, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a
public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichk ...
research university
A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...
located in
Bunkyō
is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. Situated in the middle of the ward area, Bunkyō is a residential and educational center. Beginning in the Meiji period, literati like Natsume Sōseki, as well as scholars and politicians have lived ...
,
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first
Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the
Top Global University Project by the
Japanese government
The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary stat ...
.
UTokyo has 10
faculties, 15
graduate school
Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree.
The organization and st ...
s and enrolls about 30,000 students, about 4,200 of whom are international students. In particular, the number of privately funded international students, who account for more than 80%, has increased 1.75 times in the 10 years since 2010, and the university is focusing on supporting international students. Its five campuses are in
Hongō,
Komaba
is a residential neighborhood in the northern area of Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. Consisting of four districts, the neighborhood has a population of 6,847.
The neighborhood is known as a center for education being the location of a number of selec ...
,
Kashiwa,
Shirokane and
Nakano.
It is considered to be the most selective and prestigious university in Japan.
As of 2021, University of Tokyo's alumni, faculty members and researchers include seventeen
prime ministers, 18
Nobel Prize laureates, four
Pritzker Prize laureates, five
astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
s, and a
Fields Medalist.
History
The university was chartered by the
Meiji government in 1877 under its current name by amalgamating older government schools for medicine, various
traditional scholars and modern learning. It was renamed in 1886, and then in 1897 when the
Imperial University system was created. In September 1923,
an earthquake and the following fires
destroyed about 750,000 volumes of the Imperial University Library.
The books lost included the , a collection of about 10,000 books.
[LOST MEMORY – LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES DESTROYED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY](_blank)
( ) The books were the former possessions of
Hoshino Hisashi before becoming part of the library of the university and were mainly about Chinese philosophy and history.
After Japan's defeat in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
in 1947, it re-assumed its original name. 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 thenceforth 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.
Although the university was founded during the Meiji period, it has earlier roots in the Astronomy Agency (天文方; 1684), Shoheizaka Study Office (昌平坂学問所; 1797), and the Western Books Translation Agency (蕃書和解御用; 1811). These institutions were government offices established by the 徳川幕府
Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867), and played an important role in the importation and translation of books from Europe.
According to ''
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
History
''The Japan Times'' was launched b ...
'', the university had 1,282 professors in February 2012. Of those, 58 were women.
[Brasor, Philip,]
Todai calls for change, but will others follow?
, ''Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
History
''The Japan Times'' was launched b ...
'', 5 February 2012, p. 9. Comparing the number of professors in May 2022, there are 124 women among the 1,355 professors, which more than doubling.
The university is steadily closing the gender gap, and by April 2021, half of its directors were women.
In the fall of 2012 and for the first time, the University of Tokyo started two undergraduate programs entirely taught in English and geared toward international students—Programs in English at Komaba (PEAK)—the International Program on Japan in East Asia and the International Program on Environmental Sciences. In 2014, the School of Science at the University of Tokyo introduced an all-English undergraduate transfer program called Global Science Course (GSC).
On May 28, 2021, the university's
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research started construction of the "
Hyper-Kamiokande" device, for a new world-leading international scientific research project which is set to start experiments in 2027.
On 15 January 2022, a stabbing incident resulted in 3 people being wounded. The attacker was arrested outside the campus gate. The incident took place before the national examination.
File:Tokyo University School of Law Bilding.jpg, University of Tokyo School of Law Building
File:Komaba Library.jpg, Komaba Library
File:Main Building of Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo.jpg, Main Building of Institute for Solid State Physics of the University of Tokyo
File:Koishikawa Botanical Gardens - sakura - march31-2015.jpg, Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
File:Komaba research campus02.jpg, Komaba research campus
Successive Presidents of the University of Tokyo
Notes
Academics
The University of Tokyo is organized into 10 faculties and 15 graduate schools.
* Divisions with undergraduate and graduate programs
**
College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
**
Faculty of Agriculture and Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
**
Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Economics
**
Faculty of Education and Graduate School of Education
**
Faculty of Engineering and Graduate School of Engineering
**
Faculty of Law and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
**
Faculty of Letters and Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
**
Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine
**
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
**
Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Science
* Divisions with graduate programs only
**
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
**
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
**
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies
**
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences
**
Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP)
Graduate programs
Todai Law School is considered one of the top law schools in Japan, ranking first in the number of successful candidates of Japanese
Bar Examination in 2020.
Eduniversal Eduniversal is a university ranking business by the French consulting company and rating agency ''SMBG'' specialized in Higher Education. Founded in 1994, one of the main goals of Eduniversal is to provide a tool, for students all around the world, ...
ranked Japanese business schools, and the Faculty of Economics in Todai is placed 4th in Japan (111th in the world).
Research
The University of Tokyo is considered a top research institution of Japan. It receives the largest amount of national grants for research institutions, , receiving 40% more than the university with 2nd largest grants and 90% more than the university with 3rd largest grants. This massive financial investment from the Japanese government directly affects Todai's research outcomes. According to
Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation ( ) is a Canadian multinational media conglomerate. The company was founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where it is headquartered at the Bay Adelaide Centre.
Thomson Reuters was created by the Thomson Corp ...
, Todai is the best research university in Japan.
Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Physics (1st in Japan, 2nd in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (1st in Japan, 3rd in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (1st in Japan, 5th in the world), Materials Science (3rd in Japan, 19th in the world), Chemistry (2nd in Japan, 5th in the world), and Immunology (2nd in Japan, 20th in the world).
[ (this ranking includes non-educational institutions)]
In another ranking,
Nikkei Shimbun on 16 February 2004 surveyed about the research standards in
Engineering studies
Engineering studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social sciences and humanities devoted to the study of engineers and their activities, often considered a part of science and technology studies (STS), and intersecting with and drawing from e ...
based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Todai was placed 4th (research planning ability 3rd/informative ability of research outcome 10th/ability of business-academia collaboration 3rd) in this ranking. also reported that Todai has the 3rd highest research standard in Japan in terms of research fundings per researchers in . In the same article, it is also ranked 21st in terms of the quality of education by funds per student.
Todai also has been recognized for its research in the social sciences and humanities. In January 2011,
Repec ranked Todai's Economics department as Japan's best economics research university. And it is the only Japanese university within world top 100.
Todai has produced 9 presidents of the
Japanese Economic Association, the largest number in the association.
Asahi Shimbun
is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition an ...
summarized the number of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Todai was ranked top during 2005–2009.
Research institutes
*
Institute of Medical Science
*
Earthquake Research Institute
* Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia
* 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
* Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
* Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
The university's School of Science and the Earthquake Research Institute are both represented on the national
Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction.
[Organizations with ties to CCEP]
CCEP, accessed 2011-03-19
Academic rankings and reputation
University of Tokyo (''Todai'') is considered to be the most selective and prestigious university in Japan and is counted as one of the best universities in the world.
[Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. ]
Nikkei BP has been publishing a ranking system "
Brand rankings of Japanese universities The Brand rankings of Japanese universities (大学ブランドランキング ''Daigaku Burando Rankingu'') is a ranking of the Japanese universities by Nikkei Business Publications, released annually in November.
It is a ranking system which eval ...
" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Todai has been 2nd in 2009–2010 in
Greater Tokyo Area.
The university has been ranked 1st during 2006–2010 in the ranking "
Truly Strong Universities" by
Toyo Keizai.
In another ranking, Japanese prep school ranked Todai as the best university in Japan.
The University of Tokyo is the most difficult university in Japan, boasting the highest deviation value.
Todai was ranked second in the world, behind
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
, in
Mines ParisTech: Professional Ranking of World Universities (2011), which measured universities' numbers of alumni holding CEO positions in
Fortune Global 500
The ''Fortune'' Global 500, also known as Global 500, is an annual ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by '' Fortune'' magazine.
Methodology
Until 1989, it listed o ...
companies.
*
Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the University of Tokyo 1st in Asia and 20th in the world in 2012.
*
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarel ...
ranked the University of Tokyo 27th in the world in 2013
and 1st in the Asia University ranking in 2013.
In 2015,
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarel ...
ranked the institution 23rd in the world. It ranks 12th in the world according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2016.
*
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for th ...
in 2011 ranked the University of Tokyo 25th in the world (in 2010
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
The ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' (often referred to as the THE Rankings) is an annual publication of university rankings by the ''Times Higher Education'' (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarel ...
and
QS World University Rankings
''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for th ...
parted ways to produce separate rankings). In the 2011 QS Asian University Rankings, which employs a different methodology, the University of Tokyo came 4th.
Currently, University of Tokyo holds ranks 9th & 11th respectively for Natural Sciences & Engineering, two of its traditionally strong disciplines.
[
][
]
*In 2019, University of Tokyo ranked 24th among the universities around the world by ''
SCImago Institutions Rankings''.
*
Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings ranked the University of Tokyo 12th in the world also 1st in Asia in 2016.
*
Global University Ranking
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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 in 2010.
*
Nature Index ranked the University of Tokyo #6 in 2015 and #8 in 2017 in its Annual Tables, which measure the largest contributors to papers published in 82 leading journals.
:In the Nature Index Annual Tables 2021, the University of Tokyo was ranked 8th based on 1,308 Natural science research treatises published by the university. In the field of physical science treatises, it ranked second in the world among universities.
* In November 2018 Expertscape recognized it as #9 in the world for expertise in
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass. These cancerous cells have the ability to invade other parts of the body. A number of types of panc ...
.
* University of Tokyo was ranked 26th among the world's best universities and 1st in Asia and Japan in 2019 according to the Top 500 Global Universities Rankings produced by CEOWORLD magazine.
Todai alumni are distinctively successful in Japanese industries. According to the 's 2010 rankings, graduates from Todai have the 12th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan. However, this lower ranking position is because of the large number of alumni who become government bureaucrats, which is more than double of alumni from any other universities. In fact, alumni of Todai have the highest average salary in Japan, according to .
Pass rate for bar exam
School of Law was 3rd out of all the 74 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 78.91%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examinations from 2007 to 2017 on average.
In 2019, School of Law became 3rd out of all the 72 law schools in Japan according to the ratio, 56.30%, of the successful graduates who passed the bar examination.
Evaluation from Business World
Gender imbalance
In 2019, enrollment figures from the University of Tokyo reveal that 5,267 of 24,674 (21.3%) domestic students are female. The ratio is more equal among international students, where 1,465 of 3,735 (39.2%) students are female. The gender imbalance is more stark among the faculty, where 7.8 percent of professors are female.
Within student life, some clubs excluded female students even though the university discourages such a practice. Of more than 30 tennis clubs at the University of Tokyo, even though no clubs announced that they reject female students, only two actively recruited women, allowing them to join without passing the exam required for male applicants.
In 2020, the Orientation Committee announced that clubs that did not admit female students' membership could not join circle recruitment events.
Since 2017, the University of Tokyo has paid thirty thousand yen in housing allowances for female students exclusively in order to gain more female applicants from distant regions.
Campus
Hongo campus
The main Hongo campus occupies the former estate of the
Maeda family,
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...
feudal lords of
Kaga Province. One of the university's best known landmarks,
Akamon (the Red Gate), is a relic of this era. The symbol of the university is the
ginkgo leaf, from the trees found throughout the area. The Hongo campus also hosts the University of Tokyo's annual May Festival.
File:Yasuda Auditorium - Tokyo University 3.jpg, Yasuda Auditorium
is a building and clock tower at the center of the Hongo, Tokyo, Hongō campus of the University of Tokyo. It serves as the central symbol of the campus, where special events and graduation ceremonies are held.
History
The building was complete ...
File:University of Tokyo - Akamon April 2010.JPG, Akamon (the Red Gate)
File:University of Tokyo - Letters building 3.JPG, Letters building
File:Information Center of Hongo Campus Tokyo University 2009.jpg, Information Center
Image:医学部1号館Med.1st Bldg.jpg, First Medical Building
Image:Faculty of Medicine Building 2, the University of Tokyo.jpg, Second Medical Building
Image:Med. Experimental Research Bldg.jpg, Medical Experimental Research building
Image:Med.Library in Uni.jpg, Medical Library
Image:総合図書館.jpg, General Library
Image:The Experimental Tank.jpg, The Experimental Tank
File:Faculty of Engineering Bldg.1 Tokyo University 2010.jpg, Faculty of Engineering
Sanshiro Pond
, university's Hongo campus, dates to 1615. After the fall of the
Osaka Castle, the shōgun gave this pond and its surrounding garden to
Maeda Toshitsune. With further development of the garden by
Maeda Tsunanori, it became known as one of the most beautiful gardens in
Edo
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...
(Now
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...
), with the traditional eight landscapes and eight borders, and known for originality in 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
The heart is a muscular organ found in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon diox ...
), and thus its official name is ''Ikutoku-en Shinjiike''. It has been commonly called Sanshiro Pond after the title of
Natsume Sōseki's novel ''Sanshiro''.
Komaba Campus
One of the five campuses of the University of Tokyo, the Komaba Campus is home to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, and a number of advanced research facilities and campus services. This is the campus where all the freshmen and sophomores of the University of Tokyo spend their college life. The University of Tokyo is the only university in Japan which has a system of two years of general education before students can choose and move on to special fields of study. The Komaba Campus is the cornerstone of general education, and was designated as the "center of excellence" for three new areas of research by the Ministry of Education and Science. There are currently over 7,000 students (freshmen and sophomores) enrolled in the general education courses, about 450 students (juniors and seniors) pursuing their specialties in the College of Arts and Sciences, and 1,400 graduate students in the advanced study.
File:University of Tokyo - Komaba Campus - Building 1.JPG, Komaba Campus Building
File:Tokyo University - Komaba campus - Main Auditorium.jpg, Main Auditorium
File:Southern Complex.jpg, Southern Complex
Kashiwa Campus
One of the five campuses of the University of Tokyo, the Kashiwa Campus is home to the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences and a number of advanced research facilities and campus services. The Kashiwa Campus also hosts the
Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Institute for Solid State Physics, and Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, which is entirely dedicated to postgraduate studies.
Shirokanedai Campus
The relatively small Shirokanedai Campus hosts the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo (
IMSUT
The Institute of Medical Science (Tokyo-daigaku Ikagaku Kenkyujyo 東京大学医科学研究所) is an ancillary establishment of Tokyo University. It succeeded established in 1892 and is the foremost institute for medical and bioscience rese ...
), which is entirely dedicated to postgraduate studies. The campus is focused on genome research, including among its facilities the Human Genome Center (HGC), which have at its disposal the largest supercomputer in the field.
Nakano Campus
Notable alumni and faculty members
The university has produced many notable people. 15 prime ministers of Japan have studied at the University of Tokyo. Former prime minister
Kiichi Miyazawa
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the National Diet of Japan for over 50 years.
Early life and education
Miyazawa was born into a wealthy, politically active family in Fukuya ...
ordered Japanese government agencies to reduce the rate of employees who had attended the university's law faculty to below 50 percent due to concerns about diversity in the bureaucracy.
*13 alumni of University of Tokyo have received the
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
.
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Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
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Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
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Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
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Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
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Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
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Yoichiro Nambu, Physics, 2008
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Ei-ichi Negishi, Chemistry, 2010
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Takaaki Kajita, Physics, 2015
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Yoshinori Ohsumi, Medicine, 2016
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Syukuro Manabe
is a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Giorg ...
, Physics, 2021
*Two alumni of University of Tokyo have received the
Fields Medal or
Gauss Prize.
#
Kunihiko Kodaira, 1954
#
Kiyosi Itô
was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and stochastic differential equation, and is known as the fo ...
, 2006
*Four have received the
Pritzker Architecture Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
:
#
Toyo Ito
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Kenzo Tange
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Fumihiko Maki
#
Arata Isozaki
Nobel laureates
Yasunari Kawabata 1938.jpg, Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968
Leo Esaki 1959.jpg, Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973
Eisaku Sato 1960.jpg, Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974
Paris - Salon du livre 2012 - Kenzaburō Ōe - 003.jpg, Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994
Masatoshi Koshiba 2002.jpg, Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002
YoichiroNambu.jpg, Yoichiro Nambu, Physics, 2008
Nobel Prize 2010-Press Conference KVA-DSC 7397.jpg, Ei-ichi Negishi, Chemistry, 2010
Takaaki Kajita 5171-2015.jpg, Takaaki Kajita, Physics, 2015
Nobel Laureates 7409 (30679391693).jpg, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Physiology or Medicine, 2016
Crafoord_Prize_EM1B0732_(42329290061).jpg, Syukuro Manabe
is a Japanese-American meteorologist and climatologist who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Giorg ...
, Physics, 2021
Scientists
File:Tadatoshi Akiba 20050806.jpg, Tadatoshi Akiba, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
File:Kiyosi Ito.jpg, Kiyoshi Itō
Kiyoshi, (きよし or キヨシ), is a Japanese given name, also spelled Kyoshi.
Possible meanings
*''Kyōshi'', a form of Japanese poetry
*Kyōshi, a Japanese honorific
Possible writings
*清, "cleanse"
*淳, "pure"
*潔, "undefiled"
*清志, " ...
, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
File:Tosio kato.JPG, Tosio Kato, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpeg, Shoshichi Kobayashi, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
File:Hantaro Nagaoka.jpg, Hantaro Nagaoka, physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate ca ...
File:Nakaya Ukichiro in 1946.jpg, Ukichiro Nakaya, physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate ca ...
File:Yoshio Nishina2.JPG, Yoshio Nishina, physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate ca ...
File:Yoji Totsuka 20030815 5.jpg, Yoji Totsuka, physicist
A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe.
Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate ca ...
File:Yamagiwa.JPG, Katsusaburō Yamagiwa, pathologist
File:Kitasato Shibasaburo.jpg, Kitasato Shibasaburō, physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
and bacteriologist
File:Kikunae Ikeda.jpg, Kikunae Ikeda, chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe ...
File:Teiji Takagi photographed by Shigeru Tamura.jpg, Teiji Takagi, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
File:Jokichi Takamine.jpg, Jōkichi Takamine, chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe ...
File:Charies Dickinson West0097.JPG, Charles Dickinson West, mechanical engineer
File:Umetarosuzuki-pre1943.jpg, Umetaro Suzuki
was a Japanese scientist, born in what is now part of Makinohara, Shizuoka, Japan. He was a member of the Imperial Academy, and a recipient of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of Culture. His research was among t ...
, chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe ...
File:KosakuYosida 1969.jpeg, Kōsaku Yosida
was a Japanese mathematician who worked in the field of functional analysis. He is known for the Hille-Yosida theorem concerning ''C0''-semigroups. Yosida studied mathematics at the University of Tokyo, and held posts at Osaka and Nagoya Un ...
, mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...
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Naohide Yatsu (September 8, 1877 – October 2, 1947) was a Japanese biologist, geneticist, and embryologist. Yatsu received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and was a pioneer in embryonic induction and laid the foundations for zoology resear ...
, zoologist and embryologist
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Imperial College of Engineering
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Earthquake engineering
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Koishikawa Botanical Gardens
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Nikko Botanical Garden
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The University of Tokyo Library
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The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
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International Journal of Asian Studies'' – published in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
References
Further reading
* Kato, Mariko,
Todai still beckons nation's best, brightest but goals diversifying, ''
Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc.. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
History
''The Japan Times'' was launched b ...
'', August 11, 2009, p. 3.
* Kersten, Rikki. "The intellectual culture of postwar Japan and the 1968–1969 University of Tokyo Struggles: Repositioning the self in postwar thought." ''Social Science Japan Journal'' 12.2 (2009): 227–245.
* Marshall, Byron K. ''Academic Freedom and the Japanese Imperial University, 1868–1939'' (University of California Press, 1992).
* Takashi, Tachibana, and Richard H. Minear. ''Tokyo University and the War'' (2017), on world war II
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