Job description
- Background of the recruitment and description of the projectThe Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering consists of three divisions: the Urban Engineering Division, the Sustainable Aquatic Environmental Engineering Division, and the Water and Material Cycles System Division. This call invites applications for an associate professor position in the Urban Engineering Division. We seek a candidate who, building on a foundation of data science and statistical analysis and drawing on AI technologies such as machine learning, advances theoretical and empirical research using large-scale data, with a focus on the multifaceted sustainability assessment of cities, regions, and industries. Beyond environmental and economic value, the scope encompasses natural and human capital, organizational diversity and governance structures, and ultimately their effects on the well-being of the people who live there. Building on these research outcomes, the successful candidate will be expected to establish methods for evaluating societal change and information, and to advance education and research on policy formulation and social implementation in collaboration with national and local governments and industry.
- Work content and job descriptionSpecialties : Urban and Transportation Engineering, Data Science, Socio-Economic Systems Engineering, Sustainability Engineering
Teaching Responsibilities : Undergraduate: lectures on basic and applied subjects in the Department of Civil Engineering — such as Urban Planning, Introduction to Community and Regional Development, and Transportation Engineering — together with related exercises and experiments.
Graduate: lectures on applied and advanced subjects in the relevant specialized fields in the Department of Civil Engineering.
The successful candidate will also share responsibility for KIKAN (fundamental) education subjects for lower-year undergraduate students, and will share in delivering lectures in English at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. - Assigned departmentExisting departmentsUrban Engineering Division, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering
Job type
- Associate Professor
Research field
- Social Infrastructure – Social systems engineering
- Environmental science – Environmental policy and social systems
- Social Infrastructure – Civil engineering plan and transportation engineering
- Informatics – Intelligent informatics
- Others – OthersSustainability Engineering
Wages
- Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~The annual salary system, which was introduced on 1st of April 2020, will be applied. The annual salary is determined in accordance with the university’s pay scale based on experience, etc.
The adove annual salary are general guidelines and may be less than the above annual salary in some cases.
Working hours
- Working hours :08:30-17:15Break time :12:00-13:00Holidays : In addition to *annual leave, Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and the period from the 29th of December to the 3rd of JanuaryOvertime and other explanations : Based on the agreed-upon discretionary labor system for professional work, it is regarded that working hours are 7 hours and 45 minutes irrespective of how much time the employee actually spends on his/her work
Application requirements
Qualifications
- Education and Degree RequirementsPh.D. / DoctorDoctoral. or Ph.D. degree at the time of appointment.
- Work experienceHave sufficient teaching ability (including instruction and lectures in Japanese and English) and enthusiasm for teaching and research in undergraduate and graduate doctoral programs.
- Official qualification in specific field, etc.Have particularly outstanding research achievements in the above-mentioned specialized fields.
- DescriptionThe applicant should have the willingness and ability to actively engage in interdisciplinary research with other areas of specialization and the development of new research fields from a long-term perspective, in addition to the above-mentioned areas of specialization.
Have the ability and enthusiasm to actively develop education and research activities from an international perspective and social cooperation with industry, government, etc.
Employment Type
- Regular employee
Contract period
- Tenured – Non-tenure trackProbationary period presentTrial employment period: Three months
Work location
- 819-0395 Fukuoka 744 Motooka, Nishi, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Compensation
- Various systemsPay increase system : availableBonus : availableRetirement allowances : availableTransportation expenses : availableRetirement age : available
- InsuranceEmployees’ Health Insurance : availableEmployees’ Pension Insurance : availableWorker’s accident insurance : availableEmployment insurance : available
- Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplaceNo smoking is permitted on the university premises.
Application Considerations
- Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)Applicants are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses incurred in connection with the interview, if an interview is conducted as part of the selection process.
- Persons with disabilitiesKyushu University conducts faculty recruitment in accordance with the spirit of the Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 84 of 1970), the Act on Employment Promotion, etc. of Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960), and the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
Number of hired
- Job content supplemental explanationIf an earlier appointment becomes possible at Kyushu University, the start date may be moved forward in coordination with the final candidate.
Application period
- 2026/07/29~2026/09/30 Deadline for receipt
Application method
- Attached documentsApplication Form : Online Submission , Mailing(1)Curriculum vitae
（Include a photograph and a statement of education, employment history, and qualifications. Include contact information and e-mail address.）Achievements and Activities : Online Submission , Mailing(2)Application Documents
ⅠResearch achievements
(Classified into (1) Academic Papers (differentiated by refereeing), (2) Proceedings of International Conferences (differentiated by refereeing), (3) Books/Edited Works, (4) Review Papers/Academic Materials, etc., (5) Inventions, Devices, Patents, etc., and (6) Others (papers and works confirmed for publication, etc.)).
ⅡEducational accomplishments
（Including public lectures, in-house education, etc.）
ⅢAny other relevant information
（Memberships of academic societies and their officers, committee members, international conference committee members,committee member of national and local governments, foundations,etc.,organizer and chairperson of academic research meetings,awards received, etc.）
ⅣAcquisition of competitive research funds such as Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, joint research, and funded research (representative portionOther online application forms
(3)Summary of previous research (2,000 words or less)
(4)Future research plans (2,000 words or less)
(5)Motivation for application and aspirations for education and research (1,000 words or less)
(6)Reprints of Major Publications (up to five)
(7)Names and Contact Information of Two Referees
Upload the application documents electronically to the designated URL the application documents by the file-sharing system of Kyushu University：
Please contact the e-mail address below with the subject line “Faculty Application”. We will send you the URL for the shared folder, so please upload your application documents. Please upload your documents in a single PDF file.Other Mailing Documents
(3)Summary of previous research (2,000 words or less)
(4)Future research plans (2,000 words or less)
(5)Motivation for application and aspirations for education and research (1,000 words or less)
(6)Reprints of Major Publications (up to five)
(7)Names and Contact Information of Two Referees
Sending the application documents by mail：
Please send one printed copy of the above documents and a USB flash drive containing the PDF file of the documents in a sealed envelope with “Application for faculty positions” written in red ink, by registered mail to the faculty member indicated in the “Submission address/inquiry” below. - Return of application documentsWe will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
- Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)819-0395 Fukuoka 744 Motooka, Nishi, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu UniversityPrecautions : Please send one printed copy of the above documents and a USB flash drive containing the PDF file of the documents in a sealed envelope with “Application for faculty positions” written in red ink, by registered mail to the faculty member indicated in the submission address.
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Selection / Notification of result
- SelectionInitial document screening (1st round) followed by interviews (2nd round). The interviews are generally conducted in person but may be conducted online in some cases.
- Notification of resultSelection results will be notified by email
Contact details
Kyushu University
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Hirofumi Nakayama
0928023434
nakayama.hirofumi.287(at)m.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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Notes
Kyushu University is committed to promoting gender equality in accordance with the spirit of the Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999).
Applicants who have been subject to disciplinary action or any equivalent measures due to acts of sexual violence, including sexual harassment against students, are required to declare the details of such disciplinary action and the specific reasons for it in their curriculum vitae or other application documents. If any declaration is found to be false, the applicant may be disqualified from the selection process, or any offer of employment may be withdrawn. In addition, disciplinary action may be taken if such false declaration is discovered after employment.
