is one of Japanese private universities in Kobe, Hyogo.
It is established in 2005. Its abbreviated name is KIC.

Outline

Kobe Institute of Computing; Graduate School of Information Technology is an IT professional graduate school established in April 2005 aiming to develop people with outstanding specialist capabilities who can play central roles in IT infrastructures. The operating body is Kobe Institute of Computing. It also runs College of Computing.

Development of Human Resources

• Using OSS (Open Source Softwares) that many countries and governments are increasingly adopting, as teaching materials, which helps to foster IT technical experts who understand the operating principles and inner structure of software.
• Developing highly skilled IT experts with management ability and problem solving ability.
• Holding “Active & Creative” as the education philosophy, developing human resources having “Thinking Power”.

Fields of Study

• Graduate School of Information Technology, Department of Information Systems
  • OSS Region
  • Network Region
  • Information architecture Region
  • Programming Region

Address

2-2-7 Kano-cho, Kobe Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

About 10 minutes' walk from Sannomiya Station

Sannomiya Station

is located in the heart of Kobe, Japan. This station is the main railway terminal of Kobe.- Lines :*Hanshin Electric Railway *Hankyu Railway *Kobe Municipal Subway...

 and Shin-Kobe Station

Shin-Kobe Station

is a train station located on the Sanyō Shinkansen line serving the city of Kobe, Japan and the surrounding area. It is located to the north of Kobe city centre, at the foot of Mount Rokkō. The Shinkansen trains mostly run inside tunnels under the mountains in this area...

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Located near Kitano-chō

Kitano-cho

or is a historical district in Kobe, Japan, which contains a number of foreign residences from the late Meiji and early Taishō eras of Japanese history. While the term can refer to any foreign residence of this period in Japan, it usually refers to those of Kitano given the number and high...

, a district of the former residences of early foreign settlers.

Faculty / Education

Unlike traditional graduate schools which are for fostering of researchers, KIC is for training skilled IT professionals. Therefore about 30% of the faculty are experienced IT professionals.

Lecture System

Considering working students the classes are provided both at weekday night as well as in daytime.
Since 2009 KIC has started Saturday classes.
KIC has a unique school term system which is called “6-term system”. Each term lasts for 2 months.
The curriculum is developed to enable students to have laboratory teaching after lecture, which helps students to enable to practice with knowledge that they get on lectures.

Academic Agreements

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

is a public university at Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, established in 2006.-External links:* *...

(Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo Metropolitan University is one of the largest public universities in Japan...

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External links

• KIC - Graduate School of Information Technology
• KIC - College of Computing