Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level
• Others

  Associate Professor (tenure-track)

• Others

  Lecturer level (tenure-track)

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Politics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - International relations

Wages

• Professor level

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

  The lower limit is equivalent to Professor (5,859,840 yen).
  *Total amount of basic salary and regional allowance (performance-based bonuses and other allowances are not included).
  *Basic salary, etc.: Determined based on university regulations, etc., taking into account career history, etc.
  *Bonuses (twice a year) and salary increases (once a year) are available depending on work performance.
  *There is a payment system for various allowances (paid based on the university regulations, etc.).

• Associate Professor

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  The lower limit is equivalent to Associate Professor (4,744,320 yen).
  *Total amount of basic salary and regional allowance (performance-based bonuses and other allowances are not included).
  *Basic salary, etc.: Determined based on university regulations, etc., taking into account career history, etc.
  *Bonuses (twice a year) and salary increases (once a year) are available depending on work performance.
  *There is a payment system for various allowances (paid based on the university regulations, etc.).

• Lecturer level

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  The lower limit is equivalent to Associate Professor(Lecturer) (4,096,512 yen).
  *Total amount of basic salary and regional allowance (performance-based bonuses and other allowances are not included).
  *Basic salary, etc.: Determined based on university regulations, etc., taking into account career history, etc.
  *Bonuses (twice a year) and salary increases (once a year) are available depending on work performance.
  *There is a payment system for various allowances (paid based on the university regulations, etc.).

• Others - Associate Professor (tenure-track)

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  The lower limit is equivalent to Associate Professor (4,744,320 yen).
  *Total amount of basic salary and regional allowance (performance-based bonuses and other allowances are not included).
  *Basic salary, etc.: Determined based on university regulations, etc., taking into account career history, etc.
  *Bonuses (twice a year) and salary increases (once a year) are available depending on work performance.
  *There is a payment system for various allowances (paid based on the university regulations, etc.).

• Others - Lecturer level (tenure-track)

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  The lower limit is equivalent to Associate Professor(Lecturer) (4,096,512 yen).
  *Total amount of basic salary and regional allowance (performance-based bonuses and other allowances are not included).
  *Basic salary, etc.: Determined based on university regulations, etc., taking into account career history, etc.
  *Bonuses (twice a year) and salary increases (once a year) are available depending on work performance.
  *There is a payment system for various allowances (paid based on the university regulations, etc.).

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Description

  1. A doctoral degree (doctorate or Ph.D.) must be obtained by the start date of the appointment.
  2. Proficiency in English.
  3. A working knowledge of Japanese will be one of the conditions for acquiring tenure.

Employment Type

• Professor level

  Regular employee

  Professor (tenured)

• Associate Professor

  Regular employee

  Associate Professor (tenured)

• Lecturer level

  Regular employee

  Associate Professor (Lectuer)(tenured)

• Others - Associate Professor (tenure-track)

  Regular employee

  Associate Professor (tenure-track)

• Others - Lecturer level (tenure-track)

  Regular employee

  Associate Professor (Lectuer) (tenure-track)

Contract period

• Professor level

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  No fixed term for a tenured position (until the end of the fiscal year at the age of 65).

  Probationary period present

  6 months

• Associate Professor

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  No fixed term for a tenured position (until the end of the fiscal year at the age of 65).

  Probationary period present

  6 months

• Lecturer level

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  No fixed term for a tenured position (until the end of the fiscal year at the age of 65).

  Probationary period present

  6 months

• Others - Associate Professor (tenure-track)

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  For a tenure-track position, the term of employment is four years. A tenure evaluation will be conducted by the end of the term of employment, and if the applicant passes the evaluation, the applicant becomes an employee with no fixed term of employment. If the applicant is unsuccessful, OSIPP may renew the term of employment for up to three years (as a general rule, only once). If the applicant passes the evaluation by the end of the new term of employment, the applicant becomes an employee with no fixed term of employment.

  Probationary period present

  6 months

• Others - Lecturer level (tenure-track)

  Nontenured - Tenure-track

  For a tenure-track position, the term of employment is four years. A tenure evaluation will be conducted by the end of the term of employment, and if the applicant passes the evaluation, the applicant becomes an employee with no fixed term of employment. If the applicant is unsuccessful, OSIPP may renew the term of employment for up to three years (as a general rule, only once). If the applicant passes the evaluation by the end of the new term of employment, the applicant becomes an employee with no fixed term of employment.

  Probationary period present

  6 months

Work location

• 560-0043 Osaka 1-31 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka-City

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Osaka University campuses and related facilities are smoke-free, except for designated areas.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  For more information about work regulations, depends on “Work Regulations for National University Corporation Osaka University Staff.”

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/09/01

Starting date : 2025/09/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Hiring date and Starting date : A mutually agreed upon date on or after September 1 2025
  *The position and the responsibilities assigned to the successful applicant will be decided based on the applicant’s qualifications.

Application period

• 2025/01/17~2025/02/28 Deadline for receipt

  Japan Standard Time

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  Other online application forms
  (All documents must be in English or Japanese)
  1. Curriculum Vitae. (The format is free, but you may download the "Curriculum Vitae for
  Educational and Research Positions" from the following website for use):
  2. A list of research achievements (books, articles, chapters, working papers, conference
  presentations, etc.).
  3. Writing samples (Up to three published or unpublished works. I f the work is under revision or in
  preparation for publication, please attach evidence such as email correspondence. If it is difficult
  to send digital copies, please contact us).
  4. We may request other documents after the initial screening.
  
  *Personal information in the application documents will only be used for the purpose of screening and hiring procedures, and will not be disclosed to any third party.

• 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

  After the initial screening, finalists will be invited to a job talk.

• Notification of result

  *Please note that unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.

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