Recruitment

Recruitment

1 　Title: 　International Recruitment for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
    Position at the Faculty of Engineering and Interdisciplinary Graduate School of
    Science and Technology, Shinshu University

2　 Institution: 　Faculty of Engineering and Interdisciplinary Graduate School of
    Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Japan

3 　Field: 　Electrical and Electronic Engineering

 
4 　Specialization: 　Electrical Power Engineering & Electrical Machine
    Engineering, Electrical Power System, Power Electronics, Automatic Control

5 　Teaching: 　Subjects from Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics,
    Electrical Machine, Laboratory Experiments etc. and related specialized subjects at
    graduate school

6 　Place of Work: 　Faculty of Engineering at Shinshu University, Japan

7 　Qualifications: 　This recruitment is based on the “Promotion and
    Establishment of Tenure-Track Employment Program” supported by the Ministry
    of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan in order to foster
    young researchers. Applicants must have a Ph.D. earned within the past ten
    years. Experience in postdoctoral research is highly desirable. Any researchers
    currently enrolled in a doctoral course have no qualification to apply.

8 　Starting Date: 　Earliest possible time after October 1, 2012

 

9 　Working Conditions
    Position: 　Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
    Employment: 　Full-time
    Period for Tenure-Track: 　Five years (from April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2017)
    Place of Work: 　4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano City, Nagano, Japan
    Salary: 　Determined in accordance with the regulations of Shinshu University

10  Research Environment:
    A successful candidate will have an independent research space and　start-up
    funds 15 million yen (which is the maximum amount of fiscal years 2012 and 2013
    in total. The amount is subject to change based on the project cost provided) is
    provided by the "Promotion and Establishment of Tenure-Track Employment
    Program" supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
    Technology.
    The President's research fund will also be provided (from the third year of
    employment).
    Research time of 70% effort rate will be assured throughout the tenure-track
    employment period.

 

11  Evaluation for Tenured Position: Tenure evaluation is scheduled in the first
    half of the fifth years. The candidate, after successfully passing the evaluation,
    will be appointed as a tenured faculty member (with the mandatory retirement age
    of 65) from the sixth year. The tenure evaluation will be based on the
    achievements in research, education and administrative activities. The details of
    the evaluation criteria will be briefed at the time of a hiring interview.

12  Selection Procedure: Selection based on submitted academic records and
    subsequent personal interview.
    In accordance with Basic Act for Gender-Equal Society and Equal Employment
    Opportunity, an achievement-oriented selection will be made without being
    influenced by gender or nationality. Japanese language skill is not prerequisite
    for the selection but the skill will be required for a tenured appointment.

13  Application Materials:
(1) Curriculum Vitae (Form 1)

(2) List of research achievements: Categorize achievements into books, academic
    papers, papers presented at international conferences, comments, oral
    presentations at academic conferences, patents etc. All the names of joint
    authors must be written if applicable. (Form 2)

(3) Offprint of major papers (ten or fewer, offprint or copy)

(4) Summary of past research activities and outline of education (approximately two
    pages on A4 size paper for each topic)

(5) Future research plan and aspirations for education (approximately one page on
    A4 size paper)

(6) Letter of recommendation

(7) An electronic medium (e.g. CD) that includes one PDF file on which all the
    documents of the above-mentioned (1) to (6) are stored

*1 Use specified forms for (1) and (2) above. For (3) and (4), any form will be
   accepted. Forms (1) and (2) can be downloaded from the URL below.

*2 Mail original documents of (1) to (6) and an electronic medium of (7) enclosed in
   one envelope.

*3 Applicants of foreign nationality may submit application documents in English.

14  Send to: 　Professor kiyoshi TANAKA
               Electrical and Electronic Engineering
               Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
               4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano City 380-8553 Japan

  Please indicate clearly in red on the front of the envelope: “Application
Materials for tenure-track assistant professor” and send it by registered mail.
Please note that application documents and an electronic medium submitted will
not be returned.
 Application Deadline: July 31, 2012 at 12 p.m. (Japan time)

 

15  Other: For more information about Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the
    Faculty of Engineering of Shinshu University, please refer to the following URL.
  
     http://ee.shinshu-u.ac.jp