Harbin City
Introduction of Harbin University
Harbin is a well-known historic and tourist city in China, which enjoys the national reputation of “the Pearl around the neck of the Swan” and “the City of Ice and Snow”. Harbin University (HU) is a teaching-based university, located on Xuefu 4th street, Nangang District, Harbin. HU grew out of “the Special Zone Normal School” in 1934 and continues its good tradition of educational innovation.
HU consists of 10 schools (Schools of Engineering, Educational Science, Economics and Management, Science, Humanities, Software Engineering Physical Education, Foreign Languages, Art and Design, Political Science and Law) with 32 undergraduate specialties which fall into 8 branches of learning such as economics, law, pedagogy, literature, history, science, engineering and management. Currently, the total number of students on campus is 11500, who are from 26 different cities, provinces and autonomous regions throughout China.
HU occupies an area of 630,000 square meters, 280,000 of which are building space. Ours is a beautiful campus lined and dotted with luxuriant trees and flowers which provides an ideal environment for educators and students to teach and learn, as a result of which the university has been granted the title of “Garden-like Campus” by the provincial government. The university’s library has a store of over one million books and thousands of foreign and domestic journals. The university is well equipped with various teaching and research facilities such as the Center of Modern Educational Technology, Computer Center, the Center for Basic Experiment and some other laboratories which provide the teachers and students with ideal conditions for academic research, teaching and learning.
HU has a distinguished team of faculties in both teaching and research. The teachers’ roll is about 700, more than 300 of whom are professors and associate professors, and above 50% of whom are PhD and master degree holders. Entering into the new century, HU has been developing by leaps and bounds in academic research. So far, the university has completed more than 2000 research projects and is undertaking more than 300 projects at state and provincial levels, some of which are influential at home and abroad. Over the years, many teachers in the university have been awarded various prizes, such as “the Prize of National Excellent Teachers, the Prize of National Excellent Educational Workers, the Zeng Xianzi Prize, the Prize of National Excellent Teaching Achievement and the Prize of National Excellent Textbooks”.
HU sticks to opening to the outside world in running the university and has established academic exchanges and cooperation with more than 10 foreign colleges and universities, such as Far Eastern State Institute of Arts, Russia, Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Russia, Amur State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, Russia, Vyatka State University of Humanities, Russia, Cambridge Institute of Science and Technology, Canada, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, , Asia Gakuen Educational Foundation, Japan, University Marne-La-Vallee, France, Cambridge Education Group, Canada and Cape Breton University, Canada. Experts and scholars from the U.S, Britain, Japan, Canada and other countries are often invited to teach and lecture in the university.
In October, 2007, HU underwent national teaching quality evaluation of universities and was highly praised by the State Ministry of Education. Facing the future, HU will make constant efforts to build itself into a well-known local university with distinct features.
Full-time English Teachers needed
Number required: 1-2 Posts
Requirements: BA and TESOL /TEFL. Some teaching experience preferred
Monthly Salary: 10,000RMB or above
Contract Period: 1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026
1st Sep, 2025 - 15th Jul, 2026
Teaching hours: less 18 hours per week
Accommodation: A free private apartment will be provided. The apartment includes two bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom (With air-condition, TV, Bed, Sofa. etc.). free ADSL Access . Fridge, and cooking utilities.
Internet access (Free): internet access at the apartment
Age of students: university students
Insurance: The same treatment as the colleagues in our school
Closest Airport: Harbin Taiping airport
Paid Holiday: 2 days off per week; public holidays in China ;winter holiday
Airticket reinbursement: The school will reimburse the teacher the cost of round trip air-ticket on completion of the one school year contract