About IMSE

Educational Courses

Twenty years after Alvin Toffler described the deindustrialized society in “The Third Wave” in 1980, the IT revolution was the buzzword of the last year of the 20th century. In 20 years, the smallest computer was the size of a refrigerator, and it has been on a desk, in one’s lap, held under one’s arm, and now in the 21st century, it has become small enough to fit in one’s palm. According to one study, the number of smartphones shipped worldwide in 2021 will exceed 1.35 billion, while the number of PCs will be just over 340 million (according to IDC, USA).

ICT, once a symbol of work efficiency, has rapidly transformed into ICT that supports our daily lives. Nowadays, it is the information technology that supports people and society.

In the Bachelor Course and the Information and Management Systems Engineering Major Course, students study applied informatics to support people, data science to support society, and management systems studies to realize these as products, services, and businesses.

A New Engineering to
Move the World Begins.

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In what direction do you think the world is moving now?
What kind of society do you hope to see?
How do you want to work with in the society of the future?

The 21st century is truly an era that demands accurate information and wisdom based on that information.
The “Specialists,” who can combine the technical skills to create systems that freely utilize information, and who can promote management from a global perspective, from the perspective of organizational activities, and with an eye on the future of the world, will absolutely be in demand in the management organizations that will lead the next generation.

Information and Management Systems Engineering” is a discipline that aims to become “engineering that moves the world.

In our course of study, with a background in mathematical and data science, in order to build a super-smart society and realize sustainable development, we aim to develop researchers, and managers with advanced expertise and creative and practical abilities that are essential for system development, data analysis, creation of innovative technologies and business models, project management, and formulation and promotion of management strategies. Also, we aim to nurture advanced IT professionals, who can exercise leadership internationally and contribute to the sustainable development of society in the world.

Our curriculum is designed to enable students to learn content that meets the demands of the field through an integrated period of undergraduate and graduate studies. The curriculum is designed to enable students who have transferred from technical colleges to fully learn basic knowledge of management and the development of management systems that utilize this knowledge and advanced information technology, so that they can spread their wings in society.

About Our Organization Name and Curriculum Name

The curriculum titles of the undergraduate and graduate master’s programs shown on this website are as follows. (*In accordance with the education and research organization reform of Nagaoka University of Technology in 2022, each engineering field has been established in the Engineering Program and the Department of Engineering from April 2022.)

Undergraduate Course
Undergraduate Program in Engineering
(Information and Management Systems Engineering)
Graduate Master’s Course
Master’s Degree Program in Engineering
(Information and Management Systems Engineering)

The staff of the Information and Management Systems Department, a part of the common faculty organization of Nagaoka University of Technology, supports education in the undergraduate and graduate master’s programs.

These courses, with the key issue of “humanware: mechanisms that support interaction between humans and information systems,” is organized into three major courses that classify research in the fusion of information science and management science from the perspectives of humans, industry, and society. They are the “Applied Informatics” that studies system elements related to human information, the “Management Systems” that studies systems related to industrial management, and the “Data Science” that studies systems and data analysis and utilization related to social information. In terms of education, our goal is to nurture core engineers who possess both information technology creation and business management skills. In terms of research, we place emphasis on research fields such as personal adaptation, industrial optimization, and social revitalization, with the goal of creating comfortable personal, industrial, and social spaces in an advanced information society.

The type of the students we are looking for

In our courses, students learn information technology, information science, and business administration systematically, and learn how to design them as products, services, and businesses. For this reason, we accept a wide range of people, regardless of the department they come from, who are as follows

Students interested in natural sciences as well as social sciences such as business administration, law, economics, and political science
Students with a rich imagination and flexible, logical thinking skills
Students who have a strong sense of purpose and work hard every day

History, Educational and Research Goals and Organization

In the recent advanced information society, information systems have become an important foundation supporting the economic growth and international competitiveness of each country, and the competitiveness of information and communication technology (ICT) and the ability to invest in information technology are becoming the source of international competitiveness. In view of this situation, the “Department of Management and Information Systems Science” was established as a research organization of Nagaoka University of Technology in 2000. At the same time, the “Department of Management and Information Systems Engineering” was established as an educational organization, and in 2004, the “Department of Management and Information Systems Engineering” was established to promote education and research related to management systems and the information systems that support them. Furthermore, with the reform of the education and research organization of Nagaoka University of Technology, the name of the curriculum was changed to “Information and Management Systems Engineering Course/Department” in April, 2022, which is in line with the actual curriculum and the fields of expertise of the staff faculty members. Furthermore, in April 2022, the university reorganized the undergraduate and graduate master’s programs, establishing each engineering field under the Engineering Program and the Department of Engineering. As one of the fields of engineering, the “Engineering Course and Department (Information and Management Systems Engineering)” and the “Information and Management Systems Engineering Course and Department” have been established. We promote research on the design of effective systems and the development of leading engineers who can play an active role internationally, with the aim of providing solutions to important social issues such as expectations for social safety and security, vitality in globalized economic andpolitical activities, and the critical global environment.

About the IMSE

Information & Management Systems Engineering (IMSE) is a concept that integrates Information Systems (IS), which is centered on the application of information and communication technology, and Industrial Engineering (IE), which is the science of management. In the knowledge-based society of the future, it will be necessary to integrate the knowledge and technologies developed and accumulated in management engineering with information and communication technologies to enable rapid and appropriate management in response to rapid changes in the business environment. In our course, students will acquire a background in mathematical and data science in order to build a super-smart society and realize sustainable development, and will acquire advanced expertise and creative and practical skills essential for system development, data analysis, creation of innovative technologies and business models, project management, and formulation and promotion of management strategies. The program aims to nurture advanced IT professionals, researchers, and managers who can demonstrate leadership on an international scale and who can contribute to the sustainable development of society, equipped with the following skills As for research activities, since management, environment, intelligence, sensibility, education, and medical care are considered to be studies related to “human” relations, we promote research centered on “humanware (the interface between technology and humans, including sensibility and psychology)” through “applied informatics,” “management systems,” and “data science, and the research results are widely disseminated inside and outside the university.

About Education and Research Organization of our Department

The Information and Management Systems Department also works closely with the Multimedia Systems Center, the Center for e-Learning Research and Practice, and the Center for Physical Education and Health Care, which are joint facilities within the university.The Multimedia Systems Center develops and operates the university’s on-campus multimedia education system. The Center for e-Learning Research and Practice sponsors the eHELP (e-learning Higher Education Linkage Project), which is a collaborative organization with universities and technical colleges nationwide, and conducts implementation and evaluation experiments of new educational methods through credit transfer by e-learning. And, the Center for Physical Education and Health Care conducts experiments and evaluations of physical and mental medical treatment and training, as well as welfare engineering and sports engineering. We will promote contributions to the revitalization of education and research by taking advantage of the opportunities for practice at each center.

We would like to invite faculty members and researchers interested in information and management systems to exchange views on the future development of information and management systems engineering, and to discuss possibilities for joint research. We also hope that students will join us in our quest to become experts in this field. We look forward to your continued support and cooperation.

About Educational Research Facilities

Advanced information equipment and educational and research facilities are indispensable for acquiring a great deal of knowledge about information technology and the management know-how rooted in it. In our course, we provide an environment in which students can use the latest information equipment immediately after entering the program. For example, two information terminal rooms are used for practical lectures, exercises, and student experiments, and students can enter and use these rooms individually 24 hours a day. In addition to reviewing and preparing for classes, students can also make great use of the information terminals to prepare reports and gather information for job hunting.

Once assigned to a laboratory, students work individually under the supervision of a faculty advisor, using advanced information equipment and a variety of experimental facilities. Also, there are research laboratories that can be shared by all laboratory members, allowing for high-quality research activities.

Facilities

Information terminal rooms (student laboratories): 2 rooms

Installed Hardware

82 Windows PCs (total)
Network environment (Gigabit Ethernet, campus LAN/WAN)
AV environment (microphones, projector, large LCD display, DVD/BD player, video camera)
Input/output devices (color laser printer, color scanner)

Installed Software