About SGRS
Sungkyunkwan University selectively recruits from around the world to build an experienced, committed and talented faculty.
To be considered for a faculty position at Sungkyunkwan University, you must apply online through this website.
When applying for an open position, you should submit an on-line application form through our recruitment system during the designated period.
When applying for a special position, you may submit an on-line application form by registering in the 'faculty pool' at any time.
Regarding special position, your documents will be periodically reviewed by the Search Committee at the department or college level for the emplyment process.
About Zhengxianling - China's First Pan - International Talent Recruitment Platform
Zhengxianling is developed and operated by Shanghai Yuntong Information Technology Co., Ltd. The company mainly provides international services such as talent job - hunting and recruitment, recruitment and introduction of high - level talents/scientific and technological innovation talents [including Nobel laureates, academician workstations, Overseas Excellent Young Scientists, QM/HJ programs, online and offline job fairs, campus recruitment, social recruitment, online recruitment, headhunting, etc.], academic exchanges, and software development. In due course, we will launch AI - enabled language platforms and APPs in English, Korean, Japanese, French, German, etc. to meet the needs of global users. Up to now, the company has established communication channels with national ministries and commissions such as the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Science and Technology, talent offices of the Organization Departments of some provincial and municipal Party committees, departments of human resources and social security, industry and information technology, science and technology, trade unions, chambers of commerce, academic societies, associations, 985 and 211 universities in major regions across the country, some corporate HR departments, the International Academy of Sciences Consortium, the World Digital Trade Alliance (WDTA) under the United Nations Science and Technology Commission, and some international institutions and QS World University Top 100 universities (MIT, University of Oxford, University of Melbourne...) in countries such as Russia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and Canada.
The service items are as follows:
A. Recruitment and introduction of international high - level/scientific and technological innovation talents (doctors, post - doctors, academicians) (through online and offline job fairs, campus recruitment, social recruitment, online recruitment, headhunting, etc.), overseas enterprise study tours, academic exchanges, and software development.
B. Operation of Zhengxianling® (the talent types on the platform and official WeChat account are not limited).
Service - supported Regions
China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Italy, the United States, Canada, etc. (covering more than 100 countries and regions).
Main Service Content
Online and offline special high - level talent recruitment fairs for cities, parks, and employers; scientific and technological innovation talent - introduction activities [project solicitation, screening, roadshows... implementation, etc.]; investment promotion; academic exchange conferences; online job - hunting and recruitment; and offline services are available in the above - mentioned designated countries.
In 2024, we joined the Hubei Chushang Federation in China and the World Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA). We have established the grand goal of building Zhengxianling into China's first pan - international talent recruitment platform (AI - enabled language platforms and APPs in English, Korean, Japanese, French, German, etc. will be launched in due course. The International HRD (HR) Alliance is being launched simultaneously), and serving billions of users in more than 200 countries around the world in the future. As of December 31, 2024, we have received a reply from the President of the WDTA of the United Nations Science and Technology Commission, welcoming Yuntong Technology and Zhengxianling to join the WDTA of the United Nations Science and Technology Commission in 2025. From 2025, we will cooperate with the International Academy of Sciences Consortium and may participate in activities such as the FCPAE European Forum to promote international talent exchanges and cooperation, thus promoting scientific and technological innovation, driving employment, and contributing to global economic construction and promoting friendly cross - border cooperation to create a better future. This will enable us to better serve users from all over the world.
The Chinese full - name of IFIA is the World Federation of Inventors' Associations. Its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland, and San Francisco, the United States. In February 2024, after being reviewed and approved by the 47th Global Executive Committee of IFIA, Shanghai Yuntong Information Technology Co., Ltd. [Zhengxianling] joined the organization. For details, please refer to the official IFIA website announcement:
https://www.ifia.com/ifia-47th-executive-committee-meeting-held-on-feb-2024/
The recruitment platform under our company will officially launch paid services on February 1, 2025. For details, please refer to:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/YmOxE1snwAAvskZgwm5RxA
Currently, we are organizing online and offline special high - level talent recruitment fairs for international organizations. For details of the activities, please refer to the official WeChat account of Zhengxianling®'s International High - level Talent Recruitment Activity Schedule:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UGfNhxHRoIs1KZF7Thsfxg
Zhengxianling® is constantly recruiting a large number of overseas high - level and innovative talents globally. For details, please refer to the official WeChat account introduction:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8YaCD8xaXiDeC93a1foUKQ
For the invitation letter to establish and launch the International HRD (HR) Alliance, please refer to the official WeChat account introduction:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/fdg6QB82KAJCeTi0VZVZKQ
We welcome HRs of employers from all over the world, leaders of universities and scientific research institutions, academic leaders, and talents such as young doctors, post - doctors, and academicians to contact us or register to join our platform. The talents we recruit will be preferentially recommended to work in domestic or global universities, scientific research institutions, and other units.
At the same time, we are constantly soliciting scientific and technological innovation projects from various industries globally, as well as high - level talents who meet the requirements such as Overseas Excellent Young Scientists and QM/HJ programs, and directly recommending them to various provinces and cities in China. Those who are interested are welcome to apply. Please scan the QR code below to contact us or send your resume and other materials to hr@zhengxianling.com!
Search and follow the official WeChat account: Zhengxianling to get more information.
SGRS
Open Positions Special Positions (Including International Faculty)
Once a year (during the designated period) Year round
Guide to the Faculty Pool
Faculty Pool registration (Pre-SKK Faculty Register)
01An innovative system developed to recruit top-notch personnel.
02To attract faculty members with expert knowledge and professional teaching skills.
03To enhance the university's capability in teaching and research.
Our previous faculty recruiting system was primarily based on open competitive recruiting. As the system is no longer adequately effective for securing high-quality faculty, the University has developed as new system to recruit faculty with excellent research potential at home and abroad by verifying their qualifications during the initial phases of employment at Sungkyunkwan University.
The faculty pool system is designed to build a database of professors who are actively involved in various areas, registering their work experiences, research achievements, prizes, and awards. By developing a comprehensive and systematic reference based on information from the faculty recruiting database, the university is able to find and secure the most highly qualified professionals in all areas of need.
Eligible applicants are as follows :
Researchers verified to have significant research potential.
Outstanding word-class researchers or professors.
Prominent individuals in any academic field.
Faculty at SKKU who demonstrate the potential to contribute to the university's research activities.
We expect the following outcomes from the activation of the faculty pool :
Fairness and rationality in recruiting new faculty members.
Securing world-class scholars.
Recruitment based on objective criteria, thus avoiding potential discrimination, based on education, hometown, race, or gender.
Identifying the most appropriate personnel based on objective data regarding their qualifications and capabilities.
Candidates to register for the SKKU Faculty POOL
01Anyone who wishes to apply for the university's regular open recruitment process.
02Anyone who may not be eligible for our regular open recruitment but wishes to apply for special recruitment opportunities via research capability verification programs.
03Anyone who wishes to apply for the university's various faculty employment programs (Visiting, Research, Full-time, Clinical, Outpatient).
04Anyone who wishes to apply for instructor positions (general instructor applicants).
Information on Faculty Appointment
Faculty Categories
Category Details Level
Full-Time
(Tenure Track) Tenure track Lecture+Research,
Lecture,Research,
Research+Business Professor,Associate Prof,
Assistant Prof.
Part-Time Research Faculty, Emeritus Faculty, Visiting Faculty, Chair Faculty, Research Faculty, Clinical Faculty -
Tenure Track Faculty
Reappointment
Requirements
A faculty member must meet the research performance criteria for their academic field within the appointment period and receive a Qualified rating in the dean's evaluation.
Reappointment Dates
March 1 or September 1 of each academic year.
Reappointment Period
The reappointment period for each faculty rank shall not exceed four years.
Promotion
직급별 최저 승진 소요연한
Assistant Prof. → Associate Prof. More than 4 Y
Associate Prof. → Full Prof. More than 6 Y
Requirements
A faculty member must meet the research performance criteria for their academic field within the appointment period and receive a Qualified rating in the dean's evaluation to be promoted to the next rank.
Promotion Dates
March 1 or September 1 of each academic year.
PRomotion Appointment Period
The minimum period required for promotion.
Minimum Time Required for Promotion by Rank
Research Performance Standards for Promotion
Required research performance (annual average) × tenure period by rank.
Recruitment Policies & Procedures
SKKU Personnel Policies
SKKU Personnel Policies
Open recruitment
young professionals equipped with research potential.
Special recruitment
new and experienced professionals verified to have research competency and International Faculty.
Employment Quarter
To encourage balanced academic advancement and prevent academic inbreeding, the ratio of the faculty members possessing a bachelor's degree of the same university cannot be exceeded 60 percent of the number of the professors by majors, departments or colleges.
Open Recruitment
Procedures and standard for employment
Step 1
Document Evaluation
The evaluation is conducted by the document evaluation committee composed of 5 to 7 faculty members of the relevant department, and the department dean will recommend the members after the department faculty meeting (in charge of the office of academic affairs).
The number of applicants who pass the document evaluation will be 4 times greater in numbers than the number of the final selection (if the total number of applicants is not 4 times greater, the number selected in this step will be less).
Standard for Document Evaluation
Theses or dissertations and research achievements: ① relevance with the invitation area, ② the recognition level of the university and graduate school (Masters/Doctorate), and grade, ③ research achievements judged by the journals in which the paper is published, ④ professional career. Evaluation score will be calculated for each applicant by taking an average of the total assessment scores from each member of the document evaluation committee, excluding the highest and lowest points (rounding to 3 decimal places).
Step 2
Evaluation of Adequateness of Major and Research Achievement(50%)
The committee to evaluate the adequateness of major and research achievement is formed to include 10 or more professors recommended by the department dean of the year following co nsultation with the department faculty meeting (6 or less professors of the department or of the related major and 4 or more professors from the other universities, including related professionals) and 5 eligible members appointed by the president.
The composition is subject to change by the president if there is a short supply of faculty members in the related department, and in other cases needing special attention.
The evaluation results of the adequateness of major and research achievement should be contained in final evaluation reports as well as general critics for the individuals who passed the initial document screening, and then it should be submitted to the dean of academic affairs in a sealed envelope with asignature across the flap.
Evaluation Standard for the Adequateness of Major
Scores of the adequateness of major will be calculated by taking an average of all the scores (rounding to 3 decimal places) from the 3 members of the evaluation committee of the adequateness of major, excluding the highest and lowest points of the 5 members. But applicants who earned less than 4 points (full score: 5) could be excluded.
Evaluation Standard for Research Achievement
The quality of research achievement for the applicants who Passed the document evaluation will be evaluated, and the scores will be calculated by taking an average of all the scores (rounding to 3 decimal places) from the 3 members of the evaluation committee of the research achievement, excluding the highest and lowest points of the 5 members. The rate reflected to the evaluation will be 50%.
Evalyuation of Research Presentation and Personality(50%)
For the evaluation of research presentation and personality for each applicant, the department faculty meeting under the responsibility of the department dean of the year will determine the methods and procedures. The members of the screening committee of the department will be appointed by the president among the professors of the university recommended by the dean.
The screening committee of the department will make arrangements for open research presentations and give interviews for those who are selected from the initial document screening, and each screening committee member will submit the two results with their name written on it to the dean of academic affairs in a sealed envelope with a signature across the flap.
The date and place will be determined by the academic affairs after consulting with the department.
The dean of faculty should send all the materials to the academic affairs immediately after the procedure is completed.
Evaluation standard for the Research Presentation and Personality
Scores of the adequateness of major will be calculated by taking an average of all the scores (rounding to 3 decimal places) from the 3 members of the evaluation committee of the adequateness of major, excluding the highest and lowest points of the 5 members. But applicants who earned less than 4 points (full score: 5) could be excluded.
Step 3
Recommendation of Candidates
The dean of academic affairs should report 2 times greater the number of candidates than the actual number to appoint according to the order of high scores of the evaluation results of research achievement, research presentation, and personality to the dean of faculty of the year, and the dean of faculty should report 2 times greater candidates than the actual number to appoint (in case the gap of scores is remarkably big between applicants who earned good scores to be recommended and those who didn’t, the number could be reduced) with setting their orders or not to the department dean with attached comments from the department faculty meeting, and then the department dean will recommend them to the faculty personnel committee.
Faculty Personnel Committee and Special Screening Committee
The president will review the evaluation reports of the candidates recommended by the department dean, and convene the faculty personnel committeece president, dean of graduate school, department dean, dean of academic affairs, dean of planning and coordination > to interview them.
The faculty personnel committee will interview candidates recommended by the department (the 4th review), and review the evaluation results of document, research achievement, research presentation, personality, and interview, and select the final candidates, considering a balanced development of the department.
In cases as follows, appointment could be reserved by the faculty personnel committee.
The number of applicants is not two times greater than the number planned to select.
In case inequality issues are brought up regarding the evaluation process.
Applicants with higher scores without recommendation for appropriate reasons.
For the concern of a balanced development of the department.
In case applicants are judged not to be qualified for the SKKU faculty.
The president could form the special screening committee through faculty personnel committee to evaluate applicants in case there was no recommendation made 2 or more times in spite of two times of faculty recruitment advertisement.
The special screening committee will be formed by 3 or more outside professionals appointed by the president considering the recommendation from the department dean, and the committee will evaluate the appropriateness of major and research achievements of applicants.
Special Recruitment
Application Qualification
Education
Applicants should have a doctorate in a relevant discipline at the time of application, or who are expected to earn a doctorate till the time designated (for Art majors, a master's degree qualifies). Applicants should not have any reason for disqualification under the private school law.
Research Achievement
Applicant should be qualified for the standard of research achievement by department.
(See the recruitment guidelines for the relevant year)
Documents for Submission
On line applications
Periods for submission of documents and applying method ( On line applications)
Only online applications will be accepted. Submission in person or by mail will not be accepted.
Website of the Office of Faculty Affairs
Website of SungKyunKwan university > Global Faculty Recruitment > Information on faculty invitation [Click]
Documents for submission (Substituted by online application)
Completed employment application form(GPA should be filled out)-- 1 copy (Faculty Pool System)
In case marking method of GPA is different, convert it into the scale of 5.00 as a full mark and fill it out.
List of research achievement --- 1 copy (Faculty Pool System)
The title of research, the title of journal, publisher, date and pages should be included
Self-introductory statement ---1 copy (Faculty Pool System)
Detailed area of candidate's major and the name of mentor of Master Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation should be included.
Recommendation Letter ---1 copy (via e-mail)
Recommendation letter from domestic or foreign university faculty or experts in the field of application.
Curriculum Vitae ---1 copy (Faculty Pool System upload)
- Whole lifetime achievement included.
Matters to attended to
Candidates are responsible for false or incorrectly entered research achievement, dates of presentation, GPAs for degrees and any disadvantages caused by not preparing required documents. Employment will be terminated when any entered information is proven to be false.
Entered information can be corrected before the deadline. Information corrected after the deadline will not be reflected.
Private information and confirmation on application will be kept confidential. Please be careful when entering pin numbers, making sure to distinguish between capital and small letters.
Double applications for faculty employment are not allowed, and the applicant will be disqualified.
Others
Meaning of 'the last 3 years' and 'doctoral degree'
the last 3 years : Research results suitable for application are confined to ones listed within the last 3 years from present.
doctoral degree : Doctoral dissertations will be recognized when candidates achieve it within the most recent 3 years from present. If one achieved doctoral degree within the last 3 years, he/she can apply with only one dissertation.
(However, it is not included when calculating the qualifications for application (minimum standard for research performance)
Dissertations which go beyond the period above are not recognized as research achievement.
Only published theses or dissertations can be recognized
However, papers expected to be listed in international journals of rate A (AHCI, SSCI, SCIE etc) can be recognized by attaching a certification of listing from the editor-in-chief.
But it needs to be confirmed by the office of academic affairs.
Research achievement materials will be judged whether they are recognized when entered into our registration system.
Research achievement materials will be judged whether they are recognized when entered into our registration system.
How to enter : ex> the month of issue, 2021, July, the number of page 00~00 .
If you have any trouble entering information, please contact the Faculty Personnel Team (+82-2-760-1065)
Application Method
Pool Registration
Applicants who wish to apply for the open competitive employment should complete the [Faculty POOL Registration] first, and then select one from the [Areas of Invitation] and confirm the application number.
If you do not receive the application number, your application could be invalid.
① User Registration (Name, Date of Birth, email, password)
② Log in (entering Name, Date of Birth, password)
③ [Basic information] Registration (research area)
④ [Academic Background] Registration (grade)
⑤ [Experiences] Registration (workplace)
⑥ [Self-introduction] Registration (Personal Information, Research Achievement, Working Papers, Reason for application and Research Plan for the future, Dissertation summary (2,000 letters or less), Possible Courses for teaching, Strengths
⑦ [Research Results] Registration → refer to how to register
⑧ Application for Invitation Select → Select & confrim Area of Invitation and Research performance → Click application for subscription
⑨ Confirm the application number (applicants for open competitive employment)
Note for Applicants
Procedures for open recruitment
Step 1 : Documents evaluation.
Step 2 : Evaluation for adequateness of major and research. Research presentation and personality evaluation will be carried out at the same time.
Step 3 : Interviews with the Faculty Personnel Committee will be given.
Step 4 : A notice of success in employment will be given to successful applican
Research achievements for evaluation
Evaluation for research achievements focuses on quality over quantity.
Applicants should select 2 or 3 representative papers(main author: corresponding or first author) from among the research results within the last 3 years (If the main author representative paper is less than 2 papers, it is possible to select co-author paper, but the reviewer will be informed about the co-author paper)
Only research performances within the last 3 years of the evaluation period which were filled in faculty pool systems will be evaluated.
Research performances dated before the evaluation period or not entered in person will not be evaluated.
Research presentations by departments
Research presentations will be performed on the specified date by a relevant department.
Evaluation will be given on the campus which the relevant department belongs to.
Humanities and Social Sciences/Arts : Departments in Humanities and Social Science campus (Seoul).
Natural Sciences/Engineering/Medicine/Sports : Departments in Natural Sciences campus (Suwon).
Individual evaluation will be one hour in duration.
The evaluation date and time by departments will be announced.
Departments which have already set the schedule for evaluations will announce it to the applicants when they have submitted the required documents.
Only for applicants who have passed the documents screening will be notified either by phone or email.
Details including the presentation theme and time will be announced together.
No changes to an individual presentation date or time can be made since the schedule is universally set for all candidates.
Others
No one can be employed if no eligible candidates are found or if the balanced development of a specific department will be impeded
(ex: in the case where employment falls into the employment quota system)
Special Recruitment
Special recuritment (Including Internatioanl Faculty)
When Applied for special position, your documents will be overseen periodically for employment process in Search Committee of department or colleges level.
Q&A
FAQ
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