I. Introduction of High-Level Talents
Embracing seven major research fields, namely, the "Free Trade Port Development and Institutional Innovation", "Ecological Civilization", "Culture and Tourism", "Southern Propagation and Tropical High-Efficiency Agriculture", "Marine Science and Technology", "One Health", "Information Technology", etc., Hainan University will introduce 1,000 high-level talents in the next three years. Among them include no fewer than 150 high-level academic leaders, and some 850 research backbones.
(I) The main treatment for high-level talents:
Level of talents | Standard | Settlement fee (RMB 10,000) | Annual pay (RMB 10,000, before tax) | Scientific research facilities |
Level I | Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and equivalent level. | 100 | 120-150 | Provide adequate research start-up funds and high-quality research space. |
Level II | Distinguished discipline leader | 70 | 100-120 |
Level III | Leader of cutting-edge academic disciplines | 50 | 70-90 |
Level IV | Team leader | 40 | 40-70 |
Level V | Scientific research backbone of the team | 20 | 20-50 |
1. Talents with outstanding scientific research ability and excellent achievements in their own professional fields can apply for the corresponding talent level and salary through the one-to-one negotiation, which is specifically agreed upon according to the talents' scientific research performance over the past five years, their scientific research potentials and the target tasks within the appointment period.
2. Talents with outstanding scientific research ability may apply for a senior title when they join the university.
(II) Supporting benefits for high-level talents in Hainan Province:
1. The Hainan Provincial Government will purchase commercial health group insurance of more than RMB 6,000 per year for talents (Category C and above) working full-time in Hainan, who will enjoy annual health check-up services.
2. Other corresponding levels should enjoy the services and guarantees in terms of settlement, children's education, spouse employment and medical guarantee.
3. Enjoy the preferential policy of exempting the portion of the actual tax of personal income that exceeds 15%.
(III) The process of introducing high-level talents to Hainan University:
Candidates please log in the recruitment system: http://zp.hainanu.edu.cn
QR code for recruitment system:
Candidates can submit their application online through the steps below: apply for a position - fill out a resume - submit, etc.. The processing status and application progress can be checked in the recruitment system. More than 300 positions are available in the recruitment system, each with detailed job descriptions, team profiles and job requirements.
II. Postdoctoral Recruitment
In the next three years, the university intends to recruit more than 200 full-time postdoctoral fellows each year. We currently have 10 postdoctoral programs in Crop Science, Biology, Ecology, Information and Communication Engineering, Law, Business Administration, Marxist Theory, Materials Science and Engineering, Civil Engineering and Biomedical Engineering.
(I) Main enrollment conditions
1. No more than 3 years after obtaining the doctoral degree;
2. The age of the applicants shall not exceed 35 years old, and the age of the applicants can be expanded to 38 years old (in the field of natural sciences) or 40 years old (in the field of humanities, social sciences and medical science) for doctoral candidates in disciplines with special or urgent needs.
(II) Major appointment entitlements
1. Remunerations. The base salary package for full-time postdoctoral fellows is RMB230,000/year before tax. Additional performance allowance may be offered by the cooperating mentor on a case-by-case basis.
2. Rental/purchase subsidies. Full-time postdoctoral fellows can apply for rental/purchase subsidy according to the relevant regulations. The current standard is RMB 3,000/month, which is provided during the tenure of appointment. The cumulative payment will not exceed 36 months, which is subject to the latest regulations of Hainan Province or the university.
3. Full-time postdoctoral fellows are entitled to social insurance, provident fund, children's nursery and school enrollment and other benefits according to the regulations of the university during their stay in the programme.
(III) Conditions of retention
With Hainan University as the supporting unit, those, who have actively declared and successfully won the approval of national projects, or won the bronze medal or above in the National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, or have achieved outstanding scientific research results, may apply to stay at the university as full-time faculty members. Outstanding postdoctoral fellows with outstanding research performance can apply for the corresponding talent level and salary according to the university's regulations when they stay at the university.
Learn about Hainan University's postdoctoral recruitment announcement and list of co-supervisors:
Postdoctoral Management Approach:
III. Contact
(I) Introduction of High-Level Talents
Tel: 0898-66271136
Contact person: Teacher Liu and Teacher Wang from HR Department
Email: rsczp@hainanu.edu.cn
(II) Postdoctoral Recruitment
Tel.: 0898-66271136
Contact person: Teacher Zhang and Teacher Wang from HR Department
Email: rscbgb@hainanu.edu.cn
Talent commissioner of each college
IV. School Profile:
Founded in 1958 in Hainan Island, Hainan University is one of the first batch of national universities to construct the world-class disciplines. Haikou, the center of the Free Trade Port where Hainan University is located, is China's first "World Healthy City", China's happiest city, and a strategic pivot city connecting the world with the country's "Belt and Road" Initiative.
The university has a campus area of 6,073 mu (4.05 square kilometers), 44,000 full-time students, 31 schools, 13 first-level doctoral authorization points and 1 professional doctoral authorization point, 34 first-level master authorization points, 21 professional master authorization points, 69 undergraduate programms, 10 post-doctoral programs, 45 national-level first-class undergraduate programms, 6 national-level first-class undergraduate courses, 2 national first-class courses, 1 national first-class online open course, and 2 exemplary courses for ideological and political education of Ministry of Education. The disciplines cover philosophy, economics, law, literature, science, medicine, agriculture, engineering, management, and art. Crop science has been selected on the list of the world-class disciplines for two consecutive rounds. Eight disciplines, including plant and animal sciences, chemistry, materials science, agricultural sciences, engineering, environmental sciences and ecology, biology and biochemistry, and general social sciences, are among the top 1% of ESI worldwide.
In terms of faculty, the university now has more than 2,800 full-time teachers, including one academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one academician of the National Academy of Engineering of Canada, one academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Research, two academicians of the European Academy of Sciences, one foreign academician of the Japanese Academy of Engineering, one foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, four national teaching masters, 62 outstanding youth and other national talents. Hainan University successfully cultivated 23 national talents in 2020-2023. Prof. Luo Qingming, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a bio-imaging scientist, is the president of the university.
In terms of talent cultivation, the source quality of students has been improving, with the proportion of candidates ranked among the top 10% in each province admitted to the general undergraduate program reaching 67.78% in 2023; postgraduates were all enrolled from their first choices. The student team won the gold medal of China International "Internet +" Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the champion of "Lilv Cup" National Colleges and Universities Mock Trial Competition, the first prize of the Sixth National College Students' Art Exhibition, and the SIAM Award of the U.S. Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) for the first time.
In scientific research, the university and the Chinese Academy of Thermal Sciences were approved to build "tropical crop biological breeding" National Key Laboratory, and Southeast University was approved to build "digital medical engineering" National Key Laboratory. It has one State Key Laboratory jointly built by Hainan Province and the Ministry of Education, one cultivation base of State Key Laboratory jointly built by Hainan Province and the Ministry of Education, 21 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, three provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation centers, 17 provincial and ministerial engineering research centers, 15 academician workstations, 11 provincial key research bases of humanities, philosophy and social sciences. It has established the "Hainan Dongpo Culture Research and Communication Center" to help the cultural connotation construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. In terms of scientific research projects, 263 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and 21 projects of the National Social Science Foundation of China (NSFC) were approved in 2023.
Facing the national strategy and the local demand of Hainan, the university will build up an advantageous discipline group around seven major fields, such as "Free Trade Port Development and Institutional Innovation", "Ecological Civilization", "Culture and Tourism", "Southern Propagation and Tropical High-Efficiency Agriculture", "Marine Science and Technology", "One Health", "Information Technology", etc., so as to realize the goal of creating a "World-Class Academic Discipline" and a "Domestic First-Class University".
