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| Robot contests and programming contests are receiving attention for the high creativity and innovation of students of colleges of technology. What kind of school is a college of technology? |
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A college of technology is a higher education institution with a five-year term of study (five years and six months for courses related to mercantile marine) that requires graduation from a lower secondary school for admission. It aims to foster practical engineers who will support industrial development against the backdrop of Japan's high economic growth, with the objective of deeply instilling specialized arts and sciences and cultivating necessary occupational abilities.
The first colleges of technology were established in 1962. As of FY2003, there are 55 national, five public and three private colleges of technology throughout Japan.
A unique characteristic of a college of technology is that while it is a higher education institution, it also includes upper secondary education. Through a technical education that emphasizes experimentation, practical training and practical skills, and detailed education and instruction in small-group classes, a five-year consistent and effective specialized education is carried out from the early stages after lower secondary school graduation. The educational results have received high marks from industrial circles. In addition, it has been cultivating human resources with unique ways of thinking through its double-track school system, which is unique for Japanese school systems.
Various careers are open to college of technology graduates. They are geared to students' needs and make use of the grasp of manufacturing fields that are cultivated. These graduates are thriving at the core of the manufacturing industry, as can be seen in the high ratio of job openings to applications and a 100% employment rate. In addition, roughly 40% of college of technology graduates continue their education. They are continuing their professional learning in advanced courses at colleges of technology set up in FY1991 with the goal of offering more advanced education, research and instruction, and at institutes of science and technology and other universities that they enter as third-year students.
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