Education System

KOSEN (Colleges of Technology)

KOSEN — five-year engineering education from 15 years old - were established in 1961, in response to a strong demand from the industrial sector to foster engineers who sustained the high Japanese economic growth at that time.
The first 12 national colleges were founded in 1962, and the number increased to 43 by 1965.
A two-year advanced course system was introduced in 1991.
In 2004, the Institute of National Colleges of Technology was inaugurated to manage 55 national KOSEN throughout Japan.
Approximately 300,000 students have graduated so far, contributing actively not only in the industrial world but also in the academic sector, as engineers, researchers, managers and so on.

A two-year course where higher education in engineering is conducted.
Most graduates in the course receive bachelor’s degrees from the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE).
We accept approximately 1,500 students every year and students number are approximately 3,000 in total.
Approximately 2/3 of the graduates obtain employment.
The ratio of job openings to job seekers is approximately 4:5 (2009.3).
Approximately 1/3 of them go to postgraduate schools.