Tokyo Polytechnic University

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Type Private Location Tokyo, Japan Total enrollment 4,410 (1 May 2014)		President Nobuyuki Kobayashi Website www.t-kougei.ac.jp/e/ Founded April 1966

Established Founded 1923,Chartered 1966 Campus Nakano, Tokyo, Atsugi, Kanagawa Address 2 Chome-9-5 Honcho, Nakano, Tokyo 164-0012, Japan Similar Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kogakuin University, Tokyo University of Techno, Joshibi University of Art and, Bunka Gakuen University Profiles Facebook Twitter YouTube

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Tokyo Polytechnic University (東京工芸大学, Tōkyō Kōgei Daigaku) is a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (東京写真大学, Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku).

The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in Shibuya in 1923. The founder, Rokuemon Sugiura VII, was the president of Konishi Main Shop (later Konica) at that time and founded the school to fulfil the wish of Rokuemon Sugiura VI, the previous president.

Beginning in 2007, the university offers courses in manga studies and animation studies.