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Type of Employment: Fixed-term Faculty member
Position: Associate Professor, Assistant Professor

* Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University operates an assistant professor system as a position for development for those employed as faculty members shortly after obtaining a PhD or directly before obtaining a PhD. After being appointed as an Assistant Professor, internal reviews will be conducted regarding achievements in areas such as teaching and research. If the screening conditions are met according to university regulations following the review, the candidate will be promoted to the position of Fixed-term Associate Professor. As the Tenure Track System applies to the Fixed-term Associate Professor position, position changes to a tenured faculty member are possible in accordance with the [Tenure Track System] described below.

[Tenure Track System]
Fixed-term faculty members hired under the APU tenure-track system are subject to an internal review of their performance in education, research, and university administration around the third year after their appointment. As a result of the review, if the faculty member meets the review criteria in accordance with university regulations, their position type will be changed to a tenured position until retirement under a new contract.

(1) Language of instruction for subjects to teach:
English (E) and Japanese (J), or English (E)

(2) Subjects to teach:
The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching intercultural education, multicultural cocurricular education, global education, first-year education, and leadership education.

* Based on the candidate’s knowledge and experience, responsibilities may include subjects other than those listed above.