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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Keio University, Japan invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor to start on April 1^st, 2026. The appointment is contingent upon completion of the Ph.D. degree. We are seeking researchers with expertise in mechanical and civil engineering, or related disciplines who apply advanced theoretical, computational, and/or experimental methods to study global problems including large-scale environmental and climate phenomena. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Environmental fluid mechanics


• Atmospheric or oceanic modeling


• Hydrology and water resources engineering


• Climate system dynamics


• Infrastructure resilience under climate change


• Geoenvironmental engineering


• Computational modeling of environmental systems

The successful candidate is expected to:

- perform internationally recognized research as a principal investigator in collaboration with graduate and undergraduate students, and colleagues in the department,

- teach with passion undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical engineering as well as to design new courses to meet the need for the future,

- actively contribute to international activity of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, and Keio University.

TO APPLY


Please submit the following application materials to opening@mech.keio.ac.jp by July 25, 2025 at 12:00 pm JST.

•	A cover letter

•	Curriculum vitae

•	Research statement (description of past, current, and future research, management of the research group, cross-disciplinary collaboration, etc.)

•	Teaching statement (curriculum design, student mentorship, etc.)

•	Representative scholarly achievements, including publications (up to 10)

•	Names and contact information of 3 reference writers