RATIONALITY OF HYPOTHESIS IN COLLEGE OFTECHNOLOGY IN JAPAN : Can the fiftieth anniversary reform it to be capable of real engineering education?

From the pointofview of thereformation of college of technology in Japan, the historyof itsestablishment, the current statuses and the background were reviewed without hesitationto find the way outof the crucial problems included therein. Through the discussionson thereformation, some important points that the fiftieth anniversary should aim were presented; theimprovement of the environment of engineering education, and the legal guarantee andpromotionof theresearch work of thefaculty are pressing needs for the reformation of collegeoftechnologyinJapan.The fiftiethanniversaryshould be the good opportunitytoabolishtheolddiscussions on the collegeof technologyand topromote the external evaluation