Research Assistant Professor, Computational linguistics

Times Higher Education; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fringe benefits including housing

Medical and dental benefits

MPF scheme

Job summary

The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) invites applications for a Research Assistant Professor in the Graduate School. The appointee will contribute to advancing computational linguistics research, focusing on large language models, NLP, and related areas.

Responsibilities include high-quality research, publications, and potential teaching duties. Applicants should hold a PhD in computational linguistics, computer science (NLP), or linguistics, with strong research credentials and a track

Qualifications

• PhD in computational linguistics, computer science (NLP) or linguistics.
• Strong research experience in NLP, ML for language, text mining and data analysis.
• Evidence of scholarship and publications in relevant fields.
• Teaching experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality research and generate scholarly outputs.
• Initiate and support research projects; seek external grants.
• Teach at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as appropriate.
• Collaborate with colleagues and research postgraduate students.

Education

PhD in computational linguistics / NLP related field

Job description

Organisation/Company THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Research Field Language sciences Literature Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 25 Nov 2026 - 00:00 (UTC) Country Hong Kong Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded university, dedicated to the advancement of teacher education and related disciplines through a diverse offering of academic, professional and research programmes. The University aspires to become a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond, with a focus on educational and multidisciplinary research, development and innovation. We are committed to nurturing outstanding and caring educators and professionals as well as enhancing the impact of scholarship.

The University has an academic/teaching staff strength of about 460 and total student headcount of about 11,000. It has a Graduate School and three Faculties, namely, Faculty of Education and Human Development, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, comprising 14 academic departments, as well as two Academies, Academy for Educational Development and Innovation and Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, a number of University-level research centres and Faculty-level research and professional development centres. For more information about the University, please visit http://www.eduhk.hk .

To continue pursuing excellence in the advancement of knowledge, scholarship and innovation through high quality research, we are seeking enthusiastic and highly dedicated academics to join the University in support of its strategic development in diverse areas.

Research Assistant Professor (Ref: 2600917)

Graduate School

We are seeking to recruit computational linguistics experts to contribute to our academic and research endeavours.

The appointees will contribute to enhancing the University's research capacity and impact on the relevant strategic research theme(s). Responsibilities mainly include:

• (i) conducting high-quality research, and generating scholarly publications or other significant research outputs;
• (ii) initiating and supporting research projects and securing external research grants to enhance domain impact;
• (iii) providing instruction at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as part of the teaching faculty if appropriate;
• (iv) engaging in research-related activities with colleagues and Research Postgraduate students.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in computational linguistics, computer science (with a focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP)), linguistics, or a closely related field. Strong research experience and training in large language models (LLMs), computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), machine learning for language, visualisation of linguistic data, text mining, social media data analysis, or related areas are highly valued. Applicants should be active researchers with proven capacity and potential. Some teaching experience and a commitment to excellence in teaching is an asset.

Applicants should possess evidence of scholarship, research, and publications in the relevant field(s). The appointee may be required to travel outside of Hong Kong and undertake work including teaching duties as assigned by the University, where necessary.

For further enquiries about the posts, please contact Ms Teresa Poon at [e-mail]

Applicants who have responded to the previous advertisement (Ref: 2600396) for the same position are under consideration and need not re-apply.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract. Start-up research grant will be provided. Fringe benefits include the University’s Voluntary Contributions to MPF Scheme or a contract-end lump sum payment (totaling up to 15% of the basic salary), leave, medical and dental benefits, and, where applicable, housing benefits.

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online. Applicants should complete the online application form and upload a full CV on or before 6 November 2026. Applications which are incomplete or without the required documents may not be considered. Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and other employment-related purposes. For details of the Personal Information Collection Statement, please refer to http://www.eduhk.hk/jobsopp/index.php?glang=en .

All applications will be treated in strict confidence. Only those who are shortlisted will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill the position(s) advertised. Since the incumbent’s work would involve contacts with persons aged under 18 and/or mentally incapacitated persons, prospective employee(s) will be required to undergo Sexual Conviction Record Check operated by the Hong Kong Police Force.

EdUHK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.