The Department of Management Sciences in School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), seeks candidates for faculty positions in all areas of Management Science (including but not limited to: OR/MS, Finance Engineering, Analytics, Interface with Marketing, Finance/Accounting, etc.), starting in 2015. Candidates must have a Ph.D. and a demonstrated capability for research excellence. Rank is open for all levels: Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors.

The University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has ranked No. 3 in the mainland and 21st in Asia in the latest Asia University Rankings published by the 2010 Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. The USTC School of Management is a leading business school in China. The School’s vision is “to be nationally and internationally recognized as a first-class business school in China, both in research and education”. Over decades of operation and growth, the School of Management has accumulated rich experiences both in research and education and has been qualified as one of commonly recognized top schools in the society and many kinds of rankings. It ranked the 10th in Mainland China according to the Eduniversal B-school Ranking 2010. Two of three disciplines are ranked in top 10 in 2012 Chinese Management Discipline Assessment, MOE.

Department representatives will interview candidates at the INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by November 1, 2014, but later applications will be accepted until all positions are filled.

The Department and USTC School of Management are committed to publishing high quality research papers in top journals. Candidates who can contribute to these goals are encouraged to identify their strengths and experiences in these areas.

Application Qualifications and Requirements:
1. A doctoral degree is required, which was obtained in a world-renowned university; if the PhD degree was from China, over 1-2 years overseas research experience is required.
2. The applicant must have outstanding research performance, and have the potential to publish papers in A+ level Journals.
3. For junior position, it’s research-focused. No teaching load is required in the first 3 years. For senior position, the annual teaching load is 1.5 courses.
Benefits for a successful applicant:
1. For junior position, we provide competitive annual salary among the C9 (Top 9) universities of China is >300,000 RMB depending on the applicants’ performance. For senior position, we provide relatively comparable salary to your previous job.
2. Arrangements will be made for children of the applicant to enter preschool (the best public preschool in Anhui Province), primary school, secondary school and high school (top ranking in Hefei city) affiliated to USTC. (You may choose to send your children to Hefei Canadian International School, which follows the Canadian school system and provides English-based education to non-Chinese citizens from year 2 to year 18. )
3. A research fund (20,000 RMB) from school to initiate your research.
Application procedure:
To apply, please send via email a CV, and a cover letter of interest indicating the particular fit with our research goal to xiej@ustc.edu.cn (Dr. Jingui Xie). We will review the resume and letter in a timely manner. We sincerely invite excellent scholars to join us at the School of Management, USTC!

Associate Prof. Jingui Xie, Search Committee
Prof. Yugang Yu, Dean of USTC School of Management