Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years of university teaching experience and should not have had extensive recent experience in China. Professionals, such as practicing attorneys, should apply only if they have the requisite amount of university teaching experience, as well as some publications.
All teaching is in English.
The academic year in China consists of a longer fall semester and a shorter spring semester divided by a month-long break around the end of January, depending on the lunar calendar. Affiliations are arranged through negotiations between the Ministry of Education and the Educational Exchange Office of the U.S. Embassy. Applicants for lecturing awards should not make direct inquiries to Chinese institutions regarding an affiliation, but they may express an institutional preference in their applications. The teaching load is two to three graduate or undergraduate courses a semester not to exceed 8 hours per week. Placements are in major universities throughout China.