Kobe Institute Of Computing

Kobe Institute of Computing - Graduate School of Information Technology
神戸情報大学院大学
Established	2005
Type	Private
President	Toshiki SUMITANI
Location	Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Website	www.kic.ac.jp

Kobe Institute of Computing; Graduate School of Information Technology (神戸情報大学院大学, Kōbe jōhō daigakuin gaigaku^?) is one of Japanese private universities in Kobe, Hyogo. It is established in 2005. Its abbreviated name is KIC.

Contents 1 Outline 2 History 3 Development of Human Resources 4 Fields of Study 5 Course Term / Degree 6 Address 7 Faculty / Education 8 Lecture System 9 Academic Agreements 10 External links

Outline

Kobe Institute of Computing; Graduate School of Information Technology is an IT professional graduate school established in April 2005 aiming to develop people with outstanding specialist capabilities who can play central roles in IT infrastructures. The operating body is Kobe Institute of Computing. It also runs College of Computing.

History

• April 2005 Established

Development of Human Resources

• Using OSS (Open Source Software) that many countries and governments are increasingly adopting, as teaching materials, which helps to foster IT technical experts who understand the operating principles and inner structure of software.
• Developing highly skilled IT experts with management ability and problem solving ability.
• Holding “Active & Creative” as the education philosophy, developing human resources having “Thinking Power”.

Fields of Study

• Graduate School of Information Technology, Department of Information Systems
  • OSS Region
  • Network Region
  • Information architecture Region
  • Programming Region

Course Term / Degree

• Normal course term: 2 years
• Degree: Master of Information Systems

Address

2-2-7 Kano-cho, Kobe Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

About 10 minutes' walk from Sannomiya Station and Shin-Kobe Station.

Located near Kitano-chō, a district of the former residences of early foreign settlers.

Faculty / Education

Unlike traditional graduate schools which are for fostering of researchers, KIC is for training skilled IT professionals. Therefore about 30% of the faculty are experienced IT professionals.

Lecture System

Considering working students the classes are provided both at weekday night as well as in daytime. Since 2009 KIC has started Saturday classes. KIC has a unique school term system which is called “6-term system”. Each term lasts for 2 months. The curriculum is developed to enable students to have laboratory teaching after lecture, which helps students to enable to practice with knowledge that they get on lectures.

Academic Agreements

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology(Public University Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University)

External links

• KIC - Graduate School of Information Technology
• KIC - College of Computing