The School of Life Sciences at Northwestern Polytechnical University was established in April 2004. The vision of the school is "to be driven by China’s major needs in the fields of aeronautics, astronautics, and marine science and technologies, with the support from mainstream disciplines in life sciences, to integrate the basic disciplines with technology and engineering disciplines, and to joint basic research and applied research". The school aims to build a domestic first-class and world-renowned base for scientific research and training of high-level talents with distinctive disciplinary characteristics.
The School of Life Science currently has 94 faculty members including 57 full-time instructors (15 professors, 26 associate professors, and 16 assistant professors). The primary programs offered at the School of Life Sciences are the Ph.D. program in Biomedical Engineering, the M.S. program in Biology, the Project -based M.S. program in program in Biology and Medicine, and the B.S. program in Biotechnology. Based on the above programs, approximately 100 postgraduate and 60 undergraduate students are admitted each year.
The scientific research of the school focus on the directions of special environmental biology (concerning special space environments; extreme environments with low pressure, low oxygen, high altitude with extreme coldness, and extreme heat and humidity; physic environments involving magnetism, electricity, light, heat, and sound), material biology, and medical engineering. These special research directions also incorporate the special features from education and research in aeronautics, astronautics, and marine engineering and technologies, and they are orientated toward the life and health aspects of common people. There are distinctive cross-fusion characteristics of multi-disciplines. The research contents cover multiple sub-disciplinary directions including biochemistry, molecular cell biology, biophysics, microbiology, biomaterials, pharmacy, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, bioinformatics, biomechanics, magnetic biology, etc.
The school has a large open-sharing platform for large-scale instruments and equipment and owns approximately 60 million CNY worth of instruments and equipment. Meanwhile, the school is building a school-level life science sharing platform (Northwestern Polytechnical University Life, Health and Ecology Public Sharing Platform). The goal is to establish a world-class high-level research platform to provide strong support for cutting-edge academic research in the fields of life science.
Talent Recruitment
The school continuously recruits outstanding talents domestically and internationally. The recruiting disciplines are first-level discipline, Biology and first-level discipline, Biomedical Engineering. The sub-disciplines include but not limited to biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, biophysics, physiology, microbiology, bioinformatics, biomaterials, biomechanics, magneto-biology, electromagnetic biology, bioengineering, biotechnology, etc.
Recruiting Positions:
1. Chair Professor
2. Tenured Professor
3. Outstanding Young Talents
4. Overseas Excellent Young Talent Project
See the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas) project guide
The school continuously recruits postdoctoral researchers in the fields of "Biomedical Engineering", "Aerospace Science and Technology" and "Materials Science and Engineering".
1. Research direction and qualification for recruitment
2. Compensation and benefits during employment
3. Full-time scientific researcher
Forum for Young Talents
There are two online forums for young talents each year (early June, and early October) that are hosted by the School of Life Science at NPU. The forum will focus on discussions of domestic and international leading-edge academic problems and research achievements. World-wide young talents in the field of life science are all welcomed to participate. Young talents who are interested in attending the forums should register in advance (preferably one month before the forum start date) by emailing Ms. Song at songfei@nwpu.edu.cn.
How to apply for the positions?
Please file all application materials as a single PDF file, and send it directly to the email address: songfei@nwpu.edu.cn. The application materials shall include a cover letter and a CV with research achievements. Applications for postdoctoral positions should indicate the interested advisor in the cover letter. All applicants are encouraged to attend the Forum for Young Talents (see above).
Located in the ancient capital city - Xi’an, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU), the powerhouse of western China, is entering a new phase of growth by taking opportunities to develop original and cutting-edge innovations.
The history of NPU can be traced back to 1938. The university was designated as one of the National Key Universities of China in 1960. It was among the first batch of universities selected for Project 211 in 1995 and became part of Project 985 in 2001. In 2021, NPU ranks among the top 200 according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities. In recent years, NPU had set various records in China and produced many leading figures in all aspects of society and industries contributing to the world’s science, technology, and social-economic developments.
The degree programs offered at NPU cover various disciplines in fundamental science, engineering, humanities, management, social sciences, and many more. The material science discipline at NPU ranks among the top 0.1% globally, and the chemistry, engineering, and computer science disciplines are also among the top 1% globally according to the latest ESI subject area ranking. With these distinctive strengths, NPU has built a solid foundation for providing world-class research platforms in all disciplines.