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Date of update : 2025/06/13 End date of accepting applications : 2025/07/31
Update Now recruiting
Date of update : 2025/06/13
End date of accepting applications : 2025/07/31

Work location : Kanto district - Ibaraki

Date of publication : 2025/06/10

Open Call for 14 Associate or Assistant Professors (All Research Fields at the University of Tsukuba, Women-only Call as a Gender Equality Initiative)

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University of Tsukuba

Research field : Others - Others - All research fields of the University will be considered. Since the positions are open to all fields and the system limitations do not allow for appropriate field settings, keywords are listed here. The keywords represent some of the research fields of the University, but are not exhaustive. We welcome applications from research fields that do not match the keywords: Life Science, Informatics, Environmental science, Nanotechnology/Materials, Energy Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Social Infrastructure, Frontier Technology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Natural Science, Literature, Thought & Philosophy, Foreign language education, Political economy, Archaeology, Business administration, Law, Business science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physical Engineering, Materials science and engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Social Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Agriculture, Forestry, Earth sciences, Biology, Applied life sciences, Education, Psychology, Disability sciences, Special education, Education on school subject and primary/secondary education, Tertiary education, Sports science, Physical education, and physical and health education, Nutrition science and health science, Art, Design, Heritage Studies, General internal medicine, General surgery, Hygiene and public health: excluding laboratory approach, Biomedical sciences, Nursing, Library and Information Science, Information Science, Informatics, Computational Physics, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, High performance computing.

Associate Professor : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Tenure-track - Probationary period present

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    The University of Tsukuba has established a university-wide recruitment system for 20 positions to strengthen its research capabilities, and will be accepting applications from women only. Of the 20 positions, 14 positions, which are intended for associate or assistant professors, will be open to all research fields at the University of Tsukuba, without limiting the fields.
    This is a positive action based on Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law to improve the low ratio of female faculty members and to drive more innovative research and education.

    https://diversity.tsukuba.ac.jp/other/recruit_news

  • Work content and job description

    You will belong to one of the organizations within the University of Tsukuba and engage in education and research as an Associate Professor or Assistant Professor.
    Basically, you will be engaged in research as a PI, but if you are hired as an assistant professor in some organizations (Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Center for Computational Sciences, Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)), you will be engaged in research under a mentor.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Faculty members belong to one of the following organizations: Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Business Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, Systems and Information Engineering, Life and Environmental Sciences, Human Sciences, Health and Sport Sciences, Art and Design, Medicine, Library, Information and Media Science, Center for Computational Sciences or Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance.

Job type

  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor level

Research field

  • Others - Others

    All research fields of the University will be considered. Since the positions are open to all fields and the system limitations do not allow for appropriate field settings, keywords are listed here. The keywords represent some of the research fields of the University, but are not exhaustive. We welcome applications from research fields that do not match the keywords: Life Science, Informatics, Environmental science, Nanotechnology/Materials, Energy Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Social Infrastructure, Frontier Technology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Natural Science, Literature, Thought & Philosophy, Foreign language education, Political economy, Archaeology, Business administration, Law, Business science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physical Engineering, Materials science and engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Social Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Agriculture, Forestry, Earth sciences, Biology, Applied life sciences, Education, Psychology, Disability sciences, Special education, Education on school subject and primary/secondary education, Tertiary education, Sports science, Physical education, and physical and health education, Nutrition science and health science, Art, Design, Heritage Studies, General internal medicine, General surgery, Hygiene and public health: excluding laboratory approach, Biomedical sciences, Nursing, Library and Information Science, Information Science, Informatics, Computational Physics, Computational Chemistry, Bioinformatics, High performance computing.

Wages

  • Associate Professor

    Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 11 million yen

    Salary and other terms and conditions of employment are subject to the University's regulations.

    Model Salary
    Associate Professor, tenured (age 42)
    　529,914 yen per month, 8,994,000 yen per year

  • Assistant Professor level

    Annual Salary : 6 million yen ~ 10 million yen

    Salary and other terms and conditions of employment are subject to the University's regulations.

    Model Salary
    Tenure-track Assistant Professor (27 years old, starting salary after completion of doctoral course)
    　385,885 yen per month, 6,462,000 yen per year

    Assistant Professor, tenured (age 35)
    　468,699 yen/month, 7,955,000 yen/year

Working hours

  • Associate Professor

    Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:15-13:15

    Holidays : Sundays, Saturdays, National Holidays, December 29 - January 3

    Overtime and other explanations : Based on consent, either a discretionary work system for specialized work (7 hours and 45 minutes per day of deemed work) or a fixed working hour system (including a variable working hour system) will be applied.
    Please note that working hours may vary depending on the affiliation, for example, Institute of Business Sciences and a part of Institute of Human Sciences (in charge of Graduate School for Working Adults).

  • Assistant Professor level

    Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:15-13:15

    Holidays : Sundays, Saturdays, National Holidays, December 29 - January 3

    Overtime and other explanations : Based on consent, either a discretionary work system for specialized work (7 hours and 45 minutes per day of deemed work) or a fixed working hour system (including a variable working hour system) will be applied.
    Please note that working hours and holidays may vary depending on the affiliation, for example, Institute of Business Sciences and a part of Institute of Human Sciences (in charge of Graduate School for Working Adults).

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    Have a doctoral equivalent degree in a related field by the time of appointment.

  • Work experience

    Possess sufficient research skills in their field of specialization.

Employment Type

  • Associate Professor

    Regular employee

  • Assistant Professor level

    Regular employee

Contract period

  • Associate Professor

    Tenured - Non-tenure track

    If you are affiliated with a Institute of Medicine, the tenure-track system may apply to you.

    Probationary period present

    Six months from the date of hire.

  • Assistant Professor level

    Nontenured - Tenure-track

    Five-year tenure (Tenure-track system is applied. If a lecturer takes childcare leave or nursing care leave during the tenure, the tenure-track period can be extended.)
    Exception 1) If you become affiliated with the Institute of Medicine, you may be hired as a tenure-track lecturer.
    Exception 2）If you become affiliated with the Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), you will be hired as an Assistant Professor for a term of 5 years (maximum 10 years with one possible renewal).
    Exception 3) If you belong to Institute of Business Sciences, Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences or Center for Computational Sciences, you may be appointed as a tenured assistant professor.

    Probationary period present

    Six months from the date of hire.

Work location

  • 305-8577 Ibaraki Tsukuba Campus 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba

    The work location for Library, Information and Media Science will be at the Kasuga Aria, and the work location for Institute of Business Sciences and a part of Institute of Human Sciences (in charge of Graduate School for Working Adults) will be at the Tokyo Campus.
    (In principle, there will be no change of work location during the employment period.)

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

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    No smoking on the premises

  • Supplementary explanation of compensation

    The University of Tsukuba is promoting diversity and inclusion under the leadership of the Bureau of Human Empowerment.
    The University provides various supports to increase and retain a diverse workforce, including female researchers and young researchers.

    Examples of support mainly for balancing work and family life
    Research grant (up to 150,000 yen/year) for researchers undergoing life events
    On-campus childcare center (Yurinoki Day-care Center)
    Subsidies for the use of babysitters
    Establishment of on-campus childcare space, rest area, etc.
    Special leave such as leave to care for family members
    Travel expenses for relocation are provided for those who move to a new location upon hiring.
    For details, please visit the website of the Gender Support Team, Bureau of Human Empowerment (https://diversity.tsukuba.ac.jp/life-event).

    Support for young researchers and research activities
    As an adopted institution of the “Strategic Fostering Program for World-Class Researchers,” the University of Tsukuba focuses on supporting the development of researchers, including young researchers.
    The University of Tsukuba provides an environment in which researchers can challenge for various research funds both within and outside the University. You can search for available proposals from RISS (https://ura.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp/riss).　
    Support for obtaining research funds (https://ura.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp)
    Promotion of operational efficiency within the university through Research DX (https://ura.sec.tsukuba.ac.jp/ura/ja/value/dx/)

Application Considerations

  • Others

    If you have interrupted or delayed your research activities in the past due to childbirth, childcare, nursing care, illness, or other reasons, we will consider this in the selection process, so please submit a request form in any format when you submit your application.

Number of hired

    14 person(s)

    Starting date : 2026/04/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    The actual arrival date will be flexible upon consultation with the candidate.

Application period

  • 2025/06/10~2025/07/31 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Application documents (specified forms)

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    1.Curriculum vitae (designated format. Please sign in your own handwriting and submit as a PDF file.)
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission
    2.Research Achievement Record (designated format)
    3.Complete Research Achievement Record (Form optional, reference forms available)

    Other online application forms
    4.Achievement Record in the Areas of Education, Technical Skills, and Practical Work (designated format)
    5.Education and Research Plan and Future Prospects (designated format)
    6.Self-Declaration on Specific Categories (designated format. Please enter your name and date, check the appropriate box on page 1, sign your name in your own handwriting, and submit as a PDF file.)
    7.Consent to Processing and Extraterritorial Transfer of Personal Data under GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation) (designated format. Please date, sign in your own handwriting, and submit as a PDF file.) *To be submitted by European Economic Area or in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland residents only
    8.Affiliation Preference Form (designated format)
    9.PDF files of images of the major papers or works listed in ”2.Research Achievement Record” above
    10.Request Form for Research Interruption Period (optional) *Submitted only if applicable.

    Application documents should be compressed into a single file in ZIP format and the file name should be “(Name)-CV.zip”. (Example: TsukubaTaro-CV.zip)
    If the size of the application exceeds 30 MB, please submit the data in 9. above as a separate file.

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    The initial selection will be based on a document screening process, but we may contact you by e-mail, telephone, or video conference if necessary.
    Final selection will be made through face-to-face or videoconference (Zoom, etc.) interviews.
    Candidates will be contacted by the person in charge of the faculty organization to which they wish to belong.

  • Notification of result

    By October, the first selection will be made and the applicants will be notified of the selection results.
    Final selection will be made by mid-February, and applicants will be notified of acceptance or rejection.

Contact details

University of Tsukuba

Division of Human Resources Development, Department of General Affairs

Women-only public application reception desk

j.kobo2025@un.tsukuba.ac.jp

Notes

1. The University of Tsukuba selects personnel in accordance with the spirit of the “Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society” and the principles and policies of the “University of Tsukuba Basic Principles and Basic Plan for Diversity”.
2. The University of Tsukuba has established “University of Tsukuba Security Export Control Regulations” based on “Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act,” and conduct strict examination when employing foreign nationals, persons from foreign universities, companies, government agencies, etc., or persons who fall under a specific category.

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