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Kyoto Institute of Technology (京都工芸繊維大学, Kyōto Kōgei Sen'i Daigaku) in Kyoto, Japan is a national university established in 1949. Its Japanese nickname is Kōsen (工繊). In English it is known as KIT. Together with Shinshu University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, it is one of Japan's Three Textile Universities. Its slogan is "Science and Art Meet in Kyoto."
Kyoto Institute of Technology has a campus at Matsugasaki in Sakyō-ku. Another campus is at Saga in Ukyō-ku.
Beginning in October 2007, graduate course instruction became available in English in the International Program for Science and Technology for specially selected students from 42 of the institutions with KIT Exchange Agreements. A list of these institutions is available at [1]
Statistics:
2,968 undergraduates (23% women) and 1110 graduate students (23% women), 135 of whom are international students from 27 countries, comprised the student body as of May 1, 2009.
Undergraduate Programs:
- Applied Biology
- Biomolecular Engineering
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Chemistry and Materials Technology
- Electronics
- Information Science
- Mechanical and Systems Engineering
- Design Engineering and Management
- Architecture and Design
- Integrated Science and Technology (evening programs in Bioscience, Nanomaterial
Science, Mechatronics Technology and Information Design Technology)
The university graduate school, established in 1988, awards master's and doctoral degrees in science and technology.
Master's Programs:
- Applied Biology
- Biomolecular Engineering
- Macromolecular Science and Engineering
- Chemistry and Materials Technology
- Electronics
- Information Science
- Mechanical and Systems Engineering
- Design Engineering and Management
- Architecture and Design
- Design
- Architectural Engineering
- Advanced Fibro-Science
Doctoral Programs:
- Materials and Life Science
- Engineering Design
- Design Science
- Advanced Fibro-Science
Centers and Campus Facilities
- Cooperative Research Center
- Drosophila Genetic Resource Center
- Center for Instrumental Analysis
- Center for Environmental Science
- Center for Information Science
- Radioisotope Laboratory
- Venture Laboratory
- Incubation Center
- Center for Fiber and Textile Science
- Center for Bioresource Field Science
- Center for Manufacturing Technology
- Health Care Service Center
- Center Hall
- University Library
- Museum and Archives
In 2006, 28 patents were attributed to Kyoto Institute of Technology.
[edit] References Official site (in English)
Centers and Campus Facilities
In popular culture: In the manga series Marmalade Boy, Yuu takes the exam for the Kyoto Institute of Technology, moving there three months after passing it.
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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Institute_of_Technology"
References
- Official site (in English)
Centers and Campus Facilities
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