Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering via EURAXESS

Offer Description

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]
* Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering
https://www.civil.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html

[Work content and job description]
Specialized field:
The mission of this division is to establish and implement environmental engineering approaches that seek harmony between human activities and ecosystems, and contribute to the creation of Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere. This division conducts education and research on the development of water quality conversion technologies and climate change adaptation technologies utilizing ecosystem functions, the modeling of material circulation in water environment, and the market value assessment of ecosystem conservation and utilization.

Main subjects in charge:
– Undergraduate: Earth and Environmental Science、Fundamental Ecological Engineering、Exercises in Water Environment Design I and II, Water Environment Studies A and B, etc.
– Graduate School: Ecological Engineering, Theory for Environmental Ecological Assessment, Advanced Seminar on Water Environment Design, Master and Doctor Course Seminar on Civil and Environmental Engineering, etc.

Duties:
Successful candidates will be engaged in education and research related to the above-mentioned specialized field, as well as administration of the school.

* Assigned department
Existing departments

[Work location]
* Address
980-8579 Miyagi Aoba 6-6-06, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai

[Number of hired]
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2026-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date:2026-04-01 00:00:00

Where to apply

Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D124121839&ln_jor=1

Requirements

Additional Information

Benefits

[Compensation]
Annual salary:7 million yen – 10 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:15
Break time:12:00-13:00
Holidays :Saturday, Sunday, and holidays prescribed by the National Holyday Act, the days from 29th December to 3rd January
Overtime and other explanations:
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Tenured
Contract period description:Full time (Tenure position)
Probationary period:Probationary period absent

[Various systems]

[Insurance]

[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]

[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
[Treatment after recruitment (job title, employment type and period, salary)]

Job title: Professor

Employment type and period: Full time (Tenure position)

Compensation: Paid in accordance with Tohoku University Staff Employment Regulations. Transportation, housing, and dependent allowances may be provided depending on conditions.

[Working hours, Overtime hours, rest periods, discretionary labor system, holidays, various insurances (social insurance, labor insurance), various systems (pay increase system, bonuses, transportation expenses, retirement allowances), the type of agreement with the applicant when not hiring, etc.]

Work hours: Discretionary working system for professional work. As a basis, starting time (8:30 AM) to ending time (5:15 PM), but left up to the discretion of each employee.

Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, and holidays prescribed by the Act on National Holidays, the days from December 29th to January 3rd

Insurance: Admission into the Mutual Aid Association of MEXT, Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance

[The measures against second-hand smoking in your workplace.]

Smoking is prohibited throughout the Tohoku University Campuses.

Additional comments

Tohoku University promotes gender equality and welcomes proactive application for job positions by diverse talent.
Tohoku University Declaration of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI):
https://dei.tohoku.ac.jp/en/vision/

Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing the presence of women among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified for each job opening, based on the impartial evaluation.

Tohoku University has Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery School (22 children) and Aobayama Midori Nursery School (116 children) available for use by all faculty and staff, and Hoshinoko Nursery School (120 children) available for use by residents of the Seiryo area, making it the largest on-site childcare facility at a national university in Japan. There is also a nursery for children with minor illnesses and children after illnesses in the University Hospital, which is available for use by all university faculty and staff.

See the following website for information on these and other programs that Tohoku University runs to assist work‒life balancing, support researchers, and advance gender equality.
Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion website:
https://dei.tohoku.ac.jp/en/