University of Tokyo
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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 |
| 5,771 | |
Other students | 804 research students |
| Location | Bunkyō , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Light blue |
| Website | www.u-tokyo.ac.jp |
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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 Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..[4]
In 1897, the name became Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..[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 the University of Tokyo.[14]
Nobel Prize receivers
Ten alumni of the 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 the University of Tokyo: Shin'ichirō Tomonaga and Satoshi Ōmura. A few more Nobel Prize winners have worked at the University of Tokyo.
Others
Other graduates also include Masao Iri, Masatake Mori, Masaaki Sugihara and Toshio Irie.[15]
University Of Tokyo Media
Asakusa Observatory of the Tenmongata by Hokusai
UTokyo's Akamon (Red Gate), built in 1827, as seen c. 1903
Emperor Hirohito opening a new campus (now known as the Phase II portion of the Komaba Campus) for the Institute of Aeronautics in 1930
The University of Tokyo suffered immense damage in the Great Earthquake of 1923.
Most of the buildings on the Hongo Campus today were built during the reconstruction period in a style known as Uchida Gothic, including Yasuda Auditorium and the General Library.
UTokyo’s Second Faculty of Engineering was established in 1942 to meet the growing demand for engineers during the Second World War. It evolved into the Institute of Industrial Science after the war.
Shigeru Nambara, the first post-war president of the university (1945–1951)
Yasuda Auditorium became the main site of fierce clashes between protesters and riot police.
UTokyo's Kamiokande project detected cosmic neutrinos for the first time in human history and later proved neutrinos have mass, resulting in Nobel Prizes in 2003 and 2015.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Enrollment". u-tokyo.ac.jp. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ↑ University of Tokyo (Todai), About the University of Tokyo Archived 2012-04-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-17.
- ↑ "入試難易予想ランキング表 | 志望校をさがす | 河合塾 Kei-Net". www.keinet.ne.jp. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Todai, History; retrieved 2012-4-17.
- ↑ "The University of Tokyo". The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ "The University of Tokyo". The University of Tokyo. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Departments". The University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ↑ "大学別総理大臣リスト" [List of Prime Ministers by University] (in 日本語). Archived from the original on 2010-01-28.
- ↑ "Historical Figures". Birth of the Japanese Constitution. National Diet Library of Japan. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
