Application Guidelines for Associate Professor Position
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences (Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology)
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1 Position
2 Number of Positions
3 Starting Date

Associate Professor
OneNovember 1, 2024 or later

4 Term of Employment

Non fixed-term

5 Work location

6 Affiliation

7 Job Details

8 Working Hours
9 Days Off

10 Salary

11 Insurance

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）
Scope of change: The University will assign the faculty member to work at a designated location. (Inprinciple, the faculty member will not be reassigned or transferred against his/her will. For details,
please refer to Article 4 of the Regulations Concerning the Employment of University of Tokyo
Faculty Members.)
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The
University of Tokyo
1) Research fields : Plant Biotechnology
2) Teaching responsibilities:(Graduate school ) Seminar in Plant Biotechnology, Research in Global Bio-Environmental Studies,
Advanced Seminar in Plant Biotechnology, Advanced Research in Global Bio-EnvironmentalStudies, Plant Molecular Physiology / IPADS Plant Molecular Physiology, Plant Biotechnology /IPADS Plant Biotechnology, Advanced Global Agricultural Science I / IPADS DevelopmentStudies, Overseas Safety and Risk Management, Seminar for Global Agriculture and Culture,
Practices in Global Agriculture and Culture.
(Undergraduate school) Biochemistry for Environmental study, Experiments and Practice of Global
Agricultural Development I, Experiments and Practice of Global Agricultural Development II,Graduation Thesis, Overseas Training. In addition, the lecturer will be requested to teach additionalcourses of College of Arts and Sciences.
Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day
Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29
to January 3 of the following year).
Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. intoaccount. Wage Raise System: Yes
Examples: Doctor / from JPY 340,000
Various Allowances:Bonus (twice a year), Commuting Allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000), andother allowances decided by the University
Appointees will be enrolled in the Mutual Aid Association of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,Science, and Technology as well as employment insurance.
1) Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences or related research area
2) Excellent record of researches in the area of the plant biotechnology

3) Ability to initiate, promote, and contribute to research and educational activities at the University.
Ability to collaborate with Japanese and non-Japanese institutes and to conduct research and12 Required Qualifications educational activities in Japan and non-Japanese countries/areas.
4) Ability to give lectures in Japanese and in English when teaching the above subjects (shown insection 7 above) .

13 Application documents

5) Ability to communicate using Japanese language with faculty and other members of theUniversity.
1) Curriculum vitae (Please use The University of Tokyo Standard Resume Form, downloadablefrom the following link: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html)
2) List of academic publications (thesis, books, peer-reviewed research papers, review paper.)3) List of teaching experiences (names and years of the courses previously taught)
4) List of academic services (activities in academic societies, committee member, journal editor.)5) List of international research/educational activities (period, country, activities.)
6) Reprints or photocopies of up to three major research publications.
7) Summary of applicant's previous research and educational activities (around 1000 words inEnglish)8) Applicant's future research plans (around 1000 words in English)9) Applicant's future education plan for students (around 500 words in English)10) Name and contact information (affiliation, occupation, postal address, email address, and phonenumber) of two academic referees. We would contact your referees as necessary.

14 Application Deadline

15Application method

16 Contact Information

17 Probation Period
18 Employer

19 Additional Information

July 31, 2024 (Wednesday) (The application documents must be received by the University no later
than this date.)
After the screening process of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.
The cost of the trip to attend the interview in Tokyo shall be covered by the applicant.
Application documents shall be submitted to the University by email (email address is provided
below). All documents shall be combined as a single pdf file. The documents shall be protected by apassword. The password shall be sent to the same email address below using a separate emailtransmission from the applicant.
Email address: yagi[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (replace [at] with @ when sending actual emal)
Professor Nobuyuki Yagi
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANTEL: +81(0)3-5841-5599
There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.
The University of Tokyo
1) The application documents will not be returned to the applicants.
2) Personal information received through this application process will be only used for the purposeof selecting candidates (not be used for any other purposes).
3) Smoking is strictly prohibited on the University premise except for a limited number of designatedsmoking plots located outside of buildings.
4) At the time of employment, any persons who are under contract with any foreign government orforeign institutions, or any persons who are receiving money or any other benefits from any foreign
government or foreign institutions, can be subject to the restrictions provided by Japanese laws
including Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act that regulates sharing of certain technologies
with foreign entities. As a result, such persons may have difficulty in fulfilling University job duties
that involves research activities relating to certain technologies. If this case happens, such contracts
and benefits shall be modified to the extent that they do not interfere with the University job duties.
5) The University of Tokyo is committed to enhancing the diversity and equality of its employees.
We encourage applications from female candidates.
6) The Japanese version this position announcement shall be regarded as the original document. This
English translation was created as a reference purpose to assist non-Japanese applicants to better
understand the contents of the original document written in Japanese.