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Yokohama
National University (YNU) invites applications for 11 tenure-track positions at
the assistant professor level in the areas listed below. These positions are
funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT) under “Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology”. The
positions start from October 1, 2007 and last until March 31, 2012. The
contract will be renewed each year. The successful candidates will conduct world
class research independently, although it is needless
to say that they can collaborate with tenured faculty members in the related
field. The appointees are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate level
courses in their areas of expertise. The appointees will be provided with
startup budgets and will receive preferential treatment in research funds. They
will receive reviews at the end of the third year and a final review in March,
2012. Based on these reviews, those who show excellence in research and
teaching, and proficiency in Japanese will be promoted to the rank of tenured associate
professor. If the evaluation at the end of the third year is extraordinary, it
is possible that they are promoted to tenured associate professor. Annual
salary is between JPY6,000,000 to 8,000,000 depending
on research and teaching experiences
etc. The salary is based upon YNU pay scale, and it is almost the same level as
that of the junior tenured faculty member. All
candidates must have a doctoral degree. The selection
process is irrespective of nationality, gender and age. Complete applications received by August 31, 2007, 16:00 (Japan
Time) will be assured of consideration. A complete application will consist of: (1) Application
form (Curriculum Vitae, List of Publications, etc.) (2) Up
to 5 representative publications. (3) Summary
of research contributions (up to 2 pages including figures). (4) Research plan and your research goals at YNU(up to 2 pages including figures). (5) A short statement of your educational goals(up
to 1 page). Those whose mother tongues are not Japanese may apply in English.
For details, please refer to the English application form.
The complete application consisting of documents (1) to (5) should
be sent as a single PDF file attachment by
email to the address below. Acknowledgment will be sent upon acceptance
of the application. Specify the title(Subject) as “application to the tenure-track
position A” with your research areas among the research areas (A to K) shown in
the table below. If you have your second priority choice, please specify it as
well like “second priority position B”. If it is difficult to convert the representative
publications into PDF files, you may only send the
rest of the documents as a single PDF file attachment by email, and send four
hard copies of the representative publications to the address below. Email address: irc1[atmark]ynu.ac.jp Mail address: Yokohama National University Interdisciplinary Research Center, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, All
private information will not be disclosed following the related laws and rules, but may be
used to obtain references while protecting privacy. Table Research Fields and Keywords
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