Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Future Human Habitats

1. Organization

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) was launched in March 2019. As Tsinghua University’s sole campus located outside of Beijing. Tsinghua SIGS is a further expansion and integration of the Tsinghua Graduate School at Shenzhen (GSST) and the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI). 

Our mission is to reshape graduate education as well as research and development to better serve local, national, regional, and global sustainable development. Tsinghua SIGS will nurture the next generations of global leaders, tackle global challenges through international collaborations, and facilitate interdisciplinary research and industrial partnerships. 

2. Future Human Habitats

The Future Human Habitat is an innovative discipline to be launched in Autumn 2020. It draws upon the boundary-crossing among a cluster of disciplines and focuses on advanced technologies and cutting-edge ideas related to design issues of future human lives. The discipline centers on design research as its ethos and endeavors to envision and create more intelligent and sustainable built environment. The discipline builds on the strengths and opportunities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the city of Shenzhen by bringing together leading technologies and possibilities of practice to generate and experiment with design knowledge for future human habitat. The discipline will focus on Future city research (including Urban science and computer, City energy system, City intelligent management, Health and city), Digital architecture and Intelligent construction, and Innovation in technology and humanity on Future Human Habitats.

3. Position Rank

Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor 

4. Annual salary

RMB 450,000 - 1,200,000 or above (pre-tax, depending on entry level and research areas).

5. Research Start-up Package and Relocation Reimbursement

Tsinghua SIGS will provide research start-up package and relocation reimbursement for qualified faculty.

6. Student and Postdoctoral Recruitment

Tsinghua SIGS will finance 1-2 Ph.D. student and provide competitive salary package for post-doctoral researcher for faculty member.

7. Qualifications

• A doctoral or equivalent degree in relevant academic area is required.
• Ideally at least two-year overseas study and work experience is required.
• Ideally at least two-year working experience at a world-leading university or research institute is required.
• Research experience across various fields and institutions and strong teaching performance are preferred.
• The candidate should be able to demonstrate strong communication, teaching and leadership skills in English as well as the ability to actively contribute to the rapidly growing research efforts at Tsinghua SIGS.
• A strong commitment to teaching and supervising postgraduate students is essential. Teaching responsibilities will include participation in and development of graduate courses and strong engagement with Tsinghua SIGS’s core curriculum. Supervision of PhD and MSc students and academic mentoring of trainees at all levels is also expected.

8. Application

Please apply via https://talent.sigs.tsinghua.edu.cn/, or send the following application documents (in English) to talent@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn  (subject line: Application for Faculty Position in XX area at Tsinghua SIGS).

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Faculty Application Form ( https://talent.sigs.tsinghua.edu.cn/#/fileList )
3. Research/Teaching/Service Statement
4. PDF copies of 3 to 5 representative publications
5. Arrange 3-5 reference letters sent from renowned experts in related fields (the letters must be emailed to referee@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn directly) 

Screening of candidates will start immediately and will continue until the position(s) are filled. All documents will be treated confidentially. 

9. Contact:

HR Office

Email: talent@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

Website:

 https://www.sigs.tsinghua.edu.cn/

https://talent.sigs.tsinghua.edu.cn/