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The University of Tokyo (東京大学, Tōkyō daigaku, abbreviated as Tōdai (東大) in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct predecessors include the Tenmongata ...
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The modern university was established in 1877. It merged older government schools for medicine and Western learning. In 1886, the name was changed to Imperial University(帝國大學, Teikoku daigaku). In 1897, the name became Tokyo Imperial University(東京帝國大學, Tōkyō teikoku daigaku). After the end of World War II, the early name of the school was restored.
The University of Tokyo has 10 faculties (schools for undergraduate students)and 15 graduate schools.
National leaders
17 prime ministers of Japan have studied at University of Tokyo. 1. Reijirō Wakatsuki 2. Osachi Hamaguchi 3. Kōki Hirota 4. Kiichirō Hiranuma 5. Kijūrō Shidehara 6. Shigeru Yoshida 7. Tetsu Katayama 8. Hitoshi Ashida 9. Ichirō Hatoyama 10. Nobusuke Kishi 11. Eisaku Satō 12. Takeo Fukuda 13. Yasuhiro Nakasone 14. Kiichi Miyazawa 15. Yukio Hatoyama
Novel Prize receivers
Ten alumni of University of Tokyo have received the Nobel Prize. 1. Yasunari Kawabata, Literature, 1968 2. Leo Esaki, Physics, 1973 3. Eisaku Satō, Peace, 1974 4. Kenzaburō Ōe, Literature, 1994 5. Masatoshi Koshiba, Physics, 2002 6. Yoichiro Nambu, Physics, 2008 7. Ei-ichi Negishi, Chemistry, 2010 8. Takaaki Kajita, Physics, 2015 9. Yoshiro Ohsumi, Physiology, 2016 10. Shyukuro Manabe, Physics, 2021 Apart from them, two Nobel Prize winners did their PhD at University of Tokyo: Shin'ichirō Tom...
Others
Other graduates also include Masao Iri, Masatake Mori, Masaaki Sugihara and Toshio Irie.
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About UTokyo. 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.
