Postdoctoral Talent Recruitment of Shanghai University in 2024

I. University Profile

Shanghai University is a comprehensive research-oriented university affiliated to Shanghai Municipality. It is a joint university supported by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, a key university under the national “211 Project”, a university under the construction of Shanghai’s high-level local universities, and a national “Double First-Class” construction university.

Shanghai University offers a complete range of disciplines, covering philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, medicine, management, art, and interdisciplinary studies. It currently has 32 colleges, 101 undergraduate programs, 26 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 7 interdisciplinary doctoral programs, 41 first-level discipline master’s programs (including those covering first-level discipline doctoral programs), 1 second-level discipline master’s program (not covered by first-level disciplines), 2 doctoral professional degree categories, 27 master’s professional degree categories (including doctoral professional degree categories), and 24 postdoctoral research stations.

The university boasts 84 provincial-and-above-level bases and platforms, including 1 state key laboratory co-constructed by provinces and ministries, 1 international science and technology cooperation base, 1 cultivation base for state key laboratories co-constructed by provinces and ministries, 1 demonstration base for innovative talent training, 1 national engineering laboratory (co-constructed), 1 national engineering research center (co-constructed), 5 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 2 engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, 1 international joint laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 1 base for transformation of scientific and technological achievements and technology transfer; 1 national base for inheritance of excellent traditional Chinese culture in ordinary colleges and universities, 1 university-based national and regional research center, 1 national language promotion base, 1 Shanghai Research Institute co-constructed by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, 1 policy and theory research base of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 1 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Public Diplomacy Research Institute co-constructed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Shanghai University, 1 Research Center for Chinese Overseas Cultural Relics of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, 1 Basic Science Research Institute for Cultural Heritage Protection co-constructed by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and Shanghai University, and 1 key research base for sports social sciences of the General Administration of Sport.

Shanghai University actively implements the strategy of strengthening the university with talents, and has initially formed a faculty team with a clearer hierarchy, a more reasonable structure, an international perspective, and adaptability to the school’s development needs, as well as several distinctive, influential, and potential disciplinary teams. Currently, there are 3,508 full-time teachers, including 808 with senior titles and 1,113 with associate senior titles. There are 6 full-time academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 15 dual-employed academicians, and 11 overseas academicians; 97 national-level middle-aged and young leading talents, 82 national-level young talents, 10 artistic talents, 215 provincial-and-ministerial-level middle-aged and young leading talents, and 234 provincial-and-ministerial-level young talents.

Shanghai University’s scientific research capabilities and level rank among the top universities in China. Since 1994, as the first completing unit/first completer, it has won 1 second prize of the National Natural Science Award, 3 second prizes of the National Technological Invention Award, 5 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 30 Outstanding Achievement Awards in Scientific Research in Institutions of Higher Education (Humanities and Social Sciences) by the Ministry of Education (including 2 first prizes), 26 Outstanding Achievement Awards in Scientific Research in Institutions of Higher Education (Science and Technology) by the Ministry of Education (including 2 first prizes), 26 first prizes of the Shanghai Science and Technology Award, 187 awards including the Shanghai Outstanding Achievements in Research and Publicity of the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and the Shanghai Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences (including 40 first prizes), 21 Shanghai Decision-Making Consulting Research Achievement Awards (including 3 first prizes), and 47 major projects of the National Social Science Fund and major research projects of philosophy and social sciences by the Ministry of Education.

### II. Recruitment Positions

Shanghai University currently has 24 postdoctoral research stations, covering 8 disciplines: economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, management, and art. A total of 396 postdoctoral positions are planned to be recruited this year.

### III. Job Requirements

1. Possess good ideological and political qualities and moral cultivation, excel in both character and academic performance, and be in good health;

2. Generally under 35 years of age, with a doctoral degree obtained no more than 3 years ago;

3. Have a solid academic background, strong innovative vitality and academic potential, as well as certain scientific research achievements and a spirit of teamwork.