Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Informatics - Perceptual information processing
• Informatics - Software
• Informatics - Statistical science
• Informatics - Information network
• Informatics - Information security

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 10 million yen

  Starting Salary (No changes for the first three years): Professor - Annual Salary : 10 million yen, Associate Professor - Annual Salary : 8.5 million yen, Lecturer - Annual Salary : 7 million yen, Assistant Professor - Annual Salary of 4.2 million yen, based on the Salary Regulations for Faculty under the Annual Salary System of the Public University Corporation, Kochi University of Technology.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Those who hold a doctoral degree or are expected to obtain one at the time of appointment.

• Description

  Application qualifications
  (1)Those who hold a doctoral degree or are expected to obtain one at the time of appointment.
  (2)Those who can teach laboratory and practical courses in the School of Informatics (negotiable).
  (3)Researchers who have the motivation and ability to promote the development of new research fields.
  (4)Able to teach classes (undergraduate and graduate) in English, or Japanese and a certain level of English.
  (5)Able to provide research guidance to graduate students (master and doctoral courses) in English, or Japanese and a certain level of English.
  According to Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, we welcome applications from women.

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Term of appointment: Up to 5 years
  Contract renewal:
  *Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
  There is the opportunity for reappointment with or without a fixed term, and promotion, including during the term, through review. If promoted, there will be no term.
  *Research Associate (Jokyou)
  There is no system for reappointment as a research associate, but there is a possibility of promotion based on performance evaluation.

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 782-8502 Kochi Kochi University of Technology, Kami Campus (185, Tosayamada-Miyanokuchi, Kami-city, Kochi Prefecture)

  [Immediately after hiring] Kochi University of Technology, Kami Campus (185, Tosayamada-Miyanokuchi, Kami-city, Kochi Prefecture)
  [Scope of change] No changes planned
  

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : Available

  Retirement allowances : Available

  Retirement age : Professors 67 years old, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors (Lecturers) 61 years old (scheduled to be raised to 65 years old gradually by FY2032)

  Others : Housing Allowance: 500,000 yen for lecturers and above, 300,000 yen for assistant professors; Relocation expenses provided.
  Faculty allocation expenses: Research expenses 1 million yen, education expenses determined by the number of students and graduate students supervised (the average education expenses for the School of Informatics in FY2023 is 877,500 yen), new faculty research equipment subsidy 2 million yen (only for the year of appointment)
  *The figures above are all actual figures for FY2023, but may change in the future, and the amount of allocated expenses after taking up the position is not guaranteed.
  

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : Available　(Public Schools Mutual Aid Association)

  Employees' Pension Insurance : Available　(Public Schools Mutual Aid Association)

  Worker's accident insurance : Available

  Employment insurance : Available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  No smoking indoors (smoking area setup outside)

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Research environment: Each faculty member will have a faculty room on the faculty floor and a laboratory with a suitable area on the laboratory floor. In addition, faculty members at the level of assistant professor (lecturer) or higher can organize research groups using research associate (university support researchers) whose personnel expenses are covered by the university and the doctoral course scholarship system (**).
  **Commonly known as the SSP (Special Scholarship Program) system. A scholarship system to encourage particularly outstanding doctoral students to study (full tuition exemption, grant scholarships provided). Students are recruited and selected from all over the world. For details, please visit our university website.

Application Considerations

• Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)

  Interviews are generally conducted in person, but for applicants living overseas, they may be changed to online interviews.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Description

  Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) or Research Associate (Jokyou): 1 person
  (The position will be determined at the time of hiring based on the applicant's career history.)
  

Starting date : 2025/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  From April 1, 2025 onward (start of appointment is negotiable)

Application period

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

  The application must reach us no later than December 10, 2024 (Tuesday) 17:00.

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  Documents to be submitted
  Please submit the following documents in electronic format (submission methods are described in "Recruiting Institution's Web application system"). You may be asked to submit additional documents during the selection process.
  (1)Curriculum Vitae (download and use the designated form from the following URL, https://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/disclosure/corporate/post-4.html )
  (2)Proof of degree acquisition
  (3)List of research achievements (categorize into peer-reviewed academic papers, international conference presentations, books, awards, invited lectures, review articles, academic society activities, etc., and list in "Gregorian calendar" order from oldest to newest)
  (4)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research and other competitive external funding (indicate whether you are the principal or co-investigator, and indicate the total amount received. If you are a co-investigator, indicate the total amount of research funding received as a co-investigator)
  (5)Summary of achievements in education and social contributions
  (6)Future aspirations for education, research, and social contributions (approximately one A4 page)
  (7)Name, affiliation, and contact information of one person who can provide feedback on the applicant
  (8)Reprints or copies of up to 5 major papers
  ***Please submit application documents (1) to (7) in one pdf file.
  ****Application document (8) should be one pdf file per paper.
  *****Application documents will not be used for any purpose other than for the screening of this call for proposals.
  

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

• * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Applicants who have passed the document screening stage will be interviewed. (Travel expenses to be borne by the applicants themselves)

• Notification of result

  We will contact you by email or postal mail.

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