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{{Short description|Former public university in Tokyo, Japan}}
{{About|the former university|the university after the merge|Institute of Science Tokyo}}{{Distinguish|Tokyo University of Technology}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Tokyo Institute of Technology
 | native_name            = 東京工業大学
 | image_name             = Tokyo Institute of Technology.svg
 | image_size             = 150px
 | motto                  = {{nihongo||時代を創る知・技・志・和の理工人|Jidai o tsukuru chi, waza, kokorozashi, wa no rikōjin}}
 | mottoeng               = Engineers of the Knowledge, Technology and Passion that Change our World.
 | established            = {{Start date|1881|05|26|df=y}}
 | closed                 = {{End date|2024|10|01|df=y}}
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | city                   = [[Meguro]]
 | state                  = Tokyo
 | country                = Japan
 | campus                 = Urban/rural
 | colours                = Royal Blue ([[Dainippon Ink & Chemicals|DIC]]-641) {{Color box|#005396|border=darkgray}}
 | mascot                 = None
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.titech.ac.jp|titech.ac.jp}}
}}

The '''Tokyo Institute of Technology''' ({{Lang|ja|東京工業大学}}){{efn|Officially abbreviated as '''Tokyo Tech''', '''Tokodai'''; informally as '''TITech''', '''TIT'''}} was a public university in [[Meguro]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. It merged with [[Tokyo Medical and Dental University]] to form the [[Institute of Science Tokyo]] on 1 October 2024.  

The Tokyo Institute of Technology was a [[Designated National University]] and a Top Type university of [[Top Global University Project]] designated by the [[Japanese government]]. Tokyo Tech's main campus was located at Ōokayama on the boundary of [[Meguro]] and [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ota]], with its main entrance facing the [[Ōokayama Station]]. Other campuses are located in [[Suzukakedai Station|Suzukakedai]] and [[Tamachi]]. Tokyo Tech was organised into 6 schools, within which there are over 40 departments and research centres.<ref>[http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/about/outline/pdf/2.pdf the number of undergraduates and departments of Tokyo Tech] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929205632/http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/about/outline/pdf/2.pdf |date=September 29, 2011 }} facts and stats</ref> Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,734 undergraduates and 1,464 graduate students for 2015–2016.<ref>[http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/about/disclosure/pdf/databook2015_2016_en.pdf Data Book 2015-2016], by the TIT</ref>

==History==

===Foundation and early years (1881–1922)===
Tokyo Institute of Technology was founded by the [[government of Japan]] as the Tokyo Vocational School on May 26, 1881,<ref>"The history of the Tokyo Institute of Technology" http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/about/overview/history.html</ref> 14 years after the [[Meiji Restoration]]. To accomplish the quick catch-up to the West, the government expected this school to cultivate new modernized craftsmen and engineers. In 1890, it was renamed "Tokyo Technical School". In 1901, it changed name to "Tokyo Higher Technical School".

===Great Kantō earthquake and World War II (1923–1945)===
In early days, the school was located in Kuramae, the eastern area of the Greater Tokyo Area, where many craftsmens' workshops had been since the old Shōgun's era. The buildings in Kuramae campus were destroyed by the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] in 1923. In the following year, the Tokyo Higher Technical School moved from Kuramae to the present site in Ōokayama, a south suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. In 1929, the school became Tokyo University of Engineering, later renamed to Tokyo Institute of Technology around 1946,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.titech.ac.jp/public-relations/about/stories/english-name | title=東工大の英語名称の変遷 }}</ref> gaining a status of [[national university]], which allowed the university to award degrees. The university had the Research Laboratory of Building Materials in 1934, and five years later, the Research Laboratory of Resources Utilisation and the Research Laboratory of Precision Machinery were constructed. The Research Laboratory of Ceramic Industry was made in 1943, and one year before World War Two ended, the Research Laboratory of Fuel Science and the Research Laboratory of Electronics were founded.

===Post-War Era (1946–present)===
After [[World War II]], the new education system was promulgated in 1949 with the ''National School Establishment Law'', and Tokyo Institute of Technology was reorganized. Many three-year courses were turned into four-year courses with the start of the School of Engineering this year. The university started graduate programmes in engineering in 1953. In the following year, the six research laboratories were integrated and reorganised into four new labs:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.titech.ac.jp/public-relations/about/overview/history |title=歴史と沿革}}</ref> the Research Laboratory of Building Materials, the Research Laboratory of Resources Utilization, the Precision and Intelligence Laboratory and the Research Laboratory of Ceramic Industry, and the School of Engineering was renamed the School of Science and Engineering.

Throughout the post-war reconstruction of the 1950s, the high economic growth era of the 1960s, and the aggressive economic era marching to the Bubble Economy of the 1980s, TIT kept providing Japan its leading engineers, researchers, and business persons. Since April 2004, it has been semi-privatized into the National University Incorporation of Tokyo Institute of Technology under a new law<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mext.go.jp/english/news/2003/07/03120301.htm |title= Legislation of the National University Corporation Law|website=www.mext.go.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205165247/http://www.mext.go.jp/english/news/2003/07/03120301.htm |archive-date=December 5, 2004}}</ref> which applied to all national universities.

Operating the world-class [[supercomputer]] [[Tsubame (supercomputer)|Tsubame 2.0]],<ref>[http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/166417/20110621/japan-reclaims-no-1-spot-on-top500-list-of-world-s-fastest-supercomputers.htm Japan reclaims no.1 spot on TOP500 list of world's fastest supercomputers] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120701171827/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/166417/20110621/japan-reclaims-no-1-spot-on-top500-list-of-world-s-fastest-supercomputers.htm |date=July 1, 2012 }} International Business Times</ref> and making a breakthrough in [[high-temperature superconductivity]], Tokyo Tech was a major centre for supercomputing technology and condensed matter research in the world.

In 2011, it celebrated the 130th anniversary of its founding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.130th.titech.ac.jp/eng/ |title=Tokyo Institute of Technology – The 130th Anniversary |publisher=130th.titech.ac.jp |access-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref> In 2014, it joined the edX consortium and formed the Online Education Development Office (OEDO) <ref>"Tokyo Tech Online Education Development Office" https://www.facebook.com/oedotitech</ref> to create MOOCS, which are hosted on the edX website.<ref>"Tokyo Institute of Technology Joins edX MOOCs Consortium founded by MIT and Harvard University," http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2014/029068.html</ref>

In its 130 years, Tokyo Tech has provided scientific researchers, engineers and many social leaders, including [[Naoto Kan]] who was a former [[Prime Minister of Japan|prime minister]].

==Campuses==
[[File:Titech2.jpg|thumb|right|The main building of Ookayama Campus]]
Tokyo Tech has three campuses, Ōokayama campus in [[Ōokayama Station|Ōokayama]] [[Meguro]] as the main campus, [[Tamachi]] campus in [[Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo|Shibaura]] and Suzukakedai campus, located in [[Nagatsuta Station|Nagatsuta]], [[Midori-ku, Yokohama|Midori-ku]] in [[Yokohama]].

* Ōokayama campus
* Tamachi campus
* Suzukakedai campus

==Organization==

=== Schools and departments ===
[[Image:Tokodai.jpg|thumb|right|The Centennial Hall in Ōokayama campus, designed by the renowned architect [[Kazuo Shinohara]], professor at Tokodai]]Tokyo Tech comprises 6   schools, a number of departments and Institute for Liberal Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo Institute of Technology — Schools, Departments, and Institute for Liberal Arts |url=https://educ.titech.ac.jp/eng/ |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=educ.titech.ac.jp |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Science|School of Science]] ([[:ja:東京工業大学理学院|ja]])
** Department of Mathematics
** Department of Physics
** Department of Chemistry
** Department of Earth and Planetary Science
*[[Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Engineering|School of Engineering]] ([[:ja:東京工業大学工学院|ja]])
** Department of Mechanical Engineering
** Department of Systems and Control Engineering
** Department of Electrical and Electric Engineering
** Department of Information and Communication Engineering
** Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics
*[[Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Life Science and Technology|School of Life Science and Technology]] ([[:ja:東京工業大学生命理工学院|ja]])
** Department of Life Science and Technology
*[[Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Computing|School of Computing]] ([[:ja:東京工業大学情報理工学院|ja]])
** Department of Mathematical and Computing Science
** Department of Computer Science
*[[Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Environment and Society|School of Environment and Society]] ([[:ja:東京工業大学環境・社会理工学院|ja]])
** Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
** Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
** Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
** Department of Social and Human Sciences
** Technology Innovation Management / Department of Innovation Science
*Institute for Liberal Arts

=== Research laboratories ===
*Chemical Resources Laboratory
*Precision and Intelligence Laboratory
*Materials and Structures Laboratory
*Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors
*Quantum Nano Electronics Research Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pe.titech.ac.jp/qnerc/index.shtml |title=Welcome to QNERC |publisher=Pe.titech.ac.jp |access-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Earth-Life Science Institute]] (ELSI)

=== Centers ===

==== Politics and social sciences ====
*Centre for Research in Advanced Financial Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Precision and Intelligence Laboratory (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Solutions Research Laboratory
*Integrated Research Institute
*Global Edge Institute (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Productive Leader Incubation Platform
*Academy for Global Leadership
*Centre for Research and Development of Educational Technology (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Research Centre for Educational Facilities
*Creative Research Laboratory
*Research Centre for the Science of Institutional Management of Technology
*Collaboration Centre for Design and Manufacturing (CODAMA)
*Centre for Agent-Based Social Systems Sciences (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Foreign Language Research and Teaching Centre
*Centre for the Study of World Civilisations
*Asia-Africa Biology Research Centre
*Centre for CompView Research and Education
*Career Advancement Professional School
*Organization for Life Design and Engineering
*Centre for Liberal Arts

==== Engineering and computing ====
*Materials and Structure Laboratory (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*Frontier Research Centre
*Imaging Science and Engineering Laboratory
*Global Scientific Information and Computing Centre
*Structural Engineering Research Centre
*Super-Mechano Systems R&D Centre
*Centre for Photonic Nano-Device Integrated Engineering
*Photovoltaics Research Center
*Inter-departmental organisation for Informatics

==== Chemistry and life sciences ====
*Chemical Resources Laboratory
*Research Centre for Carbon Recycling and Energy
*Centre for Biological Resources and Informatics
*International Research Centre of Macromolecular Science
*Bio-Frontier Research Centre
*Emerging Nanomaterial Research Centre
*Centre for Molecular Science and Technology
*The Osmotic Power Research Centre

==== Physics and astronomy ====
*Volcanic Fluid Research Centre (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
*[[Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors (Tokyo Institute of Technology)]]
*Research Centre for Low Temperature Physics
*Quantum Nanoelectronics Research Centre
*Centre for Urban Earthquake Engineering
*Research Centre for Nanometer-Scale Quantum Physics
*Research Centre for the Evolving Earth and Planets
*Centre for Research into Innovative Nuclear Energy Systems

=== Other facilities ===
* [[Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering]]
* Tokyo Tech Archive Initiative
*Health Service Centres
*TITECH Earth Database Centre
*Tokyo Tech Front
*International Student Centre
*Inter-departmental Organization for Environment and Energy
*ICE Cube Centre

==Academics==

===Libraries===
The main library  was the [[Tokyo Institute of Technology Library]] in Ookayama. It was the home of Japan's largest science and technology library. The library was founded in 1882,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/aboutus/enkaku.html |title=沿革 │ About us │ 東京工業大学附属図書館 |access-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710105513/http://www.libra.titech.ac.jp/aboutus/enkaku.html |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} About us, Tokyo Institute of Technology Library</ref> and it lost nearly 28,000 books during the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō earthquake]] in 1923. Moved to Ookayama in 1936, it has been the national science and technology library of Japan.

1,200 students and staff visit the library each day.<br />
It has 674,000 books and 2,500 journals, including 1,600 foreign academic journals; the number of international research collections was the largest in Japan. It provides around 7,000 registered electronic journals each year. The library was therefore recognised for the outstanding national and international importance and awarded 'Centre of foreign journals' by the [[government of Japan]]. Renewal construction of the library was completed in July 2011.

===International graduate programmes===
Tokyo Tech runs intensive programmes for obtaining [[master degree]] or PhD. Named the Tokyo Tech's International Graduate Program, the programmes are targeted at international students of high academic potential who are not Japanese speakers. Lectures and seminars are given in English mainly by Tokyo Tech's faculty members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gakumu.titech.ac.jp/nyusi/prospectus/international_gp_e.html |title=Prospectus for International Students |publisher=Gakumu.titech.ac.jp |access-date=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126101126/http://www.gakumu.titech.ac.jp/nyusi/prospectus/international_gp_e.html |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Programme starting dates are October or April. Public fundings for these courses are also available; those students who have academic excellence may apply for scholarships from the [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] of Japan.

==Academic rankings==
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| ARWU_A = 10–18
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| QS_W = 84=
| ARWU_W = 151–200
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| TR_W1 = 24
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| TR_W3 = 22
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| NOTE_1 = T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions
| NOTE_2 = 
}}

===General rankings===
Tokyo Tech has been ranked 2nd among the Japanese universities according to The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]]'' World University Rankings 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings 2021|date=March 8, 2021 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2021#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats}}</ref> Tokyo Tech has also ranked 3rd among the best Japanese universities according to [[QS World University Rankings]] 2021. <ref>{{Cite web|title=QS World University Rankings, Japan|url=https://www.universityrankings.ch/results/QS/2021?ranking=QS&year=2021&region=&q=Japan}}</ref> Tokyo Tech has also been ranked 2nd (national) in 2011 in the field of Engineering "Entrance score ranking of Japanese universities-Department of Engineering" by Score-navi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scorenavi-univ.com/gakubu/hensa/gid6 |title=score navi rankings by field |access-date=August 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011200601/http://www.scorenavi-univ.com/gakubu/hensa/gid6/ |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In another ranking, Japanese prep school [[:ja:河合塾|Kawaijuku]] ranked Tokyo Tech as the 4th best (overall), 2-3rd best in former semester and 1st in latter semester (Department of Engineering) university in Japan (2012).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keinet.ne.jp/doc/dnj/rank/13/k108.pdf |title=Kawaijuku- 2013 rank preview }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

According to [[QS World University Rankings]], Tokyo Tech was ranked 3rd in Japan and internationally ranked 20th in the field of Engineering and Technology, and 51st in Natural science in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/tokyo-institute-technology |title=QS Topuniversities in – 2011 |publisher=Topuniversities.com |access-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> The university was ranked 31st worldwide according to Global [[University ranking]]<ref name="gur_w"/> and 57th in 2011 according to [[QS World University Rankings]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1 |title=QS World University Rankings |publisher=Topuniversities |access-date=November 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930145821/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1 |archive-date=September 30, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  It was also ranked 31st worldwide according to the [[Global University Ranking]] in 2009.<ref name="gur_w">{{cite web |url=http://www.globaluniversitiesranking.org/images/banners/top-100(eng).pdf |title=globaluniversitiesranking.org |publisher=globaluniversitiesranking.org |access-date=November 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827075432/http://globaluniversitiesranking.org/images/banners/top-100(eng).pdf |archive-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Research performance===
Tokyo Tech was one of the top research institutions in natural sciences and technology in Japan. According to [[Thomson Reuters]], its research excellence (Pure science only for this information) was especially distinctive in Materials Science (5th in Japan, 24th in the world), Physics (5th in Japan, 31st in the world), and Chemistry (5th in Japan, 22nd in the world).<ref name=executive>{{cite web |title=Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan |publisher=Thomson Reuters |url=http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/ |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613213519/http://science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2011/esi2011/ranking/ |archive-date=June 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} (this ranking includes non-educational institutions)</ref>

[[:ja:週刊ダイヤモンド|Weekly Diamond]] also reported that Tokyo Tech has the highest research standard in Japan in terms of research fundings per researchers in [[:ja:グローバルCOEプログラム|COE Program]].<ref>"週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 2010/2/27 http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf</ref> In the same article, it's also ranked 8th in terms of the quality of education by [[:ja:特色ある大学教育支援プログラム|GP]] funds per student.

In addition, according to the September 2012 survey by [[QS World University Rankings]] about the general standards in Engineering and Technology field, Tokyo Tech was placed 19th (world), 2nd (national).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/tokyo-institute-technology |title=QS world university ranking（2012） |publisher=topuniversities.com|access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Tsubame 2.0]], which was a large-scale supercomputer in Tokyo Tech, was ranked 5th of the world best-performed computer. 1st in the world as university's owned one, this supercomputer was used for simulation related to the complex systems such as the dynamics of [[planets]] or financial systems.

As Tokyo Tech has been emphasizing on 'practical' research, Tokyo Tech got the 2nd place at the number of patents accepted (284) during 2009 among Japanese Universities.<ref>{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.jpo.go.jp/shiryou/toushin/nenji/nenpou2010/toukei/2-13.pdf 2009 年国内大学別特許公開件数], Japanese patent office, accessed May 3, 2011</ref>

===Alumni rankings===
Alumni of Tokyo Tech enjoy their good success in Japanese industries. According to ([[Truly Strong Universities|Truly Strong Universities -TSU]]), the alumni's of Tokyo Tech has been acquiring the highest (1st) employment rate within Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=有名企業への就職に強い大学ランキング トップは東京工業大学|url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/18884196/}}</ref>

According to the [[:ja:エコノミスト (雑誌)|Weekly Economist]]'s 2010 rankings and the [[:ja:プレジデント社|PRESIDENT]]'s article on 2006/10/16, graduates from Tokyo Tech have the 2nd best employment rate in 400 major companies, and the average graduate salary was the 9th best in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3865.html|title=Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings |year=2011 |publisher=Weekly Economist |access-date=April 29, 2011|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= 大学偏差値情報局  |url=http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more |title=年収偏差値・給料偏差値ランキング（2006・10・16）：稼げる大学はどれ？ |publisher=Hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net |date=February 22, 1999 |access-date=November 26, 2011}}</ref> [[École des Mines de Paris]] ranks Tokyo Tech as 92nd in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720162234/http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR/Ranking2011EN-Fortune2010.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  Also, according to the article of [[The New York Times]]- Universities with the most employable students ranking 2012, Tokyo Tech ranked 14th place in the world (2nd in Asia, 1st in Japan).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/10/25/world/asia/25iht-sreducemerging25-graphic.html?ref=asia|title=Global Companies Rank Universities - NYTimes.com|website=www.nytimes.com|access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref>

===Popularity and selectivity===
Tokyo Tech was one of the most selective universities in Japan. Its entrance examinations are usually considered one of the most difficult in Japan.<ref>E.g. [[:ja:代々木ゼミナール|Yoyogi seminar]] published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings {{cite web |url=http://www.yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422110816/http://yozemi.ac.jp/rank/gakubu/index.html |archive-date=April 22, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Japanese journalist [[:ja:島野清志|Kiyoshi Shimano]] ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. {{cite book |script-title=ja:危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版 |year=2011 |publisher=YELL books |id={{ASIN|4753930181|country=jp}} |language=ja}}</ref>

== Evaluation from Business World ==
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|+ The university ranking of the ratio of "president and chief executive officer of listed company"
!  !! Ranking 
|-
! [[List of universities in Japan|All universities in Japan]]
| 7th<ref name="success">[http://www.businesshacks.com/2006/09/post_65bb.html Weekly Diamond The ranking of the universities which produced the high ratio of the graduates who hold the position of "president and chief executive officer of listed company" to all the graduates of each university]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> out of all the 744<ref>[https://www.janu.jp/univ/gaiyou/20180130-pkisoshiryo-japanese_2.pdf The number of universities and students｜National Universities Association]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> universities which existed as of 2006
|-
! Source
| 2006 Survey<ref name="success" /> by [[:ja:週刊ダイヤモンド|Weekly Diamond {{small|〈ja〉}}]] on the ranking of the universities which produced the high ratio of the graduates who hold the position of "president and chief executive officer of listed company" to all the graduates of each university
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ The university ranking according to the ratio of the number of the officers & managers produced by each university to the number of graduates
!  !! Ranking 
|-
! [[List of universities in Japan|All universities in Japan]]
| 39th<ref name="agent"/> out of all the 778<ref>[https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/jinsei100nen/dai5/siryou1.pdf University reform reference materials / Cabinet Secretariat]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> universities which existed as of 2010
|-
! Source
| 2010 Survey<ref name="agent">[https://www.r-agent.com/guide/news/20120105_1_2.html Is it a story of the past that graduates from famous universities can easily move up the career ladder? / RECRUIT AGENT]{{in lang|ja}}</ref> by [[:ja:エコノミスト (日本の雑誌)|Weekly Economist {{small|〈ja〉}}]] on the ranking of universities according to the ratio of the number of the officers & managers produced by each university to the number of graduates
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ranking of the '''evaluation by Personnel Departments of Leading Companies''' in Japan
!  !! Ranking 
|-
! [[Kantō region|Kantō]] & [[Kōshin'etsu region]]
| 7th<ref name="r.nikkei">[https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO59971460U0A600C2L82000 Image held by human resources personnel of companies of Japan / Yokohama National University ranked 1st in Kantō & Kōshin'etsu region / Valuation from the ex-students already employed / The Nikkei・Nikkei HR Survey　2020-06-04 17:27]</ref> out of 262<ref>[https://data.gakkou.net/r2daigaku001/ The number of universities by prefecture]</ref> universities which existed in [[Kantō region|Kantō]] & [[Kōshin'etsu region]] as of 2020
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! [[Japan]]
| 7th<ref name="nikkeihr">[https://www.nikkeihr.co.jp/news/2020/0603342.html Survey on the image seen from human resources personnel：Ranking of the ability to get jobs｜Nikkei HR 2020.06.03　release]</ref> (out of 781<ref name="jpu">[http://eic.obunsha.co.jp/resource/viewpoint-pdf/202004.pdf The number of universities in Japan is 781 as of April 1, 2020. About 80% are private universities.｜Ōbun Sha]</ref> universities which existed in Japan as of 2020)
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| 2020 [[The Nikkei|Nikkei]] Survey<ref name="r.nikkei" /> to all listed (3,714<ref name="jpx">[https://www.jpx.co.jp/listing/co/index.html Number of listed companies & listed shares of stock｜JPX]</ref>) and leading unlisted (1,100), totally 4,814 companies<ref name="r.nikkei" />
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==Wildlife==
As of 2009, there was a large population of [[rose-ringed parakeet]]s residing at the main campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Ookayama.<ref>Gardener, Alice [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/03/19/reference/feral-parakeets/ Feral parakeets March 19, 2009] ''[[Japan Times]]'' Retrieved March 2, 2017</ref><ref>Brooks, Raglan [http://www.audubon.org/magazine/november-december-2014/tokyos-got-parrot-problem Tokyo's Got a Parrot Problem November-December 2014] ''Auburn'' Retrieved March 2, 2017</ref><ref>Kail, Ellyn [http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/08/eerie-photos-feral-parrots-tokyo/ EERIE PHOTOS OF FERAL PARROTS IN TOKYO August 22, 2014] ''Featureshoot'' Retrieved March 2, 2017</ref>

== Gallery ==
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Image:TITechAtNight1.jpg|Suzukakedai campus at night
Image:TITechAtNight2.jpg|Suzukakedai campus at night
Image:TITechAtNight3.jpg|Suzukakedai campus at night
</gallery>

==Alumni and faculty==
{{Main|List of Tokyo Institute of Technology people}}

== Notes ==
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==See also==
* [[Ken Mogi]]
* [[Research Institutes at Tokyo Tech]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/laboratory/index.html |title=Tokyo Institute of Technology &#124; Research Institutes |publisher=Titech.ac.jp |access-date=March 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323180511/http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/laboratory/index.html |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[Supercomputing in Japan]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/index.html The Tokyo Tech official web site]

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