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Two questions about university teaching

 
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thesportinglife



Joined: 21 Jun 2010
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 3:40 pm    Post subject: Two questions about university teaching Reply with quote
I'm currently thinking about moving to Japan to take up a university position. However, I'm worried about two things:

1. Most of the jobs I've seen require 7-8 periods of 90 minutes per month. That seems reasonable, but do they expect you to stay in your office 8 or more hours a day, even if you aren't teaching, having meetings, or other duties?
2. Salary. I make the equivalent of about 4,500,000 yen a month--what are my chances of matching that in Japan?
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seklarwia



Joined: 20 Jan 2009
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Location: Monkey onsen, Nagano
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Two questions about university teaching Reply with quote
thesportinglife wrote:
I make the equivalent of about 4,500,000 yen a month--what are my chances of matching that in Japan?
You make the equivalent of US$45,000/�33,000 per month?! No uni position in the world can match that.

Unless you made a mistake with your exchange rates and added one too many zeros Laughing
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Glenski



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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1. Most of the jobs I've seen require 7-8 periods of 90 minutes per month. That seems reasonable, but do they expect you to stay in your office 8 or more hours a day, even if you aren't teaching, having meetings, or other duties?


I think the average for most FT uni positions is 4-8 90-minute classes per week. Don't know where you get the "per month" bit.

Whatever else you do when you are not teaching is up to the uni, but I haven't heard of any of my uni colleagues around the country being told to keep office hours. It would be prudent to stay on campus, though. What else were you planning to do if you weren't in meetings, teaching, or "other duties"?

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2. Salary. I make the equivalent of about 4,500,000 yen a month--what are my chances of matching that in Japan?
You must mean per year. Actually that annual salary is pretty darned low for a uni job here. Kansai area salaries for 2008 compiled by the Kansai Private Universities Labor Union:

30 year old Assistant Professor (sennin), with 1 child.
rank institution yearly salary
top 1 Osaka Geijutsu University 8,155,735
top 2 Kansai University 8,025,190
top 3 Momoyama Gakuen University 7,983,849
bottom 1 Kobe Yamate University, JC 5,434,300
bottom 2 Koysan University 5,287,339
bottom 3 Hagorama University 5,022,000
average 6,896,585

35 year old Associate Professor (jokyoju), 1 child.
rank institution yearly salary
top 1 Osaka Geijutsu University 10,300,115
top 2 Kansai University 9,781,120
top 3 Osaka Tech, Setsunan University 9,708,245
bottom 1 Koysan University 6,606,121
bottom 2 Kobe Yamate University, JC 6,429,288
bottom 3 Hagorama University 5,989,500
average 8,395,591

40 year old Associate Professor (jokyoju), 2 children.
rank institution yearly salary
top 1 Osaka Geijutsu University 12,166,245
top 2 Momoyama Gakuen University 11,131,959
top 3 Kinki University 11,046,775
bottom 1 Koysan University 7,312,032
bottom 2 Kobe Yamate University, JC 7,100,894
bottom 3 Hagorama University 6,837,000
average 9,556,035

45 year old Professor (kyoju), 2 children.
rank institution yearly salary
top 1 Osaka Geijutsu University 13,266,260
top 2 Osaka Tech, Setsunan University 12,543,275
top 3 Momoyama Gakuen University 12,422,759
bottom 1 Koysan University 8,339,884
bottom 2 Hagorama University 7,923,000
bottom 3 Kobe Yamate University, JC 7,551,182
average 10,821,292

50 year old Professor (kyoju), 2 children.
rank institution yearly salary
top 1 Osaka Geijutsu University 14,531,370
top 2 Kinki University 13,641,166
top 3 Momoyama Gakuen University 13,571,284
bottom 1 Koysan University 9,155,078
bottom 2 Hagorama University 8,935,500
bottom 3 Kobe Yamate University, JC 8,344,348
average 11,808,221
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thesportinglife



Joined: 21 Jun 2010
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeesh I really screwed up my original post. Yes, I meant 4,500,000 yen per year, not per month. And I meant 7-8 periods per week.

Glenski, thanks for the info--that's quite helpful.
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evolving81



Joined: 04 May 2009
Posts: 135
Location: Tampa
PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
If I made $45,000 a month I'd stay put. Smile
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