Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU) was founded in 1978. Originally it was named Jiangsu Institute of Petrochemical Technology (1992-2002). It is a four-year comprehensive university offering courses in engineering, science and liberal arts and under the jurisdiction of the Jiangsu Provincial Government.

JPU is situated in the ancient cultural city of Changzhou in the southern part of JiangsuProvince. The city stands midway between Shanghai and Nanjing in a dynamic economically developed region of the Yangtze Delta, a region with modern industry, a booming economy and convenient transportation facilities. ChangzhouAirport, thirty kilometers northwest of the city proper, offers access to most of the major cities in China. The city is accessible by air, water, rail or highway.

JPU has two campuses with an area of almost one hundred hectares. The old campus is five kilometers from the center of the city, and the new campus is approximately eight kilometers away from the city center and fifteen kilometers from the old campus. The new campus is currently has an enrollment of approximately 8,000 students. The two campuses offer forty-two undergraduate specialties and five three-year college programs and 12 master’s programs. JPU recruits students from cities, provinces and autonomous regions of China. It also has overseas students taking short-term language courses on campus. Because the university is committed to quality education, its graduates are highly praised by employers. The employment rate of JPU’s graduates has reached over 96 percent five consecutive years.

JPU has almost 900 staff members, of whom 440 are full-time teachers. Fifty percent of them hold senior professional titles; two hundred have obtained masters and doctorates. Nineteen experts enjoy the Government Special Subsidiary; six have been awarded the Provincial-wide Outstanding Experts with Contribution.

The University boasts an AdvancedEducationTechnologyCenter, a LanguageTrainingCenter, an Analysis & TestingCenter and a Sports Complex. A large multi-media room and a computerized browsing system in the library offer state-of-art equipment. The library possesses over 998,800 volumes. The teaching and research equipment represents more than 130,800,000 RMB. Since 1999, JPU has been Changzhou's main network station of the China Education & Research Network and one of the earliest distant education sites in JiangsuProvince. Campus-computer users have easy access to the Internet through the campus net.

JPU also boasts the Applied Chemistry (Fine Chemical Engineering) Branch and Chemical Process Mechanism Branch listed in the key branches of learning by China Petrochemical Industrial Group, and the Fine Petrochemical Engineering Lab in a list of the provincial key laboratory. In the recent years, over 800 scientific and collaborative programs were carried out. Now eleven projects were sponsored by the National Natural Scientific Fund of China, and more than forty have been awarded the Scientific Progress Projects by the provincial organizations. In 2005, twenty-three million RMB in scientific funds have been presented to the school and 55 scientific results have been patented by the state authorities.

JPU is committed to meeting and exceeding the expectations of the Jiangsu local economy and petrochemical enterprises. The school has expanded in size and continues to strengthen its educational capacity. The university’s mission is to lay a solid academic foundation to build a higher academic level, integrated with the development of the students’ creativity, personality and practical ability and prepare them to take other new challenges in China’s rapidly development.

International Exchanges

The authorities of JPU strongly emphasize the importance of developing international exchanges and cooperation. In 2005, the University sent twenty-four teachers to the United States, Canada and United Kingdom to carry out academic research programs. Since 1983, JPU has sent more than one hundred scholars to ten different countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions. Many have returned with advanced degrees and research achievements to become the backbone of the teaching and scientific research work of the university.

JPU has also invited more than seventy-five foreign experts and scholars to give lectures on campus since the 1990s. They shared up-to-date information and quality research findings with the colleague academics, stimulating their creative thinking. Well-known experts and scholars nationally and internationally have been invited as part-time professors. They conducted joint scientific research with our research fellows and achieved superb results. In 2003, we established contacts with universities and research institutions in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway…

The foreign faculty team is a valuable asset to our university. The Foreign Teachers’ Program started in 1992. Since then JPU has had nearly fifty teachers working on campus. Each year, JPU has foreign teachers from English–speaking countries to teach English communication and teachers with specialties to teach English for special purposes. Their participation contributes to the rich language atmosphere on the campus and fine academic performance of the undergraduates. Each year about a number of the graduates pursue their further education abroad. In 2001, ten percent of our graduates were admitted by either prestigious universities in China or universities in the United States, Canada or European countries for their further degree study. In recent years, the University has been running overseas students programs. Most of the foreign students come to take short-term Chinese courses. In the recent three years, JPU has established cooperation with Heri-wattUniversity in Great Britain, St.FrancisXavierUniversity in Canada and National University of Ireland, Maynooth in Ireland, which provide lots of opportunities for students in JPU of further studying aboard.

Vacancies for Foreign Teachers

JPU invites foreign teachers and experts to participate in its teaching and research programs, to share the joy of participating in the dramatic development of a rapidly growing Chinese educational institution.

Department of Foreign languages

Participating students: 1st –3rd year English majors (18-21 yrs.)

Courses open: (Sept. 2006 – June. 2007)

Oral English (elementary, intermediate and advanced level)

English Writing (elementary and intermediate level)

Cultures in English Speaking Counties

Japanese Listening

Japanese Speaking

Qualification requirements for the candidates:

- Native English speaker; Japanese

- Relevant bachelor's degree

- Standard pronunciation;

- Good writing skills;

- Teaching experience preferred

Department of Business Administration

Participating students:

3rd year International Business majors (20-22 yrs.)

3rd year Marketing majors (20-22yrs.)

3rd year Tourism majors (20-22yrs.)

Courses open: (Sept. 2006 – June. 2007)

International Business

Business English

Qualification requirements for candidates:

- Relevant bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred;

- One-year minimum related working experience;

- One-year exposure in English speaking countries

- Good communication skills in English

Department of Computer Science and Technology

Participating students:

3rd year computer majors (20-22 yrs)

3rd year Tel-communication majors (20-22 yrs)

3rd year Electronics majors (20-22 yrs)

3rd year Automatics majors (20-22 yrs)

Courses open: (Sept. 2006 – June. 2007)

Graphic Design

Digital Design

Qualification requirements for candidates:

- Relevant bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred;

- Good command of one or two software programs;

- One-year exposure in English-speaking countries

- Effective communication skills in English;

- Related working experience preferred

International Program Department

Participating students:

1st –2nd year Chemistry majors (18-21 yrs.)

1st –2nd year Electronic majors (18-21 yrs.)

1st –2nd year Information System majors (18-21 yrs.)

1st –2nd year Business Administration majors (18-21 yrs.)

1st –2nd year Computer majors (18-21 yrs.)

Courses open: (Sept. 2006 – June. 2007)

Introduction to Computer Science

Computer Language

ABAP Programming Language

Oral English

Information System Concepts

Information System Research Methods

Business Management

Introductory Financial Management

Foundations of Management

Foundations of Management Research

Electronic Business

International Financial Management

Organic Chemistry

Introductory Biochemistry

Instrumental Analysis Chemistry

Academic English

Modern Analysis Chemistry

Spectroscopic Methods for the Determination of Molecular Structure

Library Science

Electronic Engineering Fundamentals

Introduction to Engineering Design

Computing for Engineers

Modulation and Coding Techniques

Optical Electronics and Communications

Electronic Materials Science

Computer Architecture and Digital Logic

Entrepreneurial Skills & New Enterprise Development

Digital System

Project Planning

Qualification requirements for candidates:

- Relevant bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred;

- Effective communication skills in English;

- Related working experience preferred

Other vacancies:

1. English Communication Course (Sept. 2006 – June. 2007)

Qualification requirements for candidates:

- Native English speaker

- Bachelor's degree

- Teaching experience (six-month minimum)

- TESL / TEFL certificate preferred

2. Specialized courses

- Major courses for the relevant specialty;

- Taught in English

- Two or five months' duration (negotiable)

Qualification requirements for candidates:

- Relevant master's degree;

- One-year minimum exposure in English-speaking countries;

- Effective communication skills in English;

- One-year minimum related working experience

Teaching hours.

A teacher shall take 14-16 teaching hours (45 minutes per teaching-hour) during the weekdays (Monday to Friday).

Accommodations

The accommodations for the foreign teachers (experts) are free of charge. JPU covers the expenses of electricity, gas and water, including purified drinking water. Each teacher has his/her own air-conditioned room with private bathroom and access to a shared kitchen (all cooking facilities and utensils included) and laundry with automatic washing machine. Foreign teachers also have the use of an shared office with a computer and Internet access in each private apartment. Foreign teachers (experts) pay for their own food, telecommunication (including Internet fee) and transportation costs.

Monthly Salary Scales (RMB Yuan)

1. 4600-6000: for well-known and outstanding scholars and professors with a doctor's degree 4000-4600: for experienced associate professors, and scholars with a master's or doctor's degree 3500-4000: for teachers with a bachelor's or master's degree with relevant work experience

2. Fifty percent of a foreign teacher's monthly salary can be converted to the foreign currency; 70 percent of a foreign expert's monthly salary can be converted.

Additional Benefits

1. A foreign teacher (professor) on a ten-month contract is given a holiday allowance of 2200 RMB, those on a five-month contract are given an allowance of 1100 RMB.

2. One-way return international economic class airfare is provided for a foreign teacher on a five-month term; a round trip international economic airfare is negotiable for foreign teachers whose term exceeds 10 months.

3. In accordance with the Regulations for Medical Care (Trial) by JPU, Party B shall pay ten (10%) percent of his/her medical expenses when requiring medical treatment during his/her service. Party A shall cover Party B’s rest 90% of the medical cost. If Party B has acute disease during his/her service, and need stay in hospital, Party A shall cover 3000 RMB maximum for the treatment, and Party B shall pay for his bed, and the exceeding part of the treatment. Emergency treatment will be provided by Party A. Party B is suggested to take international medical tests and purchase health insurance in his own country.

4. If a long-term contract more than two years will be signed, other benefits can be provided or negotiated.

5. Should a foreign teacher be interested in Chinese culture, courses of Oral Chinese, Taichi, and Chinese calligraphy are available.

Candidates who are interested in Chinese culture and wish to apply for any of the above vacancies can find out more about JiangsuPolytechnicUniversity by visiting the University's website: http://www.jpu.edu.cnProspective candidates should apply through the InternationalExchangeCenter.

Ms. Shelly Yang E-mail: zyy@jpu.edu.cn

Miss Monica N. Pan E-mail: jlc@jpu.edu.cn

Tel: 86-519-6330254; 6330140

Fax: 86-519-6330254

Address: ChangzhouUniversityTown, Wujin District, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, P.R.China