University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo (東京大学, Tōkyō daigaku), also known as Tōdai (東大), is a university in Tokyo, Japan.^[2] It is the oldest and most difficult to get into among all the universities in Japan.^[3]

The University of Tokyo

東京大学
Latin: Universitas Tociensis
Former names	Imperial University (1886–1897) Tokyo Imperial University (1897–1947)
Type	National
Established	1877
Academic affiliations	IARU Association of Pacific Rim Universities Association of East Asian Research Universities Alliance for Global Sustainability Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities
President	Teruo Fujii (Teruo Fujii)
Academic staff	3,937 full-time
Students	28,253 (2017)[1]
Undergraduates	13,962
Postgraduates	14,171
Doctoral students	5,771
Other students	804 research students
Location	Bunkyō , Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Urban
Colors	Light blue
Website	www.u-tokyo.ac.jp

History

The modern university was established in 1877. It merged older government schools for medicine and Western learning.^[4]

In 1886, the name was changed to Imperial University (帝國大學, Teikoku daigaku).^[4]

In 1897, the name became Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝國大學, Tōkyō teikoku daigaku).^[4]

After the end of World War II, the early name of the school was restored.

Organization

The University of Tokyo has 10 faculties (schools for undergraduate students)^[5] and 15 graduate schools.^[6]

Faculties and Colleges

• Faculty of Agriculture
• College & Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Faculty & Graduate School of Economics
• Faculty & Graduate School of Education
• Faculty & Graduate School of Engineering
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Letters
• Faculty of & Graduate School Medicine^{[7][8][9][10][11]}
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences^[12]
• Faculty of & Graduate School Science

Graduate Schools

• Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
• Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
• Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
• Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
• Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
• Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences

Research Institutes

The University of Tokyo has the following research institutes.^[13]

Non-Scientific Institutes

• Institute of Oriental Culture
• Institute of Social Science

Scientific Institutes

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

Notable alumni

National leaders

17 prime ministers of Japan have studied at University of Tokyo.^[14]

• Reijirō Wakatsuki
• Osachi Hamaguchi
• Kōki Hirota
• Kiichirō Hiranuma
• Kijūrō Shidehara
• Shigeru Yoshida
• Tetsu Katayama
• Hitoshi Ashida
• Ichirō Hatoyama
• Nobusuke Kishi
• Eisaku Satō
• Takeo Fukuda
• Yasuhiro Nakasone
• Kiichi Miyazawa
• Yukio Hatoyama

Nobel Prize receivers

Ten alumni of University of Tokyo have received the Nobel Prize.

• Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
• Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
• Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
• Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
• Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
• Yoichiro Nambu, Physics, 2008
• Ei-ichi Negishi, Chemistry, 2010
• Takaaki Kajita, Physics, 2015
• Yoshiro Ohsumi, Physiology, 2016
• Shyukuro Manabe, Physics, 2021

Apart from them, two Nobel Prize winners did their PhD at University of Tokyo: Shin'ichirō Tomonaga and Satoshi Ōmura. A few more Nobel Prize winners have worked at University of Tokyo.

Others

Other graduates also include Masao Iri, Masatake Mori, Masaaki Sugihara and Toshio Irie.^[15]

Related pages

• University of Tokyo Press
• List of national universities in Japan
• Earthquake engineering
• Tansei
• Kyoto University

References

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7. Ichimura, K., Nibu, K. I., & Tanaka, T. (1997). Nerve paralysis after surgery in the submandibular triangle: review of University of Tokyo Hospital experience. Head & neck, 19(1), 48-53.
8. Sora, S., Ueki, K., Saito, N., Kawahara, N., Shitara, N., & Kirino, T. (2001). Incidence of von Hippel-Lindau disease in hemangioblastoma patients: the University of Tokyo Hospital experience from 1954–1998. Acta neurochirurgica, 143(9), 893-896.
9. Ohe, K., & Kaihara, S. (1996). Implementation of HL7 to client-server hospital information system (HIS) in the University of Tokyo Hospital. Journal of medical systems, 20(4), 197-205.
10. Togashi, J., Akamastu, N., & Kokudo, N. (2016). Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma at the University of Tokyo Hospital. Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition, 5(5), 399.
11. Akamatsu, N., & Kokudo, N. (2016, May). Living liver donor selection and resection at the University of Tokyo Hospital. In Transplantation Proceedings (Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 998-1002). Elsevier.
12. Tsubaki, T., Orii, T., & Sugiura, M. (1990). Utilization of a computerized system at the pharmacy department of the University of Tokyo Hospital--impact of prescription order entry and computerized dispensing system. Japan-hospitals: the Journal of the Japan Hospital Association, 9, 61-67.
13. "Departments". The University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
14. "大学別総理大臣リスト" [List of Prime Ministers by University] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2010-01-28.
15. "Historical Figures". Birth of the Japanese Constitution. National Diet Library of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2013.

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