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

• October 1, Assistant Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Education and research on the neurophysiology of commercially important migratory fishes in northern regions
  • Closing date: November 30, 2026, 17:00 (JST)
• September 18, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Faculty of Advanced Life Science
  • Research field: Soft Matter Structure & Physics Laboratory, Division of Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences. The research project on precise analysis and extremization of structural homogeneity in polymer networks.
  • Closing date: November 16, 2026
• September 18, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Advanced Life Science
  • Research field: Biophysics, Protein Science, Spectroscopy, Photobiology
  • Closing date: November 10, 2026 (JST)
• September 10, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Theoretical chemistry, Computational chemistry
    • The candidate will develop quantum chemical calculation methods or apply quantum chemical calculations to understand and predict chemical reactions, structures, properties, and related phenomena.
  • Closing date: October 31, 2026
• September 10, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: We seek a candidate who can promote research in catalyst informatics, algorithm development in catalysts informatics, and use of gas flow heterogeneous catalysis reactor.
  • Closing date: October 20, 2026
• August 19, Assistant Professor (Term of Appointment: 5 years, non-renewable)
  • Faculty of Health Sciences (Fundamental Nursing)
  • Research field: Psychiatric and Mental health nursing
  • Closing date: November 30, 2026(JST)
• August 19, Assistant Professor
  • The Hokkaido University Museum
  • Research field: Entomology, invertebrate biology, or museology.
  • Closing date: Friday, October 30, 2026 (JST)
• July 23, Professor
  • Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
  • Research field: Section of Integrated Environmental Science
  • Closing date: October 16, 2026
• July 23, Assistant Professor (Female Applicants Only)
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Research fields related to the Division of Systems Science and Informatics
  • Closing date: November 13, 2026
• July 3, Assistant Professor
  • Institute for Catalysis (ICAT)
  • Research field: Research on the development of novel heterogeneous catalysts and their application in catalytic reactions
  • Closing date: November 30, 2026 (Japan Standard Time)
• June 30, Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Media and Network Technologies
  • Closing date: 5 pm on Friday, October 9th, 2026
• June 8, Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Research and development of cyber-physical systems and physical AI
  • Closing date: October 30, 2026
• May 27, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Department of Chemistry
  • Closing date: Until filled
• May 25, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • The Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Laboratory of Nanomaterial Science, Research Group of Advanced Electronics, Division of Electronics for Informatics
  • Closing date: It is open until the position is filled.
• March 27, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Research field: Environmental health, Environmental epidemiology
  • 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.