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

• May 14, Professor (Women Only) ^NEW
  • Institute of Low Temperature Science
  • Research field: Environmental Biology Division
  • Closing date: September 15, 2026
• May 12, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Division of Marine Bioresource and Environmental Science, Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science
  • Closing date: July 10, 2026
• April 28, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Laboratory of Cellular and Tissue Engineering
  • Closing date: June 19, 2026
• April 22, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Faculty of Advanced Life Science
  • Research field: Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences
  • Closing date: June 30, 2026
• April 22, Professor
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
  • Research field: Research and other activities related to Toxicology
  • Closing date: August 1, 2026
• April 22, Non-tenured Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Humanities and Human Sciences
  • Research field: Philosophy
  • Closing date: June 1, 2026
• April 22, Assistant Professor
  • Research Institute for Electronic Science (RIES)
  • Research field: Exploring novel materials in the scope of functionality using thin film synthesis
  • Closing date: July 31, 2026
• April 22, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Computer Science and Information Technology
  • Closing date: May 29, 2026
• April 22, Professor
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: Computer Science and Information Technology
  • July 24, 2026
• April 7, Associate Professor
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Marine food science and technology
  • Closing date: May 25, 2026
• April 7, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Aquaculture biology
  • Closing date: May 25, 2026
• April 7, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Fisheries Sciences
  • Research field: Education and research related to cetology
  • Closing date: June 5, 2026
• April 7, Professor
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Research field: Radiological sciences
  • Closing date: May 29, 2026
• March 27, Assistant Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: The molecular mechanism underlying neuronal morphogenesis and related disorders
  • Closing date: May 31, 2026
• March 27, Professor
  • Faculty of Science
  • Research field: Organic Chemistry and its related fields
  • Closing date: June 30, 2026
• March 27, Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Research field: Environmental health, Environmental epidemiology
  • Closing date: Until filled
• 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

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.