Looking for High Level Talents Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute

About the Institute 

Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) is established by two world-leading universities, Zhejiang University (2023 QS Ranking: 42) and the University of Edinburgh (2023 QS Ranking: 15), at the new International Campus in Haining, China. Building on the existing strengths of both, the Institute aims to foster collaborations in teaching and research, explore interdisciplinary research, and be committed to frontier basic and applied research in life sciences. ZJE has a core facility (composed of FACS core, imaging core, histology core, biochemistry core and bioinformatics core etc.), a laboratory animal facility and an information data platform to provide strong research support. For more information, please refer to the Institute website: zje.intl.zju.edu.cn.

The Research Center of ZJE 

ZJE has established several research centers with focused research directions to facilitate undergraduate research training and graduate student training and encourage scientific discussion, collaboration, seminars within each research center. Currently we have 4 research centers. 1.Cellular Biology: Center for Subcelluar Biology 2.Stem Cell Biology: Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy 3.Systems Biology: Center for Systems Biology 4.Cancer, Immunology and Infection: Center for Inflammation&Cancer&Research Researchers with experience of antimicrobial drug resistance and cell biology (single-cell RNA sequencinggenomics, epigenomics, spatial omics, proteomics and imaging to achieve multimodal measurements of individual cellular phenotypes and genotype are welcome.

We are looking for:

Top Scholars

Position: 

Chief scientist and Director of research centers.

Post holders will be appointed as Qiushi Chair Professor, Zhejiang University.

Qualification: 

Well-known scholars, academicians and highly-cited scholars in the field of biomedical sciences and clinical transformation research and who have the ability to lead the development of disciplines.

Work and Living Conditions:

1. Internationally competitive salary in accordance with Qiushi Chair Professors(ZJU) standard;

2. RMB 8 million of start-up fund and 300m²+ of lab and office space;

3. Support for research team building, including assistance in PI recruitment, and uncapped number of postdocs and postgraduate candidates;

4. Adjunct faculty position at The University of Edinburgh after evaluation;

5. Rental of fully-furnished apartment, plus purchase of an on-campus Hainshire house/apartment at a preferential rate.

Leading Talent

Position:

Tenured professor and Executive director of research centers. Post holders will be appointed as Qiushi Distinguished Professor, Zhejiang University.

Qualification:

 Associate professor or above in world-renowned universities and successful applicants of national talent programmes, who have the ability to lead a research team to carry out innovative projects.

Work and Living Conditions:

 1. Internationally competitive salary in accordance with Qiushi Distinguished Professors(ZJU) standard;

2. RMB 5 million of start-up fund and 200m²+ of lab and office space;

3. Support for research team building, including assistance in PI recruitment, and uncapped number of postdocs; minimum one postgraduate student recruitment quota per year in the first three years;

4. Adjunct faculty position at The University of Edinburgh after evaluation;

5. Rental of fully-furnished apartment, plus purchase of an on-campus Hainshire house/apartment at a preferential rate.

Outstanding Talent

Position:

Tenured/tenure-track associate professor or tenure-track assistant professor.

Qualification:

Tenured/tenure-track associate professor: assistant professor or above in world renowned universities and successful applicants of national young talent programmes；

tenured-track assistant professor: Young talents under 40 years old who have at least 3 years of postdoctoral research experience, show academic potential and are competitive in application of national and provincial talent programmes.

Work and Living Conditions: 

1. RMB 400,000+ of annual salary commensurate with qualifications;

2. RMB 3 million+ of start-up fund for assistant professors and RMB 4 million+ of start-up fund for associate professor, sufficient lab and office space provided based on research needs;

3. Assistance in application of talent programmes and research fund via the University and municipal departments, and provision of matching fund;

4. One postgraduate student recruitment quota per year in the first three years;

5. Adjunct faculty position at The University of Edinburgh after evaluation;

6. Rental of fully-furnished apartment, plus purchase of an on-campus Hainshire house/apartment at a preferential rate.

Young Talent

Postdoctoral fellow

Qualification:

Candidates are those who have obtained doctoral degree in recent 3 years and have certain independent work ability.

Work and Living Conditions:

1. RMB 300,000 + of annual salary for qualified applicants jointly provided by the institute/university and Haining municipal government, plus RMB 150,000 or 200,000 of start-up fund;

2. Up to RMB 500,000 of annual salary for successful applicants of the National Innovation Grant for Postdocs or International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program（Talent-Introduction Program）;

3. Recommendation to tenure/tenure-track position at ZJU upon completion of postdoctoral work for outstanding postdoctoral fellows;

4. Eligible for Haining local employment support of RMB 300,000 in total in three years, plus cash subsidy equivalent to 40m² of the commodity housing purchased locally for the first time.

Join us

 For Top Scholar, Leading Talent, Outstanding Talent:

Application package：

 A full CV, Cover letter, Research Statement and Teaching Statement.

How to apply：

 Please sent your application package to the Institute HR team (hr_zje@intl.zju.edu.cn), and quote “Your Name + Talent Type + Research Field”.

For Young Talent/Postdoctoral Fellow:

Application package: A full CV and Research Statement.

How to apply:

Please directly contact our PI whose research field fits yours (http://zje.intl.zju.edu.cn/zje/our_team/faculty).

Contact us：

Institute HR: Ms. Ajda Yang (xinyiyang@intl.zju.edu.cn；+86-571-87572816）；

Ms. Cassie Liang (shuangl@intl.zju.edu.cn; +86-571-87572819)

Conditions of Employment 

The contract of employment will be held with Zhejiang University and the appointment and conditions will be governed by the employment laws of China and the policies and practices of Zhejiang University.

Zhejiang University Located in the historical and picturesque city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang University is a prestigious institution of higher education with a long history. Qiushi Academy, the predecessor of Zhejiang University, was founded in 1897 and was one of the earliest modern academies of higher learning established in China. In its long history, Zhejiang University has always been committed to cultivating talent with excellence, advancing science and technology, serving for social development, and promoting culture, with the spirit best manifested in the university motto “Seeking the Truth and Pioneering New Trails”.

Zhejiang University is a comprehensive research university with distinctive features and a national as well as international impact. Zhejiang University has a long held educational philosophy of putting people foremost, cultivating all-round competence in students, seeking the truth and pioneering new trails in search of excellence, and is committed to developing future leaders with an international perspective. In 2015, research fund at Zhejiang University amounted to 3,316 million yuan. As of December 2021, there were 63,136 full-time students enrolled at Zhejiang University. Among its approximate 9,778 faculty, 2,010 have title of professor. Other important facts and figures are as follows: 30 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 31 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and 172 scholars awarded National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. With seven campuses, Zhejiang University encompasses an area of 5,570,408 square meters with school buildings covering 2,287,856 square meters of floor space. In addition, Zhejiang University has 7 high-level affiliated hospitals.

The University of Edinburgh For more than four centuries, our people and their achievements have rewritten history time and again. They’ve explored space, revolutionised surgery, published era-defining books, paved the way for life-saving medical breakthroughs and introduced to the world many inventions, discoveries and ideas from penicillin to Dolly the sheep. We have believed that anything is possible, we still do. The latest Research Excellence Framework highlighted our place at the forefront of international research. This adds to our international reputation for the quality of our teaching and our student experience excellence. The University is proud of its success with online teaching initiatives, with 2950 students currently studying its online distance learning postgraduate programmes, and a total to date of more than 2 million enrolments for Edinburgh MOOCs.