Iwate University, established in 1949 from older institutions, is a national university in Morioka, offering programs in engineering, agriculture, sciences, and education, with a focus on regional development and disaster resilience.
Address: 3-18-8 Ueda, 020-8550 Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Engineering (Mechanical; Electrical; Civil & Environmental; Computer Science), Agricultural Sciences
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Astroscience, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Key university in Iwate prefecture. Collaborations related to regional industries and disaster recovery.
Research:
Advanced manufacturing and robotics, Renewable energy and smart grids, Sustainable agriculture and forestry, Disaster prevention and reconstruction science.
Famous Alumnis:
Inazo Nitobe (born in Morioka, association)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
900
Current students***:
6000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Focus on regional contribution and disaster resilience, good engineering and agricultural programs.
Cons
Located in Morioka (northern Japan), more regional focus.
Best For
National university with programs in engineering, agriculture, and disaster resilience in Iwate.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of astroscience, agriculture and food science can consider Ibaraki University, and it is slightly larger, at about 7,000 students against roughly 6,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- The comparison with Oita University is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on food science, geotechnics and nanotechnologies, and it is slightly smaller, at about 5,000 students against roughly 6,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around agriculture, food science and transportations, and University of the Ryukyus is the one to compare first within the country, since it is slightly larger, at about 8,000 students against roughly 6,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- The comparison with Fukuyama University is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on food science, transportations and bioinformatics, and it covers marine science and project management as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 5,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- Utsunomiya University works in much the same fields, chiefly astroscience, agriculture and food science, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Abroad, University of Zielona Góra (Poland) covers astroscience, food science and transportations in a comparable way, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers sound engineering and metrology as well.
- If this university is on your list for agriculture, food science and transportations, University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz in Poland deserves a comparison, because it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Hochschule Osnabrück in Germany, where agriculture, food science and transportations also form the core, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt in Germany shares the transportations, bioinformatics and microbiology and genetics orientation of this university, and it is also a public institution and does not run the doctoral programmes found here.
- On content, Hebei University of Technology in China and this institution are close, as both teach transportations, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers project management as well.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Robotics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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