Founded in 1887, MuroranIT is a national university specializing in engineering and technology, with a focus on materials science, mechanical engineering, and information science, serving the industrial needs of Hokkaido.
Address: 27-1 Mizumoto-cho, 050-8585 Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan
Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Information & Electronic Engineering
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong collaborations with local industries in Muroran and Hokkaido (steel, manufacturing).
Research:
Advanced materials processing, Aerospace systems engineering, Robotics and intelligent systems, Information and communication technology.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
250
Current students***:
3000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Key engineering institute in Hokkaido, strong in materials and mechanical engineering, good practical education.
Cons
Located in Muroran (industrial city in Hokkaido), colder climate, regional focus.
Best For
National university specializing in materials science, mechanical engineering, and information science in Hokkaido.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- A good alternative in the same country is Nagoya Institute of Technology, which likewise covers transportations, nanotechnologies and optics; it is larger, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- For students who like the nanotechnologies, microbiology and genetics and optics focus of this institution but want another option nearby, Toyohashi University of Technology fits well: it is slightly smaller, at about 2,500 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Think of Kyushu Institute of Technology when aerospace, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics is the priority: it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Nippon Institute of Technology overlaps with this school on aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers quality and geotechnics as well.
- Shiga Prefectural University works in much the same fields, chiefly transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau offers an international parallel to this school, with aerospace, transportations and optics as common ground; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is slightly larger, at about 4,000 students against roughly 3,000 here.
- Technische Universität Clausthal, in Germany, takes a similar route through transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on aerospace, nanotechnologies and optics is École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in France, and it covers bioinformatics as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 3,000 here.
- University of Bielsko-Biała, in Poland, takes a similar route through transportations, nanotechnologies and optics; it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies is Beijing Institute of Technology in China, and it is far larger, with about 30,000 students against roughly 3,000 here, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, Materials, Robotics, Sustainable Practices
*: 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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