National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology

National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology (筑波技術大学, Tsukuba Gijutsu Daigaku), or NTUT, is a national university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1987, and it was chartered as a university in 2005.　It is Japan's only national university that is focused on the education of students with special needs, including hearing impaired/deaf and visually impaired/blind students.

National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology
筑波技術大学
Kasuga Campus(One of NTUT's Campus)
TypeNational university
Established1987
Location
Tsukuba
,
Ibaraki
,
Japan
WebsiteOfficial website

The school has several special needs programs:[1]

  • Special Needs Education for the Visually Impaired
    • PreK - advanced vocational
  • Special Needs Education for the Deaf
    • PreK - advanced vocational
  • Special Needs Education for the Mentally Challenged
    • PreK - advanced vocational
  • Special Needs Education for the Physically Challenged
    • elementary - advanced vocational
  • Special Needs Education for the Children with Autism
    • preschool and elementary

References
  1. http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/public/pdf_outline/27_educationbureau.pdf

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