Postdoctoral Recruitment - School of Business, Shantou University

The School is openly recruiting postdoctoral researchers from both domestic and international areas on a long-term basis in the following research areas: Digital Economy and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Strategy, Logistics and Supply Chain, Macroeconomics, Digital Economy, Corporate Finance and Accounting, Industrial Economics, and Artificial Intelligence. We warmly welcome your application!

I. Introduction to Shantou University

Located in Shantou City, Guangdong Province, Shantou University (STU) was established in 1981 with the approval of the National State Council as a provincial comprehensive university of Guangdong. It is co-developed by the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Li Ka Shing Foundation.Shantou University (STU), located in Shantou City, Guangdong Province, is a provincial comprehensive university approved by the National State Council in 1981. It is jointly developed by the Ministry of Education, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Li Ka Shing Foundation. STU is one of the first pilot universities for comprehensive higher education reform in China, a Key Discipline Development University in the High-Level University Initiative of Guangdong Province, the first Demonstration University for Institutional Reform in Guangdong, a pilot university for Deepening Education Evaluation Reform in the New Era in Guangdong Province, and a cultivating unit of the "Model Higher Education Institutions for Party Building" in Guangdong. It is also the only public university in the world to receive sustained support from a private foundation, namely the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The University comprises 14 Schools, including the College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Law, Business School, Cheung Kong School of Art and Design, Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, School of Medicine, School of Public Health, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (College of Carbon Neutrality Future Technology), College of Mathematics and Computer Science, International College, School of Marxism, and College of Continuing Education, STU also enroll doctoral, master's and undergraduate students from across China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). In recent years, STU has steadily expanded its international influence, having been ranked in multiple world-renowned university rankings and consecutively appearing in Times Higher Education relevant rankings. In the 2026 World University Rankings, it ranked joint 71st among mainland Chinese universities. Fifteen of its disciplines have entered the top 1% of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) global rankings, and a number of its faculty members have been named on Stanford University's list of the top 2% most-cited scientists worldwide in the “annual impact” category.

II. Introduction to the School of Business, Shantou University

School of Business Shantou University is one of the earliest schools established by Shantou University. Upholding the cultivation principle of “Aspiration, Knowledge, Perseverance, Achievement”, the School is committed to becoming a first-class business school that empowers global sustainable development through innovative management education and influence research. With the mission of “to develop future-ready management talent with a global perspective, digital intelligence literacy, innovation capability, a strong sense of responsibility, and resilient leadership”, the School actively promotes and implements the interdisciplinary talent training system of “Artificial Intelligence and Big Data plus Business Studies”. It combines interdisciplinary integration, the enhancement of integrated thinking ability, and the cultivation of entrepreneurial and innovative capabilities.

The School has successively been selected as The Pilot College of Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Project in Guangdong Province and Guangdong Provincial Practice Base for University Students. The School also owns the Research Institute for Guangdong-Taiwan Business Cooperation of Shantou University, which is a provincial key base for humanities and social sciences research in universities, the Key Laboratory of Digital Management and Smart Governance in East Guangdong, which is a provincial key laboratory for philosophy and social sciences in universities, and the Guangdong Provincial University’s Characteristic and New Think Tank, namely the Shantou University China-ASEAN Research Center and International Collaborative Institute for New-Quality Productivity Research. The School currently owns a second-level doctoral program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, which is jointly cultivated with the School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Shantou University, two first-level discipline master’s programs in Business Administration and Applied Economics, and three professional master’s degree programs, namely Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc), and Master of Engineering Management (MEM). It also offers six undergraduate programs: Business Administration, Accounting, Marketing Management, International Economics & Trade, Finance, and Digital Economy. Among them, five undergraduate programs — Business Administration, Accounting, International Economics & Trade, Finance, and Marketing Management — have been selected as provincial or national first-class undergraduate program development sites.

Undergraduate program offerings in business school:

There are 108 staff members in the School, including 78 faculty (44% are Professors and Associate Professors). To be specific, 99% of the faculty members have doctoral degrees and more than 46% of the faculty members have overseas study and work experience. About 40% of the teaching faculty have been selected for the university’s Outstanding Talent Plan. Most of the faculty members have earned their doctoral degrees from renowned universities at home and abroad, such as Lancaster University in the UK, the Bortar University in Canada, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Nanjing University, Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Xiamen University, and the University of Hong Kong.

In recent years, the School has intensified teaching reform and research. It is advancing a new business education practice characterized by “AI+” and interdisciplinary approaches, and undertaking cross-disciplinary upgrades and transformations across all majors, such as Intelligent Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Big Data and Business Intelligence within Business Administration, and Digital Economy. Courses like Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Big Data and Fundamentals of Python Data Analysis have been established as compulsory public courses. Additionally, a series of textbooks on “AI & Big Data + Business” have been launched. Over the past three years, the School has achieved multiple high-level teaching outcomes with exemplary, leading, and widely applicable value. It has been honored with over ten awards, including the National Top 100 Excellent Cases, Thematic Cases from the Ministry of Education’s Degree Center, and provincial-level outstanding educational and teaching achievement awards. Additionally, the school has secured 13 national and provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses.

The School has achieved remarkable results in disciplinary team building and academic research. It has formed academic teams with distinctive directions such as Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management, Organization and Marketing Management, Accounting and Financial Management, Big Data and Supply Chain Management, and Industrial Economics. In recent years, the School has secured 13 new national-level projects and published 367 high-level academic papers in UTD24, SCI/SSCI, and CSSCI journals. It has also received multiple policy advisory approvals from provincial-level leaders, thus continuously empowering the high-quality development of the local society and economy with its high-level innovation capabilities.

Conforming to the trend of internationalization of business education, the School has accelerated its internationalization strategy. It has successively joined the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and the Silk Road Entrepreneurship Education Network (SREEN), and has been granted gold accreditation by the Business Graduates Association (BGA), thus fully integrating itself into the international business education network. The School has also established cooperative partnerships with renowned business schools in areas such as the United States, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Italy, India, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as with those in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. Each year, the School selects students to study at partner institutions, offering them a unique learning experience that integrates both international and local perspectives.

III. Recruitment Areas

Digital Economy and Innovation & Entrepreneurship Strategy, Logistics and Supply Chain, Macroeconomics, Digital Economy, Corporate Finance and Accounting, Industrial Economics, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

IV. Application Requirements

1.Applicants shall be under 35 years of age and have been awarded a doctoral degree for no more than 3 years.

2.Applicants should demonstrate excellence in both moral character and academic performance, with good physical health. Strong research and innovation capabilities, coupled with a collaborative team spirit, are also essential. In addition, the applicant must be able to commit to full-time postdoctoral research.

3.Applicants shall have published at least 1 paper as the first author or corresponding author in SCI/SSCI journals (JCR Q1–Q3).

V. Remuneration and Benefits

1.Base Annual Salary: 280,000 yuan/year (including various government subsidies, allowances and assessment bonuses, excluding the five social insurances and one housing provident fund). 200,000 yuan of the base annual salary will be paid monthly, and, in each year, a supplementary remuneration of 80,000 yuan will be paid upon passing the mid-term assessment and upon passing the end-of-term assessment, respectively.

2.Incentive Annual Salary:

(1) If a member of the postdoctoral teaching faculty is approved for a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund project, that faculty member's annual salary will be increased by 40,000 yuan.

(2) If a member of the postdoctoral teaching faculty is approved for a General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), that faculty member’s annual salary will be increased by 80,000 yuan.

3.Research Achievement Awards:

During their tenure at the postdoctoral research station, postdoctoral talents’ research outputs may be eligible for the University’ s research achievement awards.

4.Other Benefits:

Postdoctoral talents who are neither overseas nor in-service shall enjoy benefits such as social insurance, housing provident fund, and holiday subsidies under the same standards as equivalent University faculty.

5.Other Support and Benefits:

(1) The University provides rental housing for postdoctoral researchers in accordance with relevant regulations.

(2) During the postdoctoral appointment period, their children may attend the University’s affiliated kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.

(3) Postdoctoral talents who transfer their personnel files to Shantou University can handle the procedures for transferring their entry and exit household registration, as well as the household registration transfer procedures for their spouses and minor children, in accordance with relevant regulations and certificates from higher authorities.

VI. Application Process

The School accepts Postdoctoral Entry Applications year-round. Interested applicants are invited to send their application materials, including a CV and a summary of research achievements, to the School of Business at biz_recruitment@stu.edu.cn, with a copy to the Human Resources Office of Shantou University, at reruitment@stu.edu.cn.

Contacts：Mrs Zhang/Mr Lin

Tel：0754-86503386

Email：biz_recruitment@stu.edu.cn

VII. Research Areas of Postdoctoral Co-Supervisors

The research areas of the postdoctoral co-supervisors at the School are as follows (listed in alphabetical order by surname in Pinyin):

Professor Bu Xiangzhi: Digital Supply Chain, Big Data and Value Co-creation, Service Quality and Logistics System Optimization, etc.

Professor Chen Jing: Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Finance, Digital Intelligence and Enterprise Development.

Professor Hu Shaodong: Research on Regional Innovation and Development, Research on Chaoshan Culture and Economy, Chaoshang Research.

Professor Li Baixun: Behavioral Operations, Green Supply Chain, Game Theory and Optimization Decision-Making.

Professor Liang Qiang: Digital Economy and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy.

Professor Lin Quan: Strategic Planning and Innovative Application of Enterprise IT/IS, Smart Wearable Technology and Employee Innovative Behavior.

Professor Song Lihong: Family Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management.

Professor Zheng Muqiang: Industrial Economics and Investment Policy, Emerging Industrial Clusters and Innovation.

For information on postdoctoral co-supervisors, please refer to the School website at https://biz.stu.edu.cn

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