Tokyo Denki University

Not to be confused with University of Electro-Communications.

35°44′54.3″N 139°48′22.5″E

Tokyo Denki University

東京電機大学
Tokyo Senju Campus
Former name	Denki Gakko (1907–1939) Tokyo Denki Technical High School (1939–1944) Denki Technical College (1944–1949)
Motto	respect for practical science
Type	Private
Established	1907
Founder	Seiichi Hirota
President	Tadahiko Ibamoto
Students	10,156 (2023)
Undergraduates	9,118 (2023)
Postgraduates	1,038 (2023)
Location	Tokyo , Japan 35°44′51″N 139°48′26″E
Campus	Adachi, Tokyo Hatoyama, Saitama Inzai, Chiba
Colors	dark blue
Website	www.dendai.ac.jp (in Japanese) www.dendai.ac.jp/en
Japanese name
Kanji	東京電機大学
Hiragana	とうきょうでんきだいがく
Katakana	トウキョウデンキダイガク
Transcriptions Romanization Tokyo Denki Daigaku
Location in Tokyo

Tokyo-Senju-Bldg4

Tokyo-Senju Campus Entrance

Saitama-Hatoyama-Bldg10 (main building)

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
• Kantoku, illustrator and character designer
• 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]