Tokyo Denki University

University in Tokyo, Japan

35°44′54.3″N 139°48′22.5″E / 35.748417°N 139.806250°E / 35.748417; 139.806250

Websitewww.dendai.ac.jp (in Japanese)
www.dendai.ac.jp/en

Tokyo Denki University (東京電機大学, Tōkyō denki daigaku) is a private university in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1907 as Denki Gakkō (電機学校). It was chartered as a university in 1949 with Yasujiro Niwa as first president. Denki (電機) means an electric device in Japanese, and the university is dedicated to science and technology.

Organization

Undergraduate schools

College of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering
College of Science and Engineering
- natural science course
- Information System Design Course
- life engineering Course
- mechanical engineering Course
- electronic engineering Course
- Architecture and Urban Environment Course
College of Future science
- Department of Information Media
- Department of Robotics & Mechatronics
- Department of Architecture
College of Systems Design Engineering
- Department of Information Systems Engineering
- Department of Design Engineering
College of Second Department Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Information and Communication Engineering

Graduate schools

Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Program)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic Systems Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Advanced Mechanical Engineering
- Information and Communication Engineering
Graduate School of Science and Engineering (Master's Program)
- Natural Science
- Informatics
- Life science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Architecture and Urban Environment
Graduate School of Future science (Master's Program)
- Architecture
- Information Media Science
- Robotics & Mechatronics
Graduate School of Systems Design Engineering (Master's Program)
- Information Systems Engineering
- Design Engineering
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology (Doctor's Program)

Notable alumni

Jirō Nitta, novelist and meteorologist^[1]
Eiji Tsuburaya, special effects director of films and television series, including Godzilla and Ultraman^[2]
Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of the Space Invaders shooter game^[3]
Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, sole member of Team Shanghai Alice and creator of the Touhou Project shoot 'em up video game series
Hisashi Koinuma (鯉沼久史), director of the Samurai Warriors video game series and chief operating officer of Koei Tecmo (2015–)^[4]^[5]

In popular culture

In the visual novel Steins;Gate, characters Okabe Rintaro and Hashida Itaru attend the university.^[6]

References

^ "P＋D BOOKS". P＋D BOOKS. Shogakukan. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
^ 全怪獣怪人 (in Japanese). Vol. 上巻. 勁文社. 1990. pp. 310–312. ISBN 4-7669-0962-3.
^ "Tomohiro Nishikado's biography at his company's web site". Dreams, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2011-03-27. (Translation)
^ "インタビュー鯉沼久史さん". PlayStation.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-17. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ "コーエーテクモゲームス、鯉沼久史副社長の社長就任が内定社長の襟川陽一氏は会長職へ原尾宏次氏と早矢仕洋介氏が執行役員に". Social Game Info. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
^ "Characters". Steins-gate.us. Retrieved November 10, 2015.