The , abbreviated to Nitech (or in Japanese to 名工大, ''Meikōdai''), is a public highest-level educational institution of science and technology located in
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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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 is a corporate body (legal entity) established under the provisions of the ''National University Corporation Act'' (2003) for the purpose of establishing a national university in Japan.
History
As part of promoting the reform of Japanese univer ...
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
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Takayuki Ito
is a Japanese computer scientist who specialized in the fields of artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems. He worked as assistant professor in the computer science department of Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology from ...
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Ken
Ken or KEN may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Ken'' (album), a 2017 album by Canadian indie rock band Destroyer.
* ''Ken'' (film), 1964 Japanese film.
* ''Ken'' (magazine), a large-format political magazine.
* Ken Masters, a main character in ...
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Taiichi Ohno
was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system. He ...
Academic rankings
External links
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Notes
Universities and colleges in Nagoya
Japanese national universities
Engineering universities and colleges in Japan
Technical universities and colleges in Japan
Educational institutions established in 1905
1905 establishments in Japan
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