An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device comprising a bare chip and having an image pickup area and a mount area on the same face; an electric board having the image pickup device mounted thereon; and a support having an opening. The support is disposed on the rear face of the mount surface of the image pickup device such that the rear face of the image pickup device is opposed to and exposed through the opening. The opening is supplied with an adhesive to fix the support to the image pickup device. Thus, the image pickup apparatus to which the support can be fixed with a sufficient adhesive strength can be provided.