Is it necessary to refund the settling-in fee for the examination of professors hired by Nantong University?

No refund. According to relevant information, the settling-in allowance of colleges and universities is a kind of reward for newly introduced talents, which can be used to buy a house. Many colleges and universities have formulated financial incentive policies to attract senior talents, including resettlement fees and research start-up funds. Nantong University, referred to as "Tongda", is located in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. The school is a comprehensive university jointly established by the People's Government of Jiangsu Province and the Ministry of Transport. At the peak of Jiangsu's high-level university construction, it is planned to build a Class B university, a national pilot university of "excellent doctoral education and training plan" and "excellent teacher training plan", and an excellent school for undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education. The first batch of master's and bachelor's degree awarding units, doctor's degree awarding units, advanced collectives for graduates' employment in ordinary colleges and universities, advanced research and practice units for entrepreneurship education in colleges and universities, universities implementing innovative and entrepreneurial training programs for college students nationwide, the first batch of innovative and entrepreneurial demonstration universities in Jiangsu Province, the first batch of advanced teaching-oriented universities in Jiangsu Province, advanced units for national spiritual civilization construction, and the typical spiritual birthplace of "Mo Wensui" in national spiritual civilization construction. It is best to check the websites of relevant local departments to obtain first-hand information.