Provided are a reliable high performance thin film transistor and a reliable high performance display device. The display device has: a gate electrode which is formed on a substrate; a gate insulating film which is formed to cover the substrate and the gate electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer which is formed on the gate electrode through the gate insulating film; a channel protective layer which is in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer and formed on the oxide semiconductor layer; and source/drain electrodes which are electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and formed to cover the oxide semiconductor layer. A metal oxide layer is formed on an upper part of the channel protective layer. The source/drain electrodes are formed to be divided apart on the channel protective layer and the metal oxide layer.