Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Business administration

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~

  Salary is determined according to the Hitotsubashi University regulations, considering qualifications and experience.
  

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Official qualification in specific field, etc.

  Minimum Qualifications:
  1) Ph.D. or other doctoral degree in Strategy or a related field from a recognized university.
  2) Consideration given to applicants near completion of a PhD or other doctoral degree.
  3) Potential for high quality research and effective graduate-level teaching in English.
  
  Desirable Qualifications:
  1) Published or forthcoming papers in international peer reviewed journals in Strategy or related fields.
  2) Proven teaching ability at the graduate level.
  3) Prior research related to Japanese economy and business is desirable, and will be considered with higher priority.
  4) Japanese language proficiency is desirable, but not required.
  5) (a) For Full or Associate Professor: established international publication record. (b) For Assistant Professor: solid pipeline of international publications.
  

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Tenured - Tenure-track

  Full or Associate Professor - Tenured Faculty Position
  Assistant Professor - Tenure-Track Faculty Position ( 5 years contract, Tenure evaluation before the end of the five-year period. If successful, the appointee will be promoted to a tenured position).
  

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 101-8439 Tokyo 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku National Center of Sciences Building

Compensation

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Social Insurance; Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employees’ Pension and Health Insurance

Application Considerations

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

  Incomplete submissions or missing required documents will not be considered.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Starting Date: January 1, 2026 (negotiable)

Application period

• 2025/01/21~2025/03/31 Deadline for receipt

  Application deadline: 5 PM, Monday, March 31, Japan Standard Time (JST)

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  • Applications must be prepared in English. Send applications via Google Forms
  
  • Application Submission:
  https://forms.gle/7yy3MFiNS9usH4nq9
  
  • Submit the documents as listed in the "Documents to be submitted" section below. Make sure that your application is complete prior to submission. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  
  • Prepare all the documents in PDF format, and include your full name as part of the file name. Please put all the documents in one Zip folder, and title the folder as “Firstname_Lastname.zip”.
  
  Documents to be submitted
  
  1) Cover letter clearly stating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications and summarizing your research /teaching interests and reasons for wanting to join the faculty at Hitotsubashi University of Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy.
  
  2) Digital soft copies of 3 representative papers (published or unpublished).
  
  3) List of three professional references (names, affiliations, titles, and contact information including telephone numbers and email addresses) who are prepared to provide letters of recommendation.
  
  4) Current curriculum vitae
  
  5) Copies of official transcripts of graduate education (official transcripts required upon hiring).
  
  6) A list of courses taught at the graduate level, preferably with course and faculty evaluation scores. Please include a copy of the syllabus for 3 selected courses, in the areas of Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Knowledge Management, or related fields.

• 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

  Online interviews from late April to early May 2025 .
  Campus visit fly-outs in May 2025.

• Notification of result

  Only candidate(s) who pass the initial documentation screening will be contacted for interview by phone or e mail by April 14. If not contacted by this date, it indicates non progression to the interview round.
  

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