Job type

• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level
• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Unspecified

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~

  Salary: Based on experience and other factors. Minimum monthly salary is ¥327,600 for both Associate Professors and Assistant Professors.
  

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

• Description

  a. Candidates must either hold a PhD degree or have academic publications of an equivalent standard. Candidates with a PhD must have at least one year of teaching experience in higher education (university or college); candidates without a PhD must have at least two years of teaching experience.
  b. Candidates should have some competence in Japanese and be able to participate in meetings and perform basic administrative tasks in Japanese.
  

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 112-8631 Tokyo 1-4-4, Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

  Others : Allowances: A housing allowance of ¥25,000, transportation expenses, an allowance for dependents, and other additional payments depending on tasks performed
  Research funding: Basic research funding of ¥430,000 per year

• 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

  The Myogadani campus is completely smoke-free, both inside and outside of buildings, in accordance with Chuo University policies.

Application Considerations

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

  Online interviews can also be arranged.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Description

  Note: This is one of two open positions (English) in the Faculty of Law at Chuo University (Position A). Please be aware that the application requirements differ between the two openings. You can apply for both of the two positions.

Hiring date : 2026/04/01

Starting date : 2026/04/01

Application period

• 2025/05/20~2025/07/31 Deadline for receipt

  Application deadline: 12:00 noon (Japan Standard Time), Thursday, 31 July 2025.
  Please complete the application form and upload all required materials as a single PDF file to the designated site by the deadline.
  

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • Chuo University Working Conditions for Full-time Teachers (Tenured).pdf

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  Other online application forms
  Documents must be A4 size. There is no required format for each document.
  a. Curriculum vitae (No photograph or indication of nationality/gender is required. Please include your email address and phone number.)
  b. A full list of academic publications, with three main publications indicated and summarized in both Japanese (approximately 300 characters) and English (approximately 150 words) （Do not send actual publications until requested.)
  c. The names, affiliations and contact email addresses of two referees (Candidates must ask the permission of the referees beforehand; a referee can recommend more than one candidate; members of the Faculty of Law of Chuo University and applicants for this post cannot be referees.)
  d. An essay in English (approximately 500 words) on your approach to English language education, including your experience developing English courses with other teachers
  e. A proposal in English (approximately 300 words) for how you would use your experience and academic expertise to teach a seminar or lecture course relevant to Faculty of Law students
  
  Applications which include anything not listed above will not be accepted.
  For security reasons, do not send the PDF file as an attachment with your email.
  

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  a. The hiring committee will review all written applications.
  b. Short-listed candidates will be required to submit copies of three main publications and will be invited for an interview at Myogadani campus in early September. (Online interviews can also be arranged.) Interviews will be in both English and Japanese. Further details will be provided at the appropriate time.
  The successful candidate will need to submit a certificate or photocopy of their highest academic degree.
  

• Notification of result

  We will contact you by email or phone after the interview.

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