, often referred to as TMU, is a

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Origin

The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by

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in 1929 as the third public higher school. The School was modeled on

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, with three years of advanced course and four years of regular course. The seven-year system had an advantage to assure the entrance to

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at the age of Middle School, and the typical passway for academic elites before the end of the

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was to enter

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, proceeding First Higher School and

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. Since the jurisdiction control of Tokyo First Middle School and First Higher School were different, however, Tokyo First Middle School attempted to originally establish the prefectural higher school, whereas the other Middle Schools opposed to the said attempt. Prefectural Higher School was established in 1929 locating in the same site of Tokyo First Middle School, as a result of the opposition. Tokyo Metropolitan University 03

In 1932, Prefectural Higher School was relocated to 1–1–1 Yakumo,

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and became known one if the best higher schools with First Higher School. As the reign of Tokyo Metropolis was enacted in 1943, Prefectural Higher School was renamed to Metropolitan Higher School. After the reform of the educational system in 1949, Tokyo Metropolitan University (former) was established as a research university consisting of three faculties, namely Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology; three years of advanced course was reorganised to Senior High School affiliated to Tokyo Metropolitan University, whereas four years of regular course was restructured to

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and other faculties. Five Prefectural Colleges, namely Tokyo Prefectural College of Technology, Tokyo Prefectural College of Science, Tokyo Prefectural College of Machine Industry, Tokyo Prefectural College of Chemical Industry and Tokyo Prefectural College of Women were also merged to Tokyo Metropolitan University. In 1957, Faculty of Law and Economics was separated from Faculty of Humanities, and reorganised as Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics in 1966. As expanding its organisation, the university was relocated to 1–1–1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji in 1991. The university signed the student exchange agreement with

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in 1997. Tokyo Metropolitan University was reformed in 2005 by integrating three metropolitan universities and one junior college: , , , and , although its English name for the university has not changed since 1949.

History

The following history includes the former institution of Tokyo Metropolitan University. * 1949 – Tokyo Metropolitan University was established with three faculties, namely Humanities, Science and Technology * 1953 – Master's courses of Anthropology, Social Science, Natural Science and Technology were set up * 1955 – Doctoral courses of Anthropology, Social Science, Natural Science and Technology were set up * 1957 – Faculty of Law and Economics was set up * 1966 – Faculty of Law and Economics was reorganised as Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics * 1977 – Centre of Metropolitan Study was set up * 1994 – Centre of Metropolitan Study was reorganised as Institute of Metropolitan Study * 1996 – Master's course of Metropolitan Science was set up * 1998 – Doctoral course of Metropolitan Science was set up * 1991 – The campus was transferred from Meguro to Minami-Osawa * 2003 – Institute of Social Science launched to provide MBA course (

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) * 2005 – Institute of Social Science launched to provide LLM course (

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) * 2005 – Tokyo Metropolitan University was reformed with integrating three metropolitan universities and one junior college, which consists of 4 faculties, 7 divisions with 21 courses as well as 6 graduate schools (the organisation took over the former one) with 36 majors * 2006 – Faculty of System Design opened the course of industrial art, and institutes were reorganised * 2008 – Faculty of Urban Environment Sciences launched the course of nature- and culture- based tourism, and Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences launched the major of tourism science * 2009 – Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts launched the course of economics * 2010 – Graduate School of System Design launched the major of industrial art * 2011 – Tokyo Metropolitan University (former) was closed * 2014 – Bangkok Office was set up in

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* 2016 – Business School will be transferred from

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Satellite Campus to

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Satellite Campus with launching the course of Master of Finance

University reform

In later 1990s, Government and local municipalities facilitated to reform the administrative scheme and financial management in line with economic bubble burst and financial difficulties due to Japan's progressive low birthrate and

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. As a part of the said administrative and financial reform, social interest grew on restructuring national and public universities to independent administrative agencies with consolidating them. Tokyo Metropolitan University was also planned by

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to be consolidated with aforementioned three metropolitan universities and one junior college. Syutodaigaku Tokyo

As a result of Tokyo gubernatorial election in April 2003, Shintaro Ishihara was re-elected as Governor of Tokyo, holding up a promise "I will establish a revolutionary university", and consequently the original restructure plan was significantly and rapidly changed, in terms of the organisation of faculties, course structure, etc. During this process, many faculty staff left the university for making strong protest against the reform.

Faculties (undergraduate)

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

*Department of Human and Social Sciences **Sociology **Social Anthropology **Social Welfare **Psychology **Pedagogy **Language Sciences **Japanese Language Education *Department of Humanities **Philosophy **History and Archaeology **Studies of Culture and Representation **Japanese Cultures **Chinese Cultures **English Studies **German Studies **French Studies

Faculty of Law

*Department of Law **Division of Law **Division of Political Science

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

*Department of Economics and Business Administration **Economics Program **Business Administration Program

Faculty of Science

*Department of Mathematical Science *Department of Physics *Department of Chemistry *Department of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences

*Department of Geography *Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering *Department of Architecture *Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment *Department of Tourism Science *Department of Urban Science and Policy

Faculty of Systems Design

*Department of Computer Science *Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science *Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering *Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics *Department of Industrial Art

Faculty of Health Sciences

*Department of Nursing Sciences *Department of Physical Therapy *Department of Occupational Therapy *Department of Radiological Sciences

Graduate schools

Graduate School of Humanities

*Department of Behavioral Social Sciences **Sociology **Social Anthropology **Social Welfare *Department of Human Sciences **Psychology **Clinical Psychology **Pedagogy **Language Sciences **Japanese Language Education *Department of Philosophy, History and Cultural Studies **Philosophy ***Philosophy ***Classical Studies **History **Studies of Culture and Representation *Department of Intercultural Studies **Intercultural Studies of Japanese and Asia ***Japanese ***Chinese **Intercultural Studies of European and American ***English ***German ***French

Graduate School of Law and Politics

*Department of Law and Politics **Division of Law **Division of Political Science *Law School **2-year curriculum **3-year curriculum

Graduate School of Management

*Department of Management **Business Administration (MBA) Program **Economics (MEc) Program **Finance (MF) Program

Graduate School of Science

*Department of Mathematical Sciences *Department of Physics *Department of Chemistry *Department of Biological Sciences

Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences

*Department of Geography *Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering *Department of Architecture and Building Engineering *Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment *Department of Tourism Science *Department of Urban Science and Policy

Graduate School of Systems Design

Graduate School of Human Health Sciences

*Department of Nursing Sciences *Department of Physical Therapy *Department of Occupational Therapy *Department of Radiological Sciences *Department of Frontier Health Sciences *Department of Health Promotion Sciences

Campuses

* Minami-Osawa Campus (Main campus) * Hino Campus (Faculty of System Design and Graduate School of System Design) Tokyo Metropolitan University Hino Campus

Tokyo Metropolitan University Hino Campus

* Arakawa Campus (Faculty of Health Sciences and Graduate School of Human Health Sciences) TMU-Arakawa03

* Harumi Campus (Law School) Tokyo Metropolitan University, Harumi Campus,

* Marunouchi Satellite Campus (Business School)

Facilities

* Computer Centre and Information Processing Facilities * Science and Technology Research Facilities * The Makino Herbarium * International House * Ogasawara Field Research Station * External Facility in Fujimi-kogen Highlands (two-story log-house) * Bangkok Office

Research Centres

Lecturers of the university has been all highly regarded in their respective fields, and the standard of the research carried out by each of them has been considered as extremely high. In line with this, research groups that produce outstanding results and have the potential to become international research hubs, or those working in unique fields that are aligned with the university's mission, are designated as "research centres" and given support by the university. * Research Centre for Space Science (Director: Prof.

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) * Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics (Director: Prof.

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) * Research Centre for Artificial Photosynthesis (Director: Prof. Haruo Inoue) * Research Centre for Gold Chemistry (Director: Prof.

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) * Research Centre for Language, Brain and Genetics (Director: Prof.

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) * Research Centre for Water System Engineering (Director: Prof. Akira Koizumi) * Research Centre for Community Centric Systems (Director: Prof .

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) * Research Centre for Child and Adolescent Poverty Overview (Director: Prof. Aya Abe)

International Partner Institutions

The university has concluded agreements with the overseas educational institutions with the aim of promoting international cooperation in education and research as well as student exchange.

Asia

Thailand *

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* Chulalongkorn University Malaysia * Universiti Teknologi Malaysia *

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* Universiti Putra Malaysia * University Kebangsaan Malaysia Indonesia * Indonesia University of Education *

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Hong Kong * College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences,

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South Korea *

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* University of Seoul * Kumoh National Institute of Technology *

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* Incheon National University * Chonnam National University Vietnam *

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China *

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* International Cultural Exchange School of

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* Capital Normal University * Jinlin University *

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Taiwan *

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* National Chung Cheng University *

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Turkey * Sabanci University * Yaşar University Australia *

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* Institute of Continuing & TESOL Education,

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* The University of Newcastle

North America

Canada * Royal Roads University *

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* The University of Western Ontario *

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United States of America *

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, Extension * University of Wisconsin-Green Bay *

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Europe

Finland * University of Jyväskylä Sweden *

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Norway *

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Ireland *

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United Kingdom *

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* The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London *

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Netherlands *

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Germany * Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern – University of Applied Sciences * Koblenz University of Applied Science * University of Bayreuth France * Lille 1 University * Paris-South 11 University *

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* The International Organization for Research and Education on Mechatronics Spain * Cardenal Cisneros University College, Alcala University * The University of Alcala *

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Italy * The Politecnico di Milano *

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* The University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Austria * The University of Vienna Poland * AGH University of Science and Technology *

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Hungary * Óbuda University Bulgaria * Technical University of Sofia Russia *

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Lithuania * Siauliai University

Notable alumni

* (坂野正高 ''Banno Masataka'') *

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Notable faculty

Academic reputation

Although its small size and young history in contrast to national universities and several leading private universities, the university has been one of the most reputable institutions in Japan. According to the

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, it ranks 7th in 2014–2015 among 781 universities in Japan, behind renowned national universities, namely

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and

Nagoya University , abbreviated to or NU, is a Japanese national research university located in Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. It was the seventh Imperial University in Japan, one of the first five Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of ...

. The university received the highest score of 100.0 for "citations.” In 2012, Prof.

was selected as a Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate as a possible winner of the Nobel Prize for his "independent foundational discoveries of catalysis by gold."

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