Application Guidelines for Associate Professsor Position
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (Laboratory of Water Environmental Engineering),
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1

Position

Associate Professor

2

Number of Positions

One

3

Starting Date

November 1, 2022 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）

6

Affiliation

Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Water Environmental
Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1) Research Area: Water Environmental Engineering, Research on water and material cycles in rural
areas and on hydraulic design, operation and maintenance of irrigation and drainage systems.
2) Undergraduate Subjects: Hydraulics, Hydraulics Exercises, Irrigation and Drainage Engineering,
Hydrology, Irrigation and Drainage Facilities Engineering, Flow Science, Applied Analysis and7Job Details

Exercises I/II, Biological/Environmental Engineering Experiments I, Biological/Environmental
Engineering Training, Graduation Thesis, etc.
3) Graduate Subjects: Special Lecture on Hydraulics, Special Lecture on Irrigation and Drainage
Engineering, Biological/Environmental Engineering Experiments/Training, Biological/Environmental
Engineering Exercises, Biological/Environmental Engineering Special Experiments/Training,
Biological/Environmental Engineering Special Research I/II.

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 29 toJanuary 3 of the following year).
Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. intoaccount. Wage Raise System: Yes

10 Salary

Examples: Doctor / from JPY 340,000
Various Allowances: Bonus (twice a year), Commuting Allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000), and

11 Insurance

other 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., an equivalent qualification, or evidence that either will be obtained by the starting date.
2) Those who have excellent research achievements in the above research areas and are expected todevelop original and high-level research in the future.

12 Required Qualifications

3) Those who can lead the field of study and actively provide education and research guidance tostudents.
4) Those who can take charge of the above research areas and lectures/exercises/experiments.
5) Those who have ability and enthusiasm to actively develop educational and research activities froman international perspective and social collaboration with industry, government, etc.
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 publications3) Up to 5 reprints of major papers

13 Application Documents4) Educational achievements5) Acquisition of competitive funds (for the past 5 years)6) Social contribution (society activities, committee activities, etc.)
7) Self-evaluation of research so far, future research policy and aspirations (about 1200 words)
8) Education policy for undergraduate and graduate students (about 1200 words)

14 Application Deadline

All documents must be received on or before (Monday, August 1, 2022).
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.

Application documents should be submitted as email attachments in pdf format and sent to15 Application Method

agyoshi[at]mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (please replace [at] with @) with the subject line "Applicationdocuments". If the total file size of the documents exceeds a 3 MB file attachment limit, send thedocuments in separate emails so that the attachment size for each email does not exceed 3MB.
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 Biological and Environmental Engineering (YOSHIDA Shuichiro)
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-5344
E-mail: agyoshi[at]mail.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 andthe recruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from female

19 Additional Information

researchers.
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 the University if you
are under the control of a foreign government, corporation or university by contract, or under thecontrol of a foreign government by economic interests. In such a case, you need to keep the contract
or interests within the range that does not incur such restrictions.
We'll take your Japanese and English skills into account.