Chiba Institute of Technology
千葉工業大学 | |
Motto |
師弟同行 自学自律 |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1942(Origins 1929[1]) |
Endowment | N/A |
Chancellor | Prof. Seiichi Okamoto |
Students | 9,935 |
Location | Narashino, Chiba, Japan |
Campus | Urban |
Nickname | CIT, etc. |
Website |
CIT(English) CIT(Japanese) |
Chiba Institute of Technology (千葉工業大学 Chiba kōgyō daigaku) is a private university in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. abbreviated as Chiba kōdai (千葉工大 Chiba kōdai),Chiba kō (千葉工 Chiba kō),kōdai (工大 kōdai),sen kōdai (千工大 sen kōdai).
The school was founded in 1942 in Machida, Tokyo. In 1946 it was relocated to Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, adopted the present name at the same time. Four years later, it was moved to the present location. It is the oldest private technical university in Japan.
History
Chiba Institute of Technology began as Kōa Institute of Technology (興亜工業大学 Kōa kōgyō daigaku). The meaning of Kōa means that Asia wakes up. Japanese government issued a permission of the establishment on December 7, 1941(December 8 Asia time). Kōa Institute of Technology was founded by Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Osami Nagano, Kuniyoshi Obara, Minoru Tōgō, Kotaro Honda, Hidetsugu Yagi, Shigenao Konishi, Yuzuru Hiraga, Nobuteru Mori(Mori Konzern founder・See also Shōwa Denkō), Satoru Mori(Son Nobuteru Mori), Kitaro Nishida, Shunpei Honma, Tokutomi Sohō, Saneatsu Mushanokōji in 1942.
The college was founded as a national policy for the rise of Asia tech. The purpose of the construction of the college was a contribution to the world culture and dissemination of engineering education to the people of Asia.
Kōa Institute of Technology took full-scale support from University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, Tokyo Institute of Technology as an educational institution to bring up the engineers who would lead a nation. Department of Industrial Engineering and materials management courses,aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering has been installed at the university.
The next person was the goal of Kōa Institute of Technology.
- Kotaro Honda, Thomas Alva Edison, Hideyo Noguchi, Albert Einstein, Hidetsugu Yagi, Willy Messerschmitt, Kitaro Nishida, Immanuel Kant etc.
In 1944, the headquarters of the University was moved to Sophia University in Kōjimachi from Tamagawa Gakuen. The metallurgy course work was relocated to the Kawasaki Heavy Industries factory yard in Kawasaki, Kanagawa in September.
The Kōjimachi and Kawasaki campus were destroyed during the April 13, 1945 and May 25 Tokyo air raids in World War II. The college was consigned to a class in the Tokyo Institute of Technology until 1946.
The college changed its name into "Chiba Institute of Technology(CIT)" in 1946 and moved to the Kimitu campus. Four years later, it was moved to the present location.
Campuses
1942~
- Machida,Tokyo Campus (1942–46)
- Chiyoda, Tokyo Campus (1943–45)
- Kawasaki,Kanagawa Campus (1943–45)
- Kimitu,Chiba Campus (1946–50)
1950~
- Tsudanuma,Chiba Campus (1950-)
- Chigusa,Chiba Campus (1967-)
- Sibazono,Chiba Campus (1986-)
Schools and laboratories
Undergraduate schools
- School of Engineering
- Department of information science
- Department of social system science
Research laboratories
- future robot research center(furo)
- planetary probe research center
Alumni
- Masayuki Uemura,a game engineer
- Kazuki Akane, a Japanese director of Japanese animation.
- Hiroshi Tachi, an actor (dropout)
- Mook (author),an illustrator
Interchange
- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology
- University of Missouri-Rolla
- Tennessee Technological University
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville
- The Pennsylvania State University
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Chiba University
- Chiba University of Commerce
- Chiba Keizai University
- Chuo Gakuin University
- Kanda University of International Studies
- Meikai University
- Open University of Japan
- Seitoku University
- Shukutoku University
- Tokyo University of Information Sciences
- Wayo Women's University
- Reitaku University
etc.
An item concerned
- Oh My Goddess!(A model of "Nekomi Institute of Technnology")
- Digipara(A model of "Keiyō Institute of Technnology")
See also
- Shōka Sonjuku - Kaigien - École Polytechnique[2]
- Tansō Hirose - Katsu Kaishū - Motoori Norinaga - Sakamoto Ryōma - Yoshida Shōin - Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi - Masatarō Sawayanagi - Isoroku Yamamoto[3]
- Yamato-damashii - Eastern philosophy - Western philosophy[4]
- Samsāra - Reincarnation - Perpetual peace[5]
- Perry Expedition - Meiji Restoration - Asia Revolution
References
- ↑ Tamagawa Gakuen webpage-Japanese Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.-Tamagawa Gakuen is one of the important headwaters of the founding of Chiba Institute of Technology.
- ↑ Schools that have a significant impact on the establishment of CIT.
- ↑ People who had a significant impact on the establishment of the CIT.
- ↑ Those that have an important impact on the founding spirit of CIT.
- ↑ CIT was founded hope that all those who died in the war is Reincarnation. This university was conceived as a school to train the apostles to bring world peace.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35°41′21.15″N 140°01′16.81″E / 35.6892083°N 140.0213361°E