, or NTUT, is a

national university A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...

Tsukuba, Ibaraki is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total a ...

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 ...

. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1987, and it was chartered as a university in 2005.　It is Japan's only national university that is focused on the education of students with special needs, including hearing impaired/deaf and visually impaired/blind students. The school has several special needs programs: *Special Needs Education for the Visually Impaired **PreK - advanced vocational *Special Needs Education for the Deaf **PreK - advanced vocational *Special Needs Education for the Mentally Challenged **PreK - advanced vocational *Special Needs Education for the Physically Challenged **elementary - advanced vocational *Special Needs Education for the Children with Autism **preschool and elementary

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Educational institutions established in 1987 School Corporations in Japan Japanese national universities Universities and colleges in Ibaraki Prefecture 1987 establishments in Japan Tsukuba, Ibaraki {{ibaraki-university-stub