Application Guidelines for Professor Position
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology（Laboratory of Horticultural Science）,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Professor

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Number of Positions

One3

Starting Date

April 1, 2024 or the earliest possible date thereafter4

Term of Employment

Non fixed-term

5Work location

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）

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Affiliation

Laboratory of Horticultural Science, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1)Research Field: Horticultural Science2)We are seeking candidates who can play a central role in promoting horticultural sciences in thegraduate school. Although there are no restrictions on research themes, we welcome individuals whocan take the lead in conducting agricultural and plant sciences using vegetables, orchards or flowering
plants, with a broad perspective that is not bound by trends.
3)Lectures, Experiments, and Exercises:(Undergraduate) Crop biology, Horticultural Science I, Horticultural Science II, Basic Experiments

7Job Details

in Applied Biology I & II, Experiments in Applied Biology, Research Exercises in Applied Biology,
Basic Field Agronomy Training, Applied Field Agronomy Training, Graduation Thesis(Graduate school) Advanced Horticultural Science, Special Lectures on Production andEnvironmental Biology, Special Experiments in Basic Biology I & II, Exercises in Basic Biology I &II, Special Experiments in Production and Environmental Biology, Special Exercises in Productionand Environmental Biology
English Lectures: Fundamentals of Bioresources and Biotechnology, Introduction to the Agriculturaland Environmental Biology

8Working Hours

9Days Off

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 29to January 3 of the following year).
Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. intoaccount.

10 Salary

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

11 Insurance

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., an equivalent qualification, or evidence that either will be obtained by the starting date.
2)Have outstanding research achievements in horticultural sciences and plant sciences using
vegetables, orchards or flowering plants.

12 Required Qualifications3)Those who can teach a course in horticultural sciences about vegetables, orchards or floweringplants.
4)Those who can actively participate in the organizational management of the graduate school andthe department, and promote education and research in cooperation with faculty members in diverse
research fields.
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)Research achievements (dissertations, original papers, books, reviews, patents, etc.)
3)Educational achievements (subjects to be taught, part-time lecturers, etc.)
4)Social contributions (academic society activities, committee activities, etc.)5)Up to 5 reprints of major papers (photocopies acceptable)
6)Objective evaluation of major papers (Google Sclolar, newspaper articles, English introduction
articles, altmetrics, etc.)

13 Application documents

7)Status of competitive funding (for the past 5 years)
8)Summary of research to date (about 2,000 words)
9)Future research plans and ambitions (about 2,000 words)
10)Educational plans and aspirations (about 2,000 characters)11)Names, job titles, and contact information for two persons who can evaluate your research andeducational background12)Please send a single PDF file (all in one file with a password set) via e-mail. The method ofpassword communication is left to the discretion of the applicant.
All documents must be received on or before （Monday, December 11,2023）.

14 Application Deadline

After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed (In somecases, interviews will be done twice).
Application documents should be submitted as email attachments in pdf format with the subject line

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Application method"Professor Application documents". If there is anything unclear, please contact the above e-mailaddress before sending the documents.

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
16 Contact Information

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology（Susumu KATSUMA）
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-8994
E-mail: skatsuma[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（Please replace [at] with @.）17 Probation Period

There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.

18 Employer

The University of Tokyo
Please note that application documents will not be returned.
Personal information obtained through this application process will be used only for the screening
and the recruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from femaleresearchers.
Status of measures to prevent second-hand smoke: No smoking on the premises (There is a smoking

19 Additional Information

area outdoors)
During the period of employment, sharing controlled technology to you may be prohibited by
FEFTA and it may become difficult to achieve your job as a faculty or a staff member of theUniversity if you are under the control of a foreign government, corporation or university bycontract, or under the control of a foreign government by economic interests. In such a case, youneed to keep the contract or interests within the range that does not incur such restrictions.