Hachinohe Institute of Technology (HIT) promotes technological advances and environmental and energy sustainability in the northern Tohoku region through its provision of higher-education programs, its research programs, and its outreach programs.
Since its establishment in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, in 1972, HIT has promoted technological innovation and cutting-edge design through its well-organized education system and its advanced research achievements, thereby becoming one of Japan’s leading undergraduate and postgraduate institutions.
In close cooperation with some of the world’s top universities and our regional community partners, including local governmental organizations, we will continue to contribute to the development of technology and design.
HIT traces its history back to the establishment of a technical high school in Hachinohe in 1956. Since Hachinohe fishing port is a major fishery base, the high school was established to produce maritime radio operators for pelagic fishery. Fifteen years after its establishment, the school’s board of trustees decided to make the school an institute for higher education so as to enhance its contribution to the region.
Outstanding engineering technologies created by engineers of outstanding character. The educational philosophy of Hachinohe Institute of Technology (HIT) is based on this motto, and we strive to produce ethical engineers who have a keen sense of judgment, rich humanity and a highly specialized knowledge of science and technology. In order to realize our educational and research goals, we have implemented the three educational policies described below.
Based on the above-mentioned vision and an unwavering commitment to integrity, HIT sees its mission as a center of excellence as being to provide students with a superior education; to advance the frontiers of knowledge in the academic fields it specializes in; to contribute to the Tohoku region through the education it provides and the research it conducts; and to promote happiness for all through the promotion of science and technology.
We welcome all students who share our vision, are interested in our mission, have a desire to improve themselves at our institution, and have a basic knowledge of the main subjects offered at their high schools. International students are also more than welcome. For an admission of these students, we have conducted the multiple application systems. The entrance examination will be administered to see three elements of the academic ability such as “knowledge and common skills”, “ability to think, judge and express”, “initiative, diversity and cooperation”. Academic ability of applicants meeting the educational objective for human resources development of each departments is holistically evaluated on combining a written examination, a short essay, an interview and so on.
We have determined the following outline of the curriculum policy at HIT to educate students attaining the qualification which is listed on the diploma policy at HIT.
The achievement degree of the learning outcomes is assessed against some acquisition benchmarks formulated from the diploma policy at HIT and the students are enable to self-monitor it. It has considered so that students is to be able to reflect its outcomes.
We give an undergraduate degree to a student if she or he has finished the required curriculum determined based on above-mentioned vision and has obtained the qualification and academic ability described below.
One of the major educational advantages in HIT is continuous faculty development activity. The following two educational programs in HIT have been authorized by JABEE (Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education).
JABEE is a non-governmental organization which evaluates and accredits engineering educational programs. JABEE accreditation criteria conform to the principle of international framework of program accreditation such as Washington Accord. Therefore, accredited programs are internationally recognized as substantially equivalent.
JABEE｜Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education
Hachinohe Institute of Technology (HIT) has served as a center for development of human resources and knowledge since it was established in 1972.
| 1972 | Following the approval of its founding charter on January 29, 1972, Hachinohe Institute of Technology (HIT) opened on April 1. An independent, coeducational institution that is privately endowed, HIT started out with a Faculty of Engineering composed of three departments: the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Industrial Engineering, and the Department of Electrical Engineering. |
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| 1976 | The Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Architectural Engineering were opened. |
| 1982 | The Department of Energy Engineering was opened. The Department of Industrial Engineering stopped accepting admissions. |
| 1994 | The Liberal Arts Education Organization was reformed into the Center for Liberal Arts and Technology. |
| 1995 | The Graduate School of Engineering (offering master’s degrees) was opened. It was composed of three departments: the Department of Mechanical Engineering Systems, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Department of Civil Engineering. |
| 1997 | The Graduate School of Engineering’s three departments began offering doctoral degrees. |
| 1998 | A new Department of Architectural Engineering (offering master’s degrees) was opened in the Graduate School of Engineering. |
| 1999 | The Department of Electrical Engineering was reorganized to become the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and the Department of System and Information Engineering was opened. The Department of Architectural Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering began offering doctoral degrees. |
| 2000 | The Department of Architectural Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering began offering doctoral degrees. |
| 2001 | The Department of Mechanical Engineering was renamed the Department of Mechanical Systems and Information Technology. The Department of Civil Engineering was renamed Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The Department of Chemical Engineering and Biological Environment was opened. |
| 2002 | The Department of Energy Engineering stopped accepting admissions. The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was renamed the Department of Electronic Intelligence and Systems. |
| 2003 | The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering were reorganized to form the Department of Electronic Intelligence and Systems. |
| 2005 | The Faculty of Kansei Design was opened. The faculty consists of one department, the Department of Kansei Design. The Department of Energy Engineering was closed. |
| 2007 | In the Graduate School of Engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering Systems was renamed the Department of Mechanical and Biochemical Engineering, and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering was renamed the Department of Electronic, Electrical and information Engineering. |
| 2009 | The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Architectural Engineering were merged to form the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The Department of Chemical Engineering on Biological Environment was renamed the Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering. |
| 2010 | The Department of Electronic Intelligence and Systems was renamed the Department of Electric and Electronic Systems. The Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science was renamed the Laboratory for Energy, Environment and Systems. |
| 2011 | HIT established the Research Center for Technology in Disaster Reduction and Construction of Social System based on the idea that it is necessary to gather knowledge of the world for restoration and rehabilitation from the disaster of the Great East Japan Earthquake. |
| 2013 | The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was closed. |
| 2015 | The Department of Architectural Engineering was closed. The Graduate School of Engineering, the Department of Civil Engineering was renamed the Department of Social Infrastructure Engineering. |
| 2016 | The Department of Architectural Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering was closed. |
| 2018 | The Department of Mechanical Systems and Information Technology was renamed the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems was renamed the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering was renamed the Department of Life and Environmental Science. In the Faculty of Kansei Design, the Department of Kansei design was renamed the Department of Creative Design. |
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