Making innovations on the campus by bringing diverse people and future technologies together.

Yasunori MITANI
President
Kyushu Institute of Technology

Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), originally opened in 1909 as a private institution named “Meiji College of Technology”, has been acknowledged as one of the most distinguished traditional national universities of Japan.

By practicing our founding principle, “instilling a deep knowledge of science and engineering in high caliber students”, Kyutech has produced more than 70,000 engineers with excellent intelligence and technological expertise and has been serving to create the knowledge that leads to academic progress, the strengthening of industrial competitiveness, and the development of the region.

In recent years, under the "Futuristic Thinking Campus Initiative," we have been working to develop facilities and equipment with cutting-edge technology as well as spaces on the campus so that we can connect daily and widely with industries and the society. By providing various opportunities to bring diverse people and future technologies together, I expect that we can support our staff and students to create fresh and flexible ideas and generate make totally new innovation.

While science and technology advance at an accelerated pace and permeate every aspect of our lives, the social situation surrounding us, including large-scale natural disasters, emerging infectious diseases, and international conflicts facing each country, is becoming more diverse and complex, and we are living in a time when it is difficult to predict even very near future. We, Kyutech, respond appropriately to these changes and trends, cultivate the ability to respond to change, and practice high-quality up-to-date education and research activities.

We will continue to serve for the society to create an environment in which various kinds of knowledge are connected across all boundaries of "professional domains" "universities" "nations" and "gender" and to provide opportunities where various meetings among diverse people and technologies take place; and we will continue to advance our traditions to enhance “technologies development and capacity building that shape our future.