Established in 1960, Kitami IT is a national university specializing in engineering and technology, with a focus on cold region engineering, information systems, and materials science, adapted to the environment of northern Hokkaido.
Address: 165 Koen-cho, 090-8507 Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Cold Region Engineering & Environment, Information Systems Engineering, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Focus on engineering challenges in cold and remote regions. Regional collaborations.
Research:
Winter engineering and disaster prevention, Renewable energy for cold climates, ICT for regional development, Advanced materials and manufacturing.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
150
Current students***:
2000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Unique expertise in cold region engineering, small and focused institution, contributes to regional development in northern Hokkaido.
Cons
Remote location in Kitami, very specialized focus.
Best For
National university specializing in cold region engineering, information systems, and materials science.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Oita University is the closest domestic counterpart for geotechnics, microbiology and genetics and optics; it is larger, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Hirosaki University sits close to this school on transportations, geotechnics and microbiology and genetics; it is far larger, with about 6,000 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Fukui University of Technology follows much the same lines as this school, with transportations, geotechnics and optics as common ground, and it is larger, enrolling about 3,000 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is private, whereas this school is public.
- Also strong in geotechnics, microbiology and genetics and optics, Akita University makes a sensible second look at home; it covers bioinformatics and nanotechnologies as well, and is larger, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 2,000 here.
- Where this institution leans on transportations, geotechnics and microbiology and genetics, Kochi University of Technology does the same, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers aerospace and bioinformatics as well.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- The closest overseas parallel on geotechnics, microbiology and genetics and optics is Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, located in Germany; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers nanotechnologies as well.
- The closest overseas parallel on transportations, geotechnics and optics is Kielce University of Technology, located in Poland; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Technische Universität Clausthal (Germany) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly transportations, geotechnics and microbiology and genetics; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers quality and nanotechnologies as well.
- École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (France) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it has almost the same size, at about 2,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- For transportations, geotechnics and optics outside the home country, Koszalin University of Technology in Poland is a natural reference; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers quality 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.
- Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development
*: 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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