Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor in Education

Hunan University - School of Education

The Graduate School of Education at Hunan University offers two academic master programs, which are education, economics and administration of education, and a professional master program of education. The school has formed certain character in basic educational theory, effective teaching, administration of higher education, higher education quality and evaluation, and other research areas. School owns an excellent group of renowned scholars with multidisciplinary background and opened academic visions, the majority of teachers have experiences of studying abroad. At the same time, the school maintains close communication and cooperation with many famous foreign universities.

Number of vacancies: 3

Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Conduct full-time lecturing and research in the discipline of educational administration
• Obtained a PhD degree from an internationally renowned university.
• Research experience with outstanding academic achievements will be a huge plus.
• Applications of non-Chinese origin should have basic Chinese communication skills.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Annual salary RMB 100,000 for assistant professor, RMB 150,000 for associate professor and RMB 200,000 for professor. Specific treatments for outstanding applicants are to be negotiated in person.
• 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 fund 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 150,000, annual payment in five years.
• Full university benefits and public insurance.
• 3 month University semester vacation, summer vacation runs from July to August and winter vacation around Chinese New Year.

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Position Start Date: Available immediately.

To apply by email to jxtan@hnu.edu.cn, please click the Apply button below.

Hunan University:
Hunan University is situated at the foot of the picturesque Yuelu Mountain, and on the west bank of the rippling Xiang River in the historically and culturally renowned City of Changsha, capital city of Hunan Province.

It is one of the key universities affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China, and is now included in the state's "Project 211" and "Project 985" for priority investment and construction. The University, dating back to Yuelu Academy's foundation in 976 A.D., experienced the time change of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty for more than one thousand years, is honoured as "A Well-known Millenarian Academy and a Famous Centennial University". Now it becomes a comprehensive and well-coordinated university with a Graduate School and 23 colleges, offering programs in 11 fields, i.e., philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, management, medicine and art.

It has a staff of over 4,600 with a faculty of nearly 2000. The student body totals nearly 34,000, of which over 20,600 are undergraduates and over 13,000 are graduates. The university has established cooperative ties with 120 universities and research institutes across the world. Experts recruited every year have come to over 300 for long or short terms. To know more about Hunan University, please visit http://www-en.hnu.edu.cn/.