Open Senior Faculty Positions
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) is a prestigious national key university in China and
enjoys a high reputation in research and education in science, technology and other areas of
scholarship. Founded in 1940, originally called Yan’an Natural Science Institute, this institute is
one of the first Chinese universities to run a graduate school, and one of the national “Project
211” and “Project 985” universities which are given priority for development by the Chinese
government. It is now under the administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology of China.
BIT is renowned for the excellence of its faculty. It has 2,508 faculty to teach and advise
about 14,774 undergraduates and 11,209 graduates and 759 overseas students. Among the
faculty are 9 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and/or the Chinese Academy
of Engineering, 17 China National Experts with Outstanding Contributions, 4 National Eminent
Professors, 17 global experts recruited by China’s “Recruitment Program of Global Experts” (8
by the Long-Term Program, 2 by the Short-Term Program, 1 by the Global Experts Program,
and 6 by the Young Scholars Program), 27 distinguished Chang Jiang scholars recruited by “the
Change Jiang Scholars Program” (a higher education development program in China provided
by the MOE and the Li KaShing Foundation), 20recipients of “the National Natural Science
Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars”, 20 national professors recruited by the “New Century
Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project”, and 127 talents recruited by “the New
Century Outstanding Talents Program” of the MOE. The University also has 2 Innovation
Research teams supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, 9 Innovation Team
supported by the MOE Innovation Team Development Plan, and 12 Innovation Team of
National Defense. BIT has produced over 200,000 graduates, including 35 Chinese
academicians, and over 110 generals and heads of state.
As part of its development strategy, BIT aims to be a hub of elite talents. It greatly values
the talent recruitment work, and with the support from the national talents recruitment program
“the Recruitment Program of Global Experts” and “the Chang Jiang Scholars Program” of the
MOE, it now offers diverse challenging career opportunities for overseas renowned scientists,
talents leading in related areas and excellent postdoctoral fellows and Ph.Ds.
We warmly welcome you to join the ranks of the renowned scholars and researchers who
work hard to make BIT a world class engineering and technology university.
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Beijing Institute of Technology
National Talent Recruitment Programs
National Talent
Recruitment
Programs
Sub-Programs
Requirements
Terms of Employment
1.Must have worked as a professor or in
equivalent positions in famous international
universities or research institutes；
2.Under the age of 55；
3.Upon entering the program, must work full
time in BIT for at least three years running.
Long-Term
4.Or under the age of 60 for applicants of the
areas of humanities and social sciences;
applicants of the following areas are preferred:
Intellectual Property Law, Environmental and
Resources Protection Law, International Law,
International Economic Law, International
Relations, and Psychology.
Offers from the government：
1.A Foreigner’s Permanent Residence Permit in China for foreign talents
and their spouses and minor children;
2.Free to choose places of domicile in China for talents of Chinese
nationality, regardless of their original household registers;
3.A central government subsidy of 1 million RMB per person；
Offers from BIT：
4.Professorship and doctoral supervisorship；
5.Start-up research funds, labs with needed equipment for research, office,
and other office conditions；
6.Work assistants, or an academic team if required;
7.A competitive pay and benefits package.
(BIT offers a 5-year employment contract.）
Short-Term
1.Must have worked as a professor or in
equivalent positions in famous international
universities or research institutes；
2.Under the age of 55；
3.Upon entering the program, must work in BIT
for at least three years running, and at least 2
months each year.
(BIT offers a 5-year employment contract.）
Recruitment
Program of
Global Experts
(also called the
Thousand Talents
Program)
Young Scholars
Global Experts
1.Under the age of 40;
2.Must have a Ph.D. degree received from a
famous international university, and a minimum
of 3 years’ overseas work experience in
scientific research;
3.Or a Ph.D. degree received from a Chinese
university, and a minimum of 5 years’ overseas
work experience in teaching or research;
4.Have teaching or research positions in famous
international universities, research institutes or
the research and development department of
renowned enterprises;
5.Upon entering the program, must work full
time in BIT.
1.Must have worked as a professor or in
equivalent positions in famous international
universities or research institutes；
2.Foreign applicants, upon entering the
program, must work in BIT for at least 3 years
running, and at least 9 months each year;
3.Under the age of 65.
(BIT offers a 5-year employment contract.)
Top Talents and
Innovation Teams
Program
1.Research area: natural science or engineering
technology; must work full time in BIT for at
least 5 years;
2.Must meet at least one of the following
requirements: a winner of Nobel Prize, or
Turing Award, or Fields Medal; academicians
from the Academy of Science or the Academy
of Engineering of the developed countries such
as America, Britain, Canada and Australia;
world famous scholars of a world top university
or research institute; top talents in short supply
in China.
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Offers from the government：
1.A central government subsidy of 0.5 million RMB per person ;
2.Help to handle formalities concerning entry and exit procedures, health
care and insurance;
Offers from BIT：
3.Start-up funds, labs with needed equipment for research, office, and other
office conditions；
4.Work assistants, or an academic team if required;
5.A competitive pay and benefits package.
Offers from the government：
1.A central government subsidy of 0.5 million RMB per person;
2.A central government research subsidy of 1-3million RMB according to
research subjects and levels;
Offers from BIT：
3.Professorship and doctoral supervisorship;
4.Lab equipment for research, office, and other office conditions；
5.Start-up research funds based on the central government research
subsidies；
6.Work assistants, or an academic team if required；
7.An annual salary of 0.3-0.35 million RMB, priorities in renting and
purchasing a home.
Offers from the government：
1.A central government subsidy of 1 million RMB per person;
2.A central government research subsidy of 3-5 million RMB according to
different research subjects and levels;
3.A Foreigner’s Permanent Residence Permit in China, or help to handle
formalities concerning entry and exit procedures;
Offers from BIT：
4. Professorship and doctoral supervisorship；
5.Start-up research funds based on the central government research
subsidies, labs with needed equipment for research, office, and other office
conditions；
6.Work assistants, or an academic team if required;
7.A competitive salary and renting a home.
Terms of employment vary according to specific applications.
Distinguished
Professors
Chang Jiang
Scholars
Program
Distinguished
Visiting Professors
New Century Excellent Talents
Program of the MOE
1.As of Jan. 1 of the application year, applicants
of the areas of natural science and engineering
must be under the age of 45; those of the areas
of humanities and social sciences must be under
55;
2.Must have a Ph.D. degree, and related work
experience in teaching and research; overseas
applicants must have worked as associate
professors or above or in equivalent positions in
international high-level universities;
3.Must work full time in BIT for 5 years upon
entering the program.
1.Must have worked as a professor or in
equivalent positions in teaching and research in
high-level international universities;
2.Have
made
world-famous
research
achievements and are influential in related
areas;
3.Must work for at least 2 months in BIT each
year during the 3 years’ term of employment.
1.Must have a Ph.D. degree and have worked as
assistant professor, or lecturer, or in equivalent
position in teaching and research in a high-level
international university or research institute;
2.Have
attained
distinguished
research
achievements and have the potential as an
academic leader in related research areas;
3.Applicants of the areas of natural science
must be under the age of 40; those of the areas
of humanities and social sciences must be under
45;
4.Must work full time in BIT upon entering the
program.
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Offers from the government：
1.A bonus of 0.2 million RMB per person per year in the 5-year
employment;
2.Support from the MOE on constructing innovation teams;
Offers from BIT：
3.Professorship；
4. Start-up research funds；
5.Housing subsidies and priorities in renting and purchasing a home;
6.Work assistants and research team, and good work and living conditions.
1.Professorship；
2.Start-up research funds, and office;
3.Work assistants；
4.A salary of 30 thousand RMB per month, paid according to the actual
work hours.
1.Professorship or associate professorship according to specific academic
levels;
2.Start-up research funds, and necessary work and research conditions；
3.BIT provides a lump-sum subsidy；
4.Salary scales and benefits as regulated by BIT.
Talent Recruitment Programs of Beijing Institute of Technology
The University’s
Talent Recruitment
Sub-Programs
Requirements
Terms of Employment
Programs
1.Must have a Ph.D. degree; Applicants of the areas of natural science must be
Distinguished
Professors
XuTeli
Scholars
Program
under the age of 40, and those of humanities and social sciences must be under the
1.Professorship
age of 45;
supervisorshipbased on research level
and
doctoral
2.Foreign applicants must have worked as assistant professors or above, or have
and performance;
equivalent academic competence in high-level universities;
2.Start-up research funds；
3.Have the potential as a world academic leader in related areas and have
3.Lab equipment, office and other office
innovative and strategic thinking in the construction of related areas;
conditions;
4.Have good team-work spirit, strong scientific spirit of dedication, and abilities of
4.Professor salary scale and subsidies,
management and leadership, and know how to train young talents;
plus housing subsidies.
5.Must work full time in BIT during the 3 years’ term of employment.
1.Must have worked as associate professor or above or in equivalent position in a
high-level international university;
Distinguished
Visiting
Professors
2.Have made significant research achievements acknowledged widely both at
home and abroad, and enjoy high international reputation in related academic
areas; have the abilities of expanding the international academic cooperation and
exchange in related areas;
3.Must work in BIT for 3-6 months each year during the 3 years’ term of
employment; no less than 2 months each year in special cases.
1.Must have a Ph.D. degree and have worked as assistant professor or lecturer or
above in high level international universities or research institutes;
BIT Outstanding Young and
2.Have abilities of teaching and research equal to that of a professorship; have high
Middle-aged Teachers Development
academic level and experience of chairing or attending international frontier
Program
programs; have published research papers in important international journals; have
international connections and influence in related research areas;
3.Under the age of 40. Applicants under 35 enjoy priority over others;
4. Must work full time in BIT upon being recruited.
1.Professorship based on research level
and performance;
2.Lab equipment, office and other office
conditions;
4.BIT
professor
salary
scale,
plus
subsidies for housing and international
travel.
1.Professorship
professorship
or
according
associate
to
specific
academic levels;
2.Start-up research funds and necessary
research and office conditions;
3.BIT salary scale and benefits, plus
housing subsidies.
1.Have made significant research achievements acknowledged widely both at
home and abroad, and enjoy high international reputation in related academic
areas; have good leadership and coordination skills;
Visiting
Professors,
Visiting Research
Fellows
2.Must have a Ph.D. degree received from a famous international university, and a
minimum of 2 years’ overseas work experience in scientific research; or a Ph.D.
degree received from a top Chinese university, and a minimum of 3 years’ overseas
work experience in teaching or research;
3.Have published high-level research papers in top journals of related research
areas;
4.Under the age of 35; the age limit can be extended for those who have worked as
BIT Senior Visiting
1.An annual salary of 0.3-0.5 million
RMB within the term of employment;
2.Start-up funds (0.3 million RMB for
science research, and 0.15 for arts
research;
3.Doctoral
supervisorshipafter
evaluation;
4.Help to rent housing.
an assistant professor or above in a renowned international university.
Positions
1.Have academic influence and potential in academic development; have made
significant research achievements acknowledged widely both at home and abroad;
have the ability to develop independently a research area;
Visiting Associate
Professors,
Visiting associate
Research Fellows
2.Must have a Ph.D. degree received from a famous international university; or a
1.An annual salary of 0.2-0.3 million
RMB within the term of employment;
2.Start-up funds (0.2 million RMB for
Ph.D. degree received from a top Chinese university, and a minimum of 2 years’
science research, and 0.1 for arts
overseas work experience in teaching or research;
research;
3.Have published high-level research papers in top journals of related research
areas;
4.Under the age of 32; the age limit can be extended for those who have worked as
3.Doctoral
supervisorship
after
evaluation;
4.Help to rent housing.
an assistant professor or above in a renowned international university.
1.Must have a Ph.D. degree received from high-level international universities or
Overseas Graduates Recruitment
Program
research institutes, or a post-doctoral fellow who has finished his post-doctoral
research for at least 1 year;
2.Under the age of 32; the age limit can be extended to 35 for those outstanding
post-doctoral researchers or doctors who have associate professorship.
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1.BIT salary scale and benefits;
2.Young applicants (under the age of 35)
who have received a Ph.D. degree from a
world famous university will receive a
subsidy of 0.3 million RMB in addition
to the performance-based subsidy by the
University;
3. Recent doctoral graduates and
post-doctoral fellows will receive a
subsidy of 80 thousand RMB.
Major open faculty positions
Equipment Science ＆
Technology Engineering
Mechanics
Chemical Engineering
and Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Optical Engineering
Control Science and
Engineering
Power Engineering and
Engineering Thermo
Physics
Materials Science and
Engineering
Information and
Communication
Engineering
Management Science and
Engineering
Electronic Science and
Technology
Computer Science and
Technology
Aeronautic and
Astronautic Science and
Technology
Mathematics
Software Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Physics
Chemistry
Beyond currently advertised positions, we welcome interest and inquiries from
distinguished faculty members whose interests may align with BIT’s academic plan and
research initiatives. For more available positions, please visit the University’s website.
Application：
Applicants can visit www.bit.edu.cn or renshichu.bit.edu.cn for more information. Please
send to renshichu@bit.edu.cn, or shizike@bit.edu.cn, or sscsr@bit.edu.cna curriculum vitae
with the following information: education background, work experience, academic posts,
research programs, representative research achievements, contents of important publications,
publications citation information, and contact information. Please note the recruitment program
you apply for in your email.
The review of applications will continue until the position is filled.Applicants who pass
the review will be asked to fill up application forms and submit 3 representative publications in
full and relevant certification.
Contact us：
Contacts: Mr. Shi Rui,Mr. He Xiaowei, Mr. Wang Chuanmin
Tel.：+8610-68918577/68912338/68914546
E-mail：sscsr@bit.edu.cn, shizike@bit.edu.cn, renshichu@bit.edu.cn
Website：www.bit.edu.cn,or renshichu.bit.edu.cn
Add.: Personnel Department, Beijing Institute of Technology, No.5, Zhongguancun South
Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Postcode: 100081
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