In the Department of Precision Engineering, with engineering technologies such as 1) Sensing technology, 2) Fabrication technology, 3) Microsystems, 4) Mechatronics and 5) Engineering technology for design/production systems as the mainstays, we are promoting applied research and education that aim for specific problem-solving in industry and society using a combination of the 5 technologies above. 
 Since the establishment of this department, we have produced many superior results in fields such as precision scientific devices and production technology. Since the urgent progressive era of industrial technology that is heading towards advanced maturity began, we have built the mainstays of industrial technology that support the foundations of modern society such as the revolution in product structure which is typified by the conversion of mechanical clocks to quartz crystal clocks and the improvements in manufacturing precision and production yield due to computer-integrated information-driven machine tools, in addition to the implementation of mass production in indispensable, complex and high precision products for micromachines and robots and the provision of diverse materials and functions that correspond to the demands of the end user. In the field of medical engineering we have also been leading initiatives since the 1970s. The research results and human resources that have been produced over the last 50 years and beyond have greatly contributed to the development of technology and the manufacturing industry.