Ashikaga Institute of Technology

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Ashikaga University was founded by the Ashikaga Institute of Technology in 1967 on a philosophy of war, 'Harmony is to be valued,' which was advocated by the 6th century ardent Buddhist and politician Prince Shotoku. Ashikaga University is located in Ashikaga, which is richly endowed by nature and well known for the remains of Ashikaga Gakko or Japan's oldest academic institution. It has long been dedicated to engineering education and has turned out 'thinking engineers' since its foundation.
Under the post-war educational system reform, the organization established an educational foundation to accommodate the local community's higher education request. The foundation, now developed into the Ashikaga University educational foundation, operates one university, one junior college, two high schools, and one kindergarten.
When it established the educational foundation, Bukkyo Wago-kai adopted Prince Shotoku's teaching, "Harmony is to be valued,' as its founding philosophy. Prince Shotoku, the father of Japanese Buddhism, is a highly revered figure in Japan, and his teaching is inscribed in the Seventeen-Article Constitution authored by him in 604. His teaching's spirit has been preserved unchanged in each of the schools operated by the Ashikaga University educational foundation.
Based on the idea of integrating Buddhist philosophy into its education, it has helped students cultivate a Buddhist ethos and create awareness about the meaning of their existence in the world and thus has fostered engineers with a 'human' touch. Through all the programs within the department of engineering, Ashikaga University aims at producing graduates who have the following: 'the ability to fulfill their responsibility in terms of man and society in harmony with nature, based on the "spirit of harmony" of the founding philosophy of the organization. 'the ability to think in perspective based on a comprehensive knowledge of culture, history, Buddhism, and physical sciences. 'the ability to use information technology for problem-solving correctly. 'the ability to use a broad-based knowledge of engineering for the development of the industry.
A statue of Prince Shotoku stands at the center of the campus at Ashikaga University, the founding philosophy of which is Prince Shotoku's teaching that harmony is to be valued. Prince Shotoku, renowned for his patronage of Buddhism, helped spread Buddhism throughout Japan. The statue symbolizes Ashikaga University, which has adopted Buddhist teachings as its basic education philosophy. There must be 'harmony' between body and mind in ourselves, between parents and children in the family, or between ourselves and others in society. This idea also applies to the relationship between us and the natural environment inhabited by plants and animals. So, we must develop industry and technology in terms of harmony between man and nature and make harmonious and sustainable development possible. We hope that all these efforts will lead to environmental preservation, and finally to world peace.
Our superb faculty of dedicated professors offers finely textured education, especially in their seminars. They are engaged in several world-class, groundbreaking, and unique research projects, along with a deep commitment to nurturing competent and skilled engineering specialists. On top of that, Ashikaga University is renowned for its high job placement rate.
We are now in the 21st century, often referred to as the age of life and the environment. To respond to the demands of the present age, we reorganized our department in April 2011 to make a new start. Ashikaga University truly strives to impact the communities we serve and help its students become the professionals and leaders of tomorrow.

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