Toyohashi University of Technology (豊橋技術科学大学; Toyohashi Gijutsu Kagaku Daigaku), often abbreviated to TUT, is a national

National university

A national university is generally a university created or run by a government, but which at the same time operates autonomously without direct oversight or control by the state. Some national universities are closely associated with national cultural or political aspirations...

 engineering university

Institute of technology

Institute of technology is a designation employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable levels of the educational system...

 located in Toyohashi

Toyohashi, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on August 1, 1906. As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 383,691 and a density of 1,468.62 persons per km². The total area is . By size, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-largest city until March 31,...

, Aichi

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, 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...

. Distinguished for the upper-division student body where over 80% of them are transfer students from 5-year engineering schools called Kōsens, the TUT is one of the only two Universities of Technology, a form of universities in Japan, the other being Nagaoka University of Technology

Nagaoka University of Technology

, abbreviated as Nagaoka Gidai, is a national technology university founded in 1976 in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. One of the only two Universities of Technology, a form of universities in Japan, the other being Toyohashi University of Technology in Aichi. Many students from colleges of technology, a...

. TUT is also noted for the fact that majority of the students proceed to graduate school

Graduate school

A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...

s. The university is locally nicknamed Gikadai (技科大).

New Departments

Departments of Engineering are reconstructed into 5 new departments from April 2010.

• Faculty of Engineering(2010-)
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
    • Mechanical System Design Course
    • Material and Manufacturing Course
    • System Control and Robotics Course
    • Environment and Energy Course
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering
    • Electronic Materials Course
    • Electrical System Course
    • Integrated Electronics Course
    • Information and Communication System Course
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
    • Computer and Information Science Course
    • Information and Systems Science Course
  • Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
    • Sustainable Development Course
    • Life and Materials Science Course
  • Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
    • Architecture and Building Course
    • Civil and Environmental Engineering Course

Old Departments

• • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Production Systems Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Department of Information and Computer Sciences
  • Department of Materials Science
  • Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Department of Knowledge-based Information Engineering
  • Department of Ecological Engineering
  • Department of Humanities and Management Science and Engineering

New Departments

• Master's Programs(2010-)
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering
  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Department of Environmental and Life Sciences
  • Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Old Departments

• Master's Programs(-2010)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Production Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Information and Computer Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • Architecture and Civil Engineering
  • Knowledge-based Information Engineering
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Humanities and Social Engineering

• Doctoral Programs
  • Mechanical and Structural System Engineering
  • Functional Materials Engineering
  • Electronic and Information Engineering
  • Environment and Life Engineering

Centers

• The Language Center
• The Research Center of Physical Fitness, Sports and Health
• International Student Center
• Cooperative Research Facility Center
• The Research Center for Future Technology
• International Cooperation Center for Engineering Education Development
• Research Center for Future Vehicle
• Intelligent Sensing System Research Center
• Center for Collaborative Regional Planning and Design
• Interdisciplinary Future Environment Ecological Design Research Center
• Venture Business Laboratory
• Incubation Center for Venture Business
• Information and Media Center
• Electron Device Research Center
• Main Library

Academia

• Daisuke Takahashi - a computer scientist
• Tomoyoshi Soga - a chemist at Keio University
  Keio University
  ,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...
  
   researching metabolomics
  Metabolomics
  Metabolomics is the scientific study of chemical processes involving metabolites. Specifically, metabolomics is the "systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind", the study of their small-molecule metabolite profiles...
  
  

Presidents

1. Yoneichiro Sakaki
   Yoneichiro Sakaki
   is a Japanese electrical engineer. From 1976 to 1984, he served as the first president of the Toyohashi University of Technology.His son Yoshiyuki Sakaki currently serves as the sixth president of TUT.-References:...
   
    (1976-1984)
2. Namio Honda (1984-1990)
3. Shin'ichi Sasaki (1990-1996)
4. Keishi Gotō (1996-2002)
5. Tatau Nishinaga
   Tatau Nishinaga
   is the fifth president of Toyohashi University of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Nagoya University in 1967. He became a professor at the engineering faculty of Toyohashi University of Technology in 1977, the engineering faculty of Nagoya University in 1980, the...
   
    (2002-2008)
6. Yoshiyuki Sakaki
   Yoshiyuki Sakaki
   is a Japanese molecular biologist. He is the sixth president of Toyohashi University of Technology and an emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo....
   
   (2008-present)

External links

• Toyohashi University of Technology - English official website