Recruitment: Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis, Graduate school of science, Kyoto university, assistant professor (female only)

2025-05-20

Type of Position	Assistant professor
Number of positions	1
Affiliation and Location	Faculty Consort of Mathematics; Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University Department of Mathematics
Field	Mathematics
Subjects	Courses offered by the Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis, Graduate School of Science, and University-wide common subjects
Starting Date	As soon as possible after October 1, 2025
Work contents	Research and teaching in the Division of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis, Graduate School of Science
Qualifications	Must be female. The candidate must have obtained a doctoral degree by the time of appointment and must be within 7 years of obtaining the degree. The candidate should be able to take charge of specialized courses in the Faculty of Science, graduate courses, and common courses in the entire university, and be able to supervise the research of graduate students. In addition, the candidate should be able to contribute to the management of the department. The candidate should be able to give courses in Japanese or English and requested to give courses in Japanese after 3 years. The candidate should not have any other job at the time of appointment.
Term of employment	7 years (reappointment is not possible.)
Trial period	6 months
Working hours	Discretionary work system for specialized work (equivalent to 38 hours and 45 minutes per week, 7 hours and 45 minutes per day) If the Discretionary work System for Specialized Work is not applied, the working hours will be from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., five days a week (with a lunch break from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.). Overtime work may be required. Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, the anniversary of the founding of the university.
Salary and allowances	Based on the University's payment standards
Social insurance	MEXT Mutual Aid Association, Employees' Pension, Employment Insurance, and Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance
Documents to be submitted and Application Method	The following (1) to (6) should be combined into one pdf file, and the file name should be CV.pdf. (7) should be a single pdf file for each paper. (1) Curriculum Vitae including the following information: - name, - date of birth, - gender, - current position (main office, title), -address, - contact information (telephone number, e-mail, postal address), - degrees (including the year and university), -educational background (list undergraduate degrees first), - professional experience (list important information only), - awards, -names and contact information for three references who know your work. (2) List of publications (circle three major publications) (3) Research to date and future research plans (approximately 3 A4 pages in total) (4) Educational experience and aspirations for education (5) If Japanese is not your native language, documents proving your Japanese language ability or a letter of recommendation (optional) (6) Statement on Promoting Diversity (Kyoto University has established initiatives as a Designated National University Corporation regarding diversity. Please refer to these initiatives when writing your statement.) (7) Three major publications Compress the above pdf files (CV.pdf and pdf files of the three papers) into a zip file and submit it electronically from the JREC-IN portal site: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=3&id=D125051078&ln_jor=0
Application Deadline	Uploads must be completed by 23:59 on June 20, 2025, JST.
Selection Process	Applicants will be screened based on documents. Interviews may also be conducted.
For inquiries, please contact	jinji2025[at]math.kyoto-u.ac.jp (change [at] to @) jinji-jimu[at]math.kyoto-u.ac.jp (change [at] to @) TEL 075-753-3700 (Office)
Other	Kyoto University promotes gender equality. As part of the University's measures to promote gender equality, Kyoto University is conducting a limited recruitment based on Article 8 of the "Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Law)". This recruitment is based on a project aimed at revitalizing Kyoto University by recruiting personnel who will support the foundations of the next generation of education and research organizations. By the Act on the Protection of Personal Information, application documents will be used only for employment screening. We will not disclose, transfer, or lend your application documents to any third party without just cause. Please note that application materials will not be returned. The successful candidate will be assigned to the Faculty Consort of Mathematics and will work in the Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. If an employee takes childcare leave, birth leave, family care leave or spouse accompanying leave after being hired, the period of such childcare leave, birth leave, family care leave or spouse accompanying leave will not be counted towards the term of employment. The Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, is committed to raising the awareness of faculty members and students regarding compliance in research activities. Kyoto University supports students in balancing education, research, and work with family life. https://www.cwr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ Smoking is prohibited indoors and outdoors except in designated smoking areas on all campuses of Kyoto University to prevent passive smoking. Please refer to the web page (https://www.math.kyoto-u.ac.jp/) for various information on the Graduate School of Science, Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Analysis/Mathematical Sciences.