Recruitment of One Position for Professor or Associate Professor[Fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development, The IDEC Institute]

23 Jan 2026
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Hiroshima University

Research Field

Engineering
Technology
Architecture

Researcher Profile

Leading Researcher (R4)
Established Researcher (R3)

Application Deadline

10 Apr 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)

Country

Japan

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

See description

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Professor with tenure; Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor on Tenure Track System in the fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development.
The post above enable the promotion of the applicant to the position of Associate Professor with tenure on the condition that he/she passes the tenure-track review before the tenure-track period expires. Such a system assumes that the recruited person will settle down in one place so that he/she can dedicate himself/herself to research and education in accordance with his/her proposed research.
When processing an application for recruitment, we evaluate not only each applicant’s performance on research/education, but also the contents and the scope of his/her research plan. Thus, we assess whether or not the applicant’s research plan is mid-to-long term (i.e. about 10 years) in scope, exceeding the tenure-track period. At the time of the review for the tenured promotion, we comprehensively evaluate the applicant’s achievements during his/her term at HU and the future prospect of his/her research.
By assigning a mentor to each newly-recruited faculty member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment where such faculty member can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In case the recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her term of employment for up to one year as a specially appointed faculty member. The special appointment starts on the day following the end date of the existing employment contract for the tenure-track position.
We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles, long-term vision and medium-term target of HU, and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo

[Work content and job description]
teaching and/or research activities

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
739-8529 Hiroshima 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima The IDEC Institute, Hiroshima University

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Number of hired description:Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Professor with tenure or Associate Professor with tenure or Associate Professor on Tenure Track System
Hiring date:2026-10-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2026-10-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation:Commencing date of employment
October 1st, 2026

Field of specialization
Fields of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Transdisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development

Teaching responsibilities
The following courses are scheduled to be taught.:
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Toward Construction of Safe Social Environment, etc.
(2)Graduate level (master’s programs): Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering for Sustainable Development (new), Environmental Management, International Environmental Cooperation Studies, etc.
(3)Graduate level (doctoral programs): Special Study of Advanced Science and Engineering Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.
Note: The faculty hired for this position will be affiliated with the IDEC Institute, but will also be in charge of the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program).

Where to apply

Website

https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126011055&ln_jor=1

Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits

[Compensation]
* Leading Researcher (R4)
Annual salary:7 million yen
Wages description:※The estimated annual income assumes a standard career, so it will vary depending on educational background, degree, work history, etc.

(1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations:If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Tenured
Contract period description:Depending on the result of the performance reviews of the applicant at the time of employment, he/she may be decided on any of the following titles: Professor with tenure or Associate Professor with tenure or Associate Professor on Tenure Track System.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 6 months

* Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary:6 million yen
Wages description:※The estimated annual income assumes a standard career, so it will vary depending on educational background, degree, work history, etc.

(1)The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
(2)Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.

※Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations:If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day.
Employment type:Regular employee
Employment type description:Full-time
Contract period:Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description:7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)

(1) Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to associate professor.
(2) Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing process: an intermediate and final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
(3) If a candidate has taken a leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to certain period according to the length of such leave.
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Trial period 6 months

[Various systems]

[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]
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Evaluation
We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.

Additional comments

Miscellaneous
(1)Probationary employment period: six (6) months
(2)Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare. Application documents of applicants whom we have decided not to employ will be discarded to those applicants in an appropriate manner, after the completion of relevant selection processes.
(3)The retirement age is 65 years old.
(4)All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
(5)Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.
(6)For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
(7)HU provides other employment information (research job, desk job and etc.).
If your spouse wishes to work for HU, please refer to the following URL link.
employment information: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/
(8)Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.

・On July 30, 2025, the Research field【subcategory】was revised.
・On September 2, 2025, the Job content supplemental explanation was revised.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Hiroshima University

Country

Japan

City

Hiroshima

Geofield

Contact

City

Hiroshima

STATUS: EXPIRED

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