TOYAMA Prefectural University

We foster flexible and humane talent that is well versed in engineering and nursing studies.

From the time that Toyama Prefectural University was established as a university offering degrees in engineering in 1990, it has been contributing toward the betterment of the region by fostering talent with both imagination and pragmatism and competent R&D capabilities. The university has also been cooperating with industrial fields while ensuring an optimal research and educational environment. During this time, as a base for knowledge in the region, the university has produced many young engineers and researchers who are full of “engineering spirit,” and have a passion for cutting-edge technology.

With its incorporation as a public university corporation in the fiscal year 2015, Toyama Prefectural University has been contributing to the supply of talent and youth to industries in Toyama Prefecture. It is striving to be an even more attractive university by expanding the departments and courses offered. In the fiscal year 2017, the university established the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, the first in Japan, and increased the admission quota by a hundred. In the fiscal year 2018, the Department of Intelligent Systems Design Engineering was renamed as the Department of Intelligent Robotics and it strengthened our position in the field of robotics.

In addition, in the fiscal year 2019, diverging from its engineering-only reputation, Toyama Prefectural University established the Department of Nursing at the new Toyama Campus, striving to develop talent in the medical and nursing fields. In the fiscal year 2020, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering reorganized and expanded into the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Department of Information Systems Engineering. With the completion of a new building at the Imizu Campus, the facilities offered by the university will improve even further.

In this light, as an attractive university, Toyama Prefectural University is developing itself continuously for the growth of the region and the betterment of the Toyama Prefecture.

This pamphlet was created so that all those who are interested in science or technology and medicine or nursing may garner a better understanding of the programs offered by Toyama Prefectural University. Please read through it.

Our Principles of Education

Toyama Prefectural University was founded in 1990 with a mission to:

• 1) Contribute to the betterment of Toyama Prefecture and its residents
• 2) Work toward a better future
• 3) Provide innovative education

Brief History

Toyama Prefectural University was founded in 1990 as the first public institute of technology on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The College of Technology, which was originally an independent college named Otani College of Technology that was established in 1962, became a part of Toyama Prefectural University.

April	1990	Toyama Prefectural University established with two undergraduate departments and merger with the College of Technology
October	1992	Biotechnology Research Center established
April	1994	Graduate Programs for Master’s Degree in Engineering established
April	1996-1998	Graduate Programs for Doctoral Degree in Engineering established
April	1998	Two-year Advanced Programs established under College of Technology
April	2004	Regional Cooperation Center established
April	2006	Faculty of engineering re-structured and expanded from two departments to four departments, with corresponding changes to the Graduate School
April	2007	Career Center established
April	2009	Faculty of engineering expanded to five departments
March	2012	College of Technology abolished
April	2013	Graduate Programs for Masters in Engineering expanded to five departments
April	2015	Toyama Prefectural University incorporated as a public university corporation Graduate Programs for Doctoral Degree in Engineering expanded to five departments
April	2017	Faculty of engineering expanded to six departments
April	2019	Faculty of Nursing inaugurated (Department of Nursing established) Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences established
April	2020	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Department of Information Systems Engineering established

Organization

Faculty, Staff, and Students

Faculty and Staff (as of May 1, 2020)

	Professors	Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Non- teaching Staff	Total
Executive Chairman					1
President					1
Faculty of Engineering	44	93	9		146
Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences	5	24			29
Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering	6	12	1		19
Department of Intelligent Robotics	6	14	1		21
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	4	8	1		13
Department of Information Systems Engineering	4	9	2		15
Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering	5	13	1		19
Department of Biotechnology	7	8	3		18
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering	7	5			12
Faculty of Nursing	7	26	15		48
Department of Nursing	7	26	15		48
Administration				52	52
Total					248

Students (as of May 1, 2020)

■Undergraduates

	Currently Registered
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering	268
Department of Intelligent Robotics	269
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ＊1	257
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering ＊2	46
Department of Information Systems Engineering ＊2	47
Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering	237
Department of Biotechnology	175
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering	146
Faculty of Nursing
Department of Nursing	243
Total	1,688

＊1　Stop recruiting students in April 2020
＊2　Start recruiting students in April 2020

■Postgraduates (Master's and Doctoral Program)

	Currently Registered
Graduate School of Engineering
Mechanical Systems Engineering	35
Intelligent Systems Design Engineering	44
Information Systems Engineering	45
Environmental Engineering	21
Biotechnology	46
Total	191

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