Teach in Henan, China

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Henan Polytechnic University

 

Henan Polytechnic University (HNPU) is located in the newly developing industrial city of Jiaozuo at the southern foot of Taihang Mountain and to the north bank of Yellow River. Jiaozuo is now a state-level tourist city with beautiful scenery as well as convenient transportation and communication linking up all parts of China. The former of HNPU is Jiaozuo Coal Mining School established by the British syndicate Co. Ltd. in 1909. It is not only the first mining university in the Chinese history, but also the earliest high education institute in Henan Province. Since then, HNPU has changed its names several times in the course of development, namely Fuzhong Coal Mining School in 1915, Fuzhong Coal Mining Special School in 1919, Fuzhong Coal Mining University in 1921, Jiaozuo Private Institute of Technology in 1931, North-west Institute of Technology in 1938, Jiozuo National Institute of Technology 1949, Jiaozuo Mining Institute in 1958 and Jiaozuo Institute of Technology in1995. The university resumed its name of Henan Polytechnic University in 2004 approved by the ministry of education.

Currently HNPU occupies two campuses, the new one is in the south part of the city and the other is in the city center. HNPU is now a multi-subject university offering mainly Engineering programs as well as a combination of Science, liberal arts, management, economics and law programs, and the university possesses the qualification for awarding the certifications of doctorate degree, master degree and bachelor degree. There are 15 institutes and departments, 7 key programs at provincial-level, 1 key laboratory for opening up and a training center for safety at state-level and nearly 15 thousand students, including postgraduates and undergraduates. The teaching staffs of the university are all well qualified. The academicians, Yangzi River scholars, well-known foreign experts, specially engaged professors and the tutors for Doctors have laid a solid foundation for the university's academic activities. The annual outlay for scientific and researches exceed 30000000yuan(RMB). Under such a nice condition, HNPU has taken charge and fulfilled 973 projects, of which includes some National Natural Science funds, scientific and technology key projects and a number of National sic-tech Progress Prize projects.

HNPU attaches great importance to developing international academic exchange and cooperation. At present it has established relationship with more than ten universities in Japan, Korea, Australia, France, Argentina, Russia, England, Poland, etc by sending visiting scholars, exchange students, joint venture of education and academic cooperation. In the year 2002, our university successfully held an international academic meeting in Mining Science and Safety Technology. This symbolizes that the international academic exchange in our university has entered a new stage.

Teaching duration: one academic year, that is, from Sep. 2006 till Jun. 2007. 

Courses: English speaking, writing, reading and literature. The staff of the Foreign Languages Dept. will work with the foreign teachers as co-workers as regards the curriculum.  

Workload : 16 class hours (50 minutes each class) five days a week.

Salary: The monthly salary will be 4500 Yuan RMB. 

Air tickets and travel allowance: We will provide you with a round-way international air ticket (direct flight, economical class) or pay you in RMB cash the equivalent of round-way ticket if you bought the round-way ticket before coming to China, and the train fares spent on coming to and leaving the University. We will pick you up in zhengzhou airport for the first time you enter China. We provide you 2200 Yuan RMB as your annual traveling allowance.

Living conditions: We will provide you, also as indirect salary (i.e. my office will pay all this), an apartment on campus with 24 hours hot water, a TV set, a telephone, a kitchen free electricity, water, gas, refrigerator, air-conditioning, micro-wave oven, furniture and internet. 

Medicare: We offer free medical care in the University Hospital. If you see a doctor in the hospitals within the city approved by the University Hospital, we will pay 50%.

Holidays: Foreigners may enjoy the same holidays as we Chinese teachers do. They may also enjoy their own national holidays while making up the missing classes before or after the holidays since we Chinese generally do not celebrate them.

Location: The University is located in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, the middle area of China. Our city includes six counties and five districts with an area of 4017 square km. and the population of 3.3 million.  It is the birthplace of Taiji and the International Taiji Conference is held in our city biennially. We have held it twice since the year of 2000. More than 1300 foreigners took part in this conference and competition. Yuntai Mountain is the National-level Scenic Area and was authorized as the First World Geo-Park by UNESCO. More and more tourists from home and abroad are coming here to visit our city. There are lots of nice restaurants around our university with delicious Chinese food. Beautiful natural scenic spots and cultural places in the city will refresh you; students desire for knowledge will make you forget all the tiredness. 

• Traffic: There is a new highway from our city to Zhenzhou, the capital of our province. It takes about one and a half hour to Zhenzhou Airport from our city by car. There are many direct flights to big cities there. And also you can take trains to travel around China from our city. 

Weather: Situated in the middle of China, the city has clear difference between seasons, warm in spring and autumn, hot in summer and cold in winter. The highest temperature in summer from June to August is 36-centigrade degree and the lowest temperature in winter from December to Feb. is -8 centigrade degree. You may enjoy breeze in autumn and spring, rain in summer and snow in winter.

Other remarks: Candidates should be in good health. Any information concerning coming to work and live in our university will quickly be provided when requested by the candidates.

After you have read all the information about our city and institute, we sincerely hope you may feel interested in teaching here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the following address. And to be honest, I prefer Email since it is fast, cheap, capacious. Sincerely I am looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest possible convenience .

I have attached a copy of our contract:

Yours Sincerely,

Wang Qiumei

Vice Director

International Cooperation and Exchange office
Henan Polytechnic University

Tel: 0391-3987006

Fax: 0391-3987058

Email: wangqm8@hotmail.com

Address: 2001-Century Avenue, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province 454000, China.