Teaching Faculty Recruitment – School of Business, Shantou University

Due to development needs, the School of Business, Shantou University, is now recruiting high-level talents from both domestic and international areas. We warmly welcome applications from qualified candidates.

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 13 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, 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 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 Disciplines / Research Areas

IV. Talent Tiers and Benefits for Recruitment

A. Recruitment Package and Eligibility Criteria for the “Shantou University Excellence Programme – Series A” (unit: ten thousand yuan)

B. Recruitment Benefits and Conditions for Those Not Selected for the “Shantou University Excellence Programme A Series” (unit: ten thousand yuan)

Note: The remuneration package for newly recruited faculty members shall be implemented in accordance with the University's most recent regulations.