Nagaoka University of Technology
Nagaoka, Japan
- 1976
- Founded
- #451–500
- Global Rank
- Not listed
- Total Students
- Not listed
- International Students
- 0
- Programs
About Nagaoka University of Technology
Nagaoka University of Technology (長岡技術科学大学 - Nagaoka Gijutsu Kagaku Daigaku, widely known as NUT) is a prestigious national public engineering and research university established in 1976 by the Government of Japan in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture. Designed with a pioneering national mission to advance practical engineering education and industrial innovation, NUT is world-renowned for its guiding academic philosophy—"GIGAKU" (the science of technology)—which fuses fundamental scientific principles with real-world technological solutions and cutting-edge industrial applications. Nagaoka University of Technology is selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) under the prestigious Top Global University Project (Type B) and holds the global honor of being appointed by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) as the Global Hub for Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure). NUT is unique among Japanese universities with an approximately 1:1 ratio of undergraduate to graduate students, serving as a national leader in post-graduate engineering research. For international students, NUT offers world-class, English-taught degree pathways, prominently headlined by the SDG Professional Course (Master's and Ph.D. degrees) focused on sustainable technology innovation, nuclear system safety, advanced materials, and environmental engineering. Undergraduate students benefit from the university's signature mandatory 5-month corporate internship program ("Jitsumu-Kunren"), embedded into the curriculum with top Japanese multinational engineering giants like Toyota, Toshiba, Hitachi, and Panasonic. With national statutory tuition fees of only ¥535,800/year, comprehensive MEXT and institutional scholarship coverage, subsidized on-campus international housing (~¥10,000–¥20,000/month), and an exceptional 99.1% graduate employment rate, NUT is an elite launchpad for international engineers and researchers.
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Nagaoka, Japan
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