Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)
Recruiting for over 80 academic positions
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) is a truly unique institution. It is the only international collaborative university in China with dual degree awarding powers, from the Chinese Ministry of Education and from the University of Liverpool.
Founded in 2006 with an initial intake of just 164 students, the university has grown rapidly over the last five years. We now have 5,000 students on campus with a further 1,000 studying at Liverpool under a 2+2 articulation agreement. As part of an ambitious expansion agenda, there is a large scale campus development programme providing world-class laboratory and teaching facilities. We aim to have 10,000 students on campus by 2015.
The university is independent, but draws for guidance and experience upon its two parent universities, Xi’an Jiaotong University and the University of Liverpool, both of which are over one hundred years old and highly respected international pioneers.
Learning and Teaching
After an initial foundation year which includes significant English language provision and training in the use of English for academic purposes, teaching and learning in the subsequent three years is all in the medium of English. We offer twenty three degree programmes, which are validated by the University of Liverpool. The student learning and teaching experience is enhanced through internal and external moderation of standards, and a thorough quality assurance process is in operation.
Research
XJTLU aims to be a research-led university, and we have committed significant investment to supporting the development of the research careers in China of newly-appointed staff, through the funding of start-up research projects and of doctoral students. Staff regularly apply for and receive external funding from a range of sources.
XJTLU has a number of research priorities:
• Energy futures: social and technological choices
• Human-computer interaction, design, social networks, telecommunication, multi-media
• Finance, risk and hazard management
• Sustainable urbanisation
• Health technologies
• Emerging economies
• Diagnostic markers, therapeutic targets and drug discovery
• Languages, communication and culture
• Nanotechnology and new materials
Suzhou
XJTLU is located in the Higher Education Town of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), 80km from Shanghai and connected by high speed rail and road links. SIP is a major growth zone, including operations run by nearly one-fifth of the Fortune 500 top global companies. The broader Suzhou area encompasses the spirit of both old and new in China, with the historic old town a major World Heritage Site. Suzhou has an extensive variety of international shopping malls, restaurants, hotels and entertainment hubs, surrounding the scenic Jinji Lake.
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We are now recruiting highly-qualified and motivated academic staff for the start of the academic year 2012/13. We already have a diverse and talented team of over two hundred and fifty academic staff, with twenty five-plus nationalities. We aim to recruit eighty more staff in a variety of disciplines.
