Daido University

Daido University
大同大学
Type Private
Established 1939 (1939)
President Akira Sawaoka
Location Minami-ku, Nagoya, Japan
35°04′42″N 136°54′21″E / 35.0784°N 136.9058°E / 35.0784; 136.9058Coordinates: 35°04′42″N 136°54′21″E / 35.0784°N 136.9058°E / 35.0784; 136.9058
Campus Urban
Website www.daido-it.ac.jp/html/english/index.html

Daido University (大同大学 Daidō daigaku) is a private university in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The university began as the Daido Technical-Educational Foundation in 1939. In 1969, the school became the Daido Institute of Technology. The university traces its origin back to the companies founded by Momosuke Fukuzawa. These companies consists of the Great Consolidated Electric Power Company, Limited (Current: Kansai Electric Power Company and Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.), the Nisshinbo Industries, TOHO GAS Co., Ltd., Daido Steel Co., Ltd., Toagosei and Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.(Meitetsu) etc. He had a concept of a research institute for industrial technician trainings. The president of Daido Steel Co., Ltd.. Yoshio Shimoide (the member of the Japanese Diet ) was inspired by his concept. In January 1939, Daido Technical-Educational Foundation was established by Yoshio Simoide. The school was close to Daidōchō Station. Responding to strong demand in the Nagoya Industrial companies ( such as the Daido Steel Co., Ltd., the Chubu Electric Power and the Nagoya Railroad etc.), the Daido Institute of Technology was established in 1962.


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