Advanced Program

The advanced program are two-year educational programs that deepen the five-year basic education at kosen. A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is given to students who complete the Advanced Engineering Program and pass the examination given by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation. The degree is equivalent to graduating from a university. After graduation, students continue research and development in companies, or transfer to graduate school of national or private universities to receive further education. After completing the advanced course, students may go on to work in the research, development, or technical departments of companies, or to graduate school at public universities. 

The advanced program of production and environment system provides expertise and technique relevant to machine, electronic control, production system, and civil engineering and urban planning. We aim to educate practical and creative engineers who are able to conduct research and development in the fields of intelligent mechanical equipment, manufacturing systems, and the development of infrastructure. 

The advanced program of electric and information system provides expertise and techniques relevant to electronics, information, and electric power. We aim to nurture practical and creative engineers who are able to conduct research and development in the fields of electronic communication systems, and computer and information systems.

National Institute of Technology, Nagano College’s advanced courses offer 14 weeks of off-campus practical training
as compulsory subject, which is rarely seen among universities and colleges of technology in Japan. In the second
semester of the first year, students in the advanced courses engage in practical training, mainly at companies and
government offices in Nagano Prefecture. In off-campus practical training, students learn and experience technical
content over a long period, which helps them develop practical skills and learn things that are difficult to learn in a
technical college setting, such as the reality of working in a company and the sense of responsibility that one should
have as a member of an organization.

This 14-week off-campus practical training program has been highly regarded and was selected as the “Contemporary
Educational Needs Support Program (Gendai GP)” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology in 2004 and 2005.