芝浦工業大学 | |
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| Motto | Learning through practice |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1927 |
| Founder | Shiro Arimoto |
| Accreditation | JUAA |
| President | Masato Murakami |
| Students | 8,387 (2015)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 7,413 (2015)[1] |
| Postgraduates | 920 (2015)[1] |
| 54 (2015)[1] | |
| Location | ,, |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | 33 Varsity teams |
| Colors | Green [2] |
| Website | Official website |
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TheShibaura Institute of Technology (芝浦工業大学,Shibaura Kōgyō Daigaku), abbreviated asShibaura kōdai (芝浦工大,Shibaura kōdai), is aprivate university with the main campus located inKoto,Tokyo, Japan, with campuses located inTokyo andSaitama.
Established in 1927 as the Tokyo Higher School of Industry and Commerce, it was chartered as a university in 1949.[3]
The Shibaura Institute of Technology enjoys a moderately high reputation nationally, ranking 26th in the 2017 edition ofTruly Strong Universities,[4] 28th inTimes Higher Education Japan University rankings for 2022[5][6] (out of 775 institutions[7]), and joint 6th among private universities in terms of entry difficulty (in STEM).[8] While the average acceptance rate is in the region of 20-30%, the applicants per place ratio approaches or exceeds 20:1 in some departments.[9] Shibaura is the only private technology university in Japan to have been selected for theTop Global University Project.[7]
Shibaura Institute of Technology's main campus is located in the Toyosu district ofKōtō, Tokyo. The nearest station isToyosu Station.
Apart from the main campus in Toyosu, there are 2 other campuses: the Omiya Campus inSaitama, Saitama, and the Shibaura Campus inMinato, Tokyo.All undergraduates spend the first 2 years at the Omiya Campus, then move to a different campus depending on their major.Students of the College of Systems Engineering and Science will spend all 4 years at the Omiya Campus.
The Shibaura Institute of Technology has partner agreements with over 150 universities in about 40 countries across all six continents.[10] These includeThe University of Queensland;Pennsylvania State University;University of California, Irvine;Aalto University;Loughborough University;Korea University;University of Sao Paulo; and TheNorthCap University.
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