Professor (Full-time) - Department of Economics and Finance

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with five Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, and Translation and Foreign Languages) and over 6,000 full-time students. Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education model, HSUHK aims to nurture young talents with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK features a primary focus on undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, unique residential college system combining living and learning, interactive small class teaching, very close student-teacher relationship, RGC-funded impactful research, and excellent student development/support services. HSUHK is listed the 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, and the 1st in Employability as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university assessment by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. It is also listed among the top 200 worldwide on “Quality Education” and “Decent Work and Economic Growth” in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

The School of Business was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2023 to be among less than 6% of business schools globally.  The University now invites application for the following position:

Professor (Full-time) - Department of Economics and Finance

(Ref: Prof (EAF) 2025-04-11)

Responsibilities:

• plan, develop, coordinate and deliver specialist modules in various finance, economics, investment, international finance, financial institutions/market, FinTech and ESG areas;

• lead in programme development, management and validation;

• lead in strategic research areas and external grants seeking;

• extend partnerships network with industry and academic organizations; and

• provide university academic and administration services.

Applicants should

• possess a PhD degree, preferably in Finance, Economics or related disciplines;

• have solid teaching and research experience in related areas;

• have a successful track record of academic experience in tertiary teaching (bachelor and master levels), preferably with international exposures;

• have strong research records and publications;

• have a distinguished international academic standing in the discipline and relevant academic leadership experience; and

• have impactful contributions to the profession and the community.

The appointee is expected to assume duty in August 2025.  Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.  Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ to apply for the position.  Review of applications will begin soon until the position is filled.  The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.  The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer.