Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Business administration

Wages

• Professor level

  Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 15 million yen

  The estimated annual income for each type of employment is as follows:
  (1) Fixed term faculty (tenure track): between \7,000,000 and \11,000,000
  (2) Tenure faculty: betweeen \7,000,000 and \15,000,000
  (3) Specially-appointed faculty: between \6,000,000 and \9,000,000
  For more details, please refer to "Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Terms of Employment (Benefits)" in Recruiting Information, which is posted on jobs page of APU.

• Associate Professor

  Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 15 million yen

  The estimated annual income for each type of employment is as follows:
  (1) Fixed term faculty (tenure track): between \7,000,000 and \11,000,000
  (2) Tenure faculty: betweeen \7,000,000 and \15,000,000
  
  For more details, please refer to "Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Terms of Employment (Benefits)" in Recruiting Information, which is posted on jobs page of APU.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

• Description

  The candidate must meet Qualification (1) or (2) as well as Requirement (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) below.
  
  (1)Possesses a doctoral degree in a discipline related to the position of interest (or
  is scheduled to obtain one within one year of appointment) and has experience publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals. In the case of ABD (All But Dissertation), the candidate must have passed the dissertation plan review and be eligible to submit the dissertation.
  (2)Possesses a master’s degree in a discipline related to the position of interest and at least five years of practical experience in an executive/senior-level position in a company, government agency, or international organization, and has experience in consulting or publishing books, and articles in the field of interest.
  (3)Demonstrated ability to publish academic or practice-oriented research.
  (4)If the primary language of instruction is Japanese, you must be fluent in Japanese. Ability to teach both in English and Japanese is an advantage, but not required.
  (5)Ability and willingness to work in a culturally and academically diverse environment.
  (6)Commitment to assurance of learning and meeting the standards for accreditations, including AACSB and AMBA.
  (7)Demonstrated ability to engage students in learning and to translate theory into practice

Employment Type

• Professor level

  Regular employee

  Type of Employment to be Recruited
  ①Fixed-term faculty member (Tenure Track, under age 65 at the time of appointment)
  ②Tenured Faculty member
  *The type of employment and position will depend on teaching and research achievements and work history. The candidate will be notified of the type of employment and position when the hiring decision is made.

• Associate Professor

  Regular employee

  Type of Employment to be Recruited
  ①Fixed-term faculty member（Tenure Track)
  ②Tenured Faculty member
  *The type of employment and position will depend on teaching and research achievements and work history. The candidate will be notified of the type of employment and position when the hiring decision is made.

Contract period

• Professor level

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  Tenured Faculty member: Tenured
  Fixed-term faculty member: Five years
  
  【The Tenure Track System】
  FFixed-term faculty members hired under the APU tenure-track system are subject to an internal review of their performance in education, research, and university administration around the third year after their appointment. As a result of the review, if the faculty member meets the review criteria in accordance with university regulations, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement under a new contract.

  Probationary period absent

• Associate Professor

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  ①Fixed-term faculty member（Tenure Track):Five years
  ②Faculty member（Tenured):Until mandatory retirement
  
  【The Tenure Track System】
  Fixed-term faculty members hired under the APU tenure-track system are subject to an internal review of their performance in education, research, and university administration around the third year after their appointment. As a result of the review, if the faculty member meets the review criteria in accordance with university regulations, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement under a new contract.

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 874-8577 Oita 1-1 Jumonjibaru, Beppu, Oita 874-8577 Japan

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available (For Tenured Faculty member only. Once per year, salary increase in April)

  Bonus : available (Tenured Faculty member and Fixed- term faculty member only. Twice per year, provided in June and December)

  Retirement allowances : available (Tenured Faculty member only)

  Transportation expenses : available (Fixed amount of \20,000 per month)

  Retirement age : available
  Tenured Faculty member (Professor) and Fixed-term faculty member: 65 years old
  Tenured Faculty member (Associate Professor): 60 years old

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

  Others : Nursing insurance provided

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University is a smoke-free campus. There are no smoking areas on campus.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ・Housing allowance, allowance for education and childcare support (excluding specially-appointed faculty members), work duty allowance, overtime allowance, graduate school allowance, allowance for degree review (PhD and Master's), system for off-campus funds application advisory available
  ・Moving allowance provided (\500,000 for relocation from overseas, \300,000 (*) for relocation from within Japan)
  (*) Only for cases in which the distance from the nearest public transportation of the address prior to relocation to the nearest public transportation of the address of relocation is more than 80 km

Application Considerations

Number of hired

2 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/10/01

Starting date : 2025/10/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Starting date：October 1, 2025

Application period

• 2024/10/17~2024/12/13 Deadline for receipt

  Application Deadline: December 13, 2024 (Friday) 23:59 (JST)

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • 1.【Please enter your name here】Form1-EN.docx
  • 1.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form1-JA.docx
  • 2.【Please enter your name here】Form2-EN.docx
  • 2.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form2-JA.docx
  • 3.【Please enter your name here】Form3_JE.xlsx
  • 4.【Please enter your name here】Form4_20231019JE.xlsx
  • 5.【Please enter your name here】Form5-EN.docx
  • 5.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form5-JA.docx
  • 7.【Please enter your name here】Form6-EN.docx
  • 7.【ここに氏名を記載してください】Form6-JA.docx
  • 10.【Please enter your name here】Form7-APM2-JE.xlsx

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  Documents
  (1)Curriculum Vitae ・Education, Employment, and Research Experience【Form 1】Microsoft Word
  (2)List of Major Education/Research Projects and Other Achievements 【Form 2】Microsoft Word
  (3)Language Proficiency Report 【Form 3】Microsoft Excel
  (4)Potential Courses of Instruction 【Form 4】Microsoft Excel
  (5)Statement of Intent for Application (Reason for applying to work at APU, etc.) 【Form 5】Microsoft Word
  (6)Copies of three major publications (books or articles) in PDF format
  (7)Summary of Major Publications in (6) 【Form 6】Microsoft Word
  (8)Two Letters of Recommendation 【Any Format】 Recommendation letters must clearly state the relationship between the referee and the applicant. Please ask your referees to send their recommendation letters directly to the email address below. Only letters of recommendation sent directly from referees will be accepted.
  Email: apm-ap@apu.ac.jp
  Please send emails with the subject “APM (Management/Sustainability)”.
  Submitted letters after the Application Deadline will not be acceptable.
  (9)Proof of Final Education in PDF format (Copy of Diploma) For ABD applicants, please submit proof of ABD.
  (10)Document Submission Checklist 【Form 7】 Microsoft Excel
  Important Notes:
  *(1), (2) and (5) above should be created and submitted in English or Japanese.
  *All submitted files should have the document number and applicant’s [Full Name] included at the beginning of the file name.
  *You may be requested to provide additional documents relating to research achievements during the screening process if necessary.

• Return of application documents

  Others

  Please note that we do not return any submitted documents. Any personal information provided as part of the application process will be handled appropriately in accordance with university regulations. The information will not be used for any purpose other than screening candidates for employment.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  (1)Document Screening
  (2)Interview (*The candidate will conduct a presentation about their research as well as a mock lecture with the interviewers acting as students in English or Japanese.)

• Notification of result

  Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent by email in mid May, 2025.

Contact details

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