Detailed information

Ended
Date of update : 2024/12/18 End date of accepting applications : 2025/03/05
Ended
Date of update : 2024/12/18
End date of accepting applications : 2025/03/05

Work location : Tohoku district - Miyagi

Date of publication : 2024/12/18

Faculty Recruitment to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the Graduate School of Engineering,Tohoku University

D124121382

National university

Research field : Others - Unspecified

Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Associate Professor : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Tohoku University’s Graduate School of Engineering has launched the ‘DEI Promotion Project’ in line with the ‘Tohoku University Declaration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)’ issued in April 2022. This project aims to create an environment that is comfortable to work and learn in, regardless of gender, nationality, or social position, or other attributes. This, in turn, allows everyone to fully demonstrate their abilities, enhances research, and creates innovation.
    To accelerate gender equity and inclusion in the field of engineering, where efforts to close the gender gap have been notably slow, we announced the public recruitment of five female professors as the first step in our affirmative action initiative. As the second step, we are now recruiting female faculty roles (tenured), including Professor, early career Associate Professor/Principal Investigator (PI), and Associate Professor. Unlock your full potential at the Graduate School of Engineering and shape a new future in science and technology with us. We eagerly look forward to receiving your applications.

    https://dei.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/en/

  • Work content and job description

    <Professorship position and Early career associate professor/PI position>
    The successful candidate will establish a new research field within their major and independently manage a research laboratory. They will collaborate on undergraduate and graduate education with faculty in their affiliated department, while supervising research projects culminating in graduation theses, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations. Lectures must be conducted in both Japanese and English. In addition to research and education, the candidate will also actively contribute to the DEI Promotion Project and Tohoku University’s Association of Leading Women Researchers in Engineering (ALicE).
    <Associate professor position>
    The successful candidate will be assigned to the relevant department based on their area of expertise. They will collaborate on undergraduate and graduate education with faculty in their affiliated department, while supervising research projects culminating in graduation theses, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations. Lectures must be conducted in both Japanese and English. In addition to research and education, the candidate will also actively contribute to the DEI Promotion Project and Tohoku University’s Association of Leading Women Researchers in Engineering (ALicE).

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Graduate School of Enginering

Job type

  • Professor level
  • Associate Professor

Research field

  • Others - Unspecified

Wages

  • Professor level

    Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~

  • Associate Professor

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~

Working hours

  • Professor level

    Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:00-13:00

    Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system is applied, and the employee is considered to have worked eight ours a day.

  • Associate Professor

    Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:00-13:00

    Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system is applied, and the employee is considered to have worked eight ours a day.

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

Employment Type

  • Professor level

    Regular employee

  • Associate Professor

    Regular employee

Contract period

  • Professor level

    Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period absent

  • Associate Professor

    Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 980-8579 Miyagi 6-6, Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai

Compensation

  • Supplementary explanation of compensation

    <DEI promotion support>
    Successful candidates hired for a professorship may employ an assistant professor with a fixed-term contract, if necessary. Additionally, any spouses of those hired (regardless of which position hired for), is deemed capable of contributing to the education and research of the School of Engineering (by means of an examination), they may be employed at the School of Engineering through the cross-appointment system.

Application Considerations

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

    Online interviews are conducted for international applicants.　

Number of hired

    4 person(s)

  • Description

    female faculty roles (tenured), including two Professors, an early career Associate Professor/Principal Investigator (PI), and an Associate Professor

    • Starting date : 2025/09/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    <Research area>
    We are recruiting candidates from a wide spectrum of engineering fields. Your departmental affiliation will be determined by the specific position you are selected for, so please base your application on your primary area of expertise. If you have multiple preferred areas, please rank them in order of preference.

    <1. Two Professorship positions>
    1) Departmental Affiliation
    ・Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (https://www.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/en/)
    Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
    ・Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biomolecular Engineering (https://www.che.tohoku.ac.jp/english/)
    Department of Applied Chemistry
    Department of Chemical Engineering,
    Department of Biochemical Engineering
    ・Materials Science and Engineering (https://www.material.tohoku.ac.jp/english/)
    Department of Metallurgy
    Department of Materials Science
    Department of Materials Processing

    <2. One early career Associate Professor/PI position>
    1) Departmental Affiliation
    ・Electrical, Information and Physics Engineering
    Department of Applied Physics (https://www.apph.tohoku.ac.jp/en-top)

    <3. One Associate Professor position>
    1) Departmental Affiliation
    ・Materials Science and Engineering (https://www.material.tohoku.ac.jp/english/)
    Department of Metallurgy
    Department of Materials Science
    Department of Materials Processing

Application period

  • 2024/12/18~2025/03/05 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    Resume with a photo of yourself and contact information
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    ・Academic papers (include all peer-reviewed papers in full texts)
    ・Reference papers (other relevant papers)
    ・Books, articles, etc.
    ・Patents
    ・Awards
    ・Research funding (list as either as a principal investigator or co-researcher)
    ・Invited lectures
    ・Educational activities (i.e. courses taught by grade level, undergraduate research supervision)
    ・Contributions to academic societies
    ・International and interdisciplinary research activities
    ・Social contributions and any additional noteworthy information

    Other online application forms
    ・Academic papers (include all peer-reviewed papers in full texts)
    ・Reference papers (other relevant papers)
    ・Books, articles, etc.
    ・Patents
    ・Awards
    ・Research funding (list as either as a principal investigator or co-researcher)
    ・Invited lectures
    ・Educational activities (i.e. courses taught by grade level, undergraduate research supervision)
    ・Contributions to academic societies
    ・International and interdisciplinary research activities
    ・Social contributions and any additional noteworthy information

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • * Out of application period.

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  • Selection

    Applications will be screened and selected candidates invited for an interview.

  • Notification of result

    We will contant you by email until the end of August.

Contact details

Tohoku University

Graduate School of Engineering, Assistant to the Dean for Gender Equity

Shibasaki-Kitakawa Naomi

naomi.kitakawa.d3@tohoku.ac.jp

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