Hokkaido University has a proud history of nurturing great research and innovation, and has produced some of the finest minds in academia and the professional world, culminating in a recent Nobel Prize winner.

Regardless of the work you do here, you’ll be encouraged to embrace a “Frontier Spirit” in an environment where there is never a shortage of inspiration. We encourage you to apply for a position, academic or administrative, here at Hokkaido University.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

2026

• March 27, Associate Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Biological education and research related to marine macroalgae, such as kelp species that are region-specific fisheries resources
  • Closing date: May 8, 2026
• March 27, Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Electronics for Informatics
  • Closing date: April 30, 2026
• March 27, Associate Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: developing a new trend in organic chemistry based on flash chemistry
  • Closing date: April 30, 2026
• March 27, Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: The molecular mechanism underlying neuronal morphogenesis and related disorders
  • Closing date: May 31, 2026
• March 27, Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Organic Chemistry and its related fields
  • Closing date: June 30, 2026
• March 27, Specially Appointed Professor or Specially Appointed Associate Professor ^NEW
  • One Health Research Center
  • Research field: Zoobiquity Unit
  • Closing date: April 30, 2026
• March 27, Postdoctoral Fellow ^NEW
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Research field: Environmental health, Environmental epidemiology
  • Closing date: Until filled
• March 27, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • One Health Research Center
  • Research field: Advanced Diagnosis and Testing Unit
  • Closing date: April 23, 2026
• March 5, Professor
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Laboratory Medicine
  • Closing date: April 2, 2026
• February 25, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Chemoinformatics
  • Closing date: March 31, 2026
• February 25, Associate Professor
  • Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics
  • Research field: Research Area for Advanced Electronic Nanomaterials
  • Closing date: March 30, 2026
• February 25, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
  • Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES)
  • Research field: Biology and Life Sciences Division
  • Closing date: May 1, 2026
• February 25, Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Catalysis (ICAT)
  • Research field: Catalyst Structure Research Division
  • Closing date: May 8, 2026
• January 30, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
  • Research field: Terrestrial Ecology
  • Closing date: April 6, 2026
• January 14, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Synthetic organic chemistry, photochemistry, physical chemistry, materials chemistry, organic electronics, quantum chemistry, data science
  • Closing date: Until filled

2025

• December 24, Professor or Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Algebra and its related fields
  • Closing date: March 31, 2026
• December 19, Associate Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Frontier Research related to Chemistry, Materials, Medical and Biology, etc.
  • Especially Interdisciplinary research on new chemical reaction design and discovery
  • Closing date: March 31, 2026

In addition, you may also want to view the Hokkaido University Code of Ethics in Education, as well as the Code of Conduct for Scientists at Hokkaido University.