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University of Tokyo
東京大学
Latin: Universitas Tokiensis
Established 1877
Type Public (National)
President Hiroshi Komiyama
Faculty 2,429 full-time
175 part-time[1]
Staff 5,779
Students 28,071[2]
Undergraduates 14,471
Postgraduates 13,600
Doctoral students 12,668
Professional students 932
Location Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan
Campus Urban
Colors Light Blue
Nickname Warriors, etc.
Mascot None
Athletics 46 varsity teams
Affiliations IARU, APRU, AEARU, AGS, BESETOHA, Tokyo Six Universities
Website [1]
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The place of the establishment of the University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (東京大学 Tōkyō daigaku), abbreviated as Todai (東大 Tōdai), is one of the leading research universities in Japan.

The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, some 2,100 of them foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano.

History

The university was founded by the Meiji government in 1877 under its current name by amalgamating older government schools for medicine and Western learning. It was renamed "the Imperial University (帝國大學 Teikoku daigaku)" in 1886, and then Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝國大學 Tōkyō teikoku daigaku) in 1887 when the Imperial University system was created. In 1947, after Japan's defeat in World War II, it assumed the original name again. With the start of the new university system in 1949, Todai swallowed up the former First Higher School (today's Komaba campus) and the former Tokyo Higher School, which henceforth assumed the duty of teaching first and second-year undergraduates, while the faculties on Hongo main campus took care of third and fourth-year students.

The University of Tokyo has since 2004 been incorporated as a "national university corporation" under a new law which applies to all national universities.

While nearly all academic disciplines are taught at the University, it is perhaps best known for its faculties of science, law, and literature (i.e., faculty of letters).

Furthermore, the law department has produced many Japanese politicians, though the power of the department has been gradually decreasing. For example; the ratio of its alumni in prime ministers is 2/3, 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s respectively.

The University of Tokyo is widely thought of as being one of the most prestigious schools over many areas while its rival schools are the other six of the Seven Universities, which were Imperial Universities before World War II, especially Kyoto University. In science, Kyoto University has produced more Nobel prize winners. One of the presidents of Tokyo Imperial University was Kikuchi Dairoku.

Organization

Faculties

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Akamon (the Red Gate).
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Yasuda Auditorium on the University of Tokyo's Hongō Campus.
  • Law
  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • Letters
  • Science
  • Agriculture
  • Economics
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Education
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences

Graduate schools

  • Humanities and Sociology
  • Education
  • Law and Politics
  • Economics
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Life Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Frontier Sciences
  • Information Science and Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Information Studies
  • Public Policy

Research institutes

  • Institute of Medical Science
  • Earthquake Research Institute
  • Institute of Oriental Culture
  • Institute of Social Science
  • Institute of Industrial Science
  • Historiographical Institute
  • Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
  • Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
  • Institute for Solid State Physics
  • Ocean Research Institute
  • Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology

Academic rankings

In the 2006 THES - QS World University Rankings, the University was placed 19th in the world and 2nd in Asia.[3]

The 2005 "ARWU" rankings, drawn up by Shanghai Jiao Tong University placed the University of Tokyo first in the Asia Pacific region in terms of quality of scientific research leading towards a Nobel Prize.[4]

Campus

The main Hongo campus occupies the former estate of the Maeda family, Edo period feudal lords of Kaga Province. The university's best known landmark, Akamon (the Red Gate) is a relic of this era. The symbol of the university is the ginkgo leaf, from the abundant trees throughout the area.


Medical 1st bldg.

Medical 2nd Bldg.

Med. Experimental Research Bldg

Medical Library

General Library

The Experimental Tank


Sanshiro Pond

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Sanshiro Pond detail, Tokyo University's Hongō campus.


Sanshiro Pond (三四郎池 Sanshirō ike), in the heart of the university's Hongo campus, dates to 1615. After the fall of the Osaka Castle, the Shogun gave this pond and its surrounding garden to Maeda Toshitsune. As Maeda Tsunanori further developed the garden, it became known as one of the most beautiful gardens in Edo (now Tokyo), with the traditional eight landscapes and eight borders, but also known for its originality in its artificial pond, hills, and pavilions. It was at that time known as Ikutoku-en (Garden of Teaching Virtue). The pond's contours are in the shape of the character kokoro or shin (heart), and thus its official name is Ikutoku-en Shinjiike. However it has been commonly called Sanshiro Pond since the publication of Natsume Sōseki's novel Sanshiro.

Notable alumni and faculty members

Main article: List of University of Tokyo people
University of Tokyo has produced many notable people. Six Japanese Prime Ministers have studied at University of Tokyo.

See also

References

1. ^ The University of Tokyo [Organization Number of Students / Personnel]. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
2. ^ The University of Tokyo [Number of Students Enrollment]. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
3. ^ THES - QS World University Rankings 2006 - Top 200 Universities. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.
4. ^ Top 100 Asia Pacific Universities. Retrieved on 2007-06-14.

External links

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National Seven Universities (Japan)


Hokkaido • Kyoto • Kyushu • Nagoya • Osaka • Tohoku • Tokyo
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Tokyo Big Six Baseball League
Hosei • Keio • Meiji • Rikkyo • Tokyo • Waseda
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Association of East Asian Research Universities
ChinaFudan • Nanjing  • Peking • Tsinghua • USTC
Hong KongHKUST
TaiwanNational Taiwan (NTU) • National Tsing Hua (NTHU)
KoreaKAIST • POSTECH • Seoul National (SNU)
JapanKyoto • Osaka • Tohoku • Tokyo Tech  • Tokyo • Tsukuba
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BESETOHA Universities


Peking • Seoul National • Tokyo • VNU-Hanoi
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International Alliance of Research Universities


Australian National (ANU) • UC Berkeley • Cambridge • Copenhagen • ETH Zurich • Oxford • Peking • NUS • Tokyo • Yale


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