engineering, agriculture, and more. In education, we contribute to the development of semiconductor and DX (Digital Transformation) professionals in response to societal needs, and also promote data science education across the entire university.
Work content and job description
Field of Expertise: Informatics
Teaching Responsibilities:
English education in the School of Informatics (courses like 'Practical English'), and undergraduate, graduate, and general education subjects concerning data science fundamentals and applications
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location
Address:
860-8555 Kumamoto 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto
Immediately after employment: Kurokami South Campus, Kumamoto University
Subject to change: Specified by Kumamoto University
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01
Starting date: 2027-04-01
Job content supplemental explanation: A start date on or after April 1st, 2027, as soon as practicable. (Negotiable)
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
Annual salary: 5 million yen
Wages description:
- Associate Professor — starting from approximately ¥6.5 million per year.
- Assistant Professor — starting from approximately ¥5.3 million per year.
Salary is determined in accordance with the Kumamoto University Regulations on Salary for Employees Subject to the Annual Salary System (2nd category). Salary is determined with consideration of factors such as educational background and work history, and therefore may vary. Salary may vary due to amendments to the regulations, etc.
Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:00-13:00
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description: Term of Appointment. The initial appointment is for a five-year term. (An interim evaluation will be conducted approximately three years after employment, and a tenure review will be conducted approximately four years after employment.) Upon successfully passing the tenure review (which generally concludes approximately four years and three months after employment), the successful candidate will be appointed as an Assistant Professor (permanent position) at the Research and Education Institute for Semiconductors and Informatics.
Evaluation criteria:
- Research Activities and Achievements
- Research Grant Acquisition Record
- Educational Activities (including academic advising activities)
- Academic and Societal Contributions (concurrent positions, professional society activities, editorial work for academic journals, various committee work, etc.)
- Other Relevant Achievements deemed appropriate for evaluation
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: Six months
Various systems
- Pay increase system: Yes
- Bonus: Yes
- Retirement allowances: Yes
- Transportation expenses: Yes
- Retirement age: Yes
Insurance
- Employees' Health Insurance: Yes
- Employees' Pension Insurance: Yes
- Worker's accident insurance: Yes
- Employment insurance: Yes
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Smoking is prohibited on all areas of the premises, effective July 1, 2019.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
- Content
Immediately after employment: Engaged in work as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor.
Subject to change: Specified by Kumamoto University
- Probationary Period
Six months
- Work Location
Immediately after employment: Kurokami South Campus, Kumamoto University
Subject to change: Specified by Kumamoto University
- Work Hours
Discretionary labor systems for professional work based on consent. Working hours will be left to the discretion of the employee, with working hours per day deemed 7 hours and 45 minutes.
- Overtime
Overtime, late-night, or holiday work may be required
- Wages, etc.
As set forth in the Kumamoto University Regulations on Salary for Employees Subject to the Annual Salary System (2nd category)
- Social Insurance
Health insurance from the Mutual Aid Association of MEXT, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance
- Employer
National University Corporation Kumamoto University.
Research Funding and Environment, etc.
- An annual research fund of 1,000,000 JPY will be provided for five years, starting from the year of Employment.
- A research laboratory and experimental facilities will be provided. A professor from the Research and Education Institute for Semiconductors and Informatics will serve as your mentor to offer research support and guidance.
Additional comments
Personal information contained in the application documents will be handled in accordance with Kumamoto University's regulations and used solely for the purpose of this personnel selection process, and will not be used for any other purposes. Please note that application documents and submitted materials will not be returned.
Kumamoto University promotes diversity. For more information about Kumamoto University's child-rearing support and gender equality initiatives, please visit the university website.
When evaluating performance, we ensure that applicants are not at a disadvantage with respect to maternity leave, childcare/nursing care leave, or reduced working hours for childcare/nursing care.
Based on the provisions of Article 8 (Special Provisions of Measures Pertaining to Women Workers) of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment, recruitment will be conducted exclusively for female applicants to proactively improve the current situation in which the proportion of female faculty members remains low.
At Kumamoto University, a dedicated system allows a portion of the direct costs obtained through competitive research funds and collaborative research with the private sector to be allocated for salary enhancements for principal investigators (up to a maximum of 8 million yen per year in the case of Associate Professors, and 6.5 million yen per year in the case of Assistant Professors), as discretionary research funds, or converted into funding to employ early-career researchers.
The English version is a translation of the original in Japanese for information purposes only. In case of a discrepancy, the Japanese original will prevail.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: Kumamoto University
- Country: Japan
- City: Kumamoto
