Application Guidelines for Associate Professor Position (Women only)
Department of Animal Resource Sciences (Laboratory of Molecular Immunology),
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Associate Professor

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Number of Positions

One

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Starting Date

June 1, 2023 or the earliest possible date thereafter4

Term of Employment

Non fixed-term

5Work location

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Affiliation

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（The University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）
Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Animal Resource Sciences
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1) Area of research: Applied Immunology in Applied Animal Science2) Scheduled lectures, practical training, and seminar courses:(College of Arts and Sciences) First-Year Seminar for Natural Sciences Students, Applied Animal
Science I(Undergraduate) Animal Physiology, Applied Immunology, Zoonosis, Basics of Animal Life Sciences,Animal Life Sciences I/II, Parasitology, Practice in animal life sciences, Seminar in animal life7Job Details

sciences, Practice in animal morphology, Practice in Virology and Immunology, Practice inParasitology, Graduation Thesis(Graduate School) Interaction between the External World and the Living Body, Molecular pathology,
Current biology of animal resource sciences (English), Frontier of Animal Resource Sciences, Special
Lecture in Biophylaxis Veterinary Science, Seminars in Animal Resource Science, Research in Animal
Resource Science, Seminar of animal resource sciences, Practice of animal resource sciences, Special
Seminar in Biophylaxis Veterinary Science, Special Practice in Biophylaxis Veterinary Science,

8Working Hours

9Days Off

Master's thesis guidance, Doctoral thesis guidance
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.

10 Salary

Wage Increase 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)Doctoral degree holders (or those who are expected to obtain one by the date of employment)2)Excellent research achievements and ability to actively provide educational guidance to students.
3)To be able to promote research in communicable/infectious diseases from a broad perspective and12 Required Qualifications

develop it internationally.
4)The applicant should be able to teach the lectures, practical training, and exercises listed in 2) of 7above.
5)The applicant must be able to actively understand the direction of the graduate school and thedepartment, be able to take charge of various tasks as well as academic affairs, and contribute tosociety through education and research activities.
6)Must be female1)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, books, original papers, reviews, etc.) (underline the applicant'sname)3)Educational achievements (lectures, research guidance, etc.)4)Contributions to society (academic society activities, committee activities, etc.)

13 Application documents5)Acquisition situation of competitive funds6)Up to 5 reprints (photocopies acceptable) of major papers
7)Summary of previous research (about 2,000 words)
8)Research policy after arrival (about 2,000words)

9)Education and research guidance policy for undergraduate and graduate students (about 2,000words)
10)Names, job titles, and contact information for two persons who can evaluate the applicant's

14 Application Deadline

research and educational background. (Address, phone number, email address, etc.)
All documents must be received on or before （March 6, 2023）.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Department of Animal Resource Sciences
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-1310（TAKAHASHI Shin-ichiro）

E-mail: atkshin[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（Please replace [at] with @.）①Please send one copy of each of the documents listed in 1) through 10) above in paper form using a
15 Contact Information

method that can be traced, i.e. recorded delivery, with the words "Application for Associate Professor"
written in red on the envelope.
②At the same time, save the documents listed in 13 1) through 10) above, in this order, in a single
PDF file, with a password, and upload it tohttps://davm01.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/public/gR-8QAVIXs4A7IAB9oyF2Qyejy96zZq-ilZ0wkfqtcwp. Please
send the password to the e-mail address above in this section with the subject line "Password for

16 Probation Period

documents to be submitted".
There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.

17 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, and in accordance with the provisions of Article 8of the "Equal Employment Opportunity Law" (special provisions regarding measures for femaleworkers), this open recruitment is limited to female applicants as a measure to proactively improve the18 Additional Information

current situation where the percentage of female faculty members is considerably low.
Status of measures to prevent second-hand smoke: No smoking on the premises (There is a smoking
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 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.