Job type

• Assistant Professor level

Research field

• Nanotechnology/Materials - Nanostructural physics
• Nanotechnology/Materials - Optical engineering and photon science
• Natural Science - Semiconductors, optical properties of condensed matter and atomic physics
• Natural Science - Magnetism, superconductivity and strongly correlated systems

Wages

• Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 7 million yen

  The above amount is just an estimate. Annual salary system. It depends on the regulation of the Yokohama National University. Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. into account.
  

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Candidates must have a doctoral degree or are expected to have a doctoral degree by the time of their arrival.

• Work experience

  Candidates whose mother tongue is not Japanese should have a working knowledge of Japanese to conduct education and research activities.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

  Full-time

Contract period

• Nontenured - Tenure-track

  The term of employment is 5 years; however, candidates with significant achievements during their term will be promoted to a tenured position as Associate Professors.
  A tenure review may be conducted early depending on the candidate's research and educational achievements during the term.

  Probationary period present

  The trial period is six months.

Work location

• 240-8501 Kanagawa Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 79-5 Tokiwadai

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available (The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association)

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  It depends on the regulation of the Yokohama National University.

Application Considerations

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

  In principle, applicants are required to come to our university for an interview, but if it is deemed difficult to come to the university due to overseas residence or other reasons, an online interview may be conducted.

• Others

  Our university welcomes the active application of women and those who have experience in education and research overseas, based on the spirit of the Yokohama National University Declaration of Gender Equality and from the perspective of aiming for diversity of human resources.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2026/04/01

Starting date : 2026/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Start date: April 1st, 2026 or the earliest possible date thereafter

Application period

• 2025/05/23~2025/07/31 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other Mailing Documents
  Completed applications must be received by July 31, 2025, and will be considered for eligibility. Completed applications should include the following documents:
  (1)Curriculum vitae with photo
  (2)A photocopy of your doctoral degree certificate(doctoral degree holder only)
  (3)Research achievements include lists of refereed journal publications, international conference papers, invited talks, books, and funds (received as a principal investigator or a co-investigator), industry-academia joint research activities, international research activities, patents, etc. Please indicate the impact factor and the citation number of each refereed journal publication.
  (4)Reprints or copies of about five representative papers in your publications
  (5)Achievements showing research activities such as various competitive research funds and grants,, industry-academia-government joint research, international research activities, inventions, patents, etc. (distinguish between principal investigator and co-investigator)
  (6)Summary of research achievements (up to 2 pages, including figures and tables)
  (7)Research plan at YNU (up to 2 pages, including figures and tables)
  (8)A short statement of your educational goals at YNU (up to 2 pages, including figures and tables)
  (9)Contact information and addresses of two references

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  All documents provided will only be used for application purposes. And they will be disposed of safely after the selection is completed in order to maintain the privacy of personal information.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  240-8501 Kanagawa 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama
  Professor Hideo Kosaka, Division of Physics, Department of Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Yokohama National University

  Precautions : All documents (1)-(9) should be submitted as pdf files (electronic files) using the NII File Sender service provided by the National Institute of Informatics.
  

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  After the review of the application documents, face-to-face interviews with successful candidates will be held at YNU. The travel expenses and all other expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

• Notification of result

  Only those candidates who pass the document review and are selected for an interview will be contacted by e-mail regarding the interview.
  Candidates will be notified of the results of the selection process by e-mail.

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