The Nagoya Institute of Technology is located in the Chukyo region where there is a concentration of companies in the automotive industry. Therefore, many of our laboratories carry out research in various fields in collaboration with automotive-related companies. We also newly established the International Automotive Engineering Education Research Center. We also set up many related courses for foreign students, while collaborating with many companies. The content of our educational program is "overview of automotive engineering," which covers a wide-range of topics from various new technologies to world strategies, and "automotive engineering particulars" in which the students learn in depth about themes related to their major field of study.
Our master of techno-business administration is the first independent master's course in a Japanese national university specializing in the management of technology (MOT). The Nagoya Institute of Technology's Techno Business School is, in a sense, the engineering version of an MBA offered by a liberal arts business school. Foreign students participating in our program will be able to acquire a superior sense of management through a curriculum that utilizes MOT-related course subjects offered by the master of techno-business administration and the master of socio-engineering (management field).
The secret to the strength of Japan's automotive industry is said to be in its production processes. Our program provides a hands-on educational experience that enable foreign students to exhibit future leadership in on-site management and improvements as an executive at a manufacturing base.
A major attraction of our program can be said to be having the opportunity to come in contact with the spirit of manufacturing that has been passed down in the Chukyo region, an area that has brought about global leaders such as Toyota Motors, and being able to directly experience what goes on at site, etc. where Kaizen improvements are being lead.
The Nagoya Institute of Technology has been developing a curriculum called Plant-head Development. This curriculum is being effectively utilized in the program for foreign students. A Japanese student in the same laboratory as the foreign student provides support as a teaching assistant.
In addition to such a curriculum, a dedicated coordinator is in place to provide fine- tuned support that enables participating students to take part in an internship that proves highly satisfactory to both the intern and the company taking them on. In terms of job placement support for foreign students, we also plan to establish lectures within the university that will provide such support as well as provide personalized career counseling by job-placement coordinators. |
