History
Over 110 years of practical Learning.
- 1907:
- Approval granted for Tokyo Engineering School
- 1908:
- Tokyo Engineering School opened
- 1931:
- Establishment of Tokyo Engineering School as a foundation
Tokyo Industrial School opened under the same foundation
- 1935:
- Foundation renamed Toko Gakuen
Tokyo Engineering School renamed Tokyo Advanced Engineering School
- 1943:
- Tokyo Engineering School closed due to school-system reform
- 1947:
- Toko Gakuen Junior High School approved and established
- 1948:
- Tokyo Industrial School closed, having established Tokyo Industrial High School
- 1951:
- Due to the enforcement of the Private School Act, Foundation relabeled Educational Foundation Toko Gakuen
- 1967:
- Nippon Institute of Technology established with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Electrical Engineering (currently the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering) and the Department of Architecture
- 1975:
- Department of Systems Engineering added
- 1982:
- Graduate School established, offering a Master's degree in Engineering (majors in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Architecture)
- 1987:
- Doctoral degree in engineering added to the Graduate School (majors in Mechanical Engineering and Architecture)
- 1989:
- Doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering added to the Graduate School
- 1990:
- Foundation renamed Nippon Institute of Technology
- 1993:
- Master's Degree in System Engineering added to the Graduate School
Japanese Language Course for Overseas Students established
- 1995:
- Department of Computer and Information Engineering added Doctoral degree in System Engineering added to the Graduate School
- 1999:
- Master's degree in Computer and Information Engineering added to the Graduate School
- 2001:
- Doctral degree in Computer and Information Engineering added to the Graduate School
- 2005:
- Graduate School of Management of Technology and Vocational Technical School established in Kanda-Jimbocho area of Tokyo
- 2007:
- Centennial anniversary of the school foundation
- 2009:
- Establishment of Department of Products Engineering and Environmental Management and Department of Living Environment Design. Department of Systems Engineering has been renamed Department of Innovative Systems Engineering.
- 2012:
- N.I.T. was awarded first prize in the Eco-University Rankings in 2012 and was also ISO14001 certified.
- 2013:
- The masters courses were reorganized from five majors to four (Environmental Symbiotic System Major, Mechanical Systems Engineering Major, Electronics, Information and Media Engineering Major, and Architecture and Building Engineering Major).
- 2015:
- The doctorate courses were reorganized into four majors (Environmental Symbiotic System Major, Mechanical Systems Engineering Major, Electronics, Information and Media Engineering Major, and Architecture and Building Engineering Major).
- 2017:
- 110th anniversary as an incorporated educational institution. 50th anniversary as a university.
- 2018:
- Faculties are restructured. There are three faculties (Faculty of Fundamental Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, and Faculty of Architecture).
