4. Probation Period
The probation period is three months
5. Salary
The salary will be determined in accordance with the regulations of Hokkaido University.
6. Working Form
Discretionary labor system for professional work* based on the employee’s agreement
or fixed working hours system.
*The working hours for a day are deemed to be 7 hours and 45 minutes.
7. Health Insurance
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mutual Aid Association, Employees Pension, Workers’ Accident
Compensation Insurance and Employment Insurance
8. Measures to Prevent Second-hand Smoke
Smoking in designated areas only
9. Application Materials
a) Curriculum Vitae: Free format with an attached photo taken within six months, your
address, your complete academic career including your history of both teaching and
research, your degrees, and your awards, ORCID iD and so on
b) Publication list: classify these into original papers published in peer-reviewed journals,
review papers, books, and other publications
c) List of major research funds
d) List of activities in international and domestic societies, including committee activities
and the invited presentations at the conferences
e) Outline and results of past research (2-3 pages of A4 paper)
f) Plans and perspective of research and education (2-3 pages of A4 paper)
g) Names of two references (You may attach recommendation letters)
h) Copies of your significant publications: limit those to five and clearly reference them
by labels on your publication list
10. Application Deadline
Monday, August 31, 2026 (JST)
*The deadline must be strictly observed.
11. Application
Application materials must be submitted by e-mail to:
koubo2026_aoig *at*lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp (replace *at* by @)
with a subject line should be “Application for Assistant Professor in the Water and
Material Cycles Division”.
Application materials a) through g) and h) should be saved as two separate PDF files, respectively.
The file names should be "Document1_Applicant's Name" for a)-g) and "Document2_ Applicant’s
Name" for h), respectively. The total size of the above two files should be less than 10 MB.
*We will notify you via e-mail upon receipt of your electronic application within 3 business days.
Information about our organization is on the web-site
(https://www2.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/en/index.html).
Direct inquiries are possible to Professor Shigeru Aoki,
E-mail: shigeru*at*lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp (replace *at* by @)
Note 1: ILTS will use the submitted documents only for the selection procedure. After the selection,
all submitted documents will be deleted by ILTS except for those of the selected candidate. ILTS
will not return the documents to applicants.
