Nagoya Institute of Technology

Nagoya Institute of Technology

名古屋工業大学
Type	Public (national)
Established	1949
President	Takatoshi Kinoshita
Academic staff	556 (with staff)
Undergraduates	4,004 (full time only)
Postgraduates	1,672
Location	Nagoya , Aichi prefecture , Japan
Nickname	名工大 (Meikōdai), NITech
Mascot	None
Website	English website

The Nagoya Institute of Technology (名古屋工業大学, Nagoya Kōgyō Daigaku), abbreviated to Nitech (or in Japanese to 名工大, Meikōdai), is a public educational institution of science and technology located in Nagoya, Japan. Nitech was founded in 1905 as Nagoya Higher Technical School, then renamed Nagoya College of Technology in 1944, and then merged under the new educational system with the Aichi Prefectural College of Technology to be refounded as Nagoya Institute of Technology in 1949. In 2004 it was refounded as National University Corporation Nagoya Institute of Technology.

Schools, Departments and Laboratories

Faculty of Engineering

• Life Science and Applied Chemistry
• Physical Science and Engineering
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Architecture, Civil Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering
• Creative Engineering Program

Graduate School of Engineering

• Life Science and Applied Chemistry
• Physical Science and Engineering
• Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Architecture, Civil Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering
• Nanopharmaceutical Sciences
• Nagoya Institute of Technology and University of Wollongong Joint Degree Doctoral Program in Informatics

Educational Research Centers

• Center for Research on Assistive Technology for Building New Communities
• OptoBioTechnology Research Center
• Advanced Ceramics Research Center
• Innovation Center for Multi-Business of Nitride Semiconductors
• Research Center for Nano Devices and Advanced Materials
• Advanced Manufacturing Research Center
• Center of Biomedical Physics and Information Technology
• NITech Artificial Intelligence Research Center
• Advanced Disaster Prevention Engineering Center

Notable alumni

• Takayuki Ito
• Ken
• Taiichi Ohno

External links

• Nagoya Institute of Technology