Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Chiba University
- Research Field: Engineering, Physics, Technology, Chemistry
- Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)
- Application Deadline: 18 Sep 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 a EU programme
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
One assistant professor will be recruited to conduct research and educational activities in the Polymer Chemistry Field of the Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology. https://chem.tf.chiba-u.jp/
Work content and job description
Research activities in the specialized fields listed below, as well as educational duties in the Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Polymer Chemistry Field. In addition, administrative and management duties within the Graduate School of Engineering and the university.
Teaching Responsibilities
- Undergraduate level: Laboratory work, Seminar I, Seminar II, Graduation research, etc.
- Graduate level: Special Research I, Special Seminar I, Special Lecture on Advanced Science and Engineering, etc.
Assigned department
Existing departments
Work location
Address: 263-8522 Chiba 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba
Number of hired
- Number of hired: 1 person(s)
- Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Job content supplemental explanation:
Research Fields
Research fields based on polymer chemistry, colloid chemistry, organic chemistry, and biofunctional chemistry, with keywords including polymer materials, colloidal materials, functional materials, and molecular assemblies.
Desired Qualifications
- Candidates who have a strong ambition and motivation to become internationally active researchers and leading scientists representing Japan in the above-mentioned research fields.
- Candidates who are enthusiastic about teaching undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students, and are willing to provide high-quality education.
- Candidates who are willing to actively engage in collaborative research with overseas research institutions.
- Candidates who have a strong commitment to actively securing competitive research funding such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, and who can also actively promote industry–academia collaborative research.
- Candidates who are willing to actively participate in the administration and management of the Graduate School of Engineering.
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
- Annual salary: 5 million yen - 8 million yen
- Wages description: Paid in accordance with the University’s new annual salary system regulations.
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and December 29 to January 3 of the following year. (However, work may be ordered on weekends, holidays, etc.)
- Overtime and other explanations: With consent, discretionary labor system for professional work is applied (deemed working time: 7 hours 45 minutes per day).
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: 5 years from the date of appointment
- *A mid-term evaluation will be conducted in the third year after appointment, and a tenure review will be conducted in the fifth year to determine whether tenure will be granted. An early tenure review may be conducted in cases of outstanding performance.
- Probationary period: Probationary period present
- Probationary period description: 6 months
Various systems
- Pay increase system: available
- Bonus: available
- Retirement allowances: available
- Transportation expenses: available
- Retirement age: available
Insurance
- Employees' Health Insurance: available
- Employees' Pension Insurance: available
- Worker's accident insurance: available
- Employment insurance: available
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Completely non-smoking campus
Supplementary explanation of compensation
- Leave: Annual paid leave, special leave (maternity leave, bereavement leave, etc.), sick leave, childcare leave, etc.
- Retirement age: End of the fiscal year in which the employee reaches 65 years of age.
- Welfare: Enrollment in the Mutual Aid Association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (pension and health insurance), employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: Chiba University
- Country: Japan
- City: Chiba
Contact
City: Chiba