Open Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor(Research Fields: Data Science related to Economics)
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi Campus, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo(About a 10-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Kunitachi Station)
Place of Work

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Job title# of Positions
SalaryTenure-track Assistant Professor or Tenured Associate Professor
1
Annual salary will be determined based on the University’s salary regulations and its evaluation on
applicant’s performance.
An example of annual salary:[Associate Professor] JPY 6,000,000～[Assistant Professor] JPY 5,000,000～*This is an example in the regulations and the exact amount will be determined based on theUniversity’s evaluation on applicant’s performance.

Starting date

April 1,2025 or later[Associate Professor] Tenured - Non-tenure track[Assistant Professor] In the case of a tenure-track assistant professor, the term of the initial contractEmployment

for a tenure-track assistant professor is five years. The initial contract can be renewed once for twoTermadditional years, depending on academic performance. The tenure decision will be made within thoseseven years. The initial appointment can be as a tenured associate professor if the candidate alreadyhas strong academic records.

Probation

6 months

PeriodThe Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a tenure-track
assistant professor position or a tenured associate professor position beginning in April 2025 or later.
We welcome applicants who can give a lecture on measure theoretic probability theory at graduate
school and statistics at undergraduate and graduate school, and those from a wide range of subjects
with backgrounds in fields of data science related to economics, including econometrics, financial
econometrics, mathematical finance, machine learning, AI, probability theory, and statistics.
Job1)

Teaching courses: A successful candidate will teach such as “Probability Theory I and II” (2credits, each) and “Advanced Statistics I and II” (2 credits, each) in the graduate level, andDescription“Statistics I and II” (2 credits, each) in the undergraduate level.
2)

Teaching load: A successful candidate for an assistant professor will teach 4 courses (8 credits)
per academic year. In principle, he/she will not teach “seminars.” A successful candidate for anassociate professor will teach 3 courses (6 credits) per academic year in addition toundergraduate and graduate “seminars.”

3)

Administrative duties: A successful candidate will be required to share administrative duties,

1)

Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. or complete it within three months after the time

including those related to entrance examinations.
Qualifications(requiredof appointment.

skills,2)

It is desirable for a successful candidate to give lectures in Japanese and English.

experiences,3)

A successful candidate must have enough Japanese proficiency for administrative duties.

etc.)- Workhours are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per weekday / 38 hours and 45 minutes per week,
Work Hoursin accordance with the Discretionary Work System for Professional Work.
- Work days are 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.

Days offLeave

Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year days off; Other days as
designated by the president of the university.
Annual paid leave of 20 days per calendar year (January 1 to December 31), but 15 days in 2025
(April 1 to December 31)
Other paid leave: childcare leave, nursing care leave, maternity leave, bereavement leave, etc.

Unpaid leave: sick leave, etc.
SocialInsurances
Selection

Enrollment in Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employees’
Pension and Health Insurance(1) First stage: Document screening.
(2) Second stage: Seminar presentation and interview, which may take place on-line. In case of thein-person presentation and interview, applicants’ travel expenses and hotel stay for interviews will
not be reimbursed.
Please send the application packet as a single pdf file to econ_stat2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp with theHow tosubject line “Application for a position in economic statistics division.” The letters ofSubmit anrecommendation should be directly sent to econ_stat2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp from referees.

Application*Please note that we will not return the applicant’s application documents. These documents will
be used only to select a qualified candidate.
(1) A cover letter indicating the rank of the position they apply for ([I] a tenure-track assistantprofessor, or [II] a tenured associate professor)(2) Curriculum vitae and a list of academic works (please specify peer-reviewed publications)(3) At least two letters of recommendation (in English or Japanese) from referees familiar with theapplicant’s academic skills or teaching experience. For the candidate before receiving a Ph.D. degree,Application

the supervisor or someone equivalent should write in the letter about the status of the Ph.D. thesis

Documents

and whether the candidate will complete the Ph.D. within three months after the time ofappointment.
(4) Certificate of Ph.D. degree (if received). Transcript in the doctoral course if the candidate did notreceive a Ph.D. degree.
(5) Research papers (at least one job market paper and at most three papers for applicants for anassistant professor, and at least three papers for applicants for an associate professor)

Application

The application must arrive no later than 17:00 on Friday, August 30, 2024.

Deadline
Notification of

Only qualified candidates will be contacted via e-mail or phone to arrange an interview by September

results

30, 2024.

Interview

By September 2024 (The date is negotiable. )Date
Policy ofreturning theApplication documents will not be returned. After an application has been processed, all submitted
documents will be disposed of immediately in an appropriate manner.

documents
Point ofE-mail: econ_stat2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp

contact

Please contact us only by e-mail. When sending e-amil, please use the headline “Inquiry: Position in(Postal

Economic Statistics division.”address)
・The English job titles “Assistant Professor” and “Associate Professor” correspond to the Japanese“Koshi” and “Junkyoju”, respectively.
・ Acting on the objectives of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society, we welcome applications fromfemale scholars and students.
・ Personal information obtained from application documents is used solely for the purpose of
conducting statistical surveys and operations related to recruitment and post-employment
personnel / salary / welfare, health management, labor, hygiene, employment / retirement, oncampus system and facility usage management and will not be used nor provided to a third party
Notes

for any purpose other than these purposes. However, if it is necessary to achieve these purposes,
we may outsource the handling of the information to an external organization that has concluded
a confidentiality agreement with the university.
・Smoking is prohibited on the campus except for designated smoking areas.
・Applicants will be responsible for transportation costs to the interview site.
・Hitotsubashi University is an equal opportunity employer in the spirit of the Basic Act for GenderEqual Society.
・Although the University does not have staff housing, it may be possible to use staff housing atpartner universities.