Tenure Position, Professor in Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
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： Professor： Faculty of Engineering Sciences (FES), Kyushu University： The ideal candidate is expected to have high research activity in opto-electronic devices
including photonic integrated circuits, waveguides, semiconductor lasers, or other related
semiconductor devices toward opto-electronic communication, optical computing, andothers. It is also desired to possess educational skills for fundamental informationtechnologies.
： The successful candidate will be required to lecture at IGSES for graduate students. Inaddition, the successful candidate will be required to lecture at School of Engineering andKIKAN education for undergraduate students. The candidate will also be required tosupervise both Japanese and non-Japanese students in the bachelor, master and doctoral
courses.
： A doctoral degree in any relevant science or engineering fields; a significant contribution
to the candidate’s research field; and firm willingness to education and research support forthe bachelor, master and doctoral students.
： The earliest possible date after the hiring decision.

： Regular full-time, Tenured (FES does not have a fixed-term contract system for facultymembers.), Kyushu University has an age limit system for retirement (age limit forretirement of 65).
Work location ： Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, which is located in Chikushi
Campus: 6-1 Kasugakoen, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan.
Compensation : A) Salary: the annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st April 2020, will beapplied. The annual salary is determined under the university’s pay scale based onexperience.
B) Based on the agreement, the employee is considered to work under the Discretionary
Labor System for professional work (7 hours and 45 minutes per day as deemed
working hours).
Kyushu University allows the employee to engage in their work, while leaving it totheir discretion to decide the means and the allotment of time for performing the work,and regarding them as working for the prescribed number of working hours (7 hoursand 45 minutes).
C) Days off：every Saturday and Sunday, national holidays, and other days as specified(e.g., New Year's holiday).
D) The employee enrolls in：the health insurance, pension insurance, mutual retirement
pension programs of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology, and employment insurance of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
： The following documents (1) – (9) must be prepared in PDF. The URL of the uploading
Application
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(1) Curriculum vitae: a recent photograph, contact information (e-mail, etc.), educational
records, professional records, and qualifications must be included.
(2) URL of the applicant’s page of Google Scholar, total citation number, h-index, andi10-index.
(3) List of works: the applicant’s research activities must be classified into the following
five categories: i) Books; ii) Peer-reviewed first-author or corresponding author
journal papers; iii) Peer-reviewed non-first-author journal papers; iv) Patents; v)
Others. As for ii) and iii), the following information must be shown: all the authors’names listed in the order as printed in the article; article title; journal name; volume;
pages; publication year.
(4) Statement on research experience, achievement and future research plan: no morethan 3 pages of A4 paper in length including figures/tables.
(5) Statement on educational experience, achievement, motivation for the application to11.

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this position and policy for education: no more than 2 pages of A4 paper in length
including figures/tables.
(6) Activities at academic societies and social places: memberships, awards, and othersignificant activities must be listed.
(7) List of grant and funding: JSPS/MEXT KAKENHI and other grants/funds must belisted. Indicate principal or collaborator.
(8) Reprints of up to five representative papers. These representative papers should bemarked in (3) list of works.
(9) Two reference persons: name, title, affiliation, and contact information (phone and email) must be shown.
： All the application documents must be uploaded by 12:00 JST, October 11, 2024.

： (1) Documents review,(2) Onsite or online Interview (only for candidates selected through the documents review
process.) (*) Transportation expenses will not be covered.
： Prof. Kiichi HAMAMOTO
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Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
submission andPhone: +81-92-583-7604
contact address:
Fax: +81-92-583-7898
E-mail: hamamoto.kiichi.616@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Application documents will be received only by online uploading to a designated website.
Before uploading, please send a message to the above e-mail address stating that you wish toapply.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/website/privacypolicy/jobapplicants
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since July 2017.
(7) In line with the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999), Kyushu
University is an equal opportunity employer (http://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp).
(8) Kyushu University is an equal opportunity employer and follows the principle of theAct on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of1960, revised in 2013) and Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Personswith Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
(9) The newly employed faculty members must give their courses in English for at least
five years.
(10) If the applicant is not a native Japanese speaker, daily communication skills inJapanese (including paperwork) are required.
(11) If you have been disciplined in the past for sexual violence, including sexualharassment, against students, please be sure to enter the nature of the disciplinary
action and the specific reasons for it in your resume or other documents. False
statements may result in cancellation of employment or disciplinary action.
(12) Smoking including electronic cigarettes is strictly prohibited in all Kyushu University
campuses.
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