Hubei University
Hubei University is located in Wuhan, the
capital of Central China’s Hubei Province. Its seven-decade development turns
Hubei University into a key comprehensive university covering arts, history,
philosophy, science, engineering, economics, law, management, education, and
medicine.
Hubei University offers at its main campus 42 undergraduate (bachelor degree)
and 35 postgraduate (master degree) courses in ten faculties: Humanities,
Business, Law, Mathematics and Computer Science, Life Science, Physics and
Electronic Engineering, Chemistry and Material Science, Education, and Foreign
Studies. The main campus also includes Adult Education College and International
School. There are 23 research institutes and centers plus two national centers: Center
for Chinese Language and Literature and Center for Biochemistry. 15 key
disciplines and one laboratory are qualified as reaching the top standard at the
provincial level.
Based at the main campus are Hubei Training Center for Teachers of Higher
Educational Institutions and Sino-British ELT Center. The university also has
another campus in Wuchang, a Vocational School of Technology in Hankou, and an
Academy of Military Training. The student enrollment amounts to 22,000,
including 14,000 full-time students.
Hubei University attracts as many as 1890 excellent and devoted staff members,
800 of whom are faculty members for teaching and research, including two
academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science, eight doctoral supervisors, and
more than 350 professors and associate professors. Three professors are selected
into China's Project for Talents, one into the Education Ministry's Plan for
Fostering Trans-century Personnel, seven into Hubei Project for “111”
Talents, 28 as trans-century academic pioneers and 14 as key academic
researchers for Higher Education in Hubei Province. Twenty-two professors hold
the title of National or Provincial Expert of Middle and Young Age Making
Outstanding Contributions. Forty-seven enjoy the bonus awarded by the State
Council, provincial and municipal administrations. Since 1991, eighty teachers
have won Zeng Xianzi Prize for Teachers or other awards issued by the national,
ministerial, and provincial authorities.
Hubei University contributes greatly in scientific research, technology service,
and application of research achievement. Since 1996 highly effective researches
focus on the fields of new material, electronic information, biological
engineering, basic mathematics, Chinese traditional medicine modernization, seed
selection of homely crop species, Chinese ancient literature, Chinese cultural
history, ancient books sifting, and ethics. Many well-known experts and scholars
undertake more than 850 ministerial and provincial projects, such as science
fund, science and research key projects, publishing almost 600 books and more
than one million academic journal articles, and winning more than 72 national
and provincial science awards.
Hubei University enjoys a beautifully designed campus most suitable for teaching
and learning. Its main campus houses a 410,000-square-metre floorage, and a
further 180,000-square-metre floorage is under construction. There are one Hubei
Polymer Material Medium Experimental Base, and a complex of three centers:
Multimedia Teaching, Analysis and Testing, and Computing Network. Also available
to the staff and students are 75 laboratories, 7,000 sets of equipment and
instrument, 1.56 million volumes of books and journals in the library, and a
computer network system directly linked with Chinese Education and Scientific
Research Net, offering international information resources for teaching and
research.
Hubei University values links with national and international institutions. It
is also the venue for 34 national or provincial research institutions. The
University Council composes of more than 30 enterprises and governmental
departments for management efficiency. Hubei University publishes 11 academic
journals, such as Hubei University Journal, Spider-Shaped Academic Journal,
Chinese Journal of Colloid and Polymer, and German Philosophy.
Hubei University establishes international academic exchange and cooperation
programs with different universities in more than ten countries and regions such
as America, Australia, France and Japan. The university attracts every year
teachers and experts from overseas, famous scholars from outside the university
to teach and give lectures. International students as well as students from Hong
Kong, Taiwan, and Macao are enrolled in different degree or foundation courses.
Hubei University wins the award entitled Top University in China for excellence
in teaching, research and physical education, and remains for many years as
holder of the honor Best Provincial Institution. Since 1949, the university has
contributed tremendously to the society with an output of more than 140,000
students with different majors, maintaining high employment rate with its
graduates most attractive to the employers.
Hubei University`s 70-year history of difficulty and diligence mirrors a
brilliant prospect of greater input and support from the Hubei Provincial
Government. The staff and students are full of confidence, determination and
devotion in further developing Hubei University into a nationally famous
university with international reputation by the year 2005 with the strategies of
striving for development, focusing on teaching and learning, motivating
management efficiency, pioneering in discipline excellence, orienting to the
societal needs, and targeting at enhancement of education quality and research
strength.
Vacancy: 2
Teacher or Expert: teachers
Nationality: UK, Australia, American, Canada.
Education: above bachelor
Contract time: one year
Courses: oral English reading, writing, American literature
Workload: 16 hours / week
Monthly salary (RMB): 3000
Flight ticket: round trip
Annual travel allowance (RMB):2200
Free boarding: apartment(70-80 square meter)
Meals: cooking utensils provided
Boarding place: on campus
Place of position (city): Wuhan
Time to teach: as soon as possible