National Institute of Technology, Niihama College is one of the first national colleges of technology. It was established in 1962 in Niihama, an industrial city with the history and culture of the Besshi Copper Mine. The year 2022 has marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the college, and the total number of graduates has reached 10,000. These graduates have embarked on careers not only in Ehime Prefecture, but also in all parts of Japan and the world. Their achievements have been highly valued and have continuously supported Japan's economic development.

What does “technology” refer to? The term has evolved throughout history and can be defined as the application of science to the convenience of human life. It can also be explained that humankind has developed by virtue of technological development. I would like you to pursue this profound inquiry of “technology” in all of your courses.

Niihama College has five departments: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Information Science, Electronics and Control Engineering, Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, and Environmental Materials Engineering, each with an admission capacity of 40 students. We also have two faculties: Fundamental Science and General Education.

For the purpose of promoting education beyond the standard five-year program, a two-year advanced engineering course was established in 1992. This course comprised of the Electronic Engineering Program and the Production Engineering Program. In 2004, the Production Engineering Program was reorganized into the Production Engineering Program and the Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology Program. As it concerns the post-graduation path of our students, thanks to a ratio that exceeds 20 to 1 in terms of the number of jobs available to the number of graduating students, the employment rate after graduation is nearly 100%. In addition, about one-third of our graduates transfer to the third year of a four-year university or enroll in the advanced engineering course.

This institution of higher education, which offers five or seven years of integrated, specialized education from the age of 15, is highly regarded overseas, and some countries have introduced this unique and original model of technical college education. Niihama College is recognized overseas as a "KOSEN" institution, and under the direction of the National Institute of Technology’s head office, Niihama College dispatches faculty members to our affiliated institutions overseas to teach classes and provide guidance to faculty members.

As more and more industrial and research activities are conducted globally, it has become necessary to think about the future on a global scale in order to develop new technologies and research. To meet this social demand, engineers and researchers with a global mindset are needed in technology and research. There has been demand for us to consider how to deal with the globalization of local problems such as movements toward effective and cyclic use of use of materials against their depletion, measures against pandemics, to devise technology and to solve problems through real-world implementation.

We should never sit and wait for someone else to resolve these challenges. We have to be willing to tackle these as our own. The international society has set up and promoted Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs）so that humankind can live sustainably. Domestically, we also seek to adapt flexibly to and deal with the demands from society, taking advantage of new ideas and technology such as green transformation, digital transformation, and sustainability transformation represented by Society 5.0. We therefore carry out state of the art educational programs aiming for “cultivation of creative and practical engineers” through focus on experiment and practice, implementation of practical education for manufacturing from an early age, and proactive introduction of problem solving group study.

With the catchphrase, "Technology Launching out into the World and Future ~Niihama College~", our college aims to be a trusted institution of higher education that works together with the local community to foster practical and creative engineers. We hope that you will continue to support our college's development in the future.