ACADEMIC POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Nankai UniversitySchool of Finance

Faculty Position in Finance (Assistant Professor)

The School of Finance at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, invites applications for assistant professor in the fields of Sci-Tech and Finance (including Corporate Innovation), Pension Finance (including Health Economics), Sustainable Finance, Digital and Intelligent Finance, International Finance, Risk Management, Banking, and other interdisciplinary fields. Applicants in other intersecting fields are also welcomed. We particularly welcome candidates willing to join us in building a world-class finance school in a leading Chinese university.

Appointment rank (assistant) will be dependent on qualifications and research history. Qualified candidates for tenure-track positions must hold a Ph.D. in finance, economics or related fields conferred by employment start date, have excellent research and teaching skills, and demonstrate the ability to produce scholarly work at a high level. 

About School of Finance:

The School of Finance consists of a group of faculty members who obtained their Ph.D. from the world’s top universities who are actively publishing in the top finance and economics journals, such as The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Management Science.  The group has varied interests across all areas of theoretical and empirical finance and economics, including asset pricing, corporate finance, financial econometrics, financial intermediation, management, accounting, household finance, international finance, macro-finance, behavioral finance and market microstructure.

About Nankai University:

Nankai University, founded in 1919, is one of the top universities in China. It is a comprehensive university offering a wide array of educational opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. Its inclusiveness has attracted both talented students and faculty, forming a stimulating intellectual community. In addition to the prime academic environment, Nankai also provides various family-friendly benefits to its faculty members, such as the resources to the university-affiliated education system.

About the city:

Tianjin, one of China's four municipalities, is an international port city and the largest seaside city in the North of China. It is a large, booming city, with a pleasant river promenade and charming neighborhoods.

We offer competitive compensation packages. Interested applicants should submit application files including a cover letter of application, a curriculum vita, a job market paper, evidence of teaching ability, and three reference letters before the 5th of December 2025.

For assistant professor positions, please submit application files through the online system http://www.cicecon.org.cn/careers/detail.html?k=96728BEC2B0A48B6

For senior tenure-track positions including associate and full professorship, please submit application files via the following email:recruitfinance@nankai.edu.cn

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact recruitfinance@nankai.edu.cn.