is a
private university
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in
Miyashiro, Saitama
is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 33,823 in 15,234 households and a population density of 2100 persons per km². The total area of the town is .
Geography
Miyashiro is located in central- ...
,
Japan
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, established in 1967.
History
The Nippon Institute of Technology opened in 1907 as "Tokyo Engineering School". It was renamed "Tokyo Advanced Engineering School" in 1935, but was closed in 1943 due to
World War II
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. In 1947, it reopened as "Toko Gakuen Junior High School" which became "Tokyo Industrial High School" in 1948 and the Nippon Institute of Technology in 1967.
At the time, it had departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Architecture. A Department of Systems Engineering was added in 1975. In 1982, Nippon Institute of Technology established a graduate school offering master's degrees, followed by doctoral degrees from 1987. A Department of Computer and Information Engineering was established in 1995. The school marked its centennial in 2007.
See also
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Colleges of technology in Japan A "college of technology" is the translated Japanese word used to described the educational Japanese college system, a variety of programmes of 4 or 5 years of study at a collegiate level. The , often abbreviated to are attended by students 15 ye ...
External links
Official website
Educational institutions established in 1907
Private universities and colleges in Japan
Universities and colleges in Saitama Prefecture
Engineering universities and colleges in Japan
1907 establishments in Japan
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