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

2025

• September 24, Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Laboratory Medicine
  • Closing date: October 31, 2025
• September 24, Associate Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Research on elucidating the structure and function of proteins from marine organisms using structural biology techniques
  • Closing date: November 4, 2025
• September 24, Associate Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Aquaculture Genetics and Genomics
  • Closing date: November 4, 2025
• September 24, Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Aquaculture Genetics and Genomics
  • Closing date: November 4, 2025
• September 24, Associate Professor or Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Orthopedics, Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Closing date: November 7, 2025
• September 24, Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Advanced Life Science
  • Research field: Molecular cell biology, Biological physics, Bioimaging
  • Closing date: November 14, 2025
• September 10, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Mathematical Science
  • Closing date: November 4, 2025
• September 10, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Information Media Science and Technology
  • Closing date: November 7, 2025
• August 27, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Agricultural Economics
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Agrobiology and Bioresources
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Agrobiology and Bioresources
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Applied Bioscience
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Bioscience and Chemistry
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Bioscience and Chemistry
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Forest Science
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Animal Science
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Bioresource and Environmental Engineering
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Agricultural Economics (Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Policy)
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: Agricultural Economics (Laboratory of Agricultural and Rural Development Economics)
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 26, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Adult Nursing and Oncology nursing
  • Closing date: October 3, 2025
• August 26, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Computer Science (Machine Learning)
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• August 4, 2025, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Physical chemistry / Information science
  • Closing date: September 30, 2025
• July 25, 2025, Assistant Professor
  • Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES)
  • Research field: Exploring new materials including thin film synthesis in scope of functional materials
  • Closing date: December 1, 2025
• July 14, 2025, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Systems control theory and its applications
  • Closing date: November 7, 2025
• July 14, 2025, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Psychiatric and Mental health nursing
  • Closing date: October 1, 2025
• July 14, 2025, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
  • Research field: Chemical Oceanography or Biological Oceanography
  • Closing date: October 14, 2025
• July 8, 2025, Associate Professor or Professor
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Gerontological Nursing
  • Closing date: October 3, 2025
• June 30, 2025, Specially Appointed Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • Research field: Department of Veterinary Forensics
  • Closing date: October 1, 2025
• June 30, 2025, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Research Group of System Creation
  • Closing date: October 10, 2025
• June 19, 2025, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Synthetic organic chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry, Coordination chemistry, Data science, Quantum chemical calculation
  • Closing date: October 31, 2025

• February 25, 2025, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Quantum Chemical Computation, Theoretical Chemistry
  • Closing date: Until filled

• February 25, 2025, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Polymer and soft matter simulation
  • Closing date: Until filled

2024

• December 17, 2024, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Synthetic organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, coordination chemistry, data science, quantum chemical calculation
  • Closing date: Until filled
• December 17, 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Computational Science, Mechanochemistry
  • Closing date: Until filled
• November 19, 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Computational Chemistry, Informatics, Organic Chemistry
  • Closing date: Until filled
• October 23, 2024, Specially Appointed Lecturer or Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Organic Chemistry, Computational Chemistry
  • Closing date: Until filled
• October 23, 2024, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
  • Research field: Computer Science (Machine Learning)
  • Closing date: Until filled

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.