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History of Shonan Institute of Technology
1961 Founding of Sagami Institute of Technology; Sagami High School of Technology opened.
1981 Eitaro Itoyama appointed as President and Chairman of Sagami Institute of Technology.
1990 Change of name to Shonan Institute of Technology (SIT).
1993 Founding of the Research Institute of Engineering; Masters Courses in Mechanical, Electrical, and Material Engineering.
1995 Exchange Program Agreement established with Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.; Doctorial Courses established in Mechanical, Electrical, and Material Engineering.
1996 Exchange Program Agreement established with The University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
2000 Exchange Program Agreement established with The University of Sydney; Fourth International Academic Summit held among 4 members in Japan -supported by the Ministry of Education.
2001 Exchange Program Agreement established with Seoul National University; Founding of the Dept. of System and Communication Engineering; Reorganized the Dept. of Electrical Engineering into the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Media Engineering. Reorganized the Dept. of Material Sciences into the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.
2003 Founding of the Dept. of Mechanical Design Engineering; Reorganized the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering into the Dept. of Mechanical Systems Engineering; Exchange Program Agreement established with Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Sixth International Academic Summit held among 5 members in China -supported by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture.
2006 Reorganized the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Media Engineering into the Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Reorganized the Dept. of System and Communication Engineering into the Dept. of Applied Computer Sciences; Reorganized the Research Institute’s Masters Course of Electrical Engineering into the Masters Course of Electrical and Information Engineering; Ninth International Academic Summit held among 6 members in the US at Pennsylvania State University
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Kanagawa, Japan 251-8511

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