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[stavrogin2001]

I have been offered a job for next semester at Harbin Institute of Technology and know that it has a good reputation in China, but I have not heard anything from the staff that works there or has worked there.

If anyone has any information on this school, please let me know. I am very familiar with the city and the environs, just not te actually place of work.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Ailian]

I was actually a student at HIT for their Chinese program and tutored a number of the Chinese students in English. It's a great school, although some of the classes are a bit ancient (that I remember, the English classrooms were better than the science ones, but not by much!). The students are all hard-working, but highly competative. The school has everything you could want (although their cafeterias aren't all that great, although I remember the largest one being the best) and there are shops, banks, post offices, and restaurants all along the periphery. I'm rather jealous.

[stavrogin2001]

Thanks for the information. It sounds like you had a good experience there.

[roddy]

No, but I used to do kung-fu with a guy who did. He had a PhD in philosophy, so he was doing courses in Philosophy for post-grads, so his experiences on the teaching side (which were good) probably aren't relevant. However, he rated the accommodation highly - it was new when he moved in, which would have been 2002ish, and he always seemed to be well treated - paid on time, etc . . .

Harbin stuff

Good luck - I really liked Harbin.

Roddy