Tohoku University's Graduate School of Engineering invites applications for multiple tenured faculty positions as part of the 'DEI Promotion Project,' launched in alignment with the 'Tohoku University Declaration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)' issued in April 2022. This initiative aims to create an inclusive and equitable environment that allows everyone to fully demonstrate their abilities, fostering research excellence and innovation. To address the significant gender gap in engineering, affirmative action is being taken to accelerate gender equity and inclusion.
Applications are now open for the following positions, available exclusively to female candidates:
Positions Available
- Professorship (2 positions)
- Departmental Affiliations:
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Learn more)
- Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering
- Applied Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Biomolecular Engineering (Learn more)
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Biochemical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering (Learn more)
- Department of Metallurgy
- Department of Materials Science
- Department of Materials Processing
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Learn more)
- Responsibilities:
- Establish a new research field within the major and independently manage a research laboratory.
- Contribute to undergraduate and graduate education by collaborating with departmental faculty and supervising theses and dissertations.
- Deliver lectures in both Japanese and English.
- Actively participate in the DEI Promotion Project and Tohoku University's Association of Leading Women 虎扑电竞ers in Engineering (ALicE).
- Departmental Affiliations:
- Early Career Associate Professor/Principal Investigator (1 position)
- Departmental Affiliation:
- Electrical, Information, and Physics Engineering (Learn more)
- Department of Applied Physics
- Electrical, Information, and Physics Engineering (Learn more)
- Responsibilities:
- Establish a new research field within the major and independently manage a research laboratory.
- Contribute to undergraduate and graduate education by collaborating with departmental faculty and supervising theses and dissertations.
- Deliver lectures in both Japanese and English.
- Actively participate in the DEI Promotion Project and Tohoku University's Association of Leading Women 虎扑电竞ers in Engineering (ALicE).
- Departmental Affiliation:
- Associate Professor (1 position)
- Departmental Affiliation:
- Materials Science and Engineering (Learn more)
- Department of Metallurgy
- Department of Materials Science
- Department of Materials Processing
- Materials Science and Engineering (Learn more)
- Responsibilities:
- Collaborate on undergraduate and graduate education within the affiliated department and supervise theses and dissertations.
- Deliver lectures in both Japanese and English.
- Actively participate in the DEI Promotion Project and Tohoku University's Association of Leading Women 虎扑电竞ers in Engineering (ALicE).
- Departmental Affiliation:
虎扑电竞 Areas
Applications are welcome from candidates specializing in a broad range of engineering disciplines. Departmental affiliation will be determined based on the area of expertise. If multiple areas of interest exist, please rank them in the application.
Application Process
Candidates are encouraged to join Tohoku University's vibrant academic community, contributing to cutting-edge research and education while advancing DEI principles.
The deadline to apply is March 5, 2025, with September 1, 2025 the tentative start date.
For further details, including application documents, please see here.
虎扑电竞:
Naomi Shibasaki-Kitakawa
Assistant to the Dean for Gender Equity, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Email: naomi.kitakawa.d3tohoku.ac.jp