Muroran Institute of Technology (室蘭工業大学, Muroran Kōgyō Daigaku), abbreviated as MuroranIT, MuIT, or Muroran Tech^[1] is a national university in Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Muroran Institute of Technology

室蘭工業大学
Type	Public (National)
Established	Founded 1876
President	Yoshikazu Kuga
Undergraduates	2837（2018）
Postgraduates	544（2018）
Location	Muroran , Hokkaido , Japan 42°22′37″N 141°02′03″E
Website	muroran-it.ac.jp/en
Location in Hokkaido Prefecture Show map of Hokkaido Location in Japan Show map of Japan

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• 1897 Sapporo Agricultural College Department of Civil Engineering Established
• 1918 Sapporo Agricultural College promoted to Hokkaido Imperial University.
• 1939 Muroran National Industrial College Established
• 1944 Muroran National Industrial College promoted to Muroran National College of Technology.
• 1949 Muroran National College of Technology and Hokkaido Imperial University Department of Civil Engineering merged and Muroran Institute of Technology were founded.

Muroran Institute of Technology is a technical institute which is composed of

• the Faculty of Engineering, a four-year course leading to a bachelor's degree, which consists of six departments
• a Graduate School, which has a two-year course in six divisions for the master's degree
• a three-year course in four divisions for a Doctoral degree.

The university has a campus covering an area of 197,485 m² in the city of Muroran, which is at the entrance of Uchiura Bay in the southwestern part of Hokkaido.

• Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
• Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Materials Engineering
• Department of Applied Sciences
• Department of Information and Electronic Engineering