"Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor"

Job Posting Details

Formally established in June 2022, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)(HKUST(GZ)) is a cooperatively-run university between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. HKUST(GZ) has obtained approval from the Ministry of Education (MoE) and become the first legally-independent educational institution co-established by the Mainland and Hong Kong since the announcement and implementation of the “Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” and the “Overall Plan for Deepening Globally Oriented Comprehensive Co-operation amongst Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in Nansha of Guangzhou”. With a spirit of pioneering innovation, HKUST(GZ) charts new territories in cross-disciplinary education and explores new frontiers in pedagogies, aiming to serve as a role model of the mainland-Hong Kong integrated educational development and become a world-famous high-level university, endeavoring to nurture future-oriented, high-level and innovative talents.

In response to the increasingly complex challenges faced by the rapidly changing world, HKUST(GZ) adopts a brand-new and cross-disciplinary academic structure featuring “Hub” and “Thrust” to substitute the conventional one characterized by “school” and “department”, facilitating cross-disciplinary integration while vigorously developing emerging and frontier disciplines. This is a groundbreaking move in the higher education community across the globe.

HKUST(GZ) comprises four Hubs, namely Function Hub, Information Hub, Systems Hub, Society Hub and 16 thrusts. The admission of undergraduate students began in 2023, with the first batch of programs covering artificial intelligence, data science and big data technology and smart manufacturing engineering.

The Financial Technology Thrust of Society Hub of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) invites applications for tenure-track/tenured positions at all ranks (Assistant Professor / Associate Professor / Professor) in all fields of FinTech. For more information about the Fintech Thrust, please visit https://hkust-gz.edu.cn/academics/four-hubs/society-hub/financial-technology.

Qualification of Candidates

We seek talents in the cutting-edge research in FinTech. Applicants must have PhD degrees in FinTech or related fields, e.g., Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Financial Engineering, Information Systems, Machine Learning, Mathematical Finance, Operations Research, Optimization, Probability, And Statistics.

Areas of interest include but are not limited to:

• Blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and digital currencies
• Robo-advising, quantitative investing, and risk management
• Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data analytics in finance
• Technological innovations for financial services
• Regulatory issues and challenges in FinTech
• Digital economy and financial inclusion

Remuneration and Conditions of Service

Salary is highly competitive. Fringe benefits include annual leave, medical and dental benefits. Housing benefits will also be provided where applicable. Appointment at Professor rank will be on substantive basis. Appointment at Associate Professor may be with or without substantiation. Initial appointment for Assistant Professor or Associate Professor (without substantiation) will normally be on a three-year contract, renewable subject to mutual agreement.

Application Procedure

Please submit the application via the HKUST/HKUST(GZ) Recruitment System (https://facrecruit.hkust-gz.edu.cn/). You should first sign up to create your personal account.

Review of applications will continue until all positions are filled.

For questions regarding the recruitment system or general inquiries, please reach us at facultyhire@hkust-gz.edu.cn. For Hub/Thrust specific questions, please address to Society Hub: gzrecruitsoc@hkust-gz.edu.cn or Fintech Thrust: ftect@hkust-gz.edu.cn with subject title of “Faculty Application to FTEC”.

(Information provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes only.)

HKUST(GZ) is committed to diversity in recruitment and equal opportunity employment and we strongly encourage suitable candidates of diverse backgrounds to submit their applications.