Aim of Establishment / Philosophy / About GIGAKU (the “Science of Technologies”) / Relationship between NUT’s Philosophy and its Motto “VOS” / Our Future Vision/Distinctive Features / Admission Policy / Curriculum Policy / Diploma Polisy

The remarkable strides made in Japanese science and technology over the last few decades have been accompanied by no less outstanding achievements in Japanese industry. At the same time, the accelerating pace of innovation has raised new issues concerning the state of science and technology and its social role, and there is demand for training leading engineers equipped with practical and creative abilities who can contribute to the prosperity of humankind.
To meet such social demand, Nagaoka University of Technology (hereinafter referred to as “NUT”) has been established under a new concept as an engineering university with an emphasis on its graduate school that conducts education and research directed at the development of practical technology.

NUT’s most important mission is to create new knowledge and technologies, and to cultivate individuals with the ability to produce original ideas. To fulfill this mission, NUT will continue to be a “university of ideas”, taking the fundamental philosophy of its education and research to be the cultivation of practical and creative abilities relating to GIGAKU (the “science of technologies”), heightening creative power. Under this approach with GIGAKU, NUT will serve as a world center of education and research and aims to become an indispensable university for both local and global communities, developing leading engineers equipped with the practical and creative abilities to undertake innovative creation and the ambition to help achieve a sustainable society.

GIGAKU is “a form of science, concerned with technology, which refines and further develops technological systems by reinterpreting the diverse technical aspects of reality from a scientific perspective.” Through “constant feedback between theory and practice, in which theories are drawn from practice and then tested again in practice,” it aims to integrate the two. As such, it requires “understanding and application of a wide range of disciplines, from science and engineering to practical technology and management science.”

NUT’s fundamental philosophy of education and research is symbolized by the acronym “ VOS,” which is its motto. Here, Vstands for Vitality, which refers to the energy to carry out the never-ending feedback between theory and practice; O stands for Originality, which signifies the cultivation of creative abilities in GIGAKU; and S stands for Services, which means to contribute to the happiness and sustainable development of humanity by the use of GIGAKU.