Special Career Path System (Tenure Track Program)
Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers
The Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University established the Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers in 2006 supported by MEXT Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, in order to introduce and manage the tenure-track system. The Frontier Research Base invites applications from all over the world for tenure-track positions at the rank of Associate Professor or Assistant Professor in the specified fields.
The Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers would like to:
1. Acquire talented, highly qualified researchers who are distinguished within the international research community:
2. Support researchers who have pioneering ambitions for both research and education, and who have the potential to become leaders of future generations:
3. Promote strategic management of research staff to enhance major academic disciplines and create new scientific fields.
At the end of the term, each young researcher will be evaluated by the committee and then if approved, granted the tenured position.
Message
Looking for Talented Faculty
Director of Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers
TAKAI Shigemasa
The tenure track is worldwide program adopted by numerous Universities, but it has been unknown in Japan where University Professors can hire staff in their laboratory on their wills. When the government in Japan has transformed all national universities to administrative corporations in 2004, they began to change totally organization of universities. One of them is the introduction of the tenure track program in Japanese style.
The graduate school of engineering, Osaka University started a new program in 2006, based on the budget from the government, aiming establishment of the tenure track program in Osaka University style, which is called by the Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers. Through this program we are trying to look for new talented persons with expectation that they will become new powers in our university.
We would like young researchers to apply for our programs to obtain positions having potential to act globally.
Organization (Young Researchers Development Program)
The Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University has established the Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers in order to promote capable young educational researchers by providing them with research funding and facilities. The Base is under the direct control of the Dean of the Graduate School of Engineering.
The adoption, mid-term evaluation, and tenure assessment of young educational researchers are rigorously carried out by the Young Researcher Development Committee. Half of the committee members are external.
Frontier Research Base for Global Young Researchers
List of candidates who passed the tenure examination
Faculty members who have passed the tenure examination and transferred to a tenure post at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Tsuyohito Ito, Yuika Saito, Mamoru Tobisu |
| 2007 | Kiyoyuki Kaito, Yoshiaki Sugimoto, Yukio Takahashi |
| 2008 | Akira Onoda、Seino Satoshi, Tetsuya Tsuda, Kaori Hirahara |
| 2009 | Tadashi Nakano, Hisanao Hazama |
| 2010 | Akinori Saeki, Youhei Takeda |
| 2012 | Yasuhiko Kato, Tatsuya Sugihara, Lee Heun Tae, Kimiaki Washino |
| 2013 | Hisashi Ishihara, Ery Odette Fukushima, Yoichi Hoshimoto |
| 2014 | Taro Uematsu, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Hikari Shimadera, Yoshihiro Nishimoto |
| 2015 | Taro Uematsu, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Hikari Shimadera, Yoshihiro Nishimoto |
| 2017 | Hajime Shigemitsu |
Tenure-Track Faculty（as of February 2024）
Currently, there are nine tenure-track faculty members.（List of Tenure-Track Faculty）