I. An Introduction to the Institute
The Educational Science Research Institute of Hunan University, originating from the Higher Education Research Studio established in 1981, was formally set up in 2006 and is authorized to confer the doctoral degrees in the secondary discipline of “Educational Management”, master’s degrees in the primary discipline of “Educational Science” and the secondary discipline of “Educational Economics and Management”, as well as the professional master’s degrees in education.
The Institute , by integrating functions of personnel training, scientific research, consultancy service and publication of educational theory journals ,boasts of provincial research centers such as the Education Appraisal Research Center of Hunan Province and the Children and Teenagers’ Organizational and ideological Awareness Education and Research Center of Hunan Province, as well as one of the educational science research bases under the 13th provincial “Five-year Plan” , namely the Higher Education Quality and Appraisal Research Base of Hunan Province. Moreover, the Institute has the following secondary disciplines, like Principles of the Educational Science, Curriculum and Teaching Methodology, Higher Education Science and Educational Economics & Management.
In order to further strengthen its full-time scientific research team, cultivate and develop a high-level talented team with strong creative power and deepen academic exchanges, the Institute , basing itself on the the Mobile Post-doctoral Research Station of Management Science and Engineering (approved for establishment in 2000) , sincerely invites both overseas and domestic excellent talents with doctorate degrees to come for conducting post-doctoral research.
II. Requirements for Applicants
The applicant shall have a doctorate degree, excel in both character and learning, enjoy good health and be no more than 35 years old. For outstanding applicant, the age ceiling can be lowered to some extent.
III. Co-advisor
The applicant can browse the Institute’s website at http://edu.hnu.edu.cn/szdw.htm to find information about the faculties in the Institute holding titles of associate professor and above and their research orientations .
IV. Salary and Welfare Portfolio
The university will classify full-time post-doctorates and offer corresponding sponsorship:
1. Special Sponsorship: for those enlisted in the “Innovative Post-doctorate Support Program” or “Post-doctoral International Exchange Program”, the university during the national sponsorship period will provide them with a yearly fund of 300000RMB (inclusive of national contribution).
2. Key Sponsorship: during the national sponsorship period, the university will provide a yearly fund of 200000RMB to doctoral graduates from top 100 overseas ARWU universities, or internationally well-known scientific research institutes, or domestic “Double First-class” universities or “A-” and above disciplines, to non-Chinese doctoral graduates from overseas well-recognized universities, and to those who during their doctoral study have published no less than 2 high-standard research papers in their research fields as the first or correspondence author, or to those who have made fairly good academic achievements .
3. Ordinary Sponsorship: during the national sponsorship period, the university will provide a post-doctorate with a yearly fund of 120000RMB.
4. International Collaborative Cultivation: during the national sponsorship period, the full-time post-doctorate of this class will participate in overseas study for about 12-24 months, during which time the university will provide him with a yearly fund of 200000RMB.
The post-doctorate , rated excellent in his first two years’ performance or in his debut experience in the station, and if choosing to continue his research in the station, will be provided by the university with a yearly fund of 120000RMB and house-renting subsidy.
V.Career Development and Other Support
1. During his research in the station, the post-doctorate’s research time will be counted as working time, and he can apply for higher professional titles in a specially-designated quota.
2. The university has established the “Outstanding Post-doctorate Award” which can be competed for once a year. Anyone who wins the award can directly apply for the associate professor’s teaching post. Anyone who is enlisted in the “Innovative Post-doctorate Support Program”, “Post-doctoral International Exchange Program”( introduction and dispatch project), or other post-doctoral talent programs with equivalent competitiveness and who has made outstanding research achievements will be qualified for “Outstanding Post-doctorate Award” directly after graduating from the station and when applying for a post in the university, he will not be restricted by the university’s quota for employing its own graduates.
3. The post-doctorate can choose to register his household in the university, which will
offer him with a monthly house-renting subsidy of 1800RMB if no apartment is arranged . The post-doctorate will enjoy the same scientific research rewards in the institute and university, and will also enjoy the same rights with other faculties to get his children admitted into nurseries or schools.
VI. Graduating Conditions
1. Preside over 1 national program sponsored by China Post-doctoral Science Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of China, National Social Science Foundation or the Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education, or participating in a national major or key subject (ranking top 3).
2. Publish as the first author or correspondence author ( Hunan university as the first author’s work unit) 1 paper in the A1 or A2-class periodicals or 2 papers in the A-class periodicals recognized by the university.
VII. Recruitment Procedures and Document Requirements
1. The applicant can file at any time his application for entering the station to the university’s Doctorate Management Office or the Institute. The Institute will enact a public and selective way to carry out the recruitment work.
2. The applicant can browse the website at http://postdoctor.hnu.cn/ for the procedures and document requirements.
VIII. Contacts
1. Educational Science Research Institute of Hunan University
Contact: Mr.Tan Jingxiong
Office: 0731-88822454
Email: jxtan@hnu.edu.cn
Postcode: 410082
2. Human Resource Department of Hunan University
Contact: To Be Determined
Office: 0731-88822723
Email: boshihou@hnu.edu.cn
Postcode: 410082
