
Posted on 2014/11/07
Starting Afresh at Kosen, National Institute of Technology
Did you know that there’s an education system in Japan that caters for young engineers exists? The National College of Technology (国立高等専門学校), or the highly preferable abbreviation, Kōsen (高専) is rumored to have backed the Japanese Restoration after World War II, which in my terms sounds so amazing. Jittery young enthusiasts are recruited every year indiscrimately after graduating from Junior High School. A little backstory to this, “Japan was in ruins after the big war and it needed a handful of engineers. Kōsen was drafted to raise young engineers as the country’s main workforce regardless of personal backgrounds. So, each and every prefecture has its own national college.” The college… Read More