known journals; served as PI for at least one National Natural Science Fund Project or equivalent.
• Associate Professor: have two years of working experience after Ph.D. degree (teaching experience is preferred); strong academic publication record in related research fields in internationally well-known journals; served as PI for at least one National Natural Science Fund Project (including Youth project) or equivalent.
• Assistant Professor: published at least two high-quality papers in related research fields in internationally well-known journals.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Annual salary RMB 100,000 for assistant professor, RMB 150,000 for associate professor and RMB200, 000 for professor. Candidates with special experiences and strong academic record will be given special consideration.
• Settlement allowance: RMB 200,000 for professors and RMB 140,000 for associate professors and assistant professors paid in monthly within five years.
• Monthly accommodation rental subsidy within 2 years, RMB 400 for unmarried and RMB 600 for married.
• Start-up research package: RMB 100,000 for professors.
• Youth Scholars funding available for assistant professor and associated professor under 40 years old, with a lump-sum research grant of RMB 250,000, annual payment in five years.
• Full university benefits and public insurance.
• Subsided university owned nursery, primary school and middle school, ranked top in the city.
• Three months for university semester vacation including summer vacation runs from July to August and winter vacation around Chinese New Year.

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Position Start Date: Available immediately.

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