Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities (Tongling)

Founded in the east of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 1958, Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities (IMUN) is the only comprehensive university for the nationalities with distinct regional features and ethnic characteristics, as well as one of the key universities based on the joint effort of State Nationalities Affairs Commission and People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. IMUN enrolls both students from 28 provinces nationwide and international students from Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Korea, Ghana, Zambia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Poland, Belgium, etc. As a training school of students from Mongolia for Inner Mongolia Government Scholarship since 2006, IMUN has been approved by China’s Ministry of Education in 2013 to enroll international students for China Government Scholarship. Now IMUN has also been approved by China’s Ministry of Education as a Chinese training base for international students. IMUN is located in Tongliao City known as “the Pearl on the Grassland”. Tongliao has a convenient and integrated public transport system with 6 railways and 8 highways connecting Jilin Province in the east, Liaoning Province in the south and Mongolia in the north. The non-stop flights can reach such metropolises as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Kunming, Changchun, Harbin, Dalian, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Tianjin, Haikou, Xi’an, Hangzhou, Hohhot, Hailar, Erdos and so on.

 

IMUN covers a total area of 2,366,000 square meters, with the building area of 410,000 square meters. There are 1,769 workers and staff members in the university. Among 1,059 full-time teachers, there are 794 teachers with Master’s or Doctor’s degree, 633 professors and associate professors, 139 supervisors of postgraduates, 26 teachers appraised as Level 1 or Level 2 talents of “321 Talent Project” of the Autonomous Region, 32 teachers conferred the title of Experts with Outstanding Contributions or granted Special Allowance of Chinese State Council. The university now has 20,656 full-time undergraduates and junior college graduates, 865 postgraduates, 409 international students and 21,176 registered adult students. Now IMUN offers 65 bachelor’s degree programs, 11 first-level disciplines for master’s degree, 68 master’s programs under the second-level disciplines, 4 professional degree programs at master’s level, 1 doctoral program of Mongolian Pharmacy, and 7 specialties of vocational and technical education, which covers 10 areas: Law, Education, Arts, History, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine, Management and Economy. 

 

There are 25 colleges, 2 departments, 8 teaching auxiliary units, 18 school-level research institutes, 2 affiliated hospitals, and 77 laboratories. The network centre of

IMUN has access to the Internet and Chinese Education and Research Net (CERNET). The library of IMUN is one of the largest literature and information centers in the east of the autonomous region and has a Grade-2 information retrieval system of Chinese academic periodicals. In addition to a collection of 1,590,000 books and 3,000 kinds of Chinese andforeign journals, the library also has disk and network databases and a large electronic reading room. IMUN has a large-scale museum equipped with an exhibition room of the school history, an exhibition room of Horqin culture and history, an exhibition room of Mongolian medicine specimens and an exhibition room of Tongliao minority education. The university also has a multi-functional music hall, ball game’s halls and the sports center which are all equipped with a complete set of facilities for sports and recreational activities.


 

Contract period: 1st Sep, 2024 - 15th Jul, 2025
                       1st Mar, 2025 - 31st Jan, 2026 

               

Requirements: Bachelor degree + teaching experience (TEFL Cert. preferred)

 

Monthly Salary: 9,000RMB with 18 teaching hours per week

            

Age of Students: university students           

 

Paid Holidays: two days off per week; all public holidays in China. 
                     

Medical Allowance: The school will provide free medical service at the school clinic.
           

Medical Insurance: Medical coverage paid by school.

           

Accommodations: Offering a private free apartment including 1-2 bedrooms, living room, washing room, color TV, DVD or VCD player; internet access, air conditioner, refrigerator, washing machine, telephone, microwave, bedding etc. a certain amount of free household electricity and water and internet usage

           

International air ticket: On the completion of one school year contract, the school will reimburse the round-trip airfare.

           

Closest Airport: The teacher will be picked up by the school on arrival and transported to the airport on departure.

           

Working visa: Invitation letter and working permit will be mailed to teacher to process work visa in his/her own home country before departing for China. Teachers already in China will be assisted in switching over to the university.