10 Sep 2026
Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Hiroshima University
- Research Field: Agricultural sciences; Biological sciences; Ethics in health sciences; Environmental science; Technology; Neurosciences; Anthropology; Medical sciences; Chemistry; Pharmacological sciences
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint Associate Professor with tenure; Associate Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Food Microbiology and Hygiene.
The academic rank of the faculty member to be employed through this recruitment will be determined, based on an evaluation of achievements at the time of appointment, as either Associate Professor with tenure or Tenure-Track Associate Professor.
In the case of appointment as a Tenure-Track Associate Professor, this will be a newly established position that enables the appointee to obtain tenure as an Associate Professor upon successfully passing the tenure review by the end of the tenure-track period.
This position is based on the expectation that the appointee will settle into the position and devote himself/herself fully to education and research under a research plan proposal aimed at pioneering new academic fields.
Therefore, when processing an application for recruitment, we evaluate not only each applicant's performance on research/education, but also the contents and the scope of his/her research plan. Thus, we assess whether or not the applicant's research plan is mid-to-long term (i.e. about 10 years) in scope, exceeding the tenure-track period. At the time of the review for the tenured promotion, we comprehensively evaluate the applicant's achievements during his/her term at HU and the future prospect of his/her research.
After being granted tenure, the successful candidate may be promoted to Full Professor if they achieve outstanding accomplishments in research and education as an Associate Professor and demonstrate a strong record of achievement.
We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles, long-term vision and medium-term target of HU, and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo
Work content and job description
Planned Responsibilities
(Immediately after hiring)
- Duties related to research in "Field of Expertise" (Please refer to "Work experience" under Section 5.).
- Duties related to teaching the scheduled courses and supervising graduate and undergraduate students under "Scheduled Courses".
- Duties related to the administration and management of the entire university, graduate schools, faculties, centers, etc. (participation in various meetings, activities as a member of various committees, etc.).
- Duties related to student admissions (exam supervision, question creation, grading, interviewers, etc.).
- Other duties as directed by the head of the educational and research organization.
(Scope of changes) Tasks determined by the university.
Scheduled Courses
The following courses are scheduled to be taught:
- Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students, Food safety and health science etc.
- Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Introduction to Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Food Hygiene, Public Health, Reading of Foreign Literature in Food Science, Research Front of Food and AgriLife Science, Modern Food Science, Laboratory Work in General Biology I, Laboratory Work in Food Hygiene, Graduation Thesis I, II, III etc.
- Graduate level (master's programs): Microbiology for Food Safety II, Exercises in Food and AgriLife Science A/B, Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food and AgriLife Science etc.
- Graduate level (doctor's programs): Research for Academic Degree Dissertation in Food and AgriLife Science etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.
Assigned department: Existing departments
Work location
739-8528 Hiroshima School of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01
Starting date: 2027-04-01
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
Annual salary: 6 million yen - 8 million yen
Wages description: [Salary]
- The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
- Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.
Working hours: 08:30-17:00
Break time: 12:00-12:45
Holidays: Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in principle.
Overtime and other explanations: If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day. If not, working hours are from 8:30 to 17:00 (from Monday to Friday) and break time is from 12:00 to 12:45. Workdays are from Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) in principle.
Employment type: Regular employee
Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
Contract period description: Tenure-track position(s) Period of employment: 7 years (in case that tenure-track Associate Professor gets promoted to tenured Associate Professor)
- Tenure-track faculty members will undergo a tenure review at least six (6) months or more in advance of the expiration date of appointment, and those who have successfully passed the review process will be granted tenure along with promotion either to professor or associate professor.
- Granting a candidate for tenure is subject to two reviewing process: an intermediate and final review. If a candidate is not granted tenure in final review, he/she will be dismissed from the university upon completion of the term of appointment.
- If a candidate has taken a leave because of some life events such as delivering a baby, child-raising and caregiving, he/she may extend the term of appointment up to certain period according to the length of such leave.
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: A probationary period of six (6) months will apply.
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
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
- Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
- Hiroshima University conducts individual performance evaluations for all faculty members after their employment and numerically rate their performance. Salary and benefits are commensurate with the performance indicators.
Additional comments
By assigning a mentor to each newly-recruited faculty member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment where such faculty member can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In case the recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her term of employment for up to one year as a specially appointed faculty member.
The special appointment starts on the day following the end date of the existing employment contract for the tenure-track position.
Revision History
August 28, 2026 - Added information on the career path after appointment to the "Job content"
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Hiroshima University
Country: Japan
City: Hiroshima
Contact
City: Hiroshima
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