Muroran Institute of Technology

Muroran Institute of Technology (室蘭工業大学), abbreviated as MuroranIT, MuIT, or Muroran Tech is a national university in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan.

History

 * 1897 Sapporo Agricultural College Department of Civil Engineering Established
 * 1918 Sapporo Agricultural College promoted to Hokkaido Imperial University.
 * 1939 Muroran National Industrial College Established
 * 1944 Muroran National Industrial College promoted to Muroran National College of Technology.
 * 1949 Muroran National College of Technology and Hokkaido Imperial University Department of Civil Engineering merged and Muroran Institute of Technology were founded.

Academics
Muroran Institute of Technology 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 six departments
 * a Graduate School, which has a two-year course in six divisions for the master's degree
 * a three-year course in four divisions for a Doctoral degree.

Campus
The university has a campus covering an area of 197,485 m2 in the city of Muroran, which is at the entrance of Uchiura Bay in the southwestern part of Hokkaido.

Departments

 * Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
 * Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering
 * Department of Applied Sciences
 * Department of Information and Electronic Engineering