Inner Mongolia University (IMU) is located in Hohhot City, capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(IMAR) and a famous historic and cultural city which is 400 kilometers away from Beijing-a mere 2.5-hour ride by high-speed train. Being the first university founded in ethnic minority regions after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, IMU was established in 1957 with Mr. Ulanhu, then vice premier of the State Council and governor of IMAR, as its first president. IMU was approved to enroll postgraduate students in 1962, designated as a key university in China in 1978, authorized to confer doctoral degrees in 1984, included into Project 211 for the building of key universities in 1997, listed as a university co-sponsored by the People’s Government of IMAR and the Ministry of Education in 2004, incorporated into the state program for building one high-level university in each of the provinces in the mid-western region of China in 2012, selected as one of the universities in China for First-Class Discipline Construction Initiative in 2017, selected as the university co-supported by the Ministry of Education and the People’s Government of IMAR in 2018, and chosen as the candidate of the second round of Double First-Class Initiative in 2022.

IMU has been endeavoring to develop the team of its teaching staff as the most important resource by comprehensively cultivating and introducing talents, giving full play to their potentials and facilitating the implementation of the development strategies of high-level talents. During the 14^th-Five-Year-Plan period, IMU will be committed to pouring more resources and providing more policy supports in the development of its faculty and further implementing the Steed Program and the Program for Introducing Young Talents to offer over 700 full-time positions for academic leaders and young talents from home and abroad with first-class academic environment, welfare and career platform furnished.

1. Posts and contact information

1.1 Posts for Teaching and Scientific Research

1.2 Administrative and Teaching Assistant Posts

2. Qualification and benefits

Candidates should adhere to the correct political beliefs, support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, love China, observe laws and disciplines, be upright in their daily behavior, pursue rigorous scholarship, and maintain strong dedication and sense of responsibility to their career. The candidates should love the cause of education of higher learning and can fully dedicate to teaching and scientific research. The candidates are expected to have innovative spirits, awareness of dedication, professional ethics, team spirit and physical fitness. Specific post requirements and benefits are as follows:

2.1 Qualifications and basic benefits for talents under the Steed Program

Steed Program includes Post A (A1, A2, A3) for leading talents from home and abroad and Post B (B1, B2) for top-notch young talents from home and abroad.

2.1.1 Post A1

Qualifications: academic masters, strategic scientists and top-notch talents with worldwide academic influence and the ability to lead international academic development.

Basic benefits: a pre-tax annual salary of RMB 1.5 million plus N (housing allowance) during the service period at IMU; a pre-tax annual salary of RMB 2 million plus N (housing allowance) for academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)/Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE) who work full time at IMU and start-up funds of no less than RMB 100 million for their team research/laboratory building during their service period at IMU; in case of need, appropriate arrangements for elementary/secondary education of the children of the talents will be made by IMU in accordance with Implementation Methods for the Introduction and Mobility of Talents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2.1.2 Post A2

Qualifications: leading talents who play active roles at the international academic forefront and are able to organize and undertake major research tasks, aged no older than 55 in principle.

Basic benefits: a pre-tax annual salary between RMB 0.8 and 1.3 million plus N (housing allowance) during the service period at IMU; the start-up research funds will vary specifically based on the characteristics of different disciplines and research plans, with about RMB 10 million for experiment-based science and engineering disciplines and the maximum of RMB 3 million for non-experiment-based scientific, humanities and social science disciplines respectively; in case of need, appropriate arrangements for elementary/secondary education of the children of the talents will be made by IMU in accordance with Implementation Methods for the Introduction and Mobility of Talents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2.1.3 Post A3

Qualifications: talents with first-class academic achievements recognized by domestic and foreign counterparts and potentials for becoming leading scholars, aged no older than 45 in principle for science and engineering disciplines and no older than 50 for humanities and social sciences.

Basic benefits: a pre-tax annual salary of RMB 0.8 million plus housing allowance of RMB 1 million during the service period at IMU; the start-up research funds will vary specifically based on the characteristics of different disciplines and research plans, with RMB 4.5 million for experiment-based science and engineering disciplines and RMB 1.5 million for non-experiment-based scientific, humanities and social science disciplines respectively; in case of need, appropriate arrangements for elementary/secondary education of the children of the talents will be made by IMU in accordance with Implementation Methods for the Introduction and Mobility of Talents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2.1.4 Post B1

Qualifications: scholars with doctoral degrees or post-doctoral background at renowned universities or scientific research institutes in China or from abroad; scholars with major academic achievements recognized by domestic and foreign counterparts, innovative visions for disciplinary building and the scientific research in their fields, capacity of leading important scientific research tasks and producing first-class achievements, and potentials for becoming national-level leading talents, aged no older than 40 for science and engineering disciplines and no older than 45 for humanities and social science disciplines respectively in principle.

Basic benefits: a pre-tax annual salary of RMB 0.4 million plus housing allowance of RMB 0.8 million during the service period at IMU; the start-up research funds will vary specifically based on the characteristics of different disciplines and research plans, with RMB 2.5 million for experiment-based science and engineering disciplines and RMB 1 million for non-experiment-based science, humanities and social science disciplines respectively; in case of need, appropriate arrangements for elementary/secondary education of the children of the talents will be made by IMU in accordance with Implementation Methods for the Introduction and Mobility of Talents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2.1.5 Post B2

Qualifications: scholars with doctoral degrees or post-doctoral background at renowned universities or scientific research institutes in China or from abroad; scholars with major academic achievements recognized by domestic and foreign counterparts, innovative visions for the scientific research in their fields, capacity of leading important scientific research tasks, and potentials for becoming national-level young talents, aged no older than 35 for science and engineering disciplines and no older 40 for humanities and social science disciplines respectively in principle.

Basic benefits: a pre-tax annual salary of RMB 0.3 million plus housing allowance of RMB 0.8 million during the service period at IMU; the start-up research funds will vary specifically based on the characteristics of different disciplines and research plans, with RMB 1.5 million for experiment-based science and engineering disciplines and RMB 0.7 million for non-experiment-based science, humanities and social science disciplines respectively; in case of need, appropriate arrangements for elementary/secondary education of the children of the talents will be made by IMU in accordance with Implementation Methods for the Introduction and Mobility of Talents of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

2.2 Qualifications and benefits for young talents

Qualifications: (1) scholars with outstanding education background, doctoral degrees conferred by renowned universities or scientific research institutes in China or from abroad or post-doctoral experiences, potentials for becoming outstanding academic talents, aged no older than 35 or 38 (inclusive) for particularly outstanding talents or fields in scarcity of talents. (2) scholars with capacity of grasping academic forefront fields, outstanding academic research capacity, outstanding academic achievements in their fields (with at least two high-level academic theses in their disciplines published while studying for their doctoral degrees or during their post-doctoral period or other research or service achievements of equivalent level), innovative vision for future research and the capacity and competence to undertake scientific research tasks of the country and produce high-level innovative achievements. (3) scholars in conformity with the requirements for qualifications stipulated by specific colleges for introducing young academic talents. (4) scholars with enthusiasm in higher education and capacity to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Basic benefits: start-up research funds of RMB 0.25 million for experiment-based disciplines and RMB 0.15 million for non-experiment-based disciplines; housing allowance of RMB 0.3 million (pre-tax); salaries, insurances, welfare benefits and various allowances as prescribed by relevant national regulations; distinguished doctors are encouraged to be recruited for post-doctoral programs to enjoy benefits to the highest standards.

2.3 Qualifications and benefits for laboratory posts

Qualifications: talents aged no older than 35 in principle with doctoral degrees or post-doctoral background, solid professional foundation and capacity to undertake experiments.

Basic benefits: housing allowance of RMB 0.2 million (pre-tax); salaries, insurances, welfare benefits and various allowances as prescribed by relevant national regulations.

2.4 Qualifications and benefits for administrative and teaching assistant posts:

Qualifications: talents aged no older than 35 in principle with doctoral degrees or post-doctoral background, solid professional foundation and competence for specific work.

Basic benefits: salaries, insurances, welfare benefits and various allowances as prescribed by relevant national regulations.

3. Procedures and green channel

3.1 Procedures

3.1.1 Applicants can either apply by themselves or be recommended by experts, and they are kindly requested to send their documents (including their resume) to specific college/institute/center, call the contact persons and meanwhile, email the application materials to the Talents Affairs Office of IMU at rcb@imu.e-shielding.com and the Personnel Division of IMU at ndszk@imu.e-shielding.com, with emails entitled “talents recruitment + name of discipline + applicant’s name”.

3.1.2 Based on preliminary review of the applicants’ materials, the colleges concerned will determine the list of applicants for further examination, who will examined and evalsuated by means of interviews, academic defense, and course lectures. The ideological and political quality and ethics of the applicants shall be inspected by means of archive examining, correspondence survey, interviewing and visits, etc. before the list of applicants to be employed and posts to be assigned is decided. IMU authorities will organize experts to evalsuate the candidates to be employed, and gives the list of the applicants to be introduced and evalsuation opinions on the posts to be assigned. The IMU Party Committee will determine the final list of the talents to be employed and the posts to be assigned based on the opinions of the colleges concerned and the suggestions of the IMU Board of Experts.

3.2 Green channel

For special talents in urgent need, IMU will open up a green channel, and implement a differentiated and flexible talent policy of “individual policies for individual cases and individual talents” in terms of salary, scientific research start-up funds, housing allowance and scientific research conditions.

3.3 Other matters

3.3.1 Posts in this recruitment announcement are open throughout the year, and applications are welcome at any time.

3.3.2 Contact information

Talents Affairs Office: https://rcb.imu.e-shielding.com/

Personnel Division of IMU: https:// rsc.imu.e-shielding.com/

Official account: IMUrsrc

Telephones: 0471-4993792, 0471-4992415