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
- January 30, Assistant Professor NEW
- Faculty of Information Science and Technology
- Research field: Research field of a broad range of hardware and software layers targeting future social implementations
- Closing date: February 27, 2026
- January 30, Postdoctoral Researcher NEW
- Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies (CAIS)
- Research field: Indigenous Studies
- Closing date: February 18, 2026
- January 30, Associate Professor NEW
- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
- Research field: Terrestrial Ecology
- Closing date: April 6, 2026
- January 30, Assistant Professor NEW
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Research field: Gerontological nursing
- Closing date: February 6, 2026
- Janurary 23, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Institute for Catalysis
- Research field: Macromolecular Science Research Division
- Closing date: February 16, 2026
- January 14, Associate Professor (Women Only)
- Research Institute for Electronic Science
- Research field: Functional thin film materials
- Closing date: February 27, 2026
- January 14, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Research field: Cardiology
- Closing date: February 2, 2026
- January 14, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Research field: Internal Medicine
- Closing date: February 2, 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
- January 14, Assistant Professor
- Institute for Low Temperature Science (ILTS)
- Research field: Frontier Ice and Snow Science Division
- Closing date: March 2, 2026
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
- December 5, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
- Research field: Mathematical & Information science, Data-driven science, molecular science
- Closing date: February 28, 2026
- October 21, Associate Professor
- Faculty of Information Science and Technology
- Research field: Division of Systems Science and Informatics
- Closing date: February 2, 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.