Toyohashi University of Technology

Toyohashi University of Technology

豊橋技術科学大学
Motto	Master Technology, Create Technology
Type	National
Established	1976
President	Takashi Onishi [ja]
Undergraduates	1,215 (2015)[1]
Postgraduates	1,022 (2015)
Location	Toyohashi , Aichi , Japan
Campus	Suburban
Nickname	Toyohashi Tech, TUT, Gikadai
Website	Toyohashi University of Technology

Toyohashi University of Technology (豊橋技術科学大学; Toyohashi Gijutsu Kagaku Daigaku), often abbreviated to Toyohashi Tech or TUT, is a national engineering university located in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. Distinguished for the upper-division student body where over 80% of them are transfer students from 5-year Technical Colleges called Kōsens, the Toyohashi Tech is one of the only two Universities of Technology, a form of universities in Japan, the other being Nagaoka University of Technology. Toyohashi Tech is also noted for the fact that majority of the students proceed to graduate schools. The university is locally nicknamed Gikadai (技科大).