Our school’s predecessor, Hokuriku Dempa Gakko (Hokuriku Radio Wave School) opened in 1957. Following this, Kanazawa Technical College opened in 1962 and Kanazawa Institute of Technology in 1965. Since then, we have produced countless engineers as Hokuriku region’s largest engineering educational institute.
In April 2018, to adapt to a rapidly changing society, we renamed our school to International College of Technology and opened our Hakusanroku campus. In collaboration with Kanazawa Institute of Technology, we created the 5+4 school system in order to educate global innovators of the future.
| June 1, 1957 | Hokuriku Radio Wave School founded |
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| April 1, 1958 | Hokuriku Radio College founded |
| April 1, 1959 | Hokuriku Radio High School founded |
| April 1, 1962 | Kanazawa Technical College founded, Department of Electrical Engineering established (135 students, 3 classes) Hyoukichi Aoyama become the first president of Kanazawa Technical College |
| April 1, 1963 | Department of Mechanical Engineering added (2 classes, 90 students each) |
| September 28, 1964 | Gymnasium completed |
| April 1, 1965 | Kanazawa Institute of Technology founded |
| January 16, 1969 | Center for Information Processing founded (now Center for Information Services & Processing) |
| April 1, 1969 | Computer Aided Instruction founded (now Center for Information Services & Processing) |
| September 21, 1973 | Ohgigaoka Clinic opened |
| May 19, 1977 | Amaike Athletic Center opened |
| June 1, 1982 | Library Center opened |
| April 1, 1988 | One class added to the Department of Electrical Engineering |
| April 26, 1990 | Second Gymnasium Completed |
| April 1, 1991 | New school building completed in 2-270 Hisayasu Kanazawa |
| July 8, 1993 | Yumekobo opened |
| May 23, 1995 | Partnership signed with Singapore Polytechnic in Singapore |
| July 12, 1995 | Partnership memorandum signed with Saint Michael’s College in USA |
| April 1, 1996 | Multi-media Workshop opened |
| April 1, 1997 | Center for Creative Engineering Design Education established |
| December 14, 1998 | Ikenodaira Seminar House opened |
| December 17, 2002 | Partnership memorandum signed with Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand |
| April 1, 2003 | Changed the name of the Department of Electrical Engineering to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (45 students, 1 class) Department of Computer Engineering and International Communication added (1 class, 45 students) |
| April 1, 2007 | Center for Community-Arranged Education opened |
| April 1, 2009 | Changed the name of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (40 students, 1 class) Changed capacity of Department of Mechanical Engineering (1 class, 40 students) Changed name of Department of Computer Engineering and International Communication to Department of Global Information Technology (1 class, 40 students) |
| December 9, 2010 | Joined world-standard “CDIO” engineering education initiative |
| April 1, 2014 | Lewis Barksdale becomes seventh president of Kanazawa Technical College |
| June 30, 2014 | Partnership memorandum signed with Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Viet Nam |
| April 1, 2015 | Added Department of Global Information and Management (1 class, 40 students) Stopped receiving students for the Department of Global Information Technology |
| November 18, 2015 | Partnership memorandum signed with Universiti Tekhnologi MARA in Malesia |
| April 13, 2016 | Partnership memorandum signed with Singapore Institute of Technology in Singapore |
| March 6, 2017 | Partnership memorandum signed with Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta in Indonesia |
| March 26, 2018 | Hakusanroku Campus founded |
| April 1, 2018 | Changed school’s name to "International College of Technology, Kanazawa" and added Department of Science and Technology (2 classes, 90 students each) Stopped receiving student for Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Global Information and Management |
| April 1, 2020 | Changed capacity of the Department of Science and Technology (1 class, 45 students) |
| January 13, 2021 | Partnership memorandum signed with Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Vietnam-Japan Institute of Technology in Viet Nam |
| April 1, 2023 | Masaaki Shikada becomes eighth president of International College of Technology, Kanazawa Changed capacity of the Department of Science and Technology (1 class, 35 students) |