Position Available for Professor(Medical Pharmacology, The Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences)（Application Deadline Extended）

Job description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

The Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University seeks applications for a Professor in the research area of Medical Pharmacology.
https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/bhs

Work content and job description

• All the faculty members of Hiroshima University belong to the "Academy", which is the single university-wide faculty organization, and each faculty as a member of the Academy of the University is appointed to educational and/or research organizations such as an individual undergraduate school, graduate school, research center and institute.
• Faculty members may also be assigned to teaching and/or research activities in other organizations of Hiroshima University and university-wide projects.

Teaching responsibilities

1. Undergraduate level (general education courses): Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students,etc.
2. Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Basic pharmacology(Biological responses, Medical Neuroscience) , Introduction for medical research (Omnibus), Practice for medical research, Clinical Pharmacology (Program of Health Sciences), etc.
3. Graduate level (master’s programs): Seminar, Research, General Pharmacology(Omnibus),, etc.
4. Graduate level (doctoral programs - Division of Integrated Health Sciences): Advanced Seminar, Advanced Research, etc.
5. Graduate programs (doctoral programs - Division of Biomedical Sciences): Advanced Seminar on Molecular and Pharmacological science, Advanced Research on Molecular and Pharmacological science, etc.
6. In addition to the courses listed above, he or she may be asked to teach other general education courses and/or discipline specific courses in other department(s) and graduate school(s).

Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.

Assigned department

Existing departments
The Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

Job type

Professor level

Research field

Life Science - Pharmacology

Wages

Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~

• The annual salary system (II) which was enforced in October 2021 will be applied to the successful candidates.
• The approximate annual salary is based on a standard career history and may vary depending on education, degree, work experience, etc.
• We conduct individual performance evaluations for all Hiroshima University faculty members after their employment, numerically rate their performance, and salary and benefits are commensurate with performance indicators.

Working hours

Working hours :08:30-17:00
Break time :12:00-12:45
Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, 12/29 to 1/3
Overtime and other explanations : If you are agreeable to the application of the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work, you are deemed to work for 7 hours and 45 minutes a day and 38 hours and 45 minutes a week.

Application requirements

Qualifications

Education and Degree Requirements

Ph.D. / Doctor

Description

Applicants must satisfy all of the following qualifications.

1. Holding a doctoral degree (or equivalent degree)
2. Being able to supervise doctoral students in thesis preparation and research
3. Being able to teach classes and supervise students in English

Employment Type

Regular employee
Full-time

Contract period

Tenured - Non-tenure track
The retirement age is 65 years old.
Probationary period present
Trial period 6 months

Work location

734-8553 Hiroshima 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi

Compensation

Insurance

Employees' Health Insurance : The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Employees' Pension Insurance : The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available

Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.

Supplementary explanation of compensation

Other detail depend on the Hiroshima University regulations.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Application period

2026/11/11~2026/12/11 Deadline for receipt
All application documents must reach us by 5 p.m. on December 11, 2026 (Japan Standard Time).

Application method

Application documents (specified forms)

• Form（新）.xlsx

Attached documents

Other online application forms

Applicants must submit all of the following materials in PDF files. Please also submit Excel files for (2) and (3).

1. Recommendation Letter (Free Format) (Self-recommendations will NOT be accepted.)
2. Resume (No.1・2)

If you have a history of being employed by Hiroshima University (as a TA, RA, researcher, etc.) in the past five years, be sure to state all positions you have held.

3. List of achievements (No.3・4)
4. Summary of 10 Major Publications (Free format)

Write each summary of the above 10 major publications in the last 10 years in either Japanese (200-400 characters), or English (100-200 words).

5. Overview and aspirations for research (Free format)

Write past achievements and future perspectives of your research plan envisages a mid-to-long term (i.e. about 10 years) in scope in either Japanese (1200 and 800 characters), or English (600 and 400 words).

6. Overview and aspirations for education (Free format)

Write past achievements and future perspectives of your educational activities in either Japanese (1200 and 800 characters), or English (600 and 400 words).

7. PDF files of each 10 major publications or presentations

Please send an email to the following address to notify us of your intention to apply. When you send the email, the subject should be “Application (Medical Pharmacology）” and your name should be clearly stated in the text. Please do not attach any application documents to the email.

Email: kasumi-jinji[at]office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Replace [at] with @)

Within a week of sending your email, you will receive a reply email with instructions on how to submit online.

We recommend that you use your institution's e-mail address or your provider's e-mail address. Free e-mail addresses are not recommended.

Return of application documents

We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

JREC-IN Portal web application

Not available

E-mail Application

Accept
kasumi-jinji(at)office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

• Please change (at) to @ and send it.

Recruiting Institution's Web application system

Not available

URL of this job posting

https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/bhs/employment

Selection / Notification of result

Selection

1. Selection will be made based on all application documents submitted.
2. Interviews will be conducted as needed. As a general rule, we will conduct simulated lessons in English. In such cases, please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicant. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format.
3. Hiroshima University promotes a gender-equal society in accordance with the legislative intent of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society.

Notification of result

Documents or email

Contact details

Hiroshima University
Personnel Affairs, General Affairs Group, Kasumi Campus Management Support Office, Hiroshima University
Michikazu Kawaishi
0822575972
kasumi-jinji(at)office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

• Please change (at) to @ and send it.

Notes

• Personal information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare.
• For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”). We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned. The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed by clicking the following URL link.https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/kyoinkobo/
• HU provides other employment information (research job, desk job and etc.). If your spouse wishes to work for HU, please refer to the following URL link.

employment information: https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/employment/

• Successful candidates may be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred for the trip from their home or former place of work to the new place of work to assume their post in accordance with the relevant regulations of Hiroshima University. For more information, please contact us.
• Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.

In addition to any awards you have received, if you have been disciplined or censured in the past for sexual violence, including sexual harassment, or academic or power harassment, misconduct in research, please provide the nature of the discipline and the specific reason(s) for the discipline.