Toba National College of Maritime Technology

National Institute of Technology, Toba College (formerly known as Toba National College of Maritime Technology) has a very long history. It has been 136 years since Toba Mercantile School, as it was originally known, was founded in 1881 by Makoto Kondo, one of the six great educators of the Meiji Era, and it has been 50 years since our college became a National Technology College (“Kosen”) in 1967. There are presently 51 National Colleges in Japan, all of which were grouped together in 2004 to form the Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan. 　In the beginning, Kosen were founded to train mid-level engineers. Due to the needs of the times and the demands of society, however, we have become able to train engineers to a very high level. This has been achieved by the promotion of university transfer reform, the establishment of advanced courses, and by strengthening our character as higher education institutions, all based upon our five year program which accepts 15 year old graduates from junior high school. Our scientific-minded graduates can play an important role in both the region and the world through their practice and creativity. Currently, we are engaged in various ways of advancing technology studies for the next fifty years.