<Objectives of the University> The remarkable strides made in Japanese science and technology over the last few decades have ... been accompanied by no less outstanding achievements by Japanese industry. The time has already arrived in which there is the need for a new approach to science and technology, one that can facilitate the formation of a positive, balanced, and supportive relationship between man’s environment and the progress and needs of industry. This vital goal requires the training of a new generation of engineers, steeped in practical expertise and a creative approach to the tasks they are faced with Nagaoka University of Technology was founded for the purpose of this important undertaking. As such, it is a university that places its greatest emphasis on graduate-level education. <Basic Philosophy> Nagaoka University of Technology aims to establish itself as an indispensable member of global society, a university which creates GIGAKU with a proactive approach to societal change, produces engineers with practical, creative capabilities and a spirit of service who will lead society into the future, and places emphasis on graduate-level education. <About motto VOS in a university> V is Vitality O is Originality S is Services read more