About Quantum ICT Research Institute

As an affiliated Research Institute comprising five research centers, the Academic Research Institute of Tamagawa University plays a central role in the university's research activities. Its achievements are widely recognized both domestically and internationally.

The Quantum Information Science Research Center has been an integral member since the founding of the predecessor to the current Research Institute and has played a vital role in its growth and success. In 1990, the center established the world's largest international conference on quantum information and managed it for 20 years. In 2009, the center founded an international steering committee and transferred the conference's operations to it.

Through this conference, the foundational academic field of quantum information science rapidly advanced, and several promising technologies emerged. Among them, quantum cryptography is expected to become a core technology for ensuring the safety and security of modern networks. The center invented a novel quantum cryptographic method and successfully developed the world's fastest quantum cryptographic device. These achievements have been shared globally through academic societies in the United States.

To further advance these accomplishments through both fundamental and applied research, the Quantum ICT Research Institute was established by expanding and separating the Q quantum Information Science Research Center from the Research Institute.

The mission of the Institute is to develop information technologies based on quantum phenomena that can be practically applied in the real world. To achieve this goal, the Institute has established two specialized centers:

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  The Quantum Information Science Research Center, which conducts foundational research
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  The Quantum Communication Research Center, which actively collaborates with domestic and international companies to carry out integrated research and development from prototyping to commercialization.

Additionally, the institute supports educational and research activities in the Graduate School of Engineering by offering a variety of specialized courses and maintaining a system for accepting students from both within and outside the university.