Faculty of Advanced Engineering

　The Faculty of Advanced Engineering of National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Nara College was established in 1992 as the first among all affiliated colleges with National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) in Japan. The Faculty of Advanced Engineering has a 2-year-course and offers higher engineering education and research environment in the following fields of Mechanical, Electronic, Control, Information, and Chemical Engineering. The students after the program can take a Bachelor degree of Engineering from National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education. Recently, about 70% of graduates completed the advanced course continue to the graduate school of national universities, and the others work at major corporations and companies. They have earned a high reputation as researchers and engineers.

Department of Systems Innovation

　The human development goal in the department of systems innovation is to give the skills necessary to design and develop new systems which are constructed combined with mechanical technology, electrical and electronics technology and information technology. Students learn about the systems construction process with cooperated engineers in different fields. In the department there are three courses teaching about deep knowledges of mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering and information science.

Advanced Mechanical Engineering Course

　The course offers subject matters relevant to today’s technology in mechanical and control engineering fields. There are three goals in the course. One is training students to design, develop and construct machinery with their knowledge of mechanical engineering. Another is teaching skills necessary to carry out control systems with the help of their knowledge of electronics and information engineering, as well as that of mechanical engineering. The last one is the education of engineers who are able to control structures according to the developments of automatic machineries and control systems aided by computers. The course is involved in a great variety of research works, reflecting the subjects and interests of the staffs, such as engineering materials, automation, robotics, control technology and so on. Students are required to make a thesis work related to the following fields; mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, metallography, information processing, control and robotics.

Electric current heating material testing in Pre-Research Projects
 

Advanced Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course

　For the coexistence of the environment and development in the real world, the students who belong to the electrical and electronic system course are required to enhance their problem-solving ability through the practical curriculum with wider vision.  To make a significant contribution toward a new industry standard, the curriculum contains not only the classes pertaining to leading-edge electrical and electronic technology but also the cross-disciplinary course works like Engineering Design Project and Research Project.  In fact, the teachers instruct a wide range of academic fields from internet of things (IoT) technology for Industry 4.0 known as the fourth industrial revolution to large-scale smart grid system for environmental conservation.  Moreover, since the students actively address their research themes from a variety of angles throughout two years, the teachers can cultivate the human resources with the ability and the energy.  We strongly hope that our students bring diversity to the community and create positive change in the industrial society.

Research projects related to wireless power transfer
 

Advanced Information System Course

　The course offers advanced academic programs in information system fields providing the engineering education equivalent to university; enhancing the research capability on the application and development in the field of the information system. The curriculum is designed to meet a variety of career development or particular interest for students requirements related to information systems; including the specified mathematical and theoretical subjects, and professional engineering subjects such as advanced theory of computation, computer hardware, software design and media system.  It is allowed for students to select subject from information engineering depending on their interest to join industry directly as a skilled engineer or to continue studies in a graduate school. Each student is required to take the several independent workshops for improving their technological and professional skills, and also, to complete the independent research project or the thesis work for enhancing their research ability and activity.

Brain Activity Measurement during Program Comprehension in Pre-Research Projects

Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

　This department is intended for students who wish to study chemical technology and its related technology. The aims of the department encompass teaching the skills necessary to design and develop new chemical processes as well as educating students to have competence in the application of their knowledge to their research works. Accordingly, while the department consists of appropriate subjects on such fields as chemical engineering, applied chemistry and biochemical engineering, it also provides students with opportunities to acquire ample knowledge and skills to analyze chemical phenomena and, to make research works through a variety of experiments and thesis works. Students are obliged to choose a thesis work reflecting their interests, allowing for current topics in the following fields; process engineering, biochemical engineering, synthetic organic chemistry, electro-applied chemistry and their related technologies.

Our students live a fulfilling research life