History
1963 | 4.1 | Hachinohe College of Technology founded |
Former building of Hachinohe East High School used as temporary college building | ||
4.19 | Nagane Ice Rink players’ waiting room extended, renovated and used as temporary dormitory | |
4.2 | College opening ceremony and first entrance ceremony (130 students accepted) held in Hachinohe East High School gymnasium | |
Start of Hachinohe College of Technology Support Parents Association | ||
12.13 | Student Council established | |
1964 | 1.12 | Dormitory moved from Nagane Ice Rink to current location |
3.31 | Completion of first batch of college buildings and dormitory construction | |
4.9 | Move from temporary building to current college building | |
5.15 | Dormitory named “Hokushin Dormitory” (North Star Dormitory) | |
1965 | 3.2 | Completion of second batch of college buildings and dormitory construction |
1966 | 3.2 | Completion of third batch of college buildings and dormitory construction |
4.1 | Establishment of the Administrative Division (General Affairs Section and Accounting Section) | |
10.28 | Creation of college song | |
10.29 | College building completion ceremony | |
12.17 | Completion of Swimming Pool | |
1967 | 11.2 | Completion of Martial Arts Gymnasium |
1968 | 3.19 | First graduation ceremony (110 graduates) |
Hachinohe College of Technology Alumni Association established | ||
4.1 | Opening of Civil Engineering Department | |
Compulsory boarding for first and second grade students began | ||
5.16 | Tokachi-Oki earthquake damages college buildings rendering them unusable | |
1969 | 3.2 | Extension of dormitory buildings for lower grades, higher grades and new dormitory for female students. |
3.29 | Completion of repair work to first batch of damaged buildings | |
9.3 | Completion of Civil Engineering Department building, completion of new classrooms for new department | |
1970 | 3.2 | Completion of repair work to second batch of damaged buildings |
1971 | 11.15 | Completion of Library |
1972 | 4.1 | Establishment of Office of Student Affairs administrative section |
1973 | 10.13 | 10th Anniversary Ceremony |
1975 | 2.26 | Completion of Electronics and Computer room |
1976 | 3.26 | Completion of Club Activities Lodging Center |
9.1 | Club Activities Lodging Center renamed Training building | |
1978 | 3.27 | Completion of Second Gymnasium |
10.13 | 15th Anniversary Ceremony | |
1979 | 3.2 | Completion of Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility |
1980 | 3.21 | Extension of Martial Arts Gymnasium |
3.25 | Completion of Welfare Center Building | |
3.29 | Completion of Swimming Pool upper roof | |
1982 | 2.2 | Completion of Waste and Energy Usage Education Research Center |
12.15 | Completion of additional classrooms | |
1983 | 10.13 | 20th Anniversary Ceremony |
1984 | 3.31 | Extension of lower grades’ dormitory buildings |
1985 | 4.9 | First transfer ceremony (Technology High school students entering into fourth grade) |
1991 | 4.1 | Reorganization of Industrial Chemistry Department into the Material Engineering Department |
Waste and Energy Usage Education Research Center is renamed “Technologies Education Research Center” | ||
1992 | 4.1 | Introduction of 5-day week |
4.9 | First exchange students accepted (2 students from Malaysia) | |
8.31 | Establishment of Regional Culture Research Center | |
1993 | 4.1 | Establishment of General Information Education Center |
6.17 | Start of Hachinohe College of Technology Industrial Technology Promotion Organization | |
6.3 | Completion of Material Engineering Department second building | |
10.21 | 30th Anniversary Ceremony and Commemorative Symposium | |
1994 | 8.5 | Hosting of 1994 National Colleges of Technology Sports Championship Hachinohe Tournament |
12.28 | Sanriku-Haruka-oki earthquake damages some buildings rendering them unusable | |
1995 | 4.1 | Reorganization of Civil Engineering Department into Civil and Environmental Engineering Department |
1996 | 3.29 | Completion of repair work to Administration Building |
1997 | 3.17 | Completion of new General Education Building and Administration Building |
4.1 | General Information Education Center renamed General Information Center | |
7.31 | Completion of the Material Engineering Department new building | |
1998 | 4.1 | General Education Building renamed Lecture Building |
6.3 | Completion of Electrical Engineering Department new building | |
1999 | 2.1 | Lecture Rooms partly renamed Seminar Rooms |
3.3 | Electrical Equipment Experiments Room becomes common space for use by circles | |
4.1 | Introduction of mixed-course classes in lower grades | |
General Subjects Department renamed General Department | ||
2000 | 3.22 | Completion of Mechanical Engineering Department new building |
2001 | 3.15 | Renovation of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department building |
2002 | 4.1 | Establishment of Advanced Course (Mechanical & Electrical System Engineering Advanced Department, Material Engineering Advanced Department, Civil and Environmental Engineering Advanced Department) |
2003 | 4.1 | Technologies Education Research Center renamed Regional Techno Center |
10.8 | 40th Anniversary Ceremony | |
2004 | 3.16 | Completion of Advanced Course Building |
3.17 | First Graduation Ceremony for Advanced Course | |
4.1 | Becomes National Institute of Technology, Hachinohe College, under direction of The National Institute of Technology, Japan | |
2005 | 4.1 | Reorganization of Electrical Engineering Department into Electrical & Computer Engineering Department |
5.12 | Industrial Systems Engineering program receives accreditation from the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) | |
2006 | 3.2 | Evaluation and approval by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE) |
2008 | 4.1 | Administration two section system (General Affairs and Accounting merge into one General Affairs Section) |
12.1 | Establishment of Education and Research Support Center | |
2010 | 5.13 | Industrial Systems Engineering program accreditation is renewed by the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) |
2012 | 3.29 | Renewal of approval by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE) |
2013 | 11.4 | 50th Anniversary Ceremony, staging of anniversary lectures and congratulatory reception |
2014 | 3.7 | Renovation of Library |
5.19 | Practical Learning Factory is renamed Creation Center | |
2015 | 4.1 | Regular Course departments merge into one department (Industrial Systems Engineering Department) comprised of four courses (Mechanical System Design Engineering Course, Electrical & Computer Engineering Course, Material & Biological Engineering Course, Civil Engineering & Architectural Design Course). Advanced Course departments merge into one department (Industrial Systems Engineering Advanced Department) comprised of four courses (Advanced Mechanical System Design Engineering, Advanced Electrical & Computer Engineering, Advanced Material & Biological Engineering, Advanced Civil Engineering & Architectural Design). General Department renamed General Subjects Education Department Introduction of 4 quarter-system |