, abbreviated as Nagaoka Gidai, is a national technology university founded in 1976 in Nagaoka, Niigata

Nagaoka, Niigata

is a city located in the central part of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture, behind the capital city of Niigata...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. One of the only two Universities of Technology, a form of universities in Japan, the other being Toyohashi University of Technology

Toyohashi University of Technology

Toyohashi University of Technology , often abbreviated to TUT, is a national engineering university located in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan...

 in Aichi. Many students from colleges of technology, a 5-year college called "kosen" in Japan have enrolled. The university requires 4th year students to spend up to five months on-the-job experience (internship) in private enterprises, government agencies, and elsewhere. Having a high employment rate in the national universities in Japan.

Faculty

• School of Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering
  • Materials Science and Technology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental Systems Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Management and Information Systems Engineering

Graduate School of Engineering

• Master's Program
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronics and Information Engineering
  • Material Science & Technology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Environmental System Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Management and Information Systems Engineering

• Doctoral Program
  • Information Science and Control Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Energy and Environment Science
  • Integrated Bioscience and Technology

Research and Faculty Programs

• The 21st Century Center Of Excellence Program (MEXT)
  • Creation of Hybridized Materials with Super-Functions and Formation of International Research & Education Center (2002–2006)
  • Global Renaissance by Green Energy Revolution (2003–2007)
• Support Program for Contemporary Educational Needs (MEXT)
  • Development of cyclical education that incorporates Geen Technology practices
• Program for Promoting High-Quality University Education (MEXT)
  • Practical Meister system of technological education
  • Restructuring of Fundamental Engineering Education based on Universal Design Concept

History

• 1976 Nagaoka University of Technology opened

• 1978 Matriculation ceremony of the first undergraduate class held

• 1980 Graduate School (Master's program) established

• 1986 Graduate School of Engineering (Doctoral program) established

• 2000 Course reorganized

• 2006 Graduate School of Management Technology(Professional Degree Course) established

Presidents

1. Kawakami Masamitsu
2. Saito Shinroku
3. Kanno Masayoshi
4. Uchida Yasuzo
5. Hattori Ken
6. Kojima Yo
7. Niihara Koichi

Location

Located in the suburb area of Nagaoka City in Niigata Prefucture, nearby the Echigo Hillside Park (national government park).

• By taxi about 20 minutes, By bus about 30min from Nagaoka station (about 90 minutes from Tokyo Station by joetsu-shinkansen, Japanese bullet train)
• By car about 5 minutes from the Nagaoka Interchange on the Kan-etsu Expressway.

External links

• Nagaoka University of Technology's official website