Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor - Faculty of International Tourism and Management

Offer Description

City University of Macau (CityU Macau) is a private, not-for-profit comprehensive university in Macao. Founded in 1981 as the University of East Asia and renamed in 2011, CityU Macau is committed to developing new humanities, social sciences and interdisciplinary fields underpinned by big data technology. The University currently has nearly 13,000 students across 11 faculties and institutes, offering more than 50 Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes taught in Chinese or English.

Since 2026, CityU Macau has been listed in all four major world university rankings. It is ranked 451–500 in the THE World University Rankings 2027 and 433rd in the QS Asia University Rankings 2026, and holds a QS Stars five-star rating. Social Sciences (General) and Engineering are in the top 1% of the Essential Science Indicators (ESI). Nine subjects are ranked in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2026, including Hospitality & Tourism Management (13th worldwide), Finance (76–100) and Economics (151–200), each ranked first in Macao.

Shouldering our social responsibility of “Serving Macao, Integrating into the Greater Bay Area”, our mission is to nurture high-calibre professionals to meet the evolving needs of Macao and the broader region. CityU Macau promotes a culture of diversity, inclusion, equal employment opportunity and gender equity, fostering a supportive and enriching workplace for all staff members.

Macao’s Third Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) makes the integrated development of education, technology and talent one of its key goals, including the development of the Macao–Hengqin International Education (University) City and more open, targeted and efficient talent policies. Eligible appointees may apply under the Macao Talent Programme. In March 2026, CityU Macau established an advanced research institute and a knowledge transfer centre in the Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, offering faculty a platform for industry–academia collaboration and research translation.

CityU Macau is now inviting applications for Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in the following areas:

• Convention and Exhibition Management
• Data Analytics
• Hospitality Management
• Intelligent Technology
• Tourism Management

Job Description

Successful candidates are expected to contribute significantly to the Faculty’s programme development and will be responsible for teaching, research, and the supervision and coordination of students’ professional practice and dissertations.

Job Requirements

• A doctoral degree in a relevant field from a recognised institution. Candidates expected to complete their PhD before the start date will be considered for the Assistant Professor position;
• Ability to teach in English and Chinese;
• Assistant Professor: strong research potential and quality publications. Associate Professor: a sustained record of high-quality publications, experience in teaching and postgraduate supervision, and a track record of competitive research grants. Professor: international academic standing and leadership, with the ability to lead discipline development;
• Preference will be given to candidates with full-time university teaching experience or teaching awards, national or provincial research projects, or substantial industry experience;
• Preference will be given to Macao residents under the same conditions.

Remuneration

The remuneration and appointment rank offered will be competitive and commensurate with the successful applicant’s academic qualifications, current position and professional experience. The current maximum income tax rate in Macao is 12%, but is effectively around 5%–7% after various exemptions.

Research Support

CityU Macau provides one-off research start-up funding, research awards, conference funding, research and teaching assistants, equipment funding, and support for publication and language-editing fees. Faculty members in Macao are eligible to apply for both Macao research funds (e.g. the Science and Technology Development Fund and the Macao Foundation) and Mainland China research funds (e.g. the National Natural Science Foundation of China).

Benefits

CityU Macau offers paid annual, sick, marriage, maternity and paternity leave; medical, life, labour and travel insurance; retention bonus, housing allowance, meal allowance and a voluntary pension fund scheme. Staff also benefit from pre-service training, in-service study subsidies, the Young Scholars Exchange and Development Programme, and regular festive and staff activities.

Application Procedures

Applications must be submitted online; applications by email or post will not be accepted. Applicants should visit https://hro.cityu.edu.mo/en/category/job-application/teaching-en/ for more details and apply via https://career.cityu.edu.mo. Enquiries (not applications) may be sent to jobs@cityu.edu.mo. The position will remain open until filled.

The following documents should be uploaded to the online application platform:

• Resume
• Personal Identification Document
• Graduation Certificates
• Cover Letter (clearly indicating the position, reference code and academic unit you are applying for)
• Contact information for three referees

Review of applications will commence immediately. Applicants who are not invited for an interview within three months of submission should consider their applications unsuccessful. The successful candidate is expected to assume duty in December 2026 or mid-August 2027.

Personal data provided by applicants will be kept confidential and used for recruitment purposes only.