The University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, UTokyo offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research across the full spectrum of academic activity. The University aims to provide its students with a rich and varied academic environment that ensures opportunities for both intellectual development and the acquisition of professional knowledge and skills. In addition to the three main campuses in Hongo, Komaba and Kashiwa, facilities affiliated with the University of Tokyo are spread all throughout Japan.

The merging of Tokyo Kaisei School and Tokyo Medical School created the four Faculties of Law, Science, Letters and Medicine, which came together with a university preparatory school (yobimon; the First Higher School of Japan’s predecessor) to form the University of Tokyo. At first, the three Faculties of Law, Science and Letters were located in the Kanda area, while the Faculty of Medicine was established in the Hongo area.

Currently, the University of Tokyo is comprised of 10 Faculties, 15 Graduate Schools, 11 affiliated research institutes (including the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology), 13 University-wide centers, three affiliated libraries and two institutes for advanced study. Furthermore, the Faculties, Graduate Schools and research institutes have facilities associated with them; for instance, the University of Tokyo Hospital is one such facility.

Prominent graduates from University of Tokyo include 7 Nobel prize laureates in such areas as Literature, Physics, Chemistry and Peace, a number of prime ministers, including Yukio Hatoyama, mathematicians and physicists. Famous University’s alumni include celebrities, politicians, business people, athletes and more.

Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the University of Tokyo 1st in Asia and 20th in the world. QS World University Rankings ranked the University 25th in the world. Global University Ranking ranked the University of Tokyo 3rd in the world and 1st in Asia. Human Resources & Labor Review, a human competitiveness index & analysis published in Chasecareer Network, ranked the university 21st internationally and 1st in Asia. The University of Tokyo was ranked the 1st in the world on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.

Graduate Schools at the University of Tokyo

• Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
• Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School of Economics
• Graduate School of Education
• Graduate School of Engineering
• 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
• Graduate School of Medicine
• Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Graduate School of Public Policy
• Graduate School of Science