Detailed information
Work location : Hokkaido district - Hokkaido
Date of publication : 2025/03/10
Professor or Associate Professor(data science)
D125030631
Kitami Institute of Technology
Research field : Others - Others - Data Science
Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present
Associate Professor : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present
Job description
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Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Kitami Institute of Technology (KIT) is the northernmost national university in Japan and is located in Kitami City, the core city of industry and culture in the Okhotsk area in eastern Hokkaido. It is surrounded by a beautiful natural environment with four national parks including Shiretoko, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
With its vision “to nurture people, develop technology, contribute to the community, and work toward a better future” under the philosophy of “Developing technology that harmonizes with nature”, KIT’s mission, in a time of rapid progress of science and technology becoming more and more advanced and complicated, is not only to provide basic skills and knowledge on specialized fields, but to train the ability to be able to deal flexibly with interdisciplinary fields and newly developed areas. -
Work content and job description
(1)Teaching: Subjects related to the data science and one of the following research fields:
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Applied Chemistry, or Management Engineering
(2)Research: Utilizing data science and AI skills in one of the following Research fields:
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Applied Chemistry, or Management Engineering -
Assigned department
Existing departments
Faculty of Engineering
Job type
- Professor level
- Associate Professor
Research field
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Others - Others
Data Science
Wages
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Common to all Job Types
Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 8 million yen
Annual salary system
Working hours
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Common to all Job Types
Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : 2 days off per week
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system(The working hours for a day is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes.)
Application requirements
Qualifications
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Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
Holding an earned doctorate or Ph.D. degree or equivalent research achievements.
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Work experience
Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in companies, etc.
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Official qualification in specific field, etc.
Non-native speakers of Japanese expected to have Japanese reading, writing, listening and speaking abilities enough to perform administrative tasks and supervise students in a Japanese language environment.
Employment Type
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Common to all Job Types
Regular employee
Full-time
Contract period
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Common to all Job Types
Nontenured - Non-tenure track
The initial contract period is five years. An interim assessment will be held during the initial contract period, and the applicant will be examined whether to go on to the tenured position with promotion opportunities.
Probationary period present
Trial period 6 month
Work location
- 090-8507 Hokkaido Kitami 165 Koen-Cho
Compensation
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Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Smoking in designated areas only
Application Considerations
Number of hired
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Job content supplemental explanation
Starting date: October 1, 2025 or later (a mutually agreed upon date)
4 person(s)
Hiring date : 2025/10/01
Starting date : 2025/10/01
Application period
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2025/03/10~2025/06/30 Deadline for receipt
Application method
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Application documents (specified forms)
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Attached documents
Application Form : Online Submission , Mailing(1) A prescribed CV having the following items: personal information, a recent passport-size photo, educational records starting from high school, degree/licenses received, job experience records, academic and social activities (including academic society memberships).
(2) List of publications (in the order of refereed journal papers, reference papers (international conference proceedings, commentary, reviews, etc.), books, patents, oral presentations, and others). The refereed journal papers whose corresponding authors are the applicant should be marked.
(3) Copies of major published refereed journal papers (up to five).
(4) List of grants awarded.
(5) A brief summary of research achievements and educational experiences or a brief summary of research and development, product development, project execution, etc. at companies, etc.
(6) Ambition for future research and education.
(7) Contact information of two references (name, institution, phone number, e-mail address).Achievements and Activities : Online Submission , Mailing -
Return of application documents
Others
The submitted document will not be returned to the applicant.
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Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
090-8507 Hokkaido Kitami 165 Koen-Cho
Professor Koichi HirayamaPrecautions : Postal or email Application is acceptable.
In postal application, the registered post must be used with the words, “Professor or Associate Professor (Data Science)”, in red on the application envelope.
In email application, an electronic file (PDF, etc.) must be attached. Please combine all the documents into one electronic file (PDF, etc.), set a password, and put “Professor or Associate Professor (Data Science)” in the subject of the email.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
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Selection
(1) First screening based on submitted documents.
(2) Second and final screening based on the interview with the respective candidates who passed the first screening.
* Note: Interviews will be conducted at Kitami Institute of Technology or online. The applicant is responsible for any travel expenditures incurred due to the interview. -
Notification of result
e-mail
Contact details
Kitami Institute of Technology
Division of Information and Communication Engineering
Professor Koichi Hirayama
0157269105
hirakc@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp
Notes
(1) The institute selects faculty members in the spirit of the Basic Law on Gender Equality.
(2) For promoting gender equality and recruitment of foreign faculty members, the evaluation system of the institute takes into consideration the special circumstances of the life events of females, and a period until the foreign faculty members adapt to Japan society.
(3) Please download the CV and the list of publications templates from the following site: https://www.kitami-it.ac.jp/about/saiyou/
