Statistics Recruitment for 2024-2025 at Xiamen University
Xiamen University
Application
Details
Posted: 12-Sep-24
Location: Xiamen, China
Type: Full Time
Salary: Competitive
Categories:
Applied Statistics
Data analysis/processing
Data collection procedures
Required Education:
Doctorate
Tenured & Tenure Track full time faculty positions in Statistics with ranks open
Department of Statistics and Data Science, Wang Yanan Insititue for Studies in Economics (WISE) & School of Economics, Xiamen University, China
Xiamen University, founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known Chinese expatriate, is located in the resort-like island of Xiamen in Southeast China. Under the leadership of Professor Wang Yanan, a former Xiamen University President and the Chinese translator of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, the School of Economics at Xiamen University has been one of the top economics schools in China since 1950s. To further develop and promote modern economics and the related fields, Xiamen University established an internationalized research institute in 2005, which is named as the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics. The main missions of WISE and SOE are to conduct high-quality graduate/undergraduate education and training, frontier research, and intensively international academic exchanges and cooperation in economics and the related fields.
In 2013, according to the evaluation by the Ministry of Education, Statistics of Xiamen University was tied for the third place among China. In 2017, Statistics of Xiamen University was listed as the national “Double Top” construction discipline. Having successfully recruited about 100 faculty members from abroad in the past years, WISE and SOE still have several full faculty positions available in all areas of statistics (both theoretical and applied), econometrics, applied mathematics, computer science (machine learning), data science and probability theory (including stochastic processes) at all ranks. Junior candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. degree by August 2025 in statistics, data science and probability theory as well as the related fields and to show a strong evidence of promising research ability. Senior candidates must have a Ph.D. degree and a demonstrably strong research record. Competitive salary, research grant and housing subsidy are provided with a regular teaching load of 2 courses per year. All faculty members, regardless of their citizenship, enjoy a housing subsidy for the first six years. The detailed information of WISE can be found at the website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/english. More information about Department of Statistics and Data Science can be found via https://stats.xmu.edu.cn/.
All applications will be reviewed and we will organize initial online interview for selected candidates.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter with their curriculum vitae, samples of their research work, and three reference letters (including any teaching evaluations) before November 30th, 2024, to the stated email below. Please be noticed that all reference letters should be sent directly from referrers to wiserecruit@xmu.edu.cn. Applicant should also register and complete online application via https://econpub.xmu.edu.cn/faculty/login.aspx
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Recruiting Committee, c/o Mrs. Shuya Wang
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) & School of Economics, Room N112, Economics Building
In 2013, according to the evaluation by the Ministry of Education, Statistics of Xiamen University was tied for the third place among China. In 2017, Statistics of Xiamen University was listed as the national “Double Top” construction discipline. Having successfully recruited about 100 faculty members from abroad in the past years, WISE and SOE still have several full faculty positions available in all areas of statistics (both theoretical and applied), econometrics, applied mathematics, computer science (machine learning), data science and probability theory (including stochastic processes) at all ranks.
