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 26, Professor ^NEW
  • Faculty of Information Science and Technology
  • Research field: This position focuses on highly efficient and reliable communication and/or network technologies that handle large volumes of data generated by the high-speed, high-precision signal processing of multimedia information.
  • Closing date: December 23, 2026 (JST)
• October 22, Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-Time)
  • Institute for Catalysis (ICAT)
  • Research field: Polymer chemistry including small molecular synthesis targeting new monomers and additives
  • Closing date: November 30, 2026 (Japan Standard Time)
• October 22, Postdoctoral Fellow (Part-Time)
  • Institute for Catalysis (ICAT)
  • Research field: Polymer chemistry including small molecular synthesis targeting new monomers and additives
  • Closing date: November 30, 2026 (Japan Standard Time)
• October 21, Assistant Professor
  • Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Concurrent Appointment to the Laboratory of Advanced Veterinary Medicine)
  • Research field: Applicants should have publications in the research fields of Veterinary clinical medicine.
  • Closing date: January 8, 2027
• October 21, Assistant Professor
  • Laboratory of Natural Product Chemistry, Research Faculty of Agriculture
  • Research field: The applicant must have achievements in research on the isolation, structural elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products together with elucidation of functional mechanisms of bioactive natural products involved in the regulation of plant life cycles and defensive responses upon environmental stresses.
  • Closing date: November 20, 2026
• October 1, Assistant Professor
  • 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
• 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, 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 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.