1. About LCC

China-UK Low Carbon College (LCC) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is an international education pilot zone for low-carbon technology and carbon resource management established by SJTU with the participation of top universities in the UK and Singapore, under the strong support of the Shanghai municipal government. LCC is China's first low-carbon college that integrates talent cultivation, scientific research and social service. Centering on the national “Dual Carbon” strategy, the college integrates education, talent, industry and innovation chains. With global high-quality resources and an interdisciplinary, industry-embedded and internationalized development philosophy, LCC builds multi-stakeholder collaborative platforms, supports global climate governance, and provides key technological and talent guarantees for China’s carbon peaking and neutrality goals.

LCC owns a high-caliber faculty team, with all full-time staff having educational backgrounds from world-class universities overseas. Faculty members have obtained over 40 talent programs at national and municipal levels, including 6 under the National Overseas High-Level Talent Program and 22 under the Shanghai Municipal Overseas High-Level Talent Program (maintaining a 100% selection rate). The overall coverage rate of talent programs reaches 87%. The college hosts three low-carbon research centers and has undertaken more than 90 provincial/ministerial and above research projects. It has published over 500 papers in journals such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, PNAS and JACS.

LCC will further strengthen its expertise in low carbon energy and low carbon environment. Focusing on carbon finance discipline development, the college will recruit high-level interdisciplinary talents in carbon finance, carbon management, low-carbon policy, energy and environment. Priority will be given to researchers with combined engineering, economics and management backgrounds and international teaching experience, to build an integrated humanities-science-engineering low-carbon discipline system.

2. Recruitment Directions

We warmly welcome applicants whose research interests fall into the fields listed below (including but not limited to):

• Carbon Finance and Carbon Management (Carbon Finance, Carbon Accounting, Carbon Trading, Low Carbon Management and Decision-Making)

• Climate Change Solutions

• Circular Economy

• Low Carbon Environment

• Low Carbon Energy

• AI + Carbon Neutrality

3. Faculty Positions 

Academic Leaders (Chair Professor/Distinguished Professor/Tenured Professor/ Principal Investigator)

Ideal candidates are expected to have:

• Outstanding global academic vision and proven leadership capacity in the aforementioned fields;

• A track record of leading major national projects or publishing high-level papers in top international journals over the past five years;

• Experience in team building, with the ability to spearhead disciplinary breakthroughs and drive deep industry-university-research integration.

Early-Career Researchers (Tenured Associate Professor/Tenure-track Associate Professor/Assistant Professor)

We are looking for talented early-career researchers who:

• • Are generally under 35 years old (STEM) or 40 years old (Humanities & Social Sciences), hold a doctoral degree; international experience is preferred;

  • Have published a series of innovative research outputs in top-tier journals and demonstrate strong research potential;

  • Are capable of independently leading national-level youth talent programs and developing emerging interdisciplinary research directions.

4. What We Offer  

For Academic Leaders:

• Research Resources: Substantial start-up funding, dedicated lab space and autonomy in team building;

• Competitive Compensation: Internationally benchmarked salary (negotiable) plus performance bonuses, relocation allowance and fully furnished faculty housing;

• Career Support: Robust support for national talent program applications, priority backing for international collaborations and recruitment of research assistants, etc.

• Benefits Package: Premium schooling support for dependents, settling-in allowance plus fully furnished faculty apartments, priority access to medical services at 13 affiliated hospitals, and household registration assistance.

For Early-Career Researchers:

• Research Resources: Ample start-up funding, independent laboratory setup and support for establishing a junior PI research team;

• Competitive Compensation: Internationally benchmarked salary (negotiable) plus performance-based research bonuses, relocation allowance and fully furnished faculty housing;

• Career Support: Tenure-track appointment with expedited promotion pathways. Researchers with exceptional accomplishments may be nominated for direct promotion to full professor; premium schooling benefits for dependents are also available.

• Benefits Package: Premium schooling support for dependents, settling-in allowance plus fully furnished faculty apartments, priority access to medical services at 13 affiliated hospitals, and household registration assistance.

5. Why Join Us 

• Cross-Disciplinary Innovation Platform: Aligned with national strategic priorities, LCC has set up three forward-looking low-carbon research centers.

• Global Academic Ecosystem: In-depth collaborations with the world’s top 50 universities, seed funding for international partnerships, establishment of the Southeast Asia Low Carbon Center and regular high-level international conferences.

• Flexible Talent Mechanism: Multiple flexible employment modes for academic leaders such as dual appointments, adjunct positions and short-term visits, with full respect for individuals’ career development needs.

6. Application Process 

• Application Deadline: Positions are open on a rolling basis. Interviews for this round will be centrally arranged in November 2026; interviews for Academic Leader roles may be scheduled anytime on demand.

• Required Materials: Full CV, five representative publications, and an overview of teaching and research.

• Submission Email: lcc-hr@sjtu.edu.cn (Email subject format: Name + Position Applied + Research Field)

• Contact: Ms. Chu, Tel: +86 21-80160860 (Ext. 807)