CfA: Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) or Associate Professor (non-tenure-track)
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) was established in September 2006 to enable promising and talented early-career researchers to focus on research activities under fixed-term contracts in a rich research environment.
WIAS is currently recruiting researchers within the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences.
Appointment Positions:
Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) or Associate Professor (non-tenure-track)
Note: Appointment positions will be determined based on the results of screening and interviews.
Period of Employment:
Three years from the date of employment (in principle April 1, 2026)
Application qualifications:
Researchers who meet either of qualifications a. or b. below.
a. Persons with a doctorate, preferably granted after April 1, 2016.
b. Persons expecting to be granted their Doctorate by the time of their appointment.
Note: Please check our website for further details of application qualifications.
Duties:
- （1）Research activities in accordance with the Research Plan submitted at the time of employment.
- （2）Researchers will be required to teach at least equivalent to two half-year class per academic year and may teach equivalent to up to six half-year classes per academic year at Waseda University.
Note: “One class” means one, 100-minute lecture per week; 14 times per subject.
Note: If the researcher works as a part-time lecturer at a university other than Waseda, prior approval of the Directors of WIAS will be required for appointment.
- （3）Other duties:
a. Attendance at WIAS meetings
b. Planning and organization of symposiums and the like sponsored or cosponsored by WIAS
c. Publication of research findings in WIAS bulletins, discussion papers, and the like
d. Applying for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)
Note: Acquisition of public or business-consigned research grants or subsidies as well is desirable.
e. Other matters deemed necessary by the Directors of WIAS
Salary:
Salaries are paid in accordance with Waseda University regulations.
Examples of annual salaries (taxes included):
Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)
Age 30 : about 5.1 million JPY per year
Age 35 : about 6.5 million JPY per year
Associate Professor (non-tenure-track)
Age 40 : about 7.9 million JPY per year
How to apply:
Complete the Online Registration Form on the website and submit the specified application documents via the online system, NOT by e-mail, post or any other means. For more details, please visit our website below.
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/news-en/2025/03/31/18701/
Application Deadline:
May 20, 2025 (Tuesday), 5 P.M. (Japan time)
* Submission of application documents through the Online Registration Form must be completed by this date and time.
Contact us:
https://www.waseda.jp/inst/wias/en/contact/