Founded in 1965, Kitakyushu Kosen is a National Institute of Technology located in an industrial city, offering engineering programs in mechanical, electrical, control, information, and materials engineering.
Address: 5-20-1 Shii, Kokuraminami-ku, 802-0985 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Control & Information Systems Engineering
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of Kosen network. Strong links with manufacturing and heavy industries in Kitakyushu.
Research:
Robotics and automation, Power systems and smart grids, Embedded systems and IoT, Advanced materials and production engineering.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
100
Current students***:
1000
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Located in an industrial hub, strong practical engineering education, good industry collaboration.
Cons
Focus on associate degree and advanced diploma level.
Best For
Practical engineering education in mechanical, electrical, control, and information fields.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Among national alternatives, National Institute of Technology, Nara College stands out for its focus on optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- National Institute of Technology, Anan College takes a similar route through optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics, and it runs the same bachelor's and associate degree programmes and covers industrial design and civil engineering as well.
- National Institute of Technology, Suzuka College follows much the same lines as this institution, with optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics as common ground, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- In terms of fields, National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College is the nearest neighbour, with optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics again at the core; it covers industrial design as well, and has almost the same size, at about 1,000 students.
- Among national alternatives, National Institute of Technology, Toyota College stands out for its focus on optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and associate degree.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Abroad, State University of Applied Sciences in Włocławek (Poland) covers fluid dynamics, structural engineering and thermodynamics in a comparable way, and it is also a public institution and does not run the associate degree programmes found here.
- Abroad, State Higher Vocational School in Tarnów (Poland) covers optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics in a comparable way, and it is far larger, with about 3,500 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau in Germany, where optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics also form the core, and it is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Hochschule Konstanz Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung in Germany is the nearest foreign match on optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it is far larger, with about 5,000 students against roughly 1,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- The closest overseas parallel on optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics is ISAE-SUPAERO, located in France; it is larger, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 1,000 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.
- Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Engineering, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Manufacturing, 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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