title: Kitami Institute of Technology
text: # Kitami Institute of Technology
  
  Kitami Institute of Technology (北見工業大学, Kitami Kōgyō Daigaku) is a national university in Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded as the Kitami Junior College of Technology on 6 January 1960, it was chartered as a university (Kitami Institute of Technology) on 6 January 1966. In 2004, it became part of the National University Corporation.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Akiko Kiso - classical scholar
  