The war raging in a country far away has not only driven up the price of energy and food in Japan, but also destabilized the global balance of energy and supply and demand of food, causing worldwide problems, such as energy crises and food shortages.
Since Japan has very little energy and mineral resources, and food self-sufficiency cannot be expected, except in Hokkaido, we have to rely on science and technology for the further development of the nation. Advanced science and technology is therefore essential to challenge the problems facing the nation domestically as well as internationally. To enhance and maintain science and technology, human resources who drive the technology are indispensable. The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Asahikawa College is an educational and research institute where such human resources are nurtured with the full support of the faculty and staff.
The faculty of NIT, Asahikawa College spares no effort to not only share their fundamental engineering knowledge and know-how but also the latest trends in science and technology with their students. The regular courses taught at the college serve as a great fundamental education, while a five-year curriculum comprising a well-balanced arrangement of general and specialized education has been established to provide the systematic specialized knowledge required for advanced engineering. Unlike auniversity education, the focus is on practical experiments, hands-on training and seminars so that students may take the best advantage of the skills and knowledge that they have learned at this college. To play active roles in the information-oriented society, the fields of data science education as well as the basics and application of AI and semiconductor are also provided to all students from the lower grades. Students can thus acquire world-class practical technological abilities in the four departments of the college. Two-year advanced courses have been established for graduates of the regular courses. The aim of the advanced courses is to train higher-level engineers with deeper knowledge and skills in engineering building on the basic education obtained during the five-year regular courses. Qualified graduates of the advanced courses will be granted a bachelors degree equivalent to a university degree.
The faculty and other staff of NIT, Asahikawa College believe that it is our responsibility to improve an institute where human resources with a will to bring about social, scientific and technological revolution are trained by delivering cutting-edge ideas and creating meaningful values through the education that we provide. To develop such human resources, regional and international collaboration is essential. All faculty and other staff are making efforts to build an international NIT rooted in the local community through the development of international exchanges for globalization, acceptance of international students, collaboration with the local society through education and research, revitalization of the local industry by industry-academia-government collaboration, etc.
Principal: IGARASHI,Tshifumi