19 development. The University had institutionalized seven research centers by FY2006, but after subsequent reorganization, the number had been reduced to four research centers by FY2016: the Research Center for Future Vehicle City, the Safety and Security Regional Collaboration Research Center, the Advanced Agriculture and Bio Research Center, and Center for the Human-Robot Symbiosis Research. In FY2007, the University established its first externally funded endowed chairs: the OSG Nano/Micro Machining Chair (FY2007–2011) and the Shinkin Agri-Food Technological Science Chair (FY2007–2015). In FY2014, it also established the Chair for Advanced Energy-Saving Technology Development. In FY2015, the University created the Advanced Cooperative Research Laboratory system (which ended in FY2024) to promote the advancement and diversification of research and established the AIST-TUT Advanced Sensor Cooperative Research Laboratory in collaboration with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). At the end of FY2015, in preparation for the third medium-term goals period, the Technological Science Innovation Research Organization was created, centered on the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute and composed of research centers, three strategic divisions (including the Advanced Cooperative Research Laboratory), and the Research Administration Center. University’s 40th Anniversary Ceremony Campus landscape in 2016
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