Job opening for Lecturer or Associate professor（Non-tenured)
Sept. 1/2024
Institution: Kyoto University
School: Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
URL of School: http://www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
Institution type: National university
Content of job information:
The Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan has one
lecturer or associate professor position starting from April 1, 2025. Kyoto University is one of the top universities in Japan.
1. Aﬃliation:
Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Advanced Mathematical Sciences
2. Job details:· Education for the Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, in particular, teaching courses on mathematics in English (4 classes per year. 1 class means 90
minutes of lecture per week.) For the details, see Page 5 ofhttps://www.z.k.kyoto-u.ac.jp/download/introduction/syllabus.pdf?1723689204· Education for the Graduate School of Informatics (1 class per year. ).
· Supervising graduate students in the Graduate School of Informatics
3. Field of Specialization in Education:
Mathematics, for example, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Diﬀerential Equations,
Complex Analysis, Non-linear Analysis, Probability and Statistics etc.
4. Location of an working oﬃce:
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
If the university allows or orders you to work from home or elsewhere, the above
mentioned place may be changed accordingly.
5. Starting date:
April 1, 2025
Research ﬁeld;Mathematics, in particular, Probability Theory, Stochastic Analysis, Geometric Analysis, Mathematics on Fractals, and Partial DiﬀerentialEquations
Job type: Non-tenured Lecturer or Associate professor
Employment status: 3-year ﬁxed term contract (with the possibility of 2year extension) Whether the extension will be applied or not is determined inaccordance with the related regulations of the university and the graduate schoolof informatics.
Qualiﬁcations:
The successful candidate should have the following items:
1. Ph.D. degree.
2. An outstanding record in his/her research in the Research ﬁeld above.
3. Ability to teach courses in English on mathematics at the undergraduate levelin liberal arts education, and to teach some courses in English at the Graduate1

School of Informatics.
4. Ability to supervise graduate students.
5. Following the Mission Statement of Kyoto University.
6. High-level (native-like) proﬁciency in English,
7. Understanding of Japanese culture.
Treatment:· Working conditions: Working hours: 38 hours 45 minutes per week under
the discretionary work system for specialized work, or if you will not agree
to using the discretionary work system, the employee works from 8:30AM to
5:15PM with one hour break (12:00-13:00). ※ Overtime may be required whennecessary.
Days oﬀ: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays,and Foundation Day.
· Salary: Annual salary based on qualiﬁcations and experience is determinedby the existing employment regulations of Kyoto University· Allowance: No allowance for commuting expenses, housing expenses, bonuses,etc. is provided.
· Social insurance: Eligible for MEXT* mutual aid association membership,employment insurance, and workers’ compensation*Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Deadline of Application: October 11, 2024, 24:00(Japan Standard Time), nodelay is allowed under any circumstances.
Application method:
Applicants should prepare the following items:(i) CV(ii) List of publications and talks;(iii) Summaries of 2 major publications and their copies;(iv) One letter of recommendation, which must be sealed separately by therecommender, or the recommender can send a letter directly to the contact
address below.
(v) Statement of research and education plans (less than three pages), whichmust include synopses of liberal art courses on Mathematics.
Make a zip ﬁle containing all the necessary documents in pdf ﬁles except aletter of recommendation and send the zip ﬁle to the e-mail address given in thecontact address below. Or hard copies of all the documents should be sent by
post to the contact address shown below. Preferably, these documents except aletter of recommendation are sent as pdf ﬁles to the contact address as well.
Selection process
Screening by document review followed by possible interviews. A successful
candidate in the ﬁrst screening process will be informed in detail about aninterview.
Contact Address
Prof. Jun KIGAMI
Graduate School of Informatics,
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Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Phone: +81-75-753-3382
e-mail: kigami@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Notes
After receiving the submitted documents, a notiﬁcation of receipt will be sentby e-mail within a few days.
Please note that the documents submitted are not returnable.
Personal information provided in an application will not be used for any purpose
other than screening for employment.
The selection result will be sent by e-mail.
The university is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages applications
from female and handicapped candidates.
At Kyoto University, smoking indoors is prohibited, and smoking outdoors isprohibited except for designated smoking areas to prevent secondhand smoke.

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