Founded in 1927, SIT is a private university specializing in engineering, technology, and design, with a strong emphasis on practical education and industry collaboration.
Address: 3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, 135-8548 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture & Civil 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:
- Private
Partnerships:
Numerous industry partnerships for research and internships. Growing international exchange programs.
Research:
Robotics and AI, Sustainable energy and environment, Advanced materials and manufacturing, Smart cities and infrastructure.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
700
Current students***:
9000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Strong practical engineering education, good industry connections, focus on innovation and global PBL (Project Based Learning).
Cons
Private institution with tuition fees.
Best For
Private university for engineering, technology, and design with a focus on practical education.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Kyushu Sangyo University takes a similar route through transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it is slightly larger, at about 13,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- Think of Kogakuin University when aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies is the priority: it covers quality as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 7,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
- Tokyo City University overlaps with this school on transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, so the two are easy to compare, and it is slightly smaller, at about 7,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies can consider Nippon Institute of Technology, and it covers quality and geotechnics as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
- Among national alternatives, Chubu University stands out for its focus on aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies, and it is slightly larger, at about 12,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences brings a Germany setting to the same core fields, aerospace, transportations and optics, and it covers sound engineering and metrology as well, and is larger, enrolling about 15,000 students against roughly 9,000 here.
- Looking internationally, Beijing University of Technology in China is where transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics get a comparable treatment; it is larger, enrolling about 25,000 students against roughly 9,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
- Seen from abroad, Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) is a close relative on subject matter, since aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies are central to both, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers metrology and quality as well.
- For transportations, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics outside the home country, Shanghai University in China is a natural reference; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers bioinformatics as well.
- Technische Universität Chemnitz in Germany shares the aerospace, transportations and nanotechnologies orientation of this school, and it has almost the same size, at about 10,000 students, and is public, whereas this school is private.
*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.
- Architecture, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Engineering, Project Management, Robotics, 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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