University of Electro-Communications

University of Electro-Communications
電気通信大学

Established	1918
Type	National
President	Makoto Kajitani
Admin. staff	250
Undergraduates	3800
Postgraduates	1500
Location	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Website	www.uec.ac.jp

The University of Electro-Communications (電気通信大学, Denki-Tsūshin Daigaku^?) is a national university in the city of Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. It specialises in the disciplines of computer science, the physical sciences, engineering and technology. It was founded in 1918 [1].

Faculties, graduate schools and laboratories

Takuro Bojo, B.E. in 1959 - former CEO of JVC
Tetsuya Nakamura, B.E. in 1967 - CEO of SMK Corporation
Ken Kutaragi, B.E. in Electronic Engineering in 1975 - former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, current Honorary Chairman of Sony Corporation, and also known as Father of PlayStation
Keiichiro Tsukamoto - founder of ASCII Corporation and Impress Group
Seiji Nishikawa, B.E. in 1978 - operating officer of NTT docomo
Kōichi Nakamura - video game designer and founder of Chunsoft

Sumio Iijima, B.E. in 1963 - discoverer of carbon nanotubes and recipient of Benjamin Franklin Medal (2002) and Balzan Prize (2007)
Prayoon Shiowattana - Vice President of Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency
Seinosuke Toda, B.E. in 1982, M.E. in 1984 - computer scientist, recipient of Gödel Prize (1998), and also known for Toda's theorem
Maria Q. Feng, M.E. in 1987 in Mechanical Engineering - mechanical engineer, recipient of Alfred Noble Prize (1995), and Professor of University of California, Irvine