Nagoya Institute of Technology

Nagoya Institute of Technology (名古屋工業大学, Nagoya Kōgyō Daigaku), known as NITech or Meikōdai, is a national engineering university in Nagoya, Japan, founded in 1905.名古屋工业大学（日语：名古屋工業大学，简称名工大或 NITech）是位于日本名古屋的一所国立工科大学，创立于 1905 年。

It is one of Japan's longest-established technical universities and the oldest institution of higher technical education in the Chubu region, with about 5,700 students and 525 staff.该校是日本历史最悠久的工科大学之一，也是中部地区最早的高等工业教育机构，现有约 5,700 名学生与 525 名教职员。

NITech was placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the 1601-1800 band of the Times Higher Education ranking and 2,002nd in the U.S. News global list.名工大在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，在《泰晤士高等教育》排名中位列 1601-1800 区间，在《美国新闻与世界报道》全球榜单中排名第 2,002 位。

History

• Nagoya Higher Technical School opened in 1905 as the fourth national higher technical school in Japan, after those in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, and the first national higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture.名古屋高等工业学校于 1905 年开办，是继东京、大阪、京都之后日本第四所国立高等工业学校，也是爱知县第一所国立高等教育机构。
• The school was created as Meiji-era industrialisation created demand for engineers, and the Minister of Education Nobuaki Makino said at its opening that Nagoya should become not only the Nagoya of Owari but the Nagoya of the world.该校的设立正值明治工业化对工程师产生巨大需求，文部大臣牧野伸显在开学典礼上表示，名古屋不应只是尾张的名古屋，更应成为世界的名古屋。
• Its original campus was established at Gokiso in what is now Showa Ward, a site the university still occupies beside Tsurumai Park in central Nagoya.其最初校址设于今昭和区的御器所，这一校址沿用至今，紧邻名古屋市中心的鹤舞公园。
• In 1943 the Aichi Prefectural Higher Technical School was founded as a second public technical institution in the prefecture, and it was renamed the Aichi Prefectural College of Technology in 1944.1943 年，爱知县立高等工业学校成立，成为该县第二所公立工业教育机构，并于 1944 年改称爱知县立工业专门学校。
• Nagoya Higher Technical School was renamed Nagoya College of Technology in 1944, as Japan mobilised its technical education for the war economy.1944 年，名古屋高等工业学校更名为名古屋工业专门学校，当时日本正把技术教育纳入战时经济动员。
• In 1949 the two institutions were merged under Japan's new educational system to form the national Nagoya Institute of Technology, with a single faculty of engineering and the staff and buildings of both predecessor schools.1949 年，两校在日本新学制下合并，组建国立的名古屋工业大学，当时仅设一个工学部，师资与校舍均来自两所前身学校。
• A junior college division was added in 1951, and in 1959 it became the Second Division of the Faculty of Engineering, providing evening engineering education for working students.1951 年学校增设短期大学部，1959 年该部改为工学部第二部，为在职学生提供夜间工程教育。
• The Graduate School of Engineering was established in 1964, allowing the institute to offer master's and later doctoral programmes in its engineering fields, and the doctoral course now typically takes three years after the master's degree.工学研究科于 1964 年设立，使学校得以在工程领域开设硕士课程，其后又开设博士课程，博士课程现通常需在硕士之后修读三年。
• In 2004, under the National University Corporation Act, NITech became a national university corporation with greater autonomy over its budget, staff appointments and research contracts, while remaining accountable to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.2004 年，依据《国立大学法人法》，名工大改制为国立大学法人，在预算、人事聘用与研究合同上获得更大自主权，同时仍对文部科学省负责。
• The institute marked its centenary in 2005, by which time it had produced more than 70,000 graduates for Japanese industry.2005 年，学校迎来建校一百周年，其时已为日本产业界输送了七万余名毕业生。
• The ceramics research centre at the Tajimi campus in neighbouring Gifu Prefecture links the institute to one of Japan's historic porcelain and ceramics districts.该校在邻县岐阜多治见校区设有陶瓷研究中心，把学校与日本历史悠久的瓷器和陶瓷产区联系起来。
• NITech celebrated its 110th anniversary in 2015 and its 120th in 2025, marking a period in which its research centres in ceramics, nitride semiconductors and artificial intelligence expanded.名工大于 2015 年庆祝建校一百一十周年、2025 年庆祝一百二十周年，这一时期其陶瓷、氮化物半导体与人工智能研究中心不断扩展。
• By 2022 the institute had 5,711 students and 525 staff, of whom 346 were academic, and between 60 and 70 per cent of its undergraduates continued to master's courses.到 2022 年，学校共有 5,711 名学生与 525 名教职员，其中教学人员 346 名，本科毕业生中有六至七成继续攻读硕士课程。
• Under the national university corporation system NITech has signed academic exchange agreements with universities in Asia, Europe and North America, including Tsinghua and Tongji in China.在国立大学法人体制下，名工大与亚洲、欧洲及北美的高校签署学术交流协议，其中包括中国的清华大学与同济大学。
• Its joint doctoral programme in informatics with the University of Wollongong in Australia allows students to obtain degrees from both institutions.该校与澳大利亚伍伦贡大学合办信息学联合博士项目，学生可同时获得两校学位。
• The institute's educational mission has long been summarised in the Japanese term hitozukuri, the making of people, which places character formation, practical skill and social responsibility alongside technical training.该校的教育理念长期以日语「人づくり」概括，意为「造就人才」，把人格养成、实践能力与社会责任同技术训练并列。
• NITech is a member of JANET, the Japan Advanced National Engineering Universities Network, through which it cooperates with other specialised engineering universities.名工大是日本国立工科大学网络 JANET 的成员，通过这一网络与其他专门工科大学开展合作。
• The institute has remained a single-faculty engineering university, concentrating its resources on applied science and manufacturing rather than expanding into medicine or the humanities.该校始终是一所单科性的工科大学，把资源集中于应用科学与制造业，而未向医学或人文学科扩张。
• Its graduates are heavily recruited by Toyota, Nissan, Kao and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and a survey by Toyo Keizai ranked NITech 12th in Japan for employment in 400 leading companies, at 34.6 per cent.其毕业生深受丰田、日产、花王与三菱重工等企业青睐，东洋经济的一项调查显示，名工大毕业生进入 400 家日本顶尖企业的比例为 34.6%，位列全国第 12。
• The university's gender ratio remains about nine men to one woman, a pattern common to Japanese engineering institutions and a focus of its recent outreach to schools.该校男女比例约为九比一，这在日本工科院校中较为普遍，也是学校近年面向中学开展宣传的重点。
• The school was financed by the national government and trained engineers for state industry, and its 1905 opening was attended by senior officials of the Meiji government.该校由国库拨款兴办，为国家工业培养工程师，1905 年的开学典礼有明治政府多位高级官员出席。
• By 1949, when the new university was formed, the Gokiso site had grown into a compact technical campus with laboratories, workshops and dormitories for students from across the region.到 1949 年新大学组建时，御器所校址已发展为一个紧凑的技术校园，拥有实验室、工场以及供各地学生住宿的宿舍。

Academics

• NITech's Faculty of Engineering is organised into five departments: life science and applied chemistry, physical science and engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, and architecture, civil engineering and industrial management engineering, and students are admitted directly into a department that runs its own laboratories and seminars.名工大工学部设有五个学科，即生命与应用化学、物理科学与工程、电气与机械工程、计算机科学，以及建筑、土木工程与工业管理工程，学生按学科直接录取，各学科自行组织实验室与研讨课程。
• A Creative Engineering Program offers a six-year integrated curriculum that takes students from undergraduate to master's level in a single coherent course.创造工程项目提供六年一贯制课程，使学生在一个连贯的培养方案中从本科直接读到硕士阶段。
• The Graduate School of Engineering offers master's and doctoral programmes in materials, functional, information, social and urban environmental engineering, industrial strategy and future materials.工学研究科在材料、功能、信息、社会与城市环境工程、产业战略以及未来材料等方向开设硕士与博士课程。
• A graduate programme in nanopharmaceutical sciences reflects the institute's collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry of the Chukyo region.纳米医药科学研究生项目体现了该校与中京地区制药产业的合作。
• The joint doctoral programme in informatics with the University of Wollongong is one of the institute's main international degree offerings.与伍伦贡大学合办的信息学联合博士项目是该校主要的国际学位项目之一。
• Research is supported by centres for advanced ceramics, nitride semiconductors, optobio technology, nano devices and advanced materials, advanced manufacturing, biomedical physics and information technology, and disaster prevention engineering, several of which are jointly funded by the national government and regional manufacturers.其研究依托先进陶瓷、氮化物半导体、光生物技术、纳米器件与先进材料、先进制造、生物医学物理与信息技术以及防灾工程等研究中心，其中数个由中央政府与地区制造企业共同资助。
• The NITech Artificial Intelligence Research Center applies machine learning to manufacturing, materials discovery, medicine and assistive technology for ageing communities.名工大人工智能研究中心把机器学习应用于制造、材料发现、医学以及面向老龄社会的辅助技术。
• The Innovation Center for Multi-Business of Nitride Semiconductors works on gallium nitride devices for power electronics and lighting, a field with strong regional industry partners.氮化物半导体多业务创新中心研究用于电力电子与照明的氮化镓器件，这一领域拥有实力雄厚的地区产业伙伴。
• The Center for Research on Assistive Technology for Building New Communities develops devices and services that help older people and people with disabilities live independently.面向新社区建设的辅助技术研究中心开发帮助老年人与残障人士独立生活的设备与服务。
• The Advanced Ceramics Research Center at Tajimi draws on the porcelain traditions of the Mino region and works with local kilns and materials companies.多治见的先进陶瓷研究中心依托美浓地区的瓷器传统，与当地窑场及材料企业合作。
• Teaching is strongly laboratory-based, and undergraduate students join research groups in their third and fourth years for graduation projects.教学以实验室训练为主，本科生在三年级和四年级进入研究组完成毕业研究。
• Between 60 and 70 per cent of NITech undergraduates enter the graduate school, reflecting the institute's emphasis on advanced engineering training.名工大六至七成的本科毕业生升入研究生院，体现了学校对高层次工程训练的重视。
• The institute's 346 academic staff supervise a student body of 5,711, giving a student-to-faculty ratio of roughly sixteen to one.学校 346 名教学人员指导 5,711 名学生，师生比约为十六比一。
• NITech's library and information centre holds collections in engineering, materials science and applied chemistry and provides databases for patent and standards research, together with quiet study rooms and a media area.名工大的图书馆与信息中心收藏工程、材料科学与应用化学文献，提供专利与标准研究数据库，并设有安静自习室与媒体区。
• International students are admitted to degree programmes and to short-term exchange programmes, and the institute offers Japanese language courses to support them.国际学生可申请学位项目与短期交流项目，学校还开设日语课程予以支持。
• Admission is based on the National Center for University Entrance Examinations and an individual academic examination set by the institute, which tests mathematics, physics, chemistry and English.该校入学选拔依据大学入学共通考试以及学校自行组织的个别学力考试，考试科目包括数学、物理、化学与英语。

Campus

• The main Gokiso campus lies in Showa Ward, central Nagoya, beside Tsurumai Park and within walking distance of Tsurumai subway station and JR Gokiso station, and it is the institute's main site for undergraduate teaching and research, compact enough to cross on foot in about ten minutes.主校区御器所位于名古屋市中心昭和区，紧邻鹤舞公园，步行可达鹤舞地铁站与 JR 御器所站，是学校本科教学与研究的主要场所，校园紧凑，步行约十分钟即可横穿。
• The Tajimi campus in Gifu Prefecture houses the ceramics research facilities and links the institute to the Mino ceramic industry and lies about forty kilometres northeast of Nagoya.岐阜县的多治见校区设有陶瓷研究设施，把学校与美浓陶瓷产业联系起来，距名古屋东北约四十公里。
• The Gokiso campus combines teaching buildings, laboratories and research centres on a compact site, with the main gate opening towards the park.御器所校区在紧凑的地块上集中了教学楼、实验室与研究中心，正门朝向鹤舞公园。
• Named research facilities on campus include the Advanced Ceramics Research Center, the OptoBioTechnology Research Center and the NITech Artificial Intelligence Research Center.校园内的具名研究设施包括先进陶瓷研究中心、光生物技术研究中心与名工大人工智能研究中心。
• Nagoya is Japan's fourth-largest city and the centre of the Chukyo industrial belt, home to Toyota's headquarters and a dense network of automotive, aerospace, machine-tool and ceramics suppliers, a cluster that makes the city one of the world's densest centres of automotive production.名古屋是日本第四大城市与中京工业带的核心，丰田总部以及密集的汽车、航空航天、机床与陶瓷供应商网络均坐落于此，这一集群使该市成为全球最密集的汽车生产中心之一。
• The campus is served by the Tsurumai subway line and the JR Chuo line, putting Nagoya Station about fifteen minutes away by train.校区有鹤舞地铁线与 JR 中央线服务，乘火车到名古屋站约十五分钟。
• The institute maintains student dormitories and international residences, and most students commute from within Aichi Prefecture, while the international residence houses exchange students from partner universities.学校设有学生宿舍与国际学生公寓，多数学生则从爱知县内通勤上学，国际学生公寓则接待来自伙伴院校的交换生。
• Tsurumai Park, adjacent to the campus, is one of Nagoya's main cherry-blossom spots and provides open space for students and city residents.与校区相邻的鹤舞公园是名古屋主要的赏樱胜地之一，为学生与市民提供了开阔的休闲空间。
• The institute's research centres collaborate with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and with companies across the Tokai region on materials, robotics and energy devices.该校研究中心与产业技术综合研究所及东海地区企业合作，开展材料、机器人与能源器件研究。
• The Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, a short subway ride from Gokiso, traces the city's transition from textile machinery to automobiles and is a regular destination for engineering students.从御器所乘地铁短程可达的丰田产业技术纪念馆，记录了该市从纺织机械转向汽车制造的历史，是工科学生常去的地方。

Reputation

• NITech was placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, having stood in the 801-1000 band in the 2021 edition.名工大在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，而在 2021 年版中曾位列 801-1000 区间。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 placed it in the 1601-1800 band, and U.S. News ranked it 2,002nd in its 2026-2027 global list.《泰晤士高等教育》2027 年世界大学排名将其列入 1601-1800 区间，《美国新闻与世界报道》则在 2026-2027 年度全球榜单中将其列第 2,002 位。
• The institute was not included in the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, which covers mainly comprehensive research universities.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，该榜主要覆盖综合性研究型大学。
• OpenAlex records about 37,219 research works and 1,123,814 citations for NITech, a substantial output for a single-faculty engineering university.OpenAlex 记录名工大约 37,219 项研究成果与 1,123,814 次引用，对于一所单科性工科大学而言产出相当可观。
• Toyo Keizai's survey of employment at 400 leading Japanese companies placed NITech 12th nationally, with 34.6 per cent of graduates entering those firms, a result that reflects the institute's close ties with the Tokai manufacturing cluster.东洋经济对 400 家日本顶尖企业录用情况的调查将名工大列为全国第 12 位，其毕业生进入这些企业的比例为 34.6%，这一结果体现了学校与东海制造业集群的紧密联系。
• The institute is one of Japan's four main engineering universities, a member of the JANET network of advanced national engineering institutions and a partner of the Tokai region's manufacturers.该校是日本四大工科大学之一，也是国立工科大学网络 JANET 的成员，并与东海地区制造商保持合作。
• Its strongest fields in research assessment are materials science, ceramics, semiconductor devices, mechanical engineering and computer science, and its researchers publish jointly with automotive and ceramics companies.在研究评估中，该校实力最强的领域为材料科学、陶瓷、半导体器件、机械工程与计算机科学，其研究人员还与汽车及陶瓷企业联合发表成果。
• NITech has produced more than 70,000 graduates since 1905, most of whom have worked in manufacturing, automotive and chemical companies in the Chubu region.自 1905 年以来，名工大已培养七万余名毕业生，其中多数任职于中部地区的制造业、汽车与化工企业。
• The university is consistently ranked among the top engineering institutions in the Tokai region and is known for the employment rate of its graduates in local industry, a reputation reinforced by its close ties to Toyota and its suppliers.该校长期位居东海地区工科院校前列，并以毕业生在本地产业的就业率著称，与丰田及其供应商的紧密联系更强化了这一声誉。
• The Port of Nagoya, Japan's largest trading port by cargo value, lies south of the city and reinforces the region's manufacturing economy.名古屋港是日本货物价值最大的贸易港，位于城市南部，进一步巩固了该地区的制造业经济。

Student life

• NITech has no formal Latin motto, and its educational philosophy is expressed through the idea of hitozukuri, the holistic making of engineers and citizens.名工大没有正式的拉丁语校训，其教育理念以「人づくり」表达，即全面造就工程师与公民。
• The annual Kodai Festival, organised by students each autumn, opens the campus to the public with laboratory exhibitions, robotics demonstrations and performances.每年秋季由学生组织的「工大祭」向公众开放校园，设有实验室展览、机器人演示与文艺演出。
• Student clubs cover robotics, formula racing, aviation, broadcasting, music and martial arts, the robotics club competes in national contests, and the formula racing team designs and builds a car each year for the Student Formula Japan competition.学生社团涵盖机器人、方程式赛车、航空、广播、音乐与武术，机器人社团参加全国性竞赛，方程式赛车队每年为日本大学生方程式大赛设计并制造赛车。
• With a gender ratio of about nine to one, the institute runs outreach programmes and women-in-engineering events to attract more female applicants.由于男女比例约为九比一，学校开展宣传计划与女性工程主题活动，以吸引更多女生报考。
• Most students come from Aichi and neighbouring prefectures, and many live at home or in university dormitories rather than in private housing.多数学生来自爱知县及邻近县份，不少人住在家里或学校宿舍，而非租住私人住房。
• Nagoya's museums, shopping districts and the Nagoya Castle are reachable by subway, the Osu shopping district and its cafes are a favourite meeting place, and the city's manufacturing heritage shapes student internships and part-time work in its factories and design offices.名古屋的博物馆、商业区与名古屋城均可乘地铁抵达，大须商店街及其咖啡馆是学生喜爱的聚会场所，城市的制造业传统也影响着学生在工厂与设计事务所的实习与兼职。
• The institute's baseball, football and track teams compete in regional university leagues, and the campus sports grounds are shared with staff and local clubs.学校的棒球、足球与田径队参加地区大学联赛，校园运动场也与教职员及当地俱乐部共用。
• International students are paired with Japanese student tutors, and the institute holds an annual international fair to introduce the cultures of its exchange partners, while the tutors help newcomers with Japanese language, housing and daily life.国际学生与日本学生导师结对，学校每年举办国际交流节，介绍各交换伙伴院校的文化，导师还会帮助新生适应日语、住宿与日常生活。
• The academic year follows the Japanese calendar, with entrance ceremonies in April and graduation ceremonies in March.学年遵循日本学制，四月举行入学典礼，三月举行毕业典礼。
• Atsuta Jingu, one of Japan's most revered Shinto shrines, and the Port of Nagoya Aquarium are popular weekend destinations for students.热田神宫是日本最受尊崇的神社之一，名古屋港水族馆则是学生周末常去的目的地。
• The Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, one of Japan's largest combined zoos and gardens, lie east of the city centre and are popular with student groups.东山动植物园是日本最大的动植物园之一，位于市中心以东，深受学生团体欢迎。

Notable people

• Taiichi Ohno (1912-1990), the Toyota engineer who created the Toyota Production System, graduated from Nagoya Higher Technical School in 1932 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and his methods later spread to factories worldwide.大野耐一（1912-1990）是创立丰田生产方式的丰田工程师，1932 年毕业于名古屋高等工业学校机械科，其方法后来传播到世界各地的工厂。
• Masatake Haruta, a chemist known for discovering the catalytic properties of gold nanoparticles, studied at NITech and later became a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University.春田正毅是发现金纳米颗粒催化特性的化学家，曾就读于名工大，后任东京都立大学教授。
• Mohiro Kitoh, the manga artist behind Bokurano and Narutaru, graduated from the institute and is one of its best-known alumni in the arts.鬼头莫宏是《地球防卫少年》与《星星公主》的作者，毕业于名工大，是该校在艺术领域最知名的校友之一。
• Taro Tanozawa, a member of the House of Representatives of Japan, studied at NITech before entering politics.田野瀬良太郎是日本众议院议员，在从政前曾就读于名工大。
• Yutaka Banno, a member of the House of Representatives and former state minister for foreign affairs, is also counted among the institute's alumni.伴野丰是日本众议院议员、前外务副大臣，也被列为该校校友。
• Hiroto Fujii, mayor of Minokamo in Gifu Prefecture, graduated from NITech, one of several alumni who have entered local government.藤井浩人是岐阜县美浓加茂市市长，毕业于名工大，是该校进入地方政府的多位校友之一。
• Nobuyuki Matsui, a former president of Nagoya Institute of Technology, spent his academic career at the institute and helped expand its research centres.松井信行曾任名古屋工业大学校长，其学术生涯都在该校度过，并推动了学校研究中心的扩展。
• The institute's alumni network is concentrated in the automotive and manufacturing industries of the Chubu region, and its graduates include senior engineers at Toyota and its suppliers.该校校友网络集中于中部地区的汽车与制造业，毕业生中不乏丰田及其供应商的高级工程师。