Career Opportunities for Talents in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen ("University") is established in accordance with the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools upon approval of the Ministry of Education. It inherits the educational philosophy and academic systems of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is intended to evolve into a world class research university with strong Chinese cultural influence. It is committed to nurturing high-end talent with global perspective, Chinese tradition and social responsibility.
At present, the University has four schools, namely the School of Science and Engineering, the School of Management and Economics, the School of Humanities and Social Science, and the School of Life and Health Sciences. The University will have over 6200 undergraduate students and postgraduate students. The University has set up the State Joint Engineering Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, three Nobel Laureate Labs one Turing Award Laureate Lab, the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data and the Shenzhen Finance Institute, etc..
Since establishment, the University has taken it as its mission to build a first-class research-oriented university that combines tradition and modernity and integrates China and the west. The University has a group of internationally renowned scholars, 100% of whom have teaching or research experience in internationally renowned universities abroad. The University actively develops international exchange resources and provides high-end international exchange platform for students.
The application of talent recruitment for 2020 will start soon. We warmly welcome top talents worldwide who are eligible for programs to join CUHK, Shenzhen!
1. Post Specification
We wish to recruit top talents worldwide in the following disciplines: management science and engineering, finance, economics, information systems, accounting, marketing, mathematics and applied mathematics, statistics, operations research, data science and engineering, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, information science and engineering, computer science and technology, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, control engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, physics, chemistry and organic chemistry, energy science and engineering, material science and engineering, Financial engineering, and quantitative finance, biomedical engineering, biomedical Sciences, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical, life science, cell biology and molecular biology, synthetic chemistry, computational chemistry, precision and regenerative medicine, psychology, linguistics, global studies etc.
Applications with interdisciplinary research experience are highly expected.
2. Position Specifications
The specifications and qualifications are detailed as below:
Program 1: Type A Distinguished Professor Program (Full Time)
Applicants should (1) have obtained a doctorate degree from a world renowned university; (2) Full professor or equivalent in a prestigious university or R&D institute; and/or senior technical or managerial professional in a company or financial institution outside Mainland China; (3) willing to work full time at CUHK, Shenzhen; (4) Not over 55 years old at time of application, If applicant is of non-Chinese ethnicity, he/she should be not over 65 years old at time of application
Program 2: Type B Distinguished Professor Program (Full Time)
Applicants should (1) obtained a doctorate degree; (2) not over 45 years old in natural science and engineering, not over 55 years old in social sciences; (3) full professor or equivalent in a university or R&D institute; (4) willing to work full time at CUHK-Shenzhen
Program 3: Type A Young Talent Program
Applicants should (1) Not over 40 years old at time of application; (2) have obtained a doctorate degree and have no less than three years continuously research experience outside China (Exceptions will be given to applicants with extraordinary research achievement),. (3) Be able to work full time at CUHK, Shenzhen.
Program 4: Type B Young Talent Program
Applicants should (1) obtained a doctorate degree; (2) not over 38 years old in natural science and engineering, not over 45 years old in social sciences; (3) associate professor or equivalent in a university or R&D institute; (4) willing to work full time at CUHK, Shenzhen.
3. Benefits
CUHK-Shenzhen will provide successful applications with a competitive salary package commensurate to his/her experience and comparable to the corresponding teaching staff salary levels in CUHK. CUHK-Shenzhen will contribute to the successful applicant’s social security program including pension, health insurance as well as insurance for work related injuries in accordance with the prevailing labor laws applicable in mainland China.
Additional startup funds and signing bonus will be offered to the successful applicants by various sources as detailed below:
1) Program 1: Type A Distinguished Professor Program
(1) Signing bonus of 1 million RMB offered by the Central Government; (2) Startup fund of 1 million RMB and signing bonus of 0.5 million offered by the Guangdong Provincial Government; (3) Signing bonus of 3 million RMB offered by the Shenzhen Municipal Government (refer to the Shenzhen Peacock program A ); (4) Signing bonus of 1.5 million RMB offered by the Shenzhen Longgang District Government. If the recipient is of non-Chinese ethnicity, he/she receives an additional Research Startup fund of 3 to 5 Million RMB from National agency.
2) Program 2: Type B Distinguished Professor Program
(1) Signing bonus of 0.2 million RMB offered by the Central Government; (2) Signing bonus of 3 million RMB offered by the Shenzhen Municipal Government (refer to the Shenzhen Peacock program A ); (3) Signing bonus of 1.5 million RMB offered by the Shenzhen Longgang District Government.
3) Program 3: Type A Young Talents Program
(1) Signing bonus of 0.5 million RMB and startup fund of RMB 1 to 3 million offered by the Central Government; (2) Startup fund of 0.5 million RMB and signing bonus of 0.25 million offered by the Guangdong Provincial Government; (3) Signing bonus of 2 million RMB granted by the Shenzhen Municipal Government (refer to the Shenzhen Peacock Program B ); (4) Signing bonus of 1 million RMB granted by the Shenzhen Longgang District Government.
4) Program 4: Type B Young Talents Program
(1) Signing bonus of 0.3 million RMB for 3 years. (2) Other bonus granted by Shenzhen and Longgang District Government.
Shenzhen Longgang District Government will help arrange the children of each successful applicant to be admitted in high quality public preschools, primary schools, secondary schools or high schools in Longgang District. CUHK-Shenzhen will provide successful applications with spacious offices, well-equipped laboratories, and sufficient research start-up fund based on the research specifications. The University will provide full support for the successful applications to build up their research groups and nominate them for various provincial/municipal talent programs such as Guangdong Provincial Innovation Teams and Leading Talents Plan, Shenzhen Municipal Peacock Program, Shenzhen Longgang Dragon Plan and etc..
4. Application Procedure
We warmly welcome top talents worldwide to join CUHK-Shenzhen. Please refer to our website of http://www.cuhk.edu.cn/ and send cover letter, full curriculum vitae and other related materials as follows. We will contact you ASAP.