Science Tokyo creates seven faculty positions for women in academic year 2025
Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo) has created seven new positions for female associate professors or professors in academic year 2025 — one at each of its science and engineering-related Schools and Institutes.
This positive action, based on Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Equal Employment Opportunity Act), encourages women — a group that remains under-represented among science and engineering faculty members at Science Tokyo — to join the community, identify and solve global issues, and create a better, brighter future together.
This is the fourth consecutive year of the initiative after its launch by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), one of Science Tokyo’s predecessor universities, in academic year 2022.
For more details on the latest positions, see the Employment Opportunities page.
Message from Naoto Ohtake, Science Tokyo president and chief executive officer
Uniting diverse talent to create a shared vision
Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Tokyo Tech merged to form Science Tokyo in October 2024. As an open-system university, Science Tokyo strives to create a better, brighter future by identifying and solving complex societal issues and unknown crises through a convergence of knowledge. The Institute’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ensures that the community works together with members of different backgrounds and values to forge a shared vision for the future.
Amidst its efforts to promote DEI, Science Tokyo will continue its recruitment of female faculty members in the science and engineering fields, an initiative which began at the former Tokyo Tech in academic year 2022. The Institute firmly believes that a diverse, inclusive team is essential for the creation of new innovations and solutions to global issues such as environmental degradation, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and declining birthrates and aging populations.
The candidates who fill these new positions will play an important role in generating these solutions and molding Science Tokyo’s vision for the future. I encourage these innovators to participate actively in cross-disciplinary research and education, regardless of their specialization, and to advance discussions on diversity and inclusion-related initiatives at Science Tokyo.
In addition to constantly revamping its campuses and boosting support for international community members to create a more inclusive environment for everyone, Science Tokyo is enhancing awareness through efforts such as unconscious bias workshops for faculty and staff, and the development of diversity evaluation indicators. These efforts will be further expanded in 2025 and beyond, as Science Tokyo aims to attract diverse talent from around the world.
We look forward to receiving applications for these positions from outstanding researchers across the world.
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