Education of practical engineering skills aiming for solving real problems related to local area

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in National Institute of Technology (NIT), Maizuru College offers practical engineering education that teaches how to utilize skills to contribute to local area in cooperation with local society. In the lecture, the students propose solutions to problems related to local area by fabricating prototypes using their electrical and information engineering skills based on investigation of real society. For example, the students have developed a special controller for electric wheel chair with support from Maizuru Rehabilitation Center for Crippled Children. Because the five-year course education system of NIT makes it possible for the students to develop advanced electronic devices and software for practical use, the prototypes fabricated by them actually contribute to solving the problems related to local area. The involvement of the students in activities with local institution and city government has encouraged them to learn more diligently, and taught actual development process of devices and software related to regional contribution.