Job Information
Organisation/Company: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Research Field:
- Sociology
- Religious sciences
- History
- Language sciences
- Juridical sciences
- Philosophy
- Geography
- Literature
- Management sciences
- Political sciences
- Ethics in social sciences
- Psychological sciences
- Ethics in physical sciences
- Ethics in natural sciences
- Economics
- Criminology
- Communication sciences
- Educational sciences
- Cultural studies
- Anthropology
- Demography
- Arts
- Ethics in health sciences
- Information science
- Technology
- Engineering
- Computer science
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Leading Researcher (R4), Established Researcher (R3)
Application Deadline: 26 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
Country: Japan
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Not Applicable
Hours Per Week: See description
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
We are pleased to announce that the School of Management (SOM) in Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) is recruiting for the Faculty position in Management (Information Systems Programming, AI and Data Science).
Work content and job description
- Language of instruction: Japanese only, English only, or both Japanese and English
- Courses to be taught: AI and Data Science in Business Management
※ You may be assigned to teach graduate-level courses; all such courses are conducted in English.
※ Depending on your knowledge and experience, you may also be assigned to teach courses other than those listed above.
(3) Teaching Load
Professor and Associate Professor: An average of 5 class hours per week throughout the academic year (1 class hour is 100 minutes)
(e.g., 6 class hours per week in the Spring Semester and 4 in the Fall Semester, or 5 class hours per week in each semester)
Assistant Professor: An average of 4 class hours per week throughout the academic year (1 class hour is 100 minutes)
＊ Assigned department
Existing departments
Work location
＊ Address
874-8577 Oita 1-1 Jumonjibaru, Beppu, Oita 874-8577 Japan
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-10-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-10-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation: Starting date: October 1, 2027 or April 1, 2028
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
Leading Researcher (R4)
- Annual salary: 6 million yen - 15 million yen
- Wages description: The estimated annual income for each type of employment is as follows:
(1) Fixed term faculty (tenure track): between ¥7,000,000 and ¥11,000,000
(2) Tenure faculty: between ¥7,000,000 and ¥15,000,000
(3) Specially-appointed faculty: between ¥6,000,000 and ¥9,000,000
For more details, please refer to “Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Terms of Employment (Benefits)” in the recruitment information. - Working hours: 08:45-20:15
- Holidays: (1) Sundays (2) Saturdays or days of the week designated as holidays (3) Days stipulated by law as national holidays (4) Days designated as New Year's holidays (5) Ritsumeikan University Foundation Day (May 19) (6) Other special business holidays approved as necessary
- Overtime and other explanations: Work hours: Hours concerning class hours and preparation among the work hours described above Work days: (1) Class days and makeup class days (2) Exam days (3) Other work days stipulated by the Trust
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Type of employment to be recruited
(1) Fixed-term faculty member (Tenure Track, under age 65 at the time of appointment)
(2) Tenured Faculty member
(3) Specially Appointed Faculty Member
＊The type of employment will depend on teaching and research achievements and work history. - Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: Tenured Faculty member: Tenured
Fixed-term faculty member: Five years
Specially Appointed Faculty member: One Year (Contracts may be renewed up to four times.)
【The Tenure Track System】
Fixed-term faculty members hired under the APU tenure-track system are subject to an internal review of their performance in education, research, and university administration around the third year after their appointment. As a result of the review, if the faculty member meets the review criteria in accordance with university regulations, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement under a new contract.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Recognised Researcher (R2)
- Annual salary: 5 million yen - 7 million yen
- Working hours: 08:45-20:15
- Holidays: (1) Sundays (2) Saturdays or days of the week designated as holidays (3) Days stipulated by law as national holidays (4) Days designated as New Year's holidays (5) Ritsumeikan University Foundation Day (May 19) (6) Other special business holidays approved as necessary
- Overtime and other explanations: Work hours: Hours concerning class hours and preparation among the work hours described above Work days: (1) Class days and makeup class days (2) Exam days (3) Other work days stipulated by the Trust
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Fixed-term faculty member
- Contract period: Nontenured
- Contract period description: Five years
＊Assistant professors will be on non-tenure-track employment at the time of appointment but this may be converted to tenure track. We offer an Assistant Professor position to individuals who have recently obtained or are about to obtain their Doctoral degree with the aim of nurturing new faculty members. Following their appointment as Assistant Professor, an internal review will be conducted. If the faculty member meets the review criteria, they will be promoted to a fixed-term Associate Professor. The tenure-track system applies to such fixed-term Associate Professors, so they will be able to change their position type to a tenure position in accordance with the “The Tenure Track System” below.
【The Tenure Track System】Fixed-term faculty members hired under the tenure-track system are subject to an internal review around the third year after their appointment. If they meet the review criteria, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 5 million yen - 7 million yen
- Working hours: 08:45-20:15
- Holidays: (1) Sundays (2) Saturdays or days of the week designated as holidays (3) Days stipulated by law as national holidays (4) Days designated as New Year's holidays (5) Ritsumeikan University Foundation Day (May 19) (6) Other special business holidays approved as necessary
- Overtime and other explanations: Work hours: Hours concerning class hours and preparation among the work hours described above Work days: (1) Class days and makeup class days (2) Exam days (3) Other work days stipulated by the Trust
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Fixed-term faculty member
- Contract period: Nontenured
- Contract period description: Five years
＊Assistant professors will be on non-tenure-track employment at the time of appointment but this may be converted to tenure track. We offer an Assistant Professor position to individuals who have recently obtained or are about to obtain their Doctoral degree with the aim of nurturing new faculty members. Following their appointment as Assistant Professor, an internal review will be conducted. If the faculty member meets the review criteria, they will be promoted to a fixed-term Associate Professor. The tenure-track system applies to such fixed-term Associate Professors, so they will be able to change their position type to a tenure position in accordance with the “The Tenure Track System” below.
【The Tenure Track System】Fixed-term faculty members hired under the tenure-track system are subject to an internal review around the third year after their appointment. If they meet the review criteria, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 7 million yen - 15 million yen
- Working hours: 08:45-20:15
- Holidays: (1) Sundays (2) Saturdays or days of the week designated as holidays (3) Days stipulated by law as national holidays (4) Days designated as New Year's holidays (5) Ritsumeikan University Foundation Day (May 19) (6) Other special business holidays approved as necessary
- Overtime and other explanations: Work hours: Hours concerning class hours and preparation among the work hours described above Work days: (1) Class days and makeup class days (2) Exam days (3) Other work days stipulated by the Trust
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Type of employment to be recruited
(1) Fixed-term faculty member (Tenure Track, under age 65 at the time of appointment)
(2) Tenured Faculty member
＊The type of employment will depend on teaching and research achievements and work history. - Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: Tenured Faculty member: Tenured
Fixed-term faculty member: Five years
【The Tenure Track System】
Fixed-term faculty members hired under the APU tenure-track system are subject to an internal review of their performance in education, research, and university administration around the third year after their appointment. As a result of the review, if the faculty member meets the review criteria in accordance with university regulations, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement under a new contract.
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Various systems
- Pay increase system: available (For Tenured Faculty member only. Once per year, salary increase in April)
- Bonus: available (Tenured Faculty member and Fixed-term faculty member only. Twice per year, provided in June and December)
- Retirement allowances: available (Tenured Faculty member only)
- Transportation expenses: available (Fixed amount of ¥22,500 per month)
- Retirement age: available (Tenured Faculty member (Professor) and Fixed-term faculty member: 65 years old)
Insurance
- Employees' Health Insurance: available
- Employees' Pension Insurance: available
- Worker's accident insurance: available
- Employment insurance: available
- Others: Nursing insurance provided
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University is a smoke-free campus. There are no smoking areas on campus.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
- Housing allowance, allowance for education and childcare support (excluding specially-appointed faculty members), work duty allowance, overtime allowance, graduate school allowance, allowance for degree review (PhD and Master's), system for off-campus funds application advisory available
- Moving allowance provided (¥500,000 for relocation from overseas, ¥300,000 (*) for relocation from within Japan)
(*) Only for cases in which the distance from the nearest public transportation of the address prior to relocation to the nearest public transportation of the address of relocation is more than 80 km
Additional comments
【Others】
＊ Our university values diversity and welcomes applications from individuals with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Country: Japan
City: Oita
Contact
City: Oita