North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power 2024 Postdoctoral Recruitment Brochure

        I. About NCWU

NCWU is a university jointly supported by the Ministry of Water Resources and Henan Province, with Henan Province as the main management institution. It is a key university supported by the distinctive backbone university construction program of Henan Province. It is among the first institutions to confer master's degrees, one of the pioneer universities with the qualification to enrol overseas students, one of the universities for Outstanding Engineer Education Program by the Ministry of Education, and the leading institution of Chinese universities determined by the Ministry of Education in the BRICS Network University. It has been recognized successively as a National Water Education Base, a Model University for Party Building Work and a member unit serving as a Talent Training Base for "the Belt and Road."

Born of water, sustained by water, and prospering with water, NCWU has grown alongside the development of water resources and hydropower in the People's Republic of China for over 70 years. Evolving into a university renowned for water conservancy and electric power, with engineering as its cornerstone, NCWU boasts a coordinated development across various disciplines, including science, engineering, management, agriculture, economics, literature, law, and art. The university offers 68 full-time undergraduate majors, including 10 nationally and provincially recognized excellent programs (bases), 15 majors involved in national and provincial comprehensive reform pilot programs, 17 featured major construction sites at the national and provincial levels, 45 national and provincial first-class major construction sites, and 135 national and provincial courses. NCWU is home to 22 provincial first-class key disciplines, 3 distinctive key disciplines in Henan Province, and 1 distinctive urgently needed key discipline in Henan Province, with Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering being selected as a "Double First-class" construction discipline. Furthermore, the university has 4 doctoral degree-granting first-level disciplines, 3 postdoctoral scientific research mobile stations, and 38 master's degree-granting first-level disciplines and fields.

To advance the construction of high-level water resources and electric power university and the creation of "Double First-Class" disciplines, NCWU is now recruiting postdoctoral fellows from around the world. We sincerely welcome outstanding postdoctoral fellows to engage in postdoctoral research at the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power.

II. Recruitment Requirements

(I) Basic Requirements

1. Graduated from high-level universities or research institutions domestically or internationally, obtained a doctoral degree generally within the last 3 years, aged below 35, and in good health.

2. Possess good moral character, solid professional knowledge, and robust research and innovation capabilities.

3. The planned research aligns with the research direction of the mobile station and demonstrates innovation.

(II) Performance Requirements

1. Full-time Postdoctoral (Category A): Full-time postdoctoral fellows who meet one of the following conditions.

They must publish papers as the first author, or their supervisor as the first author and themselves as the second author, in top international academic journals (such as Nature, Science, and PNAS). Their papers are selected as ESI hot papers or ESI highly-cited papers.

Postdoctoral fellows of Engineering must publish at least 4 papers in their disciplines in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals or 3 papers in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals, with 2 papers in the CAS Tier 2 or EI Chinese journals.

Postdoctoral fellows of Science must publish at least 5 papers in their disciplines in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals.

Postdoctoral fellows of Humanities and Social Science must publish at least 3 papers in their disciplines in first-class authoritative journals or SSCI/A&HCI journals or at least 5 papers in CSSCI journals (excluding the extended version). (Including at least 1 paper published in a non-open access journal).

2、Full-time Postdoctoral (Category B): Full-time postdoctoral fellows who meet one of the following conditions.

They must publish papers as the first author, or their supervisor as the first author and themselves as the second author.

Postdoctoral fellows of Engineering must publish at least 2 papers in their disciplines in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals or 1 paper in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals, with 2 papers in the CAS Tier 2 or EI Chinese journals.

Postdoctoral fellows of Science must publish at least 3 papers in their disciplines in the CAS Tier 1 and TOP journals.

Postdoctoral fellows of Humanities and Social Science must publish at least 1 paper in their disciplines in first-class authoritative journals or SSCI/A&HCI journals or at least 3 papers in CSSCI journals (excluding the extended version). (Including at least 1 paper published in a non-open access journal).

Full-time Postdoctoral (Category C): Full-time postdoctoral fellows who do not meet the above two recruitment requirements.

III. Remunerations

1. Annual Salary: During the postdoctoral tenure, full-time postdoctoral fellows receive the following annual salaries (pre-tax): Category A - RMB 400,000, Category B - RMB 250,000, Category C - RMB 180,000.

2. Housing Subsidy: The university encourages self-arrangement of housing and provides a monthly housing subsidy of RMB 3,000.

3. Research Startup Fund: Throughout the tenure, the university allocates research funds to each postdoctoral fellow, with RMB 50,000 for Science and Engineering and RMB 30,000 for Humanities and Social Science.

4. Equal Benefits: Postdoctoral fellows enjoy the same insurance, local household registration policy, and children's enrollment benefits as our university's faculty and staff. Foreign postdoctoral fellows can purchase comprehensive insurance.

5. Professional Qualification Assessment: During the tenure, postdoctoral fellows are eligible to participate in relevant professional and technical position qualification assessments.

IV. Application Process

1. Individual Application: Applicants contact their cooperative supervisors. After reaching initial cooperation intentions, they submit station admission applications, personal profiles, and relevant supporting documents to the mobile station.

2. Mobile Station Assessment: The mobile station assesses applicants' ideological and political understanding, research capabilities, and academic levels. Upon passing the assessment, the mobile station reports to the
university's Postdoctoral Management Office.

3. University Approval: Approved individuals proceed to apply online via the China Postdoctoral Website.
After university approval, the case is reported to the China National Postdoctoral Council for approval and record.

V. Contact Information