Result of the Ritsumeikan Trust Chancellor Election
On Sunday, November 8, the Ritsumeikan Trust held an election to select a successor to Chancellor Yoshio Nakatani upon the expiration of his term of office and elected Professor TAKAYAMA Shigeru as Chancellor-elect.
Going forward, their appointment as Chancellor will be officially approved by the Board of Trustees on Friday, November 27. The four-year term of office will run from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2030, and the Chancellor may serve a maximum of two terms. The Chancellor also serves concurrently as President of Ritsumeikan University.
Profile: Professor TAKAYAMA Shigeru
- Name
TAKAYAMA Shigeru - Current Position
Vice Chancellor of the Ritsumeikan Trust; Vice President of Ritsumeikan University; Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University - Date of Birth
November 20, 1960 (65 years old) - Areas of Expertise
Measurement engineering; sensor networks; wireless communication engineering; video processing engineering; mixed reality applied engineering; probability and statistics - Final Education
Withdrew from the Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan - Degree
Doctor of Engineering (Ritsumeikan University) - Academic Society Memberships
International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
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