Imperial College of Engineering
The Imperial College of Engineering was a Meiji Era institution of higher education established under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Works (工部省, Kōbushō) for the training of young Japanese engineers. Supporting Japan’s rapid industrialization at the end of the 19th century, the college commenced teaching in October 1873 soon after the initial cohort of teaching staff arrived from United Kingdom. The college was an immediate precursor to the establishment of the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Engineering in 1877.