Chiba Institute of Technology (千葉工業大学, Chiba kōgyō daigaku) is a private university in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. abbreviated as Chiba kōdai (千葉工大, Chiba kōdai),Chiba kō (千葉工, Chiba kō),kōdai (工大, kōdai),sen kōdai (千工大, sen kōdai). The school was founded in 1942 in Machida, Tokyo. In 1946 it was relocated to Kimitsu, Chiba, adopted the present name at the same time. Four years later, it was moved to the present location. It is the oldest private technical university in Japan. Chiba Institute of Technology began as Kōa Institute of Technology (興亞工業大学, Kōa kōgyō daigaku) and as founded by Higashikuni Naruhiko, Kuniyoshi Ohara　(Tamagawa school head teacher), Kotaro Honda (Tohoku University head teacher), Hidetsugu Yagi　(Tokyo Institute of Technology head teacher), Shigenao Konishi (Kyoto University Previous head teacher), Yuzuru Hiraga (Tokyo Imperial University head teacher), Nobuteru Mori (Mori Konzern founder･See also Shōwa Denkō), Satoru Mori (Son Nobuteru Mori) in 1942. The college was built at what is now the site of Tamagawa University in Machida, Tokyo by the Ministry of Education.