Muroran Institute of Technology (Muroran IT) is a technical institute which is composed of the Faculty of Engineering, a four-year course leading to a Bachelor’s degree, which consists of four departments a Graduate School, which has a two-year course in three divisions for the Master’s degree, and a three-year course in one division for a Doctor’s degree.
Muroran IT was founded on the present site in 1949 by the Japanese Government, merging two schools founded in 1887 and 1939, respectively.
Muroran IT occupies a 213,813 square-meter campus in Muroran, a city located at the entrance of Uchiura Bay in the southwestern part of Hokkaido.
Muroran IT has about 3,300 students (including about 500 graduate students) and employs about 280 academic and administrative staff members. Muroran IT has educated many alumni who are playing active roles in various fields internationally and domestically.
Muroran Institute of Technology will take advantage of the rich natural environment of Muroran, offer comprehensive science and technology education, and at the same time, engage in innovative scientific and technological research considering the balance between humanity, society, and nature, and contribute as a stronghold for the development of local and international knowledge in order to develop a well-rounded society in the future.
Regarding regional contribution, we have been implementing the All Hokkaido Project for Job Creation and Attracting Youth as a COC University led Regional Revitalization Project (COC+) under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. With this project, four science and technology universities in Hokkaido (Muroran Institute of Technology as the organizing school of the Hokkaido region, Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido University of Science, and Chitose Institute of Science and Technology) and four technical colleges in Hokkaido (Kushiro, Asahikawa, Tomakomai, and Hakodate) cooperate with local governments and industries. Concerning research, we aim at the development of global level research using regional resources and energy in collaboration with local governments, covering the fields of underground coal gasification (Mikasa City), ship recycling (Muroran City), perilla’s antidementia function, and its application in the industrial promotion (Shiranuka Town) and information support for a salmon/trout hatching project using information and communication technology.
In terms of education, we operate eight engineering education programs certified by the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education, which guarantees international level undergraduate education. While valuing the connectivity to graduate education, these active learning-based programs allow students to increase their independence and proactivity, thereby developing the kind of technologists required by society. About graduate education, in Master’s courses, which provide higher levels of specialized education in the major subjects, minor subjects, and coursework have also been enhanced, and their content has been amplified. The long-term internship program has been expanded in the doctoral course, and its content has been strengthened. DC English presentation and innovation subjects have been reinforced based on comments and suggestions from the advisory board to develop diverse human resources.
We aim to establish Japan’s highest-level research center in the characteristic of advanced manufacturing fields in research. This university excels, including the aerospace plane and environment/energy material fields. In particular, the Organization of Advanced Sustainability Initiative for Energy System/Material is Japan’s only research institute dedicated to utilizing rare earth elements. It promotes research and development of new materials using rare earth elements while providing the Santoku Rare Earth Endowed Course in collaboration with Santoku, a world-leading company, to become an international research and education center. We sincerely request the support and cooperation of all sectors.
