Recruitment of Associate Professor / Lecturer (Environmental science related to life, agriculture, and the environment. Discipline：Microbial ecology/ Environmental microbiology/ Soil microbiology )

In September 2025, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS) began a new educational course to develop international students who can play an active role solving various global issues across life, environmental, agricultural and food science fields worldwide. During its first two years, the program attracted more than 100 international students from approximately 25 countries.

Work content and job description
Department of Environmental and Bioresource Sciences, Faculty of Bioenvironmental Sciences, KUAS is now seeking a qualified faculty member who can give several lectures （some common subjects of the course, and specialized subjects related to environmental science) and basic experimental courses related to environmental science in English in the faculty and the graduate school, as well as supervise graduation research, including industry placement programs for international students. The faculty member also serves as the homeroom teacher for international students and handles faculty duties.
The successful candidate is expected to engage in basic or applied research in fields such as microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, and soil microbiology, with relevance to life, agriculture, and the environment.

Common to all Job Types
Annual Salary :

5 million yen
~
8 million yen

Work experience
1. Sufficient capacity and experience in advancing education and research for students, including graduate students in the above educational course.
2. Promising excellence in producing outstanding research results in the fields mentioned above.
3. An earned or expected earned doctoral degree by the time of appointment.
4. Ability to assume academic responsibilities in English or both in English and Japanese.

Common to all Job Types
Tenured

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Non-tenure track

Job content supplemental explanation
The starting date will be as early as possible on or after April 1, 2027.

Application documents (specified forms)
Form5_curriculum_vitae.xlsx
Form6_educational_and_research_achievements.xlsx

Attached documents
Application Form :
Online Submission
1. Up-to-date curriculum vitae with a photo of an applicant.

Selection
[Interview]
Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview. An interview will be conducted either online or on site by KUAS's faculty selection committee.