Department of Green Electronics
Faculty of Engineering Science
Creating a future where Green & Digital coexist!Learning environmentally friendly electronics for a sustainable society.
In the modern era where digitalization is advancing, we are establishing the Department of Green Electronics Engineering, the first in Japan, to design green electronics that support its foundation. We cultivate GX (Green Transformation) human resources to develop new green technologies that are attracting worldwide attention and are predicted to face a massive shortage of human resources.
Focusing on semiconductor devices installed in smartphones, computers, EV vehicles, etc., we research from both hardware and software perspectives: materials conscious of resource circulation, integrated circuit design with low power consumption, and the development of energy-efficient AI algorithms using those circuits.
Environmentally friendly for a sustainable society
Electronic technology that creates and masters hardware and software
Electronic technology that can minimize environmental impact throughout the entire lifecycle of electronic devices—design, manufacturing, use, and recycling—by utilizing AI/IoT and information communication technology. It particularly refers to fields related to electronic devices with low power consumption that can use energy in a green manner.
The features of our department are a curriculum based on mathematics, basic physics, and chemistry that allows students to learn four categories: "Semiconductor Device Physics," "Equipment, Processing, Measurement, and Control," "Analog and Digital Integrated Circuits," and "Numerical Computation and Information" for the coexistence of environmentally friendly electronic devices and software/AI, along with substantial experiments, practical training, and PBL (Project-Based Learning). We also have strengths in industry-academia collaboration and joint research with overseas universities.
Research represented by low power consumption of semiconductor technology is attractive! Semiconductor technology has greatly contributed to the miniaturization and low power consumption of electronic devices. However, with the advancement of PCs, etc., further greening is required. In AI semiconductors, where demand is rapidly increasing, greening and low power consumption are particularly required. Various research is possible, from basic research such as electronic circuits, electronic materials, input/output devices, and semiconductor manufacturing, which are indispensable for realizing green semiconductors, to applications such as information processing systems represented by AI.
GX human resources are indispensable! GX (Green Transformation) human resources necessary for realizing a decarbonized society are predicted to be short by 2 million by 2035, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are currently the most in short supply.
Solidify the basics of "mathematics" and "physics"! You don't need to be perfect, but you will apply the basic knowledge of mathematics and physics to research after entering university. Connect various points of knowledge and deepen your learning at university. Let's develop the habit of being interested in everyday things around you and always thinking about why and how things work.
Active participation is expected in diverse career paths. First, there is the semiconductor design and semiconductor manufacturing industry. The former is called fabless and handles everything from semiconductor planning to design. The latter is a semiconductor manufacturer specializing in contract manufacturing and is called a foundry. Next, there is the electrical equipment industry. There, in product development using semiconductors, students are expected to be active as GX inventors who can achieve sustainable, energy-saving, and high-performance products by utilizing green electronics. In the automobile industry, new EV vehicles are being developed one after another, and students are expected to become advanced GX human resources who can simultaneously consider improved performance and entertainment with AI-equipped cyber trucks, as well as power saving and recycling.
Centered on the semiconductor design (fabless) and manufacturing (foundry) industries, students can be active as GX inventors (human resources who can discover and develop important businesses and technologies from both environmental and economic indicators in promoting GX) needed in large quantities globally in any industry, such as business development, product development, and technology development using semiconductors in the electrical equipment industry, and development of products and software that achieve both eco-friendliness and convenience or safety and security!
