Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Public Health

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Full/Associate/Assistant Professor in Public Health

Public Health

(Reference No.: FHS/DPM/FAAP/11/2025)

Academic Staff

The Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration (DPM) under the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the University of Macau (http://fhs.um.edu.mo/) is now inviting applications for the position of Full, Associate, or Assistant Professor in Public Health. Candidates are expected to have strong expertise in at least one of the following areas: traditional public health, hospital management, or medicinal administration. Established in 2013, FHS is committed to providing high-quality educational programmes, conducting impactful research, and delivering dedicated services to the community. To strengthen its teaching and research in public health, FHS founded DPM, which focuses on areas including traditional public health, hospital management, medicinal administration, infectious diseases, and data science. Currently, FHS offers a Doctor of Public Health programme, while its DPM offers both the Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics and the Master of Science in Global Public Health programmes.

Qualifications
A doctoral degree in related biological, health and/or medical studies. Candidate for Assistant Professor should demonstrate a high potential of excellence in research and teaching and is preferable to have at least three years of postdoctoral training. The appointment at the rank of Full Professor and Associate Professor depends on qualification and achievements of the candidate, such as the established international excellence in research and scholarship as a proven record of publications in high calibre international journals.

The selected candidate is expected to assume duty in Summer 2026.

Remuneration
A taxable annual remuneration starting MOP1,250,200 (approximately USD154,350) for the position of Full Professor; MOP1,052,800 (approximately USD129,980) for the position of Associate Professor and MOP855,400 (approximately USD105,600) for the position of Assistant Professor will be commensurate with the successful applicants’ academic qualification and relevant professional experience. The current local maximum income tax rate is 12% but is effectively around 5% – 7% after various discretionary exemptions. Apart from competitive remuneration, UM offers a wide range of benefits, such as medical insurance, provident fund, on-campus accommodation/housing allowance and other subsidies. Further details on our package are available at: https://career.admo.um.edu.mo/learn-more/.

Application Procedure
Applicants should visit https://career.admo.um.edu.mo/ for more details, and apply ONLINE. Applicant should submit a cover letter in which the preferred position(s) is specified, along with a detailed Curriculum Vitae. Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applicants may consider their applications not successful if they are not invited for an interview within 3 months of application.

Human Resources Section, Office of Administration
University of Macau, Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China
Website: https://career.admo.um.edu.mo/;  Email: vacancy@um.edu.mo
Tel: +853 8822 8589;  Fax: +853 8822 2412

The effective position and salary index are subject to the Personnel Statute of the University of Macau in force. The University of Macau reserves the right not to appoint a candidate. Applicants with less qualification and experience can be offered lower positions under special circumstances.

***Personal data provided by applicants will be kept confidential and used for recruitment purpose only***
** Under the equal condition of qualifications and experience, priority will be given to Macao permanent residents**