Associate/Assistant Professor in Intelligent Sensing and Network Communication
at University of Macau, Macao, China
- Salary
- 855,400 to 1,052,800
- Contract
- Full Time, Permanent, Fixed-Term/Contract
- Closing date
- 24 November 2026
- Listed
- 25 September 2026, from jobs.ac.uk
The advert
The University of Macau (UM) is a comprehensive research-oriented public university of international standing in the Macao Special Administrative Region, which is located in the western part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), one of the world’s fastest-growing hubs for technology and innovation. UM is ranked 145th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 267th in the QS World University Rankings. With a scenic campus of approximately 1 km 2 on Hengqin island, UM has achieved significant progress in the past decade as evidenced by its rising international repute, state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, and the establishment of three State Key Laboratories in microelectronics, Chinese medicine, and internet of things for smart city. Committed to supporting Macao’s economic diversification and the development of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, UM actively advances frontier research and develops interdisciplinary programmes in a range of strategic areas, including precision oncology, advanced materials, regional oceanography, artificial intelligence and robotics, data science, cognitive and brain science, and economics and finance. Leveraging its ‘4-in-1’ model of education and residential college system, UM provides all-round undergraduate education, nurturing talent to support social and economic development of Macao and the wider GBA. As part of its continued development, UM is establishing a new campus in the Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, setting the stage for the university to become the first higher education institution in Macao to extend operations into the Cooperation Zone. Scheduled to commence operations in 2028, the Cooperation Zone campus will usher in the ‘one university, two campuses’ model, further strengthening UM’s capacity for teaching and research. With unprecedented growth and development, UM offers a wide range of opportunities for high-calibre talents at all levels to achieve their career goals. The university uses English as its working language and primary medium of instruction. The Institute of Smart City Technologies (ISCT) invites applications for the position of Associate/Assistant Professor , who will also be a joint faculty member in the Faculty of Information Science and Computing (FIC), in the following disciplines: IoT infrastructure and devices (sensors, embedded systems, etc.) Sensing technologies IoT security and privacy-enhancing technologies IoT communications and networking Institute of Smart City Technologies - ISCT The Institute of Smart City Technologies (ISCT), established in 2026 as an independent academic unit of the University of Macau, advances smart-city development through education, research, innovation, and technology transfer. Working closely with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City (IOTSC), ISCT conducts research in IoT, artificial intelligence, big data, and smart-city engineering. Through inter