Faculty

The weekly basic teaching hours for full-time faculty members of the University are as follows:

1. Full professors: 8 hours;
2. Associate professors: 9 hours;
3. Assistant professors: 9 hours;
4. Lecturers: 10 hours.

1. New faculty members shall complete the following requirements within four semesters after their arrival at the post:

• Participating in and obtaining the certificate for 12 sessions of Office of Academic Affairs-approved teaching skills courses
• Obtaining the certificate for an Office of Academic Affairs-approved online teaching skill workshop for EMI courses

2. Under the following circumstance, new faculty members may be granted to waive the above requirements by submitting an application together with the necessary supporting documents to the Office of Academic Affairs for approval:

• The faculty member is unable to participate in courses/workshops conducted in Chinese.
• The faculty member has already completed other equivalent EMI workshops.
• The faculty member has the equivalent teaching experience.
• The faculty member has other extraordinary achievements or can demonstrate sufficient grounds for exemption.