工こう業ぎょう高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こう

Meanings

technical college; institute of technology

A five-year post-junior-high educational institution combining upper secondary and higher education, focusing on engineering and technology. Often referred to as 高専 (こうせん) in everyday speech.

彼かれは工こう業ぎょう高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こうで機き械かい工こう学がくを学まなんでいる。
He is studying mechanical engineering at a technical college.
工こう業ぎょう高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こうは、中ちゅう学がっ校こう卒そつ業ぎょう後ごに入にゅう学がくできる5年ねん制せいの学がっ校こうです。
A technical college is a five-year school that students can enter after graduating from junior high school.

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Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
業business, vocation, arts
高tall, high, expensive
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
専specialty, exclusive, mainly
門gate, counter for cannons
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Related words

高こう専せん
Common abbreviation for 工業高等専門学校. Used in everyday conversation and official contexts.
大だい学がく
A university; typically a four-year institution after high school, whereas 工業高等専門学校 is a five-year program starting after junior high.
専せん門もん学がっ校こう
A vocational school; usually post-high school and shorter in duration, while 工業高等専門学校 is a longer, integrated program.

Built from

工こう業ぎょう+高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こう

Etymology

Compound of 工業 (こうぎょう, 'industry'), 高等 (こうとう, 'higher'), and 専門学校 (せんもんがっこう, 'specialized school'). The term was established in the Japanese education system to denote colleges of technology.