Application Guidelines for Assistant Professor Position
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences（Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery）,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1

Position

Assistant Professor

2

Number of Positions

One

3

Starting Date

August 1, 2021(planned)4Term of Employment

5 years. The appointment may be renewed once only for 5 years or less.

5Work location

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

6

Affiliation

Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1)Research Area: Veterinary Surgery
2)Educational subjects to be in charge(Undergraduate Education) Veterinary general and operative surgery, Veterinary Soft Tissue

7Job Details

Surgery, Practice in Basic Veterinary Medicine II, Practice in Basic Veterinary Medicine III, Practicein Small Animal Surgery, Internship in Comprehensive Veterinary Medicine(Graduate Education) Special Lecture in Clinical Veterinary Science, Special Seminar in Clinical
Veterinary Science, Special Practice in Clinical Veterinary Science, Topics in Veterinary Science3)Medical services at the Veterinary Medical Center (Surgery)

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
to 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), 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)Veterinary License in Japan
3)Have excellent research achievements and be able to actively provide educational guidance to12 Required Qualifications

students.
4)Being able to promote research in veterinary surgery5)Being able to take charge of the above 7 lectures / exercises.
6)Have more than 5 years of clinical experience and be able to perform surgery at the Veterinary
Medical Center of the University of Tokyo.
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 (dissertation, original article, review, book, award, etc.)3)Up to 2 reprints of major papers (copy is available)4)List of educational achievements (classes in charge, part-time lecturers, number of supervising
students / graduate students / research students, etc.)
5) List of social contributions (society activities, number of lectures at conferences, committee

13 Application documentsactivities, etc.)
6)Outline of research so far (up to 2000 characters)7)Research policy after taking office (up to 1000 characters)8)Educational policy after taking office (about 1000 characters for undergraduate and graduateeducation)9)Aspirations and policy of clinical treatment after taking office (about 1000 characters)10)Names, job titles and contact information of those who can evaluate their own research /education background (2 people)

14 Application Deadline

All documents must be received on or before （Thursday, May 27,2021）.
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

horimasa[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（please replace [at] with @) with the subject line "Application
documents". 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 Veterinary Medical Sciences, Head of the Department Masatoshi Hori
（堀正敏）

TEL: +81(0)3-5841-5417
E-mail: horimasa[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

19 Additional Informationand the recruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from female
researchers.
We'll take your English language skills into account.