Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - English linguistics
• Others - Others

  English Education

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~

  Salary will be decided according to university regulations.
  
  Salary will be approximately:
  <55-year-old full professor> 10.4 million 〜
  <45-year-old associate professor> 8.4 million 〜
  <35-year-old assistant professor> 6.4 million 〜
  * The above salaries do not include individual benefits.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Master

• Description

  Qualifications and application conditions (all of the following must be satisfied):
  1) First language is English or equivalent English proficiency
  2) Holder of a Master’s degree or above in the area of English language education (TESOL) or in an academic field related to any English-speaking culture
  3) At least three years of English teaching experience at the university level
  4) Sufficient Japanese proficiency for general administrative tasks
  5) Resident of the Kinki area of Japan during the contract period
  6) At least three publications at the time of the application deadline

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Contract period: From April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2031 (non-renewable)

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 602-0898 Kyoto Kamidachiuri-agaru, Karasuma-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi

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

  Others : ・Benefits include health insurance (administered by the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan) available

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ・Salary, research funds, working hours and holidays are clearly stated in the Doshisha University Regulations.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2026/04/01

Starting date : 2026/04/01

Application period

• 2025/04/25~2025/07/01 Deadline for receipt

  Application Deadline: July 1, 2025 (Tuseday), 17:00 (JST)

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • CV(rirekisho,gyousekisho)_Doshisha format.xlsx
  • shokumukeireki houkokusho.xlsx

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  「CV(rirekisho,gyousekisho)_Doshisha format」
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  「CV(rirekisho,gyousekisho)_Doshisha format」

  Other online application forms
  Application materials:
  1) Curriculum vitae (履歴書, rirekisho), a list of academic publications (業績書, gyousekisho), and a list of your previous work experience within The Doshisha (職務経歴報告書, shokumukeireki houkokusho) [if not applicable, please write “なし”], for which the necessary forms can be downloaded from above.
  2) PDF files of TWO academic publications, together with a Japanese synopsis (about 800 characters) for each publication
  3) A statement in English (approximately 1,000 words), explaining your reasons for applying, including your personal philosophy/comments regarding teaching methods
  4) Materials pertinent to your teaching prowess, such as student evaluations, syllabi, and awards in PDF form (if available)
  5) PDF copy of the diploma of the highest degree achieved (Master’s or Doctorate)
  6) PDF copy of TESOL diploma/certificate (if available)
  7) PDF copy of the document(s) certifying qualification at a certain level of the JEES Japanese Language Proficiency Test or similar measurement of Japanese proficiency (if available)
  
  Deadline for application:
  Application materials must arrive by 17:00 (JST) on Tuseday, July 1, 2025 via email at gr-saiyo@mail.doshisha.ac.jp.
  
  ＊Please write “Application Materials (Contract Position)” in the subject line.
  ＊We will confirm receipt of your application materials by email. However, please be aware that a certain amount of time may elapse before we are able to contact you.
  ＊In the case that the size of the application exceeds the maximum message size, please contact the faculty office in advance.
  ＊If your contact information changes during selection period, please email your new contact information with the duration of the change, new address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. as a PDF attachment.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Screening process
  1) After receipt of your initial application materials, we will request that you send us the originals of your publications (e.g., such as the journal in which your article appears) via postal mail for further screening.
  2) Upon completion of the initial screening procedures, successful candidates will be interviewed in English and Japanese and asked to give a demonstration lesson. The interview will be scheduled between late August and early September. At that time, we will request to see the originals of degree certificates/diplomas. During the interview, each candidate will also be briefly examined on their reading ability in Japanese. There is a possibility of a web interview for the overseas residents.
  3) For candidates requested to come to Doshisha for an interview, partial funding for transportation costs may be available according to the faculty’s regulations.
  4) Candidates will be notified of the results upon completing the selection process.

• Notification of result

  Candidates will be notified by email on the completion of the screening process.

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