Tsuruoka National College of Technology

"'Tsuruoka National College of Technology

Established	1963
Type	National
President	Masaaki Yokoyama
Location	Inooka, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Faculty	82 (2007)
Staff	41 (2007)
Students	865 (2008)
General Course	821 (2008)
Advanced Engineering Course	44 (2008)
Nickname	鶴高専; Tsurukousen
Website	[http://www.tsuruoka-nct.ac.jp/ Tsuruoka National College of Technology]

Tsuruoka National College of Technology（Japanese: 鶴岡工業高等専門学校; Tsuruoka Kougyou Koutousennmonngakkou) is Japanese National College of Technology that locate in Tsuruoka, Yamagata. The abbreviated name is TNCT（Japanese: 鶴岡高専; Tsuruoka Kousen)。

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History
*1963 Tsuruoka National College of Technology was founded on April 1st, 1963（the two-class Department of Mechanical Engineering class and Department of Electronically Engineering）.

*1967　Department of Industrial Chemistry added.
*1990　Department of Control and Information Systems Engineering came into being by reorganizing the two-class Department of Mechanical Engineering.
*1993　Department of Industrial Chemistry was reorganized into Department of Material Engineering.
*2003　Advanced Engineering Course was established.
*2004　After the Institution of National Colleges of Technology Japan Act was enacted, this Colleges has become the Tsuruoka College of Technology of the Institute of National Colleges of Technology Japan.
*2005　Department of Electrical Engineering was renamed Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Department

Regular Course（Associate's degree Course）

Five years' course.
*Department of Mechanical Engineering
*Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
*Department of Control and Information Systems Engineering
*Department of Material Engineering

=Advanced Engineering Course（Bachelor's Degree Course）= Two years' course.Graduated regular course student can enter this course after entrance examination acceptance.
*Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
*Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Related Article

*Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
*The Institution of National College of Technology
*Colleges of technology in Japan
*Toyohashi University of Technology
*Nagaoka University of Technology

Presidents

#Mosuke Hayashi (1963-1971)
#Shingi Saito (1971-1976)
#Shozo Watarai (1976-1981)
#Mayumi Someno (1981-1986)
#Jiro Shimizu (1986-1993)
#Mitsuo Abe (1993-2001)
#Tsutomu Nonaka (2001-2006)
#Masaaki Yokoyama (2006-present)

Links

* [http://www.tsuruoka-nct.ac.jp/ Tsuruoka National College of Technology (Japanese)]