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Kazuya MASU, President

Kazuya MASU, President

Kazuya Masu has served as the 22nd president of Tokyo Tech since April 1, 2018. His flexible, dialogue-based leadership has guided the Institute during a time of important transformation, uniting Tokyo Tech's diverse research centers, laboratories, and units into one integrated hub. Together with his profound understanding of Tokyo Tech, Masu's ability to inspire and manage change through collaborative teamwork continues to propel the Institute toward the achievement of a shared vision.

A specialist in electronic devices, integrated circuits, and wireless sensor networks, Masu earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in engineering from Tokyo Tech in 1977, 1979, and 1982 respectively. In April 1982, he took an assistant professor position at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University, where he became associate professor in 1993.

In June 2000, Masu returned to Tokyo Tech as professor at the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory. He subsequently held professorial positions at the Integrated Research Institute from 2005 to 2010, the Solutions Research Laboratory from 2010 to 2014, and the Frontier Research Center from 2014 to 2016. For the two years prior to his inauguration, Masu served as the first director-general of the Institute of Innovative Research.

The president spends his free time snowboarding the powdery mountains of Japan.

April 2018
President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 2016
Director-General, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 2016
Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 2014
Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 2010
Professor, Solutions Research Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
October 2005
Professor, Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
November 2002 - January 2003
Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
June 2000
Professor, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April 1993
Associate Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
April 1982
Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
March 1982
Doctor of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
March 1979
Master of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
March 1977
Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Physical Electronics, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology