University of Technology and Science

Japanese: 技術科学大学 - ぎじゅつかがくだいがく
University of Technology and Science

...While high schools, junior colleges, and universities all expanded, only the higher technical colleges did not. This was because, first, the course was initially a dead end leading to junior college level, and second, it was difficult to choose such a course at the time of graduating from junior high school, so the number of applicants did not increase significantly. Therefore, in 1976, a new university of technology was established as a measure to eliminate the dead end. Nagaoka University of Technology and Toyohashi University of Technology, which were established in April 1977, accept graduates of technical high schools in their first year and graduates of technical colleges in their third year. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "University of Science and Technology" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…高校,短大,大学がいずれも拡大するなかにあって,高等専門学校のみが拡大をみなかったのは,第1にこのコースが当初は短大レベルまでの袋小路となっていること,第2には,中学校卒業時点ですでにこうしたコースを選択することが困難であること,などから志願者があまり増加しなかったためである。そのため76年には技術科学大学を新たに設け,袋小路解消のための方策がとられた。77年4月より発足した長岡技術科学大学および豊橋技術科学大学では,工業高等学校卒業者を第1年次に,工業高等専門学校卒業者を第3年次に受け入れている。…

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