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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Tokyo
 | native_name            = {{native name|ja|paren=no|東京大学}}
 | former_name            = Tokyo Imperial University
 | other_name             = UTokyo
 | image                  = Yasuda Auditorium - Tokyo University 4.jpg
 | logo                   = University of Tokyo logo (2024).svg
 | image_size             = 240px
 | caption                = [[Yasuda Auditorium]]
 | established            = {{start date and age|1877|04|12|p=yes}}
 | type                   = [[Research university]]
 | president              = [[Teruo Fujii]]
 | address                = 7 Chome-3-1 Hongo
 | city                   = [[Bunkyō]]
 | prefecture             = [[Tokyo]]
 | country                = Japan
 | postcode               = 113-8654
 | coordinates            = {{coord|35|42|48|N|139|45|44|E|region:JP_type:edu_source:dewiki|display=inline}}
 | faculty                = 6,311 (3,937 full-time / 2,374 part-time) (2022)<ref name="Academic Staff">{{cite web|url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/overview/b02_03.html|website=東京大学|date=1 May 2022|title=教職員数（令和4年5月1日現在） - 常勤教員（教授～助手の計）|access-date=6 October 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006072717/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/overview/b02_03.html|url-status=live}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
 | total_staff            = 11,487
 | students               = 28,133 (2022)<ref>Details on the number of students {{cite web|url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/students/edu-data/e08_02_01.html|title=学生数の詳細について - 在籍者|website=u-tokyo.ac.jp|access-date=19 August 2022|archive-date=5 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605112828/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/students/edu-data/e08_02_01.html|url-status=live}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref><br />excluding research students and auditors
 | undergrad              = 13,962 (2022)<ref>The number of regular students, research students and auditors [https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400189197.pdf 令和4年5月1日現在 学部学生・研究生・聴講生数調 - 在籍者] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903015746/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400189197.pdf |date=2022-09-03 }}{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
 | postgrad               = 14,171 (2022)<ref>The number of graduate students, research students and international research students [https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400189595.pdf 令和4年5月1日現在 大学院学生・研究生・外国人研究生数調 - 在籍者] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721094837/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400189595.pdf |date=2022-07-21 }}{{in lang|ja}}</ref><br/>including Professional degree courses
 | other                  = 
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] ([[Hongō campus|Hongo]], [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus|Komaba]])<br/>[[Suburb|Suburban]] ([[Kashiwa Campus, University of Tokyo|Kashiwa]])
 | language               = {{hlist|Japanese|English (for certain courses)}}
 | colours                = {{Color box|#0B8BEE|border=silver}} Tansei (UTokyo Blue)<ref>[https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400234907.pdf UTokyo Visual Identity Guidelines]</ref>
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[International Alliance of Research Universities|IARU]]|[[Association of East Asian Research Universities|AEARU]]|[[Alliance for Global Sustainability|AGS]]|[[BESETOHA Universities|BESETOHA]]|[[Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities|AALAU]]}}
 | budget                 = [[Japanese yen|¥]]280 billion (US$2.54 billion) (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400157741.pdf |website=東京大学|date=11 March 2021|title=令和3年度 予算|access-date=9 December 2023}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/|u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/}}
}}
The '''University of Tokyo''' ({{Langx|ja|東京大学|translit=Tōkyō daigaku|label=none}}, abbreviated as {{nihongo||東大|'''Tōdai'''}} in Japanese and '''UTokyo''' in English<ref>{{Cite web |last=futi |date=2014-06-20 |title=Our New Name, Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) is Now Official |url=https://www.friendsofutokyo.org/our-new-name-friends-of-utokyo-inc-futi-is-now-official/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Friends of UTokyo, Inc. |language=en-US}}</ref>) is a [[public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Bunkyō]], Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several [[Edo period|pre-westernisation era]] institutions, its direct precursors include the ''[[Tenmongata]]'', founded in 1684, and the [[Yushima Seidō|Shōheizaka Institute]].<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=沿革略図 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/history/b03_02.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Although established under its current name, the university was renamed {{Nihongo|'''Imperial University'''|帝國大學|Teikoku daigaku}} in 1886 and was further retitled {{Nihongo|'''Tokyo Imperial University'''|東京帝國大學|Tōkyō teikoku daigaku}} to distinguish it from other [[Imperial Universities]] established later.<ref name=":10" /> It served under this name until the official dissolution of the [[Empire of Japan]] in 1947, when it reverted to its original name. 

Today, the university consists of 10 [[Faculty (division)|faculties]], 15 [[graduate school]]s, and 11 affiliated research institutes.<ref name="u-tokyo_institutes_centers2">{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/institutes_centers.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> As of 2023, it has a total of 13,974 undergraduate students and 14,258 graduate students.<ref name="u-tokyo_institutes_centers2" /> The majority of the university's educational and research facilities are concentrated within its three main Tokyo campuses: [[Hongō campus|Hongō]], [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus|Komaba]], and [[Kashiwa Campus, University of Tokyo|Kashiwa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/access.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, UTokyo operates several smaller campuses in the [[Greater Tokyo Area]] and over 60 facilities across Japan and globally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=海外拠点リスト |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/intl-activities/overseas-offices/list_of_overseas_offices.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=全国施設分布図 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/campus-guide/national.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> UTokyo's total land holdings amount to 326 square kilometres (approximately 80,586 acres or 32,600 hectares), placing it amongst the largest landowners in the country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=施設等所在地 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/campus-guide/list.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=今年は「国際森林年」 主要32社の社有林 所有・利用状況 |url=https://www.dai3.co.jp/_old_hp/rbayakyu/23th/times/news21.htm |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.dai3.co.jp}}note: Although not mentioned in this list, which ranks only governmental bodies and companies, UTokyo would be ranked 6th in the country, just after [[Sumitomo Forestry]].</ref>

As of 2025, UTokyo's alumni and faculty include [[List of prime ministers of Japan by education|17 prime ministers of Japan]], 20 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize laureates]], seven [[astronaut]]s, and a [[Fields Medal]]ist.<ref name=":18" /> Additionally, UTokyo alumni have founded some of [[List of largest Japanese companies|Japan's largest companies]], such as [[Toyota]]<ref name=":72" /> and [[Hitachi]].<ref name=":82" /> UTokyo alumni also held chief executive positions in approximately a quarter of the [[Nikkei 225]] companies in 2014,<ref name=":19" /> a fifth of the total seats in the [[National Diet]] in 2023,<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> two-thirds of the [[Governor (Japan)|prefectural governorships]] in 2023,<ref name=":12" /> and two-thirds of the [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan|justiceships at the Supreme Court of Japan]] in 2024.<ref name=":9" />

== History ==
=== Origins ===
[[File:Hokusai, Fuji at Torigoe.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Asakusa Observatory of the [[Tenmongata]] by [[Hokusai]]]]
The University of Tokyo traces its roots to three independent institutes founded during the [[Edo period]] (1603–1868).<ref name=":14" /> The oldest, a Shogun-funded [[Confucianism|Confucian]] school called {{Nihongo|Senseiden|先聖殿}}, was founded in 1630 by [[Razan Hayashi]] in [[Ueno]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/whyutokyo/1km_of_campus.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> This school was renamed the {{Nihongo|Shoheizaka Institute|昌平坂学問所|Shoheizaka Gakumonjo}} and came to be operated directly by the [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa Shogunate]] in 1791 as part of the ''[[Kansei Reforms]]''. The ''[[Tenmongata]]'', established in 1684, was the astronomical research and education arm of the Shogunate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calendar History 2 |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/koyomi/e/history/calendar.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.ndl.go.jp}}</ref> It evolved into the {{Nihongo|Kaisei School|開成学校}}, a school for Western learnings, after the [[Meiji Restoration]]. The Kanda Otamagaike Vaccination Centre, established in 1858,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/hospitals.html |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> evolved into a school of [[Western medicine]] called {{Nihongo|Tokyo Medical School|東京医学校|Tokyo Igakkō}}. Although plans to establish the country's first university had been in place just after the Meiji Restoration, it was not until around 1875 that it was decided to form the university by merging these schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=二 東京大学の創設：文部科学省 |url=https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/others/detail/1317599.htm |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.mext.go.jp}}</ref>

=== Founding and early days ===
[[File:PSM V64 D470 Imperial university of tokyo.png|thumb|UTokyo's [[Akamon (Tokyo)|Akamon]] (Red Gate), built in 1827, as seen {{Circa|1903}}]]
The University of Tokyo was chartered on April 12, 1877, by the [[Government of Meiji Japan|Meiji government]]. Corresponding to the fields covered by the predecessor schools, it started with four faculties: [[Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo|Law]], [[Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo|Science]], [[Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo|Letters]], and [[Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo|Medicine]]. The [[Imperial College of Engineering]] later merged into the university and became the [[Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo|Faculty of Engineering]]. In [[1886]], the university was renamed Imperial University, and it adopted the name Tokyo Imperial University in 1897 after the founding of the next [[Imperial Universities|imperial university]], what is now [[Kyoto University]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/chronology.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The University of Tokyo, About UTokyo, Chronology |language=en}}</ref> By 1888, all faculties had completed their relocation to the former site of the Tokyo house of the [[Maeda family]] in [[Hongō, Tokyo|Hongo]], where they continue to operate today. Among the few extant structures built before this relocation is a gate called [[Akamon (Tokyo)|Akamon]], which has become a widely recognised symbol of the university.[[File:Kume Matsuoka Akutagawa Naruse.jpg|thumb|UTokyo students ([[Masao Kume|Kume]], Matsuoka, [[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa|Akutagawa]] and [[Seiichi Naruse|Naruse]]), {{Circa|1916}}]]

During its initial two decades as a modern institution, UTokyo benefited from the contributions of European and American scholars. In 1871, the Meiji Government made a decision about the direction of academic disciplines: engineering was to be learnt from the United Kingdom, mathematics, physics, and international law from France, while politics, economics, and medicine were to be guided by German expertise. Additionally, agriculture and commercial law knowledge was to be sourced from the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=四 海外留学生と雇外国人教師：文部科学省 |url=https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/hakusho/html/others/detail/1317601.htm |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.mext.go.jp}}</ref> Following this policy, UTokyo and its predecessor institutions sent their graduates to universities in these respective countries and also invited lecturers from them. However, by the 1880s, the Japanese government grew concerned over the spread of [[French republican]] and [[Constitutional monarchy|British constitutional monarchist]] ideals among the faculty and students, and eventually Minister of Education [[Ōki Takatō|Takato Oki]] instructed the university to reduce the use of English as a language of instruction, and instead to switch to Japanese.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Masao |last=Terasaki |title=プロムナード東京大学史, Short History of the University of Tokyo |publisher=Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai |year=1992 |isbn=4-13-003302-6|location=Tōkyō |pages=161 |language=ja}}</ref> This shift coincided with the return of UTokyo alumni who had completed their education in Europe, and these returnees began filling roles that had been predominantly held by foreign scholars.

=== Interwar period ===
[[File:Emperor Shōwa arrival at the University of Tokyo.png|thumb|[[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]] opening a new campus (now known as the Phase II portion of the [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus|Komaba Campus]]) for the Institute of Aeronautics in 1930]]
The first half of the Interwar period in Japan was characterised by the spread of liberal ideas, collectively known as [[Taishō Democracy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=吉野作造｜大正デモクラシー｜民主主義｜選挙普通 (Sakuzo Yoshino, Taisho Democracy, Minpon shugi, Universal suffrage) |url=https://www.yoshinosakuzou.info/blank-22 |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=home |language=ja}}</ref> This movement was ushered in by the concept of ''[[Minpon Shugi]]'' by [[Sakuzō Yoshino]], as well as [[Tatsukichi Minobe]]'s interpretation of sovereignty as inherent to the state rather than the monarchy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |title=文字と画像で見る {{!}} 歴史総合 |url=https://www.nhk.or.jp/kokokoza/rekishisougou/contents/resume/resume_0000000527.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=高校講座 |language=ja}}</ref> Both were alumni and professors at the Faculty of Law. Taking advantage of the widespread acceptance of such ideas, prime minister [[Katō Takaaki|Takaaki Katō]], an alumnus of UTokyo, extended suffrage to all males aged 25 and over in 1925, as promised in his manifesto.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3-13 男子普通選挙法の成立と治安維持法 {{!}} 史料にみる日本の近代 |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/modern/cha3/description13.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=www.ndl.go.jp |language=ja}}</ref> This liberal tendency was also shared among students, exemplified by the labour movement organisation the UTokyo Association of New People (東大新人会, {{Interlanguage link|Tōdai Shinjin-kai|ja|新人会}}) and the UTokyo Settlement (東大セツルメント, {{Interlanguage link|Tōdai Settlement|ja|学生セツルメント}}).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=中筋 |first=直哉 |date=1998 |title=磯村都市社会学の揺籃 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpasurban1983/1998/16/1998_16_29/_article/-char/ja/ |journal=日本都市社会学会年報 |volume=1998 |issue=16 |pages=29–47 |doi=10.5637/jpasurban1983.1998.29|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Henry |title=Japan's First Student Radicals |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=1972 |isbn=9780674471856 |language=en}}</ref> However, strong reactions against these liberal and socialist ideas also emerged at the university, notably from [[Uesugi Shinkichi|Shinkichi Uesugi]], who mentored and greatly influenced three future prime ministers among his students at UTokyo: [[Nobusuke Kishi]],<ref name=":16">{{Cite book |last=Fukuda |first=Kazuya |title=悪と徳と 岸信介と未完の日本 |publisher=扶桑社 |isbn=9784594073152 |publication-date=October 2015 |language=ja}}</ref> [[Eisaku Satō]],<ref name=":16" /> and [[Takeo Fukuda]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=大下英治 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S3drEAAAQBAJ&dq=%E4%B8%8A%E6%9D%89%E6%85%8E%E5%90%89%E3%80%80%E7%A6%8F%E7%94%B0%E8%B5%B3%E5%A4%AB&pg=PT17 |script-title=ja:清和会秘録 |title=Seiwakai hiroku |date=2015-10-15 |publisher=イースト・プレス |isbn=978-4-7816-5058-6 |language=ja}}</ref>

==== Great Kanto Earthquake ====
[[File:Tokyo Imperial University after Great Kanto earthquake.JPG|thumb|The University of Tokyo suffered immense damage in the Great Earthquake of 1923.]]
On September 1, 1923, the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kanto Earthquake]] struck the Kanto Plain, inflicting immense damage upon the university. This damage included the complete destruction of almost all main buildings, including the library, as well as the loss of precious scientific and historical samples and data stored in them.<ref>Earthquake disaster and reconstruction, The University of Tokyo 100-year history {{cite book |url=https://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/record/53865/files/02_hyakunenshi_tsushi02.pdf#page459 |access-date=2021-05-29 |format=pdf |page=385 |editor=東京大学百年史編集委員会 |publisher=東京大学 |volume=II |date=March 1985 |title=東大百年史 通史 |archive-date=2021-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606073831/https://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/record/53865/files/02_hyakunenshi_tsushi02.pdf#page459 |url-status=live }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref><ref name="lostmemoryunesco">[http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/administ/pdf/LOSTMEMO.PDF Lost Memory – Libraries and Archives Destroyed in the Twentieth Century] ( {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905105742/http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm/administ/pdf/LOSTMEMO.PDF|date=September 5, 2012}})</ref> This led to a university-wide debate as to whether it should relocate to a larger site, such as [[Yoyogi]], but ultimately, such plans were rejected. Instead, the university purchased additional land in its vicinity, which was still owned by the Maeda family, and expanded there.
[[File:University of Tokyo circa 1953.jpg|thumb|Most of the buildings on the [[Hongō campus|Hongo Campus]] today were built during the reconstruction period in a style known as Uchida Gothic, including [[Yasuda Auditorium]] and the [[University of Tokyo Library#General Library (Hongo)|General Library]].]]
The reconstruction of the university and its library was brought up in the fourth general assembly of the [[League of Nations]] in September 1923, where it was unanimously decided to provide support. The League is said to have been sympathetic especially because the memory of the destruction of [[Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)|KU Leuven]] in Belgium during the [[World War I|First World War]] was still fresh.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-15 |title=Libraries and disasters, libraries and wars |url=https://letterpresslabo.com/2019/12/15/kulpcws-column37/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=活版印刷研究所 |language=ja}}</ref> The American philanthropist [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]] personally donated $2 million (approximately $36 million in 2023). The United Kingdom formed a committee led by former Prime Minister [[Arthur Balfour|Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour]], and made substantial financial and cultural contributions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=記念特別展示会－世界から贈られた図書を受け継いで－ |url=https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/html/tenjikai/tenjikai2007/preface.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> Rockefeller Jr. and [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]], a younger son of [[George V]], visited the university in 1929, shortly after the [[University of Tokyo Library#General Library (Hongo)|new library]] was completed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=総合図書館今昔物語 |url=https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/html/tenjikai/tenjikai2013/index.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> Prince Henry's visit marked the first Great Ball (大園遊会, ''Dai-Enyukai'') in several years, which is now known as the May Festival (五月祭, ''Gogatsusai'').<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hiroya |first=Sato |date=30 March 2020 |title=東京大学五月祭の歴史 : 東京帝国大学におけるその起源と変遷 |url=https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1390290699580206208 |journal=東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 |volume=59 |pages=241–251 |issn=1342-1050}}</ref> A large portion of the buildings on Hongo Campus today were built during this reconstruction period, and their unique [[Collegiate Gothic|Collegiate Gothic style]] is known as Uchida Gothic ({{lang|ja|内田ゴシック}}) after [[Yoshikazu Uchida]], the architect who designed them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=内田祥三・丹下健三と建築学の戦中・戦後 |url=https://ocw.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lecture_1249/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |language=ja}}</ref>

Another notable change the earthquake brought about at the university was the expansion of its [[Seismology|seismology studies]]. Long having been the only university in the [[List of earthquakes in Japan|seismically active country]], the university was already known for its seismology research, most notably the contributions made by its alumnus and professor, [[Fusakichi Omori]], in quantitatively evaluating the aftershocks of earthquakes ([[Omori's law]]) and developing a new type of seismometer capable of recording [[P wave|primary waves]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Davison |first=C. |date=January 1924 |title=Prof. Fusakichi Omori |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/113133a0 |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=113 |issue=2830 |pages=133 |doi=10.1038/113133a0 |bibcode=1924Natur.113..133D |issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The university set up an independent seismology department in November 1923 to delve into the causes and effects of earthquakes and to better prepare for future seismic events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/overview/history.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=SCHOOL OF SCIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO |language=en}}</ref> In 1925, with a government grant, the [[Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo|Earthquake Research Institute]] was established within the university, and it has been in continuous operation up to today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greeting from the Director – Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo |url=https://www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/overview/greeting-from-the-director/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== World War II ===
[[File:東京帝国大学第二工学部本部事務室.png|thumb|237x237px|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.]]
In 1941, the [[Empire of Japan]] [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|attacked the American bases at Pearl Harbor]] and joined [[World War II]] as an [[Axis powers|Axis power]] alongside [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. By late 1943, as Japan faced significant defeats in the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific theatre]], a decision was made to enlist university students studying humanities, sending them to battlefields. During the war, 1,652 students and alumni of UTokyo were killed, including those from varied civilian professions such as doctors, engineers, and diplomats, as well as those killed in action.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=谷本 |first=宗生 |date=31 March 2014 |title=「学生とともに考える学徒出陣 70 周年—記憶と継承」—（東京大学附属図書館・東京大学史史料室共催）を終えて、一緒に考えてみたこと— |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400005683.pdf |journal=東京大学資料室ニュース |issue=52}}</ref> They are commemorated in a memorial erected near the front gate of the Hongo Campus. Most students from faculties of engineering and science remained at university or worked as apprentice engineers, as the expertise of science and technology was deemed indispensable for the war effort. [[Leo Esaki]], who was a student at the department of physics during the war, shared his memory of his university life in 2007: 'The day after the [[Bombing of Tokyo (10 March 1945)|Tokyo Air Raid of 9 March 1945]], during which more than 100 thousand citizens were killed, professor Tanaka conducted class as usual, without mentioning the war at all'.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=東京大学創立130周年記念事業 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/130ut/event/03_07.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> The buildings and facilities of UTokyo were largely immune from air raids, allowing education and research activities to continue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=東京帝国大学営繕工事記録写真帳 |url=https://umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DAnnex/photobook/home.php |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=umdb.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>

The increased demand brought about by the war for engineers, especially in the fields of aeronautics, machinery, electronics, and shipbuilding, led to the establishment of the Second Faculty of Engineering ({{lang|ja|第二工学部}}) at UTokyo in 1942. In the newly built Chiba Campus, around 800 students were enrolled at one time, and military engineering research activities were conducted. It was closed in 1951, and as a successor organisation, the [[Institute of Industrial Science]] was established on the site of the former headquarters of the Third Infantry Regiment in [[Roppongi]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hirasawa |first=Hideo |date=2012 |title=第二工学部の思い出 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/seisankenkyu/64/3/64_399/_pdf |journal=生産研究 |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=399 |via=JSTAGE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=沿革・歴代研究科長 |url=https://www.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/soe/about/history |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=東京大学工学部 |language=ja}}</ref> During the war, the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Imperial Army]] attempted to use the university's facilities several times, including plans to relocate the university to [[Sendai]] and use the [[Hongō campus|Hongo Campus]] as a fortress for the anticipated Allied landing, [[Operation Downfall]], to protect the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]]. President [[Yoshikazu Uchida]] consistently denied these requests by persuading them of the importance of culture, education and research for the country's long-term development. In September 1945, efforts by Uchida and [[Shigeru Nambara]], Dean of the Faculty of Law, prevented the campus from becoming the [[Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers|Allied Headquarters]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=東京大学が接収を免れた経緯について（二） 内田 祥三 No. 661（昭和30年10月） {{!}} 一般社団法人学士会 北大・東北大・東大・名大・京大・阪大・九大 卒業生のためのアカデミック・コミュニティー・クラブ |url=https://www.gakushikai.or.jp/magazine/article/archives/archives_661/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.gakushikai.or.jp |language=ja}}</ref> Instead, the [[DN Tower 21|Dai-Ichi Seimei Building]] was chosen. Nambara succeeded Uchida as president in December 1945.

=== Post-war period ===
[[File:Nambara Shigeru.JPG|thumb|246x246px|[[Shigeru Nambara]], the first post-war president of the university (1945–1951)]]
During the [[Occupation of Japan|American occupation era]] following [[Surrender of Japan|Japan's defeat in World War II]], the university dropped the word 'imperial' from its name and reverted to its original name, University of Tokyo. During this period, under American pressure to remove the role pre-war education was believed to have played in sustaining the class structure, [[Educational reform in occupied Japan|Japan's education system was reformed]]. President Nambara was appointed as the chairman of the National Educational Reform Committee and implemented these changes.<ref name=":17">{{Cite journal |last=Imada |first=Akiko |date=March 2015 |title=President Shigeru Nambara's Initiative during the Founding of the University of Tokyo under the New Educational System: A Focus on Educational Reform |url=https://ump.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/resource/06-%E4%BB%8A%E7%94%B0%EF%BC%88%E7%AC%AC%EF%BC%95%E5%8F%B7%EF%BC%89.pdf |journal=大学経営政策研究 |issue=5 |pages=85}}</ref> As a result, UTokyo under merged with two [[Higher school (Japan)|Higher Schools]], which were university preparatory boy's boarding schools and thus became a four-year university instead of three-year as it is today in 1949. One of the higher schools that merged with UTokyo, the [[First Higher School]], became the [[College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo|College of Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |title=第一高等学校ホームページ |url=http://museum.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ICHIKOH/home.html |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=museum.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> This new college, operating on the same campus of [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus|Komaba]] as the higher school, took on the responsibility of educating all undergraduates for the first year and a half of their degrees. At the request of [[Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers|SCAP]], the Department of Education was separated from the Faculty of Letters to establish the Faculty of Education.<ref name=":17" /> It was also during this period that UTokyo first opened its doors to female students. The first nineteen female students were matriculated in April 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |title=初めての東大女子入学生は19名 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kyodo-sankaku/ja/activities/model-program/library/UTW_History/Page03.html |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=東京大学男女共同参画室 |language=ja}}</ref>

==== University of Tokyo Struggles ====
{{Main article|1968–1969 Japanese university protests}}
[[File:Yasuda Auditorium - Tokyo University 4.jpg|thumb|[[Yasuda Auditorium]] became the main site of fierce clashes between protesters and riot police.]]
The 1960s saw an intensification of student protests across the world, including the [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|Anti-Vietnam War protests]] and the [[May 68|May 68 events]] in France. This zeitgeist of the era was prominently felt in Japan as well, symbolised by the [[Anpo protests|1960 Anpo protests]], in which the death of a UTokyo student, [[Michiko Kanba|Michiko Kamba]], caused public outrage. In 1968, the {{Nihongo|University of Tokyo Struggles|東大紛争|Tōdai Funsō}} began with medical students demanding improvements in internship conditions, in which medical students were forced to work long hours without being paid before being licensed as a doctor.

The conflict intensified with the indefinite strike decision by the students in January 1968 and escalated further following a clash between the students and faculty. Tensions peaked when radical students, most of whom were members of the [[Zenkyōtō]] (the All-Campus Joint Struggle Committees), occupied [[Yasuda Auditorium]], leading the university to eventually call in [[riot police]] in June— a move seen as abandoning university autonomy. Efforts to resolve the situation began with the resignation of university executives and the appointment of Ichiro Kato as interim president, who started negotiations. The conflict largely ended in January 1969 after a full-scale police operation to remove the occupying students. This operation involved more than 8,500 riot police officers confronting students who fought back with [[Molotov cocktail]]s and marble stones taken from the auditorium's interior.<ref>{{Cite web |title=9章 東大紛争-ビジュアル年表(戦後70年)：朝日新聞デジタル |url=http://www.asahi.com/special/sengo/visual/page41.html |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.asahi.com}}</ref> Prime Minister [[Eisaku Satō|Eisaku Sato]], who was an alumnus of UTokyo himself, visited the site the day after the protesters in the auditorium were forcibly removed, and decided to cancel that year's admission process. This led top highschool students to apply reluctantly to other universities such as [[Kyoto University]] and [[Hitotsubashi University]], resulting in many applicants who would have been admitted to those universities under normal circumstances failing to gain admission, since applicants are not allowed to apply to multiple prestigious national universities in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-27 |title=東大入試中止、そのとき受験生は——コロナ禍を超える1969年大学入試の混乱 |url=https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/85694 |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=AERA dot. (アエラドット) |language=ja}}</ref> The aftermath saw 633 prosecutions, and varied sentences, marking a turbulent chapter in the university's history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=テレビで生中継された重大事件簿「東大安田講堂事件」／ホームメイト |url=https://www.homemate-research-tv-station.com/useful/12382_facil_085/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.homemate-research-tv-station.com}}</ref>

=== 21st century ===
==== Women's education ====
The university first admitted female students in 1946. While the student body has remained predominantly male, various attempts have been made to achieve a more equal gender ratio. In 2023, women made up 23 per cent of first-year undergraduates, the highest percentage in the university's history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |date=2023-04-12 |title=東京大学で入学式 女子学生の割合 過去最高の23％ {{!}} NHK |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230412/k10014036201000.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=NHKニュース}}</ref> A quarter of graduate students were female in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=東大でお待ちしております ～誰もが活躍できるキャンパスを目指して、松木則夫 男女共同参画室長より～ |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kyodo-sankaku/ja/campus-voice/s0902_00002.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=東京大学男女共同参画室 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=データ集 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kyodo-sankaku/ja/about/publicity/index_00002.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=東京大学男女共同参画室 |language=ja}}</ref>

==== Reforms in the 21st century ====
[[File:Hyper-Kamiokande scheme.png|thumb|186x186px|UTokyo's [[Kamioka Observatory|Kamiokande project]] detected cosmic [[neutrino]]s for the first time in human history and later proved neutrinos have mass, resulting in Nobel Prizes in 2003 and 2015.]]
When the British magazine Times Higher Education first published its world university rankings in partnership with QS in 2004, the University of Tokyo was ranked 12th in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS Ranking 2004 - Results |url=https://www.universityrankings.ch/results/QS/2004 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=universityrankings.ch |language=en}}</ref> In the latest 2024 edition of the rankings, it is ranked 29th.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> QS, now with its [[QS World University Rankings|own rankings]], placed the UTokyo at 28th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref> As these numbers suggest, there is a widely shared concern that the university is falling behind its counterparts in the world, and in the future it may struggle to provide a suitable environment for quality education and world-class research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=駒場をあとに「惜別の辞に代えて」 - 教養学部報 - 教養学部報 |url=https://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/info/about/booklet-gazette/bulletin/598/open/598-1-1.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>

UTokyo faces a challenging reality. [[Lost Decades|Japan's long-lasting economic downturn since the 1990s]] has led to Japanese companies less willing to invest in research and development than before.<ref>{{Cite web |title=科学技術指標2021・html版 {{!}} 科学技術・学術政策研究所 (NISTEP) |date=August 8, 2014 |url=https://www.nistep.go.jp/research/science-and-technology-indicators-and-scientometrics/indicators |access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref> Additionally, the government's Management Expense Grant ({{lang|ja|運営費交付金}}) has been reduced by one per cent annually since 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Takeuchi |first=Kenta |date=2019 |title=国立大学法人運営費交付金の行方 — 「評価に基づく配分」をめぐって — |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/annai/chousa/rippou_chousa/backnumber/2019pdf/20190603067.pdf}}</ref> This policy, ostensibly aimed at decreasing the university's reliance on the grant and fostering greater independence, has been blamed as one of the main reasons for the decline in the university's competitiveness.<ref>{{Cite web |title=17年度国立大授業料 |url=https://eic.obunsha.co.jp/resource/topics/1004/0401.pdf |access-date=10 November 2023 |website=旺文社 教育情報センター}}</ref>

To address these challenges, UTokyo has implemented various reforms. In 2004, the University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners (UTEC) was established. This venture capital firm, affiliated with the university, supports entrepreneurship arising from UTokyo's research and development, aiming to drive innovation across society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd. |url=https://www.ut-ec.co.jp/english/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=UTEC-The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners Co., Ltd.}}</ref> In 2006, the first phase of development was completed at [[Kashiwa Campus, University of Tokyo|Kashiwa Campus]]. Situated in the suburb of [[Kashiwa]], this research-focused campus spans 405,313 square metres (100 acres) and has been at the forefront of advanced scientific research since its inception.<ref>{{Cite web |title=柏キャンパス – 柏キャンパス |url=https://www.kashiwa.u-tokyo.ac.jp/about_kashiwa_campus/kashiwa_campus/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2010, in an attempt to further internationalise and diversify its student body, the university increased its autumn enrollment opportunities for international students.<ref>{{Cite web |last=東京大学広報室 |date=2010-10-25 |title=「特集：■平成22年度秋季学位記授与式・卒業式■平成22年度秋季入学式」（PDF）|url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400004878.pdf |access-date=November 3, 2023 |website=『学内広報』第1404号}}</ref> UTokyo plans to increase the proportion of female faculty members to above a quarter by newly creating positions for 300 female lecturers by 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=日本放送協会 |date=2022-11-27 |title=東京大学 女性の教授と准教授 約300人採用へ |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20221127/k10013904891000.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=NHKニュース}}</ref> In 2021, the newly elected President [[Teruo Fujii]] announced the UTokyo Compass, a guiding framework for the university during his tenure, focusing on diversity, dialogue, and creating a better future.<ref name="The University of Tokyo">{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/utokyo-compass.html |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> It emphasises the university's autonomy and creativity in a new era, advocating multifaceted perspectives on knowledge, people, and places. The Compass encourages dialogue throughout the university and society as a pivotal tool for understanding and questioning, fostering inclusivity, and tackling global challenges. In his announcement, he pledged to make UTokyo 'a university that anyone in the world would like to join'.<ref name="The University of Tokyo"/>
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== Student life ==
=== Admissions ===
[[File:Tokyo University Entrance Exam Results 3.JPG|thumb|A successful applicant rejoicing on the results day]]
The {{Interlanguage link|University of Tokyo's admission process|ja|東京大学の入学試験}} (東大入試, ''todai nyushi'') is regarded as the most selective in Japan and is almost synonymous with something that is difficult to achieve.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-24 |title=大学･学部別｢難易度ランキング｣トップ30 |url=https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/26876 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=東洋経済オンライン |language=ja}}</ref> To apply, candidates must achieve high scores in the [[Common Test for University Admissions]], a standardised multiple-choice examination. UTokyo applicants are required to take at least seven subjects in this examination. Applicants for natural sciences take two mathematics tests, Japanese (which consists of modern language, classics, and Chinese classics), one foreign language, sciences (two from physics, chemistry, biology, and geology), and one social study subject chosen from geography, Japanese history, or world history. Humanities candidates take two social studies subjects and one science subject instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=入学者選抜方法等の概要（学部） |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/adm-data/e01_02.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Based on the scores from the Common Test, approximately three times the number of the final admission slots are invited to take the main examination in late February. Based on the idea that regardless of the field of specialisation, all students should have a solid understanding of mathematics and a good command of languages, mathematics, Japanese and one foreign language are compulsory for all applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=高等学校段階までの学習で身につけてほしいこと |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_01_18.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> For this examination, science candidates are tested in Advanced Mathematics, English, Japanese, and two science subjects. Humanities candidates take Mathematics, a foreign language, Advanced Japanese, and two social studies subjects (options are geography, Japanese history and world history). UTokyo is also known to be the only university that requires all applicants, including those who wish to study natural sciences, to take a non-multiple-choice Japanese and Chinese classics exam. Some applicants are called upon to take an interview.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一般選抜 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_02_01.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

Successful candidates are notified in March of the same year and are matriculated in April. The official acceptance rates for undergraduate degrees are relatively{{Compared to?|date=June 2024}} high, at around 30 per cent,<ref>{{Cite web |title=入学者数・志願者数 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/overview/e08_01.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> which is due to the policy of restricting the number of students who can sit for the exam based on the scores from the Common Test.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一般選抜 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_02_01.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Undergraduate admissions (domestic) |language=ja}}</ref> Additionally, Japan's university admission policy does not allow applicants to apply to multiple prestigious national universities,<ref>{{Cite web |title=国立大学の入試 {{!}} 国立大学協会 |url=https://www.janu.jp/univ/exam/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.janu.jp |language=ja}}</ref> hence non-prospective students tend to switch to other national universities where they are more likely to secure admission.

=== Junior division ===
[[File:Komaba-campus icho namiki.JPG|thumb|Komaba Campus, where all undergraduates spend a year and a half]]
The matriculation ceremony takes place on April 12, the foundation day of the university.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-10 |title=東大の入学式は、なぜ12日開催なのか - 東大新聞オンライン |url=https://www.todaishimbun.org/entranceceremony20160410/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.todaishimbun.org |language=ja}}</ref> All first-year students are matriculated at the [[College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo|College of Arts and Sciences]] at [[University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus|Komaba]], which is a remnant of the time when the Komaba Campus served as the separate boarding school known as the [[First Higher School]] until 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/chronology.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> There, they spend the first one and a half years of their degrees. Students are required to study a foreign language they have never learnt for at least a year, with classes formed based on their choices. Popular languages include Chinese, French, German, Korean, Spanish, and Russian. These classes are meant to be places where students can interact with peers from different backgrounds and forge long-lasting friendships, especially because they spend a considerable amount of time together. There is a tradition where the previous year's class ({{lang|ja|上クラ}}, ''uekura'') invites the juniors to overnight orientation camps ({{lang|ja|オリ合宿}}, ''ori gasshuku'') in early April.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-12 |title=クラス分け {{!}} キミの東大 高校生・受験生が東京大学をもっと知るためのサイト |url=https://kimino.ct.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kotohajime/college-classes/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=キミの東大 |language=ja}}</ref>

Intense academic competition is common among students in the junior division, as they face matriculation to the senior division ({{lang|ja|進学選択}}, ''shingaku sentaku'', or colloquially {{lang|ja|進振り}}, ''shinfuri'') in September of their second year, where they are assigned to departments based on their grades for the first one and a half years at Komaba.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-09 |title=進学選択 {{!}} キミの東大 高校生・受験生が東京大学をもっと知るためのサイト |url=https://kimino.ct.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kotohajime/to-3rd-year/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=キミの東大 |language=ja}}</ref> The Department of Information Science, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Department of Sociology are amongst the most selective departments in the ''shingaku sentaku''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[入門駒場ライフ] 科類・進学選択について｜受験生・新入生応援サイト2023｜東京大学消費生活協同組合 |url=https://text.univ.coop/puk/START/utcoop/karui.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=text.univ.coop}}</ref>

==== Student housing ====
Despite its roots as a boarding school, most undergraduates at the university either live with their families at home or in non-university accommodation. Since the closure of the {{Interlanguage link|Komaba Dormitory|ja|東京大学駒場寮}} (駒場寮, ''Komaba-ryo'') in August 2001, there has been no on-campus accommodation for domestic students at the university. There are four university dormitories available for undergraduate students: Mitaka, Toshima, Oiwake and Mejirodai.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Housing Office {{!}} Housing Information {{!}} Accommodations Offered by UTokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/adm/housing-office/en/housing/shukusha/index.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> In 2021, approximately five per cent of the undergraduate students lived in one of the university dormitories.<ref>{{Cite web |title=大学案内・選抜要項・募集要項 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_06_01.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> The university offers more options for international students, with on-campus dormitories available for them at Komaba and Kashiwa.

==== Student newspapers and magazines ====
''The Todai Shimbun'' (東大新聞) is the oldest university newspaper still in operation, with its first issue in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=団体紹介 - 東大新聞オンライン |url=https://www.todaishimbun.org/about/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=www.todaishimbun.org |language=ja}}</ref> The editing committee of the newspaper has produced multiple central figures in the country's publishing industry. [[Recruit (company)|Recruit]], a human resources company with the 13th largest market capitalisation among all publicly traded companies in the country as of March 2024, spun off from ''the Todai Shimbun''<nowiki/>'s advertisement branch in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-06 |title=リクルートが生まれた場所、東京大学新聞 リクルート創業者 江副浩正氏の「唯一の上司」 - 東大新聞オンライン |url=https://www.todaishimbun.org/amano1102/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.todaishimbun.org |language=ja}}</ref> There are several other newer campus newspapers and magazines, the most notable of which is ''the Kokasha'' ({{lang|ja|恒河沙}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=沿革 – 時代錯誤社 |url=https://jidaisakugosha.net/?page_id=1444 |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=ja}}</ref> ''The Kokasha''<nowiki/>'s start-of-term issues include evaluations of lecturers by students from the previous year, and are widely read by students in the junior division to decide which modules to take at the beginning of terms. Additionally, there are several other relatively new student magazines, such as the biscUiT,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-01 |title=About - biscUiT |url=https://utbiscuit.xxxx.jp/home/about/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=ja}}</ref> ''the Todai Shimpo'' and ''the Komaba Times''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.komabatimes.com/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Komaba Times |language=en}}</ref> Apart from those, student web media such as ''the UT-base''<ref>{{Cite web |title=En page |url=http://ut-base.info/en |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=UT-BASE}}</ref> and ''the UmeeT'' are widely read by students.

=== Senior division ===
[[File:東京大學中央食堂 Chuo Dining Hall in University of Tokyo.jpg|thumb|218x218px|One of the refectories in Hongo, situated underground]]
After completing the ''Shingaku Sentaku'', second-year students matriculate into senior division departments to specialise in their chosen fields. With the exception of the senior division of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics, which are located in Komaba, all other senior departments are situated in [[Hongō campus|Hongo]]. Consequently, approximately 85 per cent of the students start a new chapter of their university life there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/enrollment.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref>

The Hongo Campus is located closer to the centre of Tokyo, and has more restaurants, cafes, and large museums in the vicinity compared to Komaba. In addition to these, the campus itself has fifteen refectories and restaurants, nine cafes, nine convenience stores and kiosks, one bookshop, two barbershops, and an underground gym with two 25-metre pools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=利用できる学内施設 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/alumni/alum-services/facilities.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=東京大学消費生活協同組合 |url=https://www.utcoop.or.jp/shop/hongo/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>https://www.ipaj.org/workshop/2015/pdf/UTokyo_campus_map.pdf. ''University of Tokyo'' (in Japanese). Retrieved March 29, 2024.</ref>
[[File:Yasuda hall.jpg|thumb|Yasuda Auditorium, the venue for graduation ceremonies]]

Graduation ceremonies take place towards the end of March. Approximately one-third of the graduates enter the workforce upon graduation, while the remainder continue their studies at graduate schools within the university or at universities abroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=学部卒業者の卒業後の状況 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/adm-data/e09_01.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> Popular places of employment for UTokyo graduates include the university itself, government ministries, global conglomerates such as [[Sony]] and [[Hitachi]], consulting firms such as [[McKinsey & Company]] and [[PwC|PwC Consulting]], [[sogo shosha|trading companies]] such as [[Mitsubishi Corporation|Mitsubishi Corp]] and [[Mitsui Corporation|Mitsui Corp]], and investment banks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-03 |title=東京大学「就職先企業・団体」ランキング2022【全20位・完全版】 |url=https://diamond.jp/articles/-/317098 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=ダイヤモンド・オンライン |language=ja}}</ref>

=== International education ===
As of November 1, 2023, the University of Tokyo hosts 5,106 international students, who represent 17.7 per cent of the total student body. Of these, 4,874 are postgraduate students and 460 are undergraduates. Exchange students and [[postdoctoral researcher]]s are not included in these numbers.<ref name=":13">https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400229030.pdf University of Tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved March 29, 2024.</ref>

At the undergraduate level, there are mainly three routes for those who have not received their secondary education in Japanese to apply to the University of Tokyo. First, individuals with high Japanese proficiency can apply through the special admissions process for students educated overseas ({{lang|ja|外国学校卒業学生特別選考}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=外国学校卒業学生特別選考第1種：私費留学生・第2種：帰国生徒 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_02_04.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> Students admitted via this route study alongside their peers who received secondary education in Japanese. International students who apply via this route sometimes spend a year studying the language at preparatory schools before matriculation. Second, there are undergraduate programmes called PEAK (Programs in English at Komaba), which accept applications based on international qualifications such as the [[A-level]], [[SAT]], and [[International Baccalaureate]]. All modules in these programmes are taught in English. However, learning Japanese is mandatory, and those confident in their Japanese ability can take modules taught in Japanese in other departments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo, PEAK - Programs in English at Komaba {{!}} HOME |url=https://peak.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=peak.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> Third, the university offers exchange programmes with universities worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/ustep.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> There are University-wide Student Exchange Programmes (USTEP) with universities such as [[Tsinghua University]], [[Princeton University]], [[National University of Singapore]] and [[Yale University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/ustep-overview.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> The College of Arts and Sciences has its own exchange programmes called KOMSTEP with universities such as [[University of Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Partner Universities {{!}} The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.globalkomaba.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/inbound/study/programs/exchange_programs/partner.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.globalkomaba.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref> The [[Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo|Faculty of Engineering]] also has its own exchange programmes, whose partner institutions include [[Petroleum Institute|Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi]], [[University of Cambridge]], and [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=OICE: Partner Universities 「協定校一覧」 |url=https://www.oice.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/partners/list.html#a4 |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=www.oice.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>

Starting in Autumn 2027, UTokyo plans to offer a five-year programme called the College of Design. The programme aims to 'redefine design as a broad concept (...) based on interdisciplinary knowledge that integrates the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering and other fields'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regarding media coverage of the College of Design (tentative name) concept |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/z1310_00023.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> Approximately 100 students will be matriculated annually, with half of them coming from overseas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Tokyo to launch 5-year arts and sciences program |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Society/University-of-Tokyo-to-launch-5-year-arts-and-sciences-program |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A wider variety of postgraduate programmes are offered in English,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/prospective-students/graduate_course_list.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> making the international student ratio significantly higher for postgraduate studies (31.32 per cent in November 2023).<ref name=":13" />

== Organisation ==
[[File:Teruo Fujii 20220727.jpg|thumb|241x241px|[[Teruo Fujii]], the 31st president of the University of Tokyo]]
The University of Tokyo operates under a centralised administrative structure, with key policies set by the administrative council, which is chaired by the president.<ref>{{Cite web |title=組織構成 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/overview/b02_01.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> However, due to the university's historical development as a merger of various institutions, each of the constituent colleges, faculties, and research institutes maintains its own administrative board. Today, the University of Tokyo is organised into 10 faculties<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/faculties.html|title=The University of Tokyo|website=The University of Tokyo|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001359/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/faculties.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and 15 graduate schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/graduate_schools.html|title=The University of Tokyo|website=The University of Tokyo|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116001406/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/graduate_schools.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The leader of the University of Tokyo is known as the {{Nihongo|president|総長|socho}} and it is a substantive leadership role. The president is elected by the university's board council from among the faculty members for a term of six years. The current president is [[Teruo Fujii]], a scholar in applied [[microfluidics]], who assumed the role in April 2021 and is expected to serve until March 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Teruo Fujii {{!}} |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/adm/jiepp/en/symposium/speaker/2021_speaker01.html |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>

=== Faculties and graduate schools ===
The University of Tokyo's academic structure consists of 10 faculties and their affiliated graduate schools. This organisational structure was introduced as a result of reforms in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2000 |title=特集 大学院を重点とする大学 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400005325.pdf |journal=東京大学広報誌 淡青 |issue=2 |pages=9}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Faculty
!Founded
!Locations
!Affiliated graduate schools
!Colour
|-
|[[Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo|Law]]
|1872
|Hongo
|[[Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo|Graduate Schools for Law and Politics]]
|{{color sample|green}} Green
|-
|[[Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo|Medicine]]
|1868
|Hongo, Shirokane
|[[Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Medicine]]
|{{color sample|red}} Red
|-
|[[Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo|Engineering]]
|1871
|Hongo, Kashiwa, KomabaII, Asano
|[[Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Engineering]], Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
|{{color sample|white}} White
|-
|[[Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo|Letters]]
|1868
|Hongo
|[[Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology]]
|None
|-
|[[Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo|Science]]
|1877
|Hongo, Komaba (maths)
|[[Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Science]], Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences
|{{color sample|#C5591A}} Benikaba
|-
|Agriculture
|1886
|Hongo (Yayoi)
|Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
|{{color sample|#6F00FF}} Indigo
|-
|[[Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo|Economics]]
|1919
|Hongo
|[[Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Economics]]
|{{color sample|blue}} Blue
|-
|[[College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo|Arts and Sciences]]
|1886
|Komaba
|[[College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]
|{{color sample|black}}{{color sample|yellow}} Black and Yellow
|-
|Education
|1949
|Hongo, Nakano
|Graduate School of Education
|{{color sample|#FFB74C}} Orange
|-
|Pharmaceutical Sciences
|1958
|Hongo
|Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
|{{color sample|#B3424A}} Enji
|}
In addition to the graduate schools affiliated with specific faculties, the University of Tokyo also includes two independent graduate institutions: the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies and the [[Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo|Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP).]] In 2025, UTokyo announced a plan to launch a five-year program called the [[College of Design, University of Tokyo|College of Design]], starting in the autumn of 2027. This would be the first faculty to be established in nearly 70 years, since the founding of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-04 |title=東京大学が70年ぶり新学部 文理融合、半数が留学生　|url=https://dot.asahi.com/articles/-/85694 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=日本経済新聞 (Nikkei) |language=ja}}</ref> While Japanese local media refer to it as a "faculty (''学部'')," UTokyo describes it as an integrated five-year program combining both bachelor's and master's degrees program, according to the currently announced plans.

=== Research institutes ===
Apart from the faculties and graduate schools, the University of Tokyo hosts eleven {{Nihongo|affiliated research institutes|附置研究所}}. Simultaneously, they function as educational institutions for the graduate schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/institutes_centers.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=附置研究所 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/schools-orgs/centers/institutes.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=大学案内・選抜要項・募集要項 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/admissions/undergraduate/e01_06_01.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Institute
!
|-
|{{Nihongo|Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute|大気海洋研究所}}
|Advances basic research on oceans and atmosphere, focusing on climate change and evolution of life, and offers graduate education.
|-
|[[Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo|Earthquake Research Institute]]
|Conducts basic research on earthquakes and volcanic phenomena, aiming at disaster prevention and mitigation.
|-
|[[Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo|Historiographical Institute]]
|Focuses on collecting, researching, and editing historical documents, especially in the field of pre-modern Japanese history.
|-
|Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (formerly known as Institute of Oriental Culture, {{lang|ja|東洋文化研究所}})
|Specialises in comprehensive studies of Asia, including humanities and social sciences, and collaborates internationally.
|-
|[[Institute for Cosmic Ray Research]]
|Observes cosmic rays and particles for research in astrophysics and particle physics.
|-
|{{Nihongo|Institute for Solid State Physics|物性研究所}}
|Researches the properties of materials at the microscopic level, using advanced technologies such as quantum beams and supercomputers.
|-
|{{Nihongo|[[Institute of Industrial Science]]|生産技術研究所}}
|Engages in applied research integrating various fields of engineering, covering almost all aspects of engineering.
|-
|[[Institute of Medical Science (Japan)|Institute of Medical Science]]
|Focuses on diseases such as cancer and infectious diseases, aiming at innovative treatment methods including genomics and AI in healthcare.
|-
|{{Nihongo|Institute for Quantitative Biosciences|定量生命科学研究所}}
|Conducts advanced research in describing all life dynamics by physical quantities, incorporating fields such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
|-
|{{Nihongo|Institute of Social Science|社会科学研究所}}
|Aims at producing 'comprehensive knowledge' in social sciences, conducting joint research and providing an international platform for empirical social science research.
|-
|{{Nihongo|Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology|先端科学技術研究センター}}
|Engages in interdisciplinary research in various fields such as materials, environment, information, and social sciences, aiming at pioneering new scientific and technological areas.
|}

=== UTokyo Institutes For Advanced Study (UTIAS) ===
UTokyo Institutes For Advanced Study (UTIAS) started in January 2011. Their primary objective is to improve academic excellence and foster an internationalised research environment. There are four UTIAS institutes as of November 2023:<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/academics/todias.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Institute
!
|-
|Tokyo College
|Established in February 2019 to collaboratively explore the future of humanity and Earth. Engages in interdisciplinary research on themes such as the digital revolution, Earth's limits, Japan's future, future humanities, and the future of life. It also acts as a host institution for visiting professors, including [[Jack Ma]], the founder of [[Alibaba Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MA Yun (Jack MA) - Tokyo College |url=https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/members/9315/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp|date=May 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pollard |first=Jim |date=2023-05-01 |title=Jack Ma to be a Visiting Professor at Tokyo University |url=https://www.asiafinancial.com/jack-ma-to-be-a-visiting-professor-at-tokyo-university |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=Asia Financial |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe]]
|Focuses on fundamental questions about the universe, including dark energy, dark matter, and unified theories, with interdisciplinary approaches involving mathematics, physics, and astronomy.
|-
|International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN)
|Established in October 2017 to create a new field of 'Neurointelligence'. Integrating life sciences, medicine, linguistics, mathematics, and information science, it chiefly aims to further understand human intelligence, and utilise the outcomes to overcome mental illnesses, and develop new types of AI based on brain functioning.
|-
|The University of TOkyo Pandemic preparedness, Infection and Advanced research center (UTOPIA)
|Established in October 2022, its aim is to equip the society with resilience against future pandemics through fundamental research in infectious diseases, immunity. It takes multi-disciplinary approaches involving immunology, structural biology, AI, and social sciences, and aims to develop systems for quickly providing effective and safe vaccines and treatments in emergencies.
|}

=== University of Tokyo library system ===
{{Main article|University of Tokyo Library}}
[[File:東京大学総合図書館大閲覧室.jpg|thumb|One of the reading rooms, General Library (Hongo)]]
The University of Tokyo Library System consists of three comprehensive libraries located on the main campuses—Hongo, Komaba, and Kashiwa—along with 27 other field-specific libraries operated by various faculties and research institutes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/libraries.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> As of 2024, the University of Tokyo library has a collection of over 10 million books and numerous materials of historical importance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=統計表 |url=https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/library/contents/about/statistic |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=東京大学附属図書館 |language=ja}}</ref> This collection ranks it as the second-largest library in Japan, surpassed only by the [[National Diet Library]], which holds a collection of approximately 46.8 million books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=統計｜国立国会図書館—National Diet Library |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/jp/aboutus/outline/numerically.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.ndl.go.jp}}</ref> It also subscribes to about 170,000 journals.

The headquarters of the library is situated in the General Library at Hongo, which underwent thorough renovation in the late 2010s. It now features a 46-metre-deep automated underground storage capable of housing approximately 3 million books.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-07 |title=地下46mに300万冊納める東大の新図書館 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO23144170W7A101C1000000/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=日本経済新聞 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== University of Tokyo Hospital ===
{{Main article|University of Tokyo Hospital}}
[[File:University of Tokyo Hospital.JPG|thumb|Outpatient Clinic Building of the hospital]]
The University of Tokyo Hospital is an [[academic health science centre]] operated by the [[Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo|Faculty of Medicine]]. The hospital finds its roots in the Kanda Otamagaike Vaccination Centre, established in 1858. It has 37 clinical examination rooms for a wide range of specialisations including Cardiovascular Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, among others. With a capacity of 1,210 beds, the hospital facilitated medical services for 389,830 inpatients and 794,454 outpatients in the fiscal year 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/hospitals.html |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> [[Newsweek]]'s ''World's Best Hospitals 2023'' ranks it 17th in the world, 2nd in Asia, and 1st in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=World's Best Hospitals 2023 - Top 250 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> It serves as the primary hospital for the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial Family of Japan]], with both the [[Naruhito|current emperor]] and the [[Akihito|emperor emeritus]] having undergone major operations there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-12 |title=天皇陛下、18日に冠動脈バイパス手術 狭心症と診断 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1200T_S2A210C1000000/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=日本経済新聞 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=天皇陛下のご入院・ご手術・ご退院について - 宮内庁 |url=https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/activity/gonittei/01/h15/gonyuin-h15.html |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=www.kunaicho.go.jp}}</ref>

=== Museums ===
The University of Tokyo operates eight museums, three of which fall under the purview of the [[The University Museum, The University of Tokyo|University Museum (UMUT)]].<gallery mode="packed">
File:Bronze Horus Intermediatheque.jpg|An Egyptian [[Horus]] sculpture
File:The University Museum, The University of Tokyo P3097606.jpg|UMUT
File:The University Museum, The University of Tokyo P3097665.jpg|Exhibition in UMUT
File:Ogawa 1900 geology museum.jpg|The University Museum, c. 1900
File:Nikko Botanical Garden, Japan - 1.jpg|Nikko Botanical Garden
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Museum
!
!Location
!Operator
|-
|[[The University Museum, The University of Tokyo|University Museum]]
|The largest university museum in Japan, it has amassed over three million academic materials since 1877. It has hosted numerous planned exhibitions in addition to its permanent exhibition.
|Hongo
|UMUT
|-
|INTERMEDIATHEQUE
|A joint venture with [[Japan Post Holdings|Japan Post]], it's housed in the [[JP Tower]] in [[Marunouchi]] and focuses on interdisciplinary experimentation, showcasing scientific and cultural heritage.
|JP Tower, Marunouchi, [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda]]
|UMUT/Japan Post
|-
|[[Koishikawa Annex, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo|University Museum, Koishikawa Annex]]
|Located in one of the University of Tokyo's oldest buildings, it displays architectural models and photographs documenting the construction of various famous structures from around the world.
|[[Koishikawa Botanical Garden|Koishikawa botanical garden]]
|UMUT
|-
|Komaba Museum
|Combining an art and a natural science museum, it features collaborative exhibitions that transcend the boundaries of liberal arts and science.
|Komaba
|College of Arts and Sciences
|-
|Museum of Health and Medicine
|Provides information about health and medicine.
|Hongo
|Faculty of Medicine
|-
|Medical Science Museum
|Aims to preserve and display historical medical materials, offering a tranquil environment for visitors to reflect on the past, present, and future of medical science.
|Shirokanedai
|Institute of Medical Sciences
|-
|Farm Museum
|Located in a renovated dairy barn in the Tanashi University Farm, it showcases farming implements and other agricultural artefacts.
|Tanashi farm
|Faculty of Agriculture
|-
|Agricultural Museum
|Displays items related to agriculture, including artefacts such as [[Hachikō|Hachiko]]'s internal organs.
|Yayoi
|Faculty of Agriculture
|}
Apart from the aforementioned museums, the University of Tokyo operates several other public facilities, the most notable of which are two botanical gardens managed by the [[Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo|Faculty of Science]]: Koishikawa and Nikko.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|[[Koishikawa Botanical Garden]]
|Established in 1684, this botanical garden has been operated by the University of Tokyo since its foundation as a modern university in 1877.<ref>{{Cite web |title=小石川植物園について ｜ 小石川植物園 |url=https://koishikawa-bg.jp/overview/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=ja}}</ref> It was in this garden that in 1894 [[Hirase Sakugorō|Hirase Sakugoro]] the discovered [[spermatozoid]]s of the [[ginkgo]], proving that [[gymnosperm]]s produce sperm cells. The garden is designated as a [[Monuments of Japan|National Monument]] and is open to the public for an admission fee of 500 yen (free for UTokyo students and faculty).<ref>{{Cite web |title=利用案内 ｜ 小石川植物園 |url=https://koishikawa-bg.jp/overview/guide/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |language=ja}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nikko Botanical Garden]]
|Opened in 1902 as an annex to the Koishikawa Garden, this facility is located in the highland resort town of Nikko and primarily focuses on alpine plants. It has become a popular tourist destination in Nikko and is accessible to the public with an admission fee of 500 yen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nikko Botanical Garden |url=https://www.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/nikko/eng/ |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=www.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>
|}

=== Finances ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+UTokyo's Income and Expenses, 2021-2022 (avg. exchange rate: 1 US$ = 109.8 yen)
! colspan="2" |Income (billion yen)
! colspan="2" |Expenses (billion yen)
|-
|Government fundings
|93.1
|Personnel
|106.1
|-
|Self-earned income
|81.2
|Equipment
|134.7
|-
|External fundings 
(research grants, endowments)
|91.7
|Depreciation
|27.9
|}
In 2021-2022, the university had an income of 264.1 billion yen. Of this, 93.4 billion yen (35.1%) was funded by the government, primarily through the Expense Management Grant (運営費交付金). Despite being a national university, this grant from the government has been consistently reduced, dropping from 95.5 billion yen in 2005 to 79.9 billion yen in 2022. A total of 81.2 billion yen (30.5%) was self-earned, through sources such as the university hospitals (54.7 billion yen) and academic fees (16.6 billion yen). The remainder, 91.7 billion yen (34.4%), came from external funding, such as research grants and endowments. Although research grants are primarily earned by research groups and not by the university, the university can typically claim up to 30% of them for university operations, which is included in this number.<ref>{{Cite web |title=財務情報 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/public-info/b06.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

The total assets of the university are valued at 1.47 trillion yen as of March 31, 2024. Land holdings make up the largest percentage of this figure, valued at 878 billion yen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About finances |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/public-info/zaimu-2022.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> UTokyo's endowment fund is relatively small, at 44 billion yen as of March 2023. This is because national universities in Japan, including UTokyo, were not allowed to invest in high-risk assets until 2018, so endowments were spent rather than invested until that point.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=東京大学、高リスク投資6割に 自主財源拡大へ基金積極運用 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUB288FI0Y3A320C2000000/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=日本経済新聞 |language=ja}}</ref> The UTokyo Foundation is the primary fundraising arm of the university, and it accepts both endowments for the university as a whole and purpose-specific donations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=en {{!}} 東京大学基金 |url=http://utf.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=utf.u-tokyo.ac.jp}}</ref>

UTokyo's tuition fees have been fixed at 535,000 yen annually for undergraduates and master's students since 2005, regardless of their status (whether domestic or international).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tuition fees from next year |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/press/p01_170125_02.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> This makes up approximately 5% of the university's income. However, the decline in government funding and the university's international standing have brought about discussions on whether to raise these fees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-10 |title=UTokyo President 'Considers Tuition Fee Rises' |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUE102GY0Q4A610C2000000/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=[[The Nikkei]] |language=ja}}</ref> 

== Notable research ==
Since its foundation in 1877, the University of Tokyo has been involved in a wide range of research across various disciplines. Below is a selection of recognised research efforts conducted by individuals and teams affiliated with the university during their work.

* [[File:ItoIntegralWienerProcess.svg|thumb|Ito Integral (blue) of a Brownian motion (red)|213x213px]]In 1904, [[Hantaro Nagaoka]], an alumnus and professor in the Department of Physics, devised the Saturnian model of the atom. Contrasting with J. J. Thomson's then-popular [[plum pudding model]], Nagaoka's model proposed an atomic structure with a heavy [[Atomic nucleus|nucleus]] at the centre and [[electron]]s revolving around it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bryson |first=Bill |title=A Short History of Nearly Everything |publisher=Broadway Books |year=2003 |isbn=0-7679-0817-1}}</ref> Although this model assumed a far larger nucleus than in reality, it inspired [[Ernest Rutherford]]'s [[Rutherford model]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rutherford |first=Ernest |date=May 1911 |title=The Scattering of α and β Particles by Matter and the Structure of the Atom |url=https://www.lawebdefisica.com/arts/structureatom.pdf |journal=Philosophical Magazine |volume=21 |issue=6}}</ref>
* [[Teiji Takagi]], an alumnus and professor of the Department of Mathematics, proved the [[Takagi existence theorem]] in the 1910s. Alongside significant contributions to [[algebraic number theory]], he also introduced the [[Blancmange curve]], a well-known example of a [[Self-similarity|self-affine]] curve.
* In 1951, [[Kiyosi Itô|Kiyoshi Ito]], as a doctoral student in the Department of Mathematics, pioneered the theory of [[stochastic integration]] and [[stochastic differential equation]]s, now known as [[Itô calculus]]. This theory is best known for its application in [[mathematical finance]], namely in the [[Black–Scholes equation]] for [[Option (finance)|option values]].
* [[File:Ohsumi.jpg|thumb|212x212px|Japan's first satellite, [[Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]]]]On February 11, 1970, a team at the [[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science]] of the University of Tokyo succeeded in launching the country's first satellite, [[Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]], making the country [[Timeline of first orbital launches by country|the fourth nation in the world]] to have the capability to send objects into [[orbit]] with their own [[launch vehicle]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=『人工衛星計画試案』 {{!}} 日本の宇宙開発の歴史 {{!}} ISAS |url=https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/japan_s_history/chapter03/01/01.shtml |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.isas.jaxa.jp}}</ref> The satellite was carried on a [[Lambda (rocket family)|Lambda 4S rocket]], a joint project by the [[Institute of Industrial Science]] at the university and [[Nissan]]. The second satellite of the country, [[Tansei]], was named after the school colour of the university (light blue).<ref>{{Cite web |title=TANSEI {{!}} Spacecraft |url=https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/past/tansei.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=ISAS |language=en}}</ref> The institute left the purview of the university as part of a government-led project in the 1980s and eventually formed [[JAXA]], but it still operates in close liaison with the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History ｜ ISAS |url=https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/about/history/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=History |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Yoshinori Ohsumi]] made a breakthrough in the study of [[autophagy]], a process for cellular waste management and recycling, when he was a professor at the College of Arts and Sciences at the university.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=15 October 1992 |title=Autophagy in yeast demonstrated with proteinase-deficient mutants and conditions for its induction. |url=https://rupress.org/jcb/article/119/2/301/56101/Autophagy-in-yeast-demonstrated-with-proteinase |access-date=2024-02-17 |journal=The Journal of Cell Biology|doi=10.1083/jcb.119.2.301 |last1=Takeshige |first1=K. |last2=Baba |first2=M. |last3=Tsuboi |first3=S. |last4=Noda |first4=T. |last5=Ohsumi |first5=Y. |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=301–311 |pmid=1400575 |pmc=2289660 }}</ref> Using [[yeast]] for his experiments, Ohsumi identified key genes involved in autophagy, shedding light on how cells respond to stress such as [[malnutrition]] and [[infection]]s, and linking the process to various diseases including [[cancer]]. He received the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] in 2016 'for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2016/ohsumi/facts/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Proton-proton reaction chain.svg|thumb|Proton-proton reaction|211x211px]]

* On February 23, 1987, the [[Kamioka Observatory|Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment observatory]], part of the Department of Physics, detected cosmic [[neutrino]]s for the first time in human history. This discovery significantly contributed to proving that [[Sun|the sun's energy]] is generated from hydrogen atoms combining into helium(proton-proton reaction chain). [[Masatoshi Koshiba]], leader of this research group, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2002/koshiba/facts/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1998, an expanded version of this neutrino observatory ([[Super-Kamiokande]]) detected [[neutrino oscillation]], demonstrating that the 'lepton flavour' of neutrinos changes. This discovery, proving that neutrinos have mass, led to [[Takaaki Kajita]] receiving the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2015/kajita/facts/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref> As the successor to Super-Kamiokande, [[Hyper-Kamiokande]] is currently under construction, with the operation's start planned for 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hyper-Kamiokande project is officially approved. {{!}} Kamioka Observatory ICRR, The University of Tokyo |url=https://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/detail/300 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Kamioka Observatory ICRR, The University of Tokyo |language=ja}}</ref>

== Academic rankings and reputation ==
{{Infobox Japanese university ranking
| TSU_N = 1
| Kawai_N = 1
| THE_W = 28
| USNWR_W = 62
| QS_W = 36=
| ARWU_W = 27
|Nature Index academic=15|QS_A=21|THE_A=5|LINE_2=1|THE_W_Reputation=10|NI_A=16}}
[[File:University of Tokyo World Rankings Overview (2003-2024).png|thumb|270x270px|UTokyo's performance in various world university rankings (2003–2024)]]
Due to its age and its academic and social status, the University of Tokyo is considered to be the most prestigious university in Japan, and reflecting this, its admission process for undergraduate degrees is regarded as the most selective in the country.<ref name=":1">Japanese journalist [[Kiyoshi Shimano]] [<nowiki/>[[:ja:島野清志|ja]]] ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. {{cite book |publisher=YELL books |year=2011 |isbn=978-4-7539-3018-0 |language=ja |script-title=ja:危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2017#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title=Japan University Rankings 2017|date=2017-03-23|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2017-05-29|language=en|archive-date=2021-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605112830/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/japan-university/2017#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/1/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|title=World University Rankings|date=2016-08-17|work=Times Higher Education (THE)|access-date=2017-05-29|language=en|archive-date=2018-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127131913/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2017/world-ranking#!/page/1/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats|url-status=live}}</ref>

* The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked UTokyo 28th in the world in 2024 (1st in Japan).<ref name="World University Rankings">{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref> Its subject rankings ranked UTokyo 1st in the country for all subjects it covers.<ref name=":15" /> The ''[[Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings]]'' 2023 ranked UTokyo 10th in the world (1st in Japan, 2nd in Asia). In 2017, its ''Alma Mater Index'', which measures universities around the world by the number of CEOs of [[Fortune Global 500|''Fortune'' Global 500]] companies among their alumni, ranked UTokyo 16th in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Durrans |first=Alice |date=18 January 2017 |title=Where do the world's top CEOs go to university? |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/where-do-worlds-top-ceos-go-university |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127084805/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/where-do-worlds-top-ceos-go-university |archive-date=27 November 2019}}</ref>
* The ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked UTokyo 32nd in the world in 2024 (1st in Japan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS Ranking 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?page=1}}</ref> Its subject rankings ranked UTokyo 1st in Japan for all academic disciplines the university covers except for Classics and Ancient History, for which [[Kyoto University|KyotoU]] was recognised as the best. The university was ranked 11th in the world for Natural Sciences, 18th for Engineering and Technology, 35th for Social Sciences & Management, and 32nd for Arts and Humanities.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:THE World University Rankings (2004-2024) for Top Asian Universities.png|thumb|270x270px|UTokyo's performance in ''The World University rankings'' compared to other universities (2004-2009 and 2011–2024)]]

* UTokyo has consistently been the largest recipient of the KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Japan's largest national research grant) in the country. In FY2022, it alone received approximately 10 percent of the total grants awarded to 1,370 institutions across Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=科研費配分結果｜科学研究費助成事業（科研費）｜日本学術振興会 |url=https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-grantsinaid/27_kdata/kohyo/r04_01.html |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=日本学術振興会 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=令和5年度科学研究費助成事業の配分について：文部科学省 |url=https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shinkou/hojyo/1422129_00005.htm |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=文部科学省ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>
* In 2023, ''[[Newsweek]]'' recognised the University of Tokyo Hospital as the 17th best hospital in the world (2nd in Asia after [[Singapore General Hospital]], 1st in Japan).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=World's Best Hospitals 2023 - Top 250 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

=== Subject rankings ===
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{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ [[QS World University Rankings|QS]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
! {{Left|Arts & Humanities}}
! data-sort-value="32" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=32
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| Linguistics
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Theology, Divinity and Religious Studies
| data-sort-value="46" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;46}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Archaeology
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Architecture and Built Environment
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Art and Design
| data-sort-value="49" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;49}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Classics and Ancient History
| data-sort-value="42" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;42}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| English Language and Literature
| data-sort-value="37" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;37}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| History
| data-sort-value="12" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;12}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Art History
| data-sort-value="6" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;6}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Modern Languages
| data-sort-value="7" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;7}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Philosophy
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
! {{Left|Engineering and Technology}}
! data-sort-value="18" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;18
! data-sort-value="1" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1
|-
| Engineering – Chemical
| data-sort-value="15" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;15}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Engineering – Civil and Structural
| data-sort-value="21" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;21}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Computer Science and Information Systems
| data-sort-value="38" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=38}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Engineering – Electrical and Electronic
| data-sort-value="33" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;33}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Engineering – Petroleum
| data-sort-value="10" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;10}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Engineering – Mechanical
| data-sort-value="21" | {{Center|1={{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;=21}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
! {{Left|Life Sciences & Medicine}}
! data-sort-value="36" | {{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;36
! data-sort-value="1" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1
|-
| Agriculture and Forestry
| data-sort-value="36" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;36}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Anatomy and Physiology
| data-sort-value="28" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;28}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="31" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;31}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Medicine
| data-sort-value="42" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;42}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Nursing
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Pharmacy and Pharmacology
| data-sort-value="41" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;41}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Psychology
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Veterinary Science
| data-sort-value="48" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;48}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
! {{Left|Natural Sciences}}
! data-sort-value="11" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;=11
! data-sort-value="1" | {{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1
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| Chemistry
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Earth and Marine Sciences
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Environmental Sciences
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| Geography
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Geology
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| Geophysics
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Materials Sciences
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| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Mathematics
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| Physics and Astronomy
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! data-sort-value="35" | {{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;35
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| Accounting and Finance
| data-sort-value="39" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;39}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Anthropology
| data-sort-value="33" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;33}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
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| Business and Management Studies
| data-sort-value="87" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=87}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Communication and Media Studies
| data-sort-value="51–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;51–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Development Studies
| data-sort-value="26" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=26}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Economics and Econometrics
| data-sort-value="33" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;33}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Education and Training
| data-sort-value="57" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=57}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Law and Legal Studies
| data-sort-value="22" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;22}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Politics
| data-sort-value="39" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=39}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Social Policy and Administration
| data-sort-value="29" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=29}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Sociology
| data-sort-value="24" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=24}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Sports–Related Subjects
| data-sort-value="49" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;49}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Statistics and Operational Research
| data-sort-value="34" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;34}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
|}
{{col-break|gap=0.5em}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]] World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
| Arts & humanities
| data-sort-value="60" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;60}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Business & economics
| data-sort-value="28" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=28}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Clinical & health
| data-sort-value="30" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;30}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Computer science
| data-sort-value="33" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;33}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Education
| data-sort-value="25" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;25}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Engineering
| data-sort-value="29" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;29}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Life sciences
| data-sort-value="30" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;30}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Physical sciences
| data-sort-value="24" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;24}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="61" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;61}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Social sciences
| data-sort-value="40" | {{Center|1={{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;=40}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%"
|+ [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023<ref name="ARWUSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]}}</ref>
! Subject !! Global !! National
|-
! colspan="3" | Natural Sciences
|-
| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Physics
| data-sort-value="5" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="24" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;24}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Earth Sciences
| data-sort-value="34" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;34}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Geography
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Ecology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Oceanography
| data-sort-value="48" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;48}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Atmospheric Science
| data-sort-value="38" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;38}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Engineering
|-
| Mechanical Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Electrical & Electronic Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Automation & Control
| data-sort-value="47" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;47}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Instruments Science & Technology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Biomedical Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Computer Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Civil Engineering
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Chemical Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Materials Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Energy Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Environmental Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Water Resources
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Biotechnology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Transportation Science & Technology
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Remote Sensing
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Metallurgical Engineering
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="3–4" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–4}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Life Sciences
|-
| Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="4" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;4}}
|-
| Human Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
| Agricultural Sciences
| data-sort-value="401–500" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;401–500}}
| data-sort-value="2–3" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;2–3}}
|-
| Veterinary Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1–6}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Medical Sciences
|-
| Clinical Medicine
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Public Health
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Nursing
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Medical Technology
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="1–6" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–6}}
|-
| Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Social Sciences
|-
| Economics
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Statistics
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Political Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
|-
| Communication
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{New entry|size=16}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

== Sites ==
Apart from the three main campuses, the University of Tokyo operates a large number of other campuses and facilities globally. The university's land holdings in Japan amount to 326 square kilometres.<ref name=":0" /> As of 31 March 2023, the university's real estate holdings are valued at 1.14 trillion yen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=令和4年度財務情報 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/public-info/zaimu-2022.html |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Hongo campus ===
{{Main|Hongō campus}}
The Hongo campus has been the university's centre since 1884, when the university's administration office relocated to the site. The campus faces [[Shinobazu Pond]] in [[Ueno Park]] to the east and has in its vicinity the electric district [[Akihabara]], the city's bookshop hub, [[Jimbōchō Book Town|Jimbōchō]], and the city's largest indoor stadium, [[Tokyo Dome]]. The campus is served by three [[Tokyo Metro]] stations: [[Hongō-sanchōme Station|Hongo-sanchome]], [[Tōdaimae Station|Todai-mae]], and [[Nezu Station|Nezu]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/access.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> It occupies the former estate of the [[Maeda clan|Maeda]] family, [[Edo period]] [[feudal lord]]s of [[Kaga Province]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-16|title=Japan's new university entrance exams underway amid virus pandemic|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/16/national/japan-university-entrance-exams-coronavirus/|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116220149/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/16/national/japan-university-entrance-exams-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}</ref> One of the university's best known landmarks, [[Akamon (Tokyo)|Akamon]] (the Red Gate), is a relic of this era. The symbol of the university is the [[ginkgo biloba|ginkgo]] leaf, from the trees found throughout the area. The Hongo campus also hosts UTokyo's annual May Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.a103.net/may/86/visitor/|title=トップページ｜東京大学 第86回五月祭|work=第86回五月祭公式ウェブページ|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905020355/http://www.a103.net/may/86/visitor/|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed" heights="120">
File:東京大学総合図書館外観.jpg|General Library
File:Faculty of Medicine Building 2, the University of Tokyo.jpg|Faculty of Medicine Building 2
File:Faculty of Law & Letters Bldg1 Tokyo University 2010.jpg|Building one, Shared by the Faculties of Law and Letters
File:University of Tokyo - university hospital.JPG|University Hospital
File:Wongwt 東京大學 (16663967103).jpg|Engineering Building 3
File:東京大学理学部化学東館.jpg|Chemistry East Building
</gallery>

=== Komaba Campus ===
{{Main|Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo}}
The Komaba Campus, serving as the educational hub for the first two years of undergraduate studies, provides general education to around 6,000 first and second year students. The campus, also home to the Graduate Schools of Arts, Sciences, and Mathematical Sciences, has advanced research facilities. It also provides specialised education for about 450 senior division undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences and 1,400 graduate students across various disciplines. It is served by [[Komaba-tōdaimae Station|Komaba-Todaimae Station]] on the [[Keio Inokashira Line|Keio Inokashira line]], which is directly connected to the main gate of the campus.<ref name=":4" />

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File:University of Tokyo - Komaba Campus - Building 1.JPG|Komaba Campus Building 1
File:Tokyo University - Komaba campus - Main Auditorium.jpg|Auditorium 900
File:Southern Complex.jpg|Main Refectory
File:Komaba Research Campus (Evening) color.jpg|link=|The [[Institute of Industrial Science]]
File:Research Center-2.jpg|link=|Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology
File:CAMPUS PLAZA, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo.jpg|Campus Plaza
</gallery>

=== Kashiwa Campus ===
{{Main|Kashiwa Campus, University of Tokyo}}
The Kashiwa Campus specialises in postgraduate education and research. It houses the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences along with advanced research institutes such as the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, the Institute for Solid State Physics, the [[Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe]], and the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, equipped with extensive facilities and services.<gallery mode="packed">
File:The University of Tokyo.JPG|link=|The Kashiwa Campus is built on 100 acres of land.
File:Kashiwa canpus, University of Tokyo.jpg|link=|The institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Kasiwa
File:Test line at the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo.jpg|link=|A test track for the new generation of railway technology runs across the campus.
File:Tokyo Metro 01-630 in Tokyo University.jpg|link=|A former [[Tokyo Metro]] [[Tokyo Metro 01 series|series 01]] coach is used as a railway technology testbed.
File:University of Tokyo Kashiwa campus II.JPG|link=|The Kashiwa II Campus (20 acres) houses accommodation and athletic facilities for the students and faculty of the Kashiwa Campus.
</gallery>

=== Shirokanedai Campus ===
[[File:Institute of Medical Science First building 3.jpg|thumb|The main building of the Shirokanedai Campus]]
The relatively small Shirokanedai Campus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/imswww/About/map0310-e.html|title=Shirokanedai Campus, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo|website=Ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928043712/http://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/imswww/About/map0310-e.html|url-status=live}}</ref> hosts the [[Institute of Medical Science (Japan)|Institute of Medical Science]], which is entirely dedicated to postgraduate studies. The institute was originally established by [[Kitasato Shibasaburō|Shibasaburo Kitasato]] and moved to the current site in [[Shirokanedai|Shirokanedai, Minato]] in 1906. The campus is focused on genome research, including among its research groups the Human Genome Center, which has at its disposal the largest supercomputer in the field.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hgc.jp/english/|title=Human Genome Center|website=Hgc.jp|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-date=26 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526172211/http://hgc.jp/english/|url-status=live}}</ref> The main building of the building was designed by Yoshikazu Uchida in a style matching that of the adjacent [[National Institute of Public Health of Japan|Institute of Public Health]], which is now opened to the public as Minato Local History Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=港区立郷土歴史館 |url=https://www.minato-rekishi.com/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=港区立郷土歴史館 |language=ja}}</ref>

=== Other sites ===
<gallery mode="packed" widths="160">
File:Bunkyou Koishikawa Botanical Japanese Garden 1 (1).JPG|[[Koishikawa Botanical Garden]], Tokyo
File:Norikura Solar Observatory、乗鞍コロナ観測所、8128356.JPG|Norikura Solar Observatory
File:TokyoDaigakuKemigawaSougoUndojo20110809.jpg|Kemigawa Athletic Ground, [[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]]
File:In-construction KAGRA gravitational-wave detector.jpg|[[KAGRA|KAGRA gravitational wave telescope]], [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]]
File:Yamanaka Seminar House, University of Tokyo.jpg|Yamanaka Seminar House, [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]
File:The moon high above Cerro Chajnantor at sunset.jpg|[[University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory|Atacama Observatory]], Mount Chajnator, [[Chile]]
File:Kemigawa Seminar House, the University of Tokyo.jpg|Kemigawa Seminar House, Chiba
File:US Navy 110315-N-5503T-307 An aerial view of damage to Otsuchi, Japan, after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in northern Japan.jpg|Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Iwate, after the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Tsunami of 11 March 2011]]
File:Nikko Botanical Gardens, the University of Tokyo.JPG|[[Nikko Botanical Garden]], Tochigi
File:Tokoro archaeological centre, University of Tokyo, Hokkaido.jpg|Tokoro Archaeological Centre, [[Tokoro, Hokkaido|Tokoro]], [[Hokkaido]]
</gallery>

== Notable alumni ==
{{Main|List of University of Tokyo people}}Throughout its history as a modern university since 1877, a considerable number of UTokyo alumni have become notable in various fields, both academic and otherwise. As of 2024, UTokyo's alumni and faculty include 17 [[Prime Ministers of Japan|prime ministers of Japan]] out of 64, 20 [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize laureates]], five [[astronaut]]s, and a [[Fields Medal]]ist.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web |title=The University of Tokyo |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026032504/https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/president.html |archive-date=2011-10-26 |access-date=2019-07-12 |website=The University of Tokyo |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, UTokyo alumni have founded some of [[List of largest Japanese companies|Japan's largest companies]], such as [[Toyota]]<ref name=":72">{{Cite web |title=» Kiichiro Toyoda {{!}} Automotive Hall of Fame |url=https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/kiichiro-toyoda/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.automotivehalloffame.org}}</ref> and [[Hitachi]].<ref name=":82">{{Cite web |title=Legacy of Meister Namihei Odaira : Hitachi Review |url=https://www.hitachi.com/rev/column/gf/vol05/index.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.hitachi.com |language=en}}</ref> UTokyo alumni also hold chief executive positions in approximately a quarter of the [[Nikkei 225]] companies (47 in 2014),<ref name=":19">{{Cite book |url=https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000001-I115381085-00 |title=サンデー毎日 2014年 3/23号 |publisher=毎日新聞社 |isbn= |language=ja}}</ref> a fifth of the total seats in the [[National Diet]] (139 out of 713 in 2023),<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> more than half of the [[Governor (Japan)|prefectural governorships]] (27 out of 47 in 2023),<ref name=":12" /> and about two thirds of the [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan|justiceships at the Supreme Court of Japan]] (11 out of 15 in 2024).<ref name=":9" />

Of the 20 Nobel Prize winners affiliated with UTokyo in some way, a total of twelve have earned degrees from the institution, with prizes won in five of the six categories, except for economics. This is the largest number among all universities in Asia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobel Laureates |url=https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/honors/international-awards/nobel-laureates |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Kyoto University |language=en}}</ref> However, when including other affiliates such as non-alumnus faculty members, the total number is on a par with [[Kyoto University]].<ref>[https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sites/default/files/inline-files/KU2024_page_00_05-ddc3e3332b7185cc335f1c7d83d9f82c.pdf 京都大学大学案内 2024 知と自由への誘い]</ref> The remainder consists of: [[Hideki Yukawa]] (Physics, 1949), who served as a professor from 1942 for a few years;<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=生命情報科学の源流 {{!}} WEB連載 {{!}} 大人の科学.net |url=https://otonanokagaku.net/issue/origin/vol5/index04.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=otonanokagaku.net}}</ref> [[Charles H. Townes]] (Physics, 1964), who was a visiting scholar for two years in the 1950s;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Townes, Charles H. |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11408013.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=history.aip.org}}</ref> [[Wolfgang Paul]] (Physics, 1989), who was a visiting lecturer in 1978;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wolfgang Paul |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1989/paul/biographical/ |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=www.nobelprize.org}}</ref> [[Anthony James Leggett]] (Physics, 2003), who was a visiting professor for two years beginning in 1972;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leggett, A. J. (Anthony J.) |url=https://history.aip.org/phn/11605005.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=history.aip.org}}</ref> [[Gérard Mourou]], who was a visiting professor in 1994;<ref>[http://www.kps.or.kr/upload/data/CV_GM_Jan_2018.pdf "CV (Gérard Albert Mourou)"].</ref> [[Tasuku Honjo]] (Physiology or Medicine, 2018), who was an assistant professor for six years beginning in 1974;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=本庶佑（京都大学がん免疫総合研究センター長） 私の履歴書（12）東大 京都大学がん免疫総合研究センター長 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODK16DMH0W4A510C2000000/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=日本経済新聞 |language=ja}}</ref> [[Harry Markowitz]] (Economics, 1990)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-07-11 |title=Harry Markowitz: An Appreciation Part II |url=https://wilmott.com/harry-markowitz-an-appreciation-part-ii/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and [[Leonid Hurwicz]] (Economics, 2007),<ref>{{Cite web |last=INFORMS |title=Hurwicz, Leonid |url=https://www.informs.org/Explore/History-of-O.R.-Excellence/Biographical-Profiles/Hurwicz-Leonid |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=INFORMS |language=en-US}}</ref> both of whom served as visiting professors.

=== Law and politics ===
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Japanese Prime Ministers who attended the University of Tokyo">
File:Takaaki Kato suit.jpg|Earl [[Katō Takaaki|Takaaki Kato]]
File:Osachi Hamaguchi posing cropped.jpg|[[Hamaguchi Osachi|Osachi Hamaguchi]]
File:Shigeru Yoshida suit.jpg|[[Shigeru Yoshida]]
File:Hatoyama Ichirō.jpg|[[Ichirō Hatoyama]]
File:Eisaku Sato cropped 1 Eisaku Sato 19641109.jpg|[[Eisaku Satō|Eisaku Sato]]
File:Yasuhiro Nakasone 19821127.jpg|[[Yasuhiro Nakasone]]
File:Kiichi Miyazawa cropped 2 Kiichi Miyazawa 19911105.jpg|[[Kiichi Miyazawa]]
File:Yukio Hatoyama 20070824.jpg|[[Yukio Hatoyama]]
</gallery>The University of Tokyo has educated eighteen [[List of prime ministers of Japan|prime ministers of Japan]]: [[Hara Takashi|Takashi Hara]] (dropped out), Earl [[Katō Takaaki|Takaaki Katō]] (Law, 1881), Baron [[Wakatsuki Reijirō|Reijirō Wakatsuki]] (Law, 1892), [[Osachi Hamaguchi]] (Law, 1895), [[Kōki Hirota]] (Law, 1905), Duke [[Fumimaro Konoe]] (Letters, dropped out), Baron [[Hiranuma Kiichirō]] (Law, 1888), Baron [[Kijūrō Shidehara]] (Law, 1895), [[Shigeru Yoshida]] (Law, 1906), [[Tetsu Katayama]] (Law, 1912), [[Hitoshi Ashida]] (Law, 1912), [[Ichirō Hatoyama]] (Law, 1907), [[Nobusuke Kishi]] (Law, 1920), [[Eisaku Satō]] (Law, 1924), [[Takeo Fukuda]] (Law, 1929), [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]] (Law, 1941), [[Kiichi Miyazawa]] (Law, 1941), [[Yukio Hatoyama]] (Engineering, 1969). Eisaku Satō received the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1974, for his comminment to halting the spread of nuclear arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1974 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1974/sato/facts/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=NobelPrize.org |language=en-US}}</ref>

UTokyo has produced numerous other influential politicians since its establishment. As of December 2023, UTokyo alumni hold 139 seats in the [[National Diet]] (the national legislature of Japan), accounting for about a fifth of the total seats.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=議員情報 |url=https://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/index.nsf/html/giin_top.htm |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.shugiin.go.jp}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=議員一覧（50音順）：参議院 |url=https://www.sangiin.go.jp/japanese/joho1/kousei/giin/200/giin.htm |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.sangiin.go.jp}}</ref> Six [[Cabinet of Japan|members of the cabinet]] are UTokyo alumni, including the [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]: [[Yoshimasa Hayashi]]; [[Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications|Internal Affairs]]: [[Takeaki Matsumoto]]; [[Ministry of justice|Justice]]: [[Ryuji Koizumi]]; [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Foreign Affairs]]: [[Yōko Kamikawa|Yoko Kamikawa]]; [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]: [[Masahito Moriyama]]; and [[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry|Economy, Trade and Industry]]: [[Ken Saitō|Ken Saito]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Ministers |url=https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/meibo/daijin/index_e.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Prime Minister's Office of Japan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=第2次岸田第2次改造内閣 閣僚等名簿 |url=https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/101_kishida/meibo/index.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=首相官邸ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref> As of April 2023, 27 out of the 47 incumbent governors of [[Prefectures of Japan|Japanese prefectures]] have received their undergraduate education at UTokyo.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2023-04-04 |title=都道府県のトップは実は｢よそもの｣が多い...知事47人中27人が｢東大出身のエリート｣である本当の理由 全平均在任期間は安倍元首相の8年8カ月より長い |url=https://president.jp/articles/-/68012 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=PRESIDENT Online（プレジデントオンライン） |language=ja}}</ref>

UTokyo has produced a large number of distinguished [[jurist]]s, judges and lawyers. As of February 2024, eleven out of the fifteen incumbent [[List of justices of the Supreme Court of Japan|justices of the Supreme Court]] are UTokyo alumni.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Justices of the supreme court {{!}} 裁判所 - Courts in Japan |url=https://www.courts.go.jp/english/about/justice/index.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=www.courts.go.jp}}</ref> The university is also the alma mater of [[Judges of the International Court of Justice|all four Japanese judges]] of the [[International Court of Justice]]: [[Kōtarō Tanaka (judge)|Kōtarō Tanaka]], [[Shigeru Oda]], [[Hisashi Owada]] and [[Yuji Iwasawa]]. [[Tomoko Akane]] has served as the president of the [[International Criminal Court]] (ICC) since March 2024.

=== Sciences, engineering and mathematics ===
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File:Kodaira Kunihiko.jpg|[[Kunihiko Kodaira]]
File:Masatoshi Koshiba 2002.jpg|[[Masatoshi Koshiba]]
File:Nobel Laureates 7428 (30679389523) (cropped).jpg|[[Yoshinori Ohsumi]]
File:Kenzo Tange 1981.jpg|[[Kenzō Tange|Kenzo Tange]]
File:YoichiroNambu.jpg|[[Yoichiro Nambu]]
File:Kiyoshi Ito cropped 3 Kiyosi Ito.jpg|[[Kiyosi Itô|Kiyoshi Ito]]
File:Teiji Takagi photographed by Ken Domon.jpg|[[Teiji Takagi]]
File:Nobel Prize 2010-Press Conference KVA-DSC 7398.jpg|[[Ei-ichi Negishi]]
</gallery>Nine Nobel-awarded scientists have earned degrees from UTokyo: six in physics ([[Leo Esaki]], [[Masatoshi Koshiba]], [[Shin'ichirō Tomonaga]], [[Yoichiro Nambu]], [[Takaaki Kajita]] and [[Syukuro Manabe]]), one in chemistry ([[Ei-ichi Negishi]]) and two in Physiology or Medicine ([[Yoshinori Ohsumi]] and [[Satoshi Ōmura]]). Additionally, [[Kunihiko Kodaira]] won a [[Fields Medal]], [[Masaki Kashiwara]] won a [[Abel Prize]], both often called the 'Nobel Prize for mathematics'. Four architects educated at the [[Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo|Faculty of Engineering]] have received the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]]: [[Kenzō Tange|Kenzo Tange]], [[Arata Isozaki]], [[Toyo Ito]] and [[Fumihiko Maki]].

Other notable UTokyo-educated scientists, engineers, and mathematicians include [[Kiyosi Itô|Kiyoshi Ito]], known for his work in [[probability theory]]; [[Hantaro Nagaoka]], a pioneer in [[History of atomic theory|atomic theory]]; [[Yoshio Nishina]], who made significant contributions to [[particle physics]]; and [[Teiji Takagi]], known for his work in [[number theory]]. [[Yoji Totsuka]] was an influential figure in [[Neutrino|neutrino physics]]. [[Kikunae Ikeda]] is credited with discovering [[umami]]. [[Kitasato Shibasaburō]] discovered the infectious agent of [[bubonic plague]], and [[Kazuhiko Nishijima]] contributed to the discovery of the [[Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula]]. [[Hirotugu Akaike]] developed the [[Akaike information criterion|Akaike Information Criterion]], and [[Hideo Shima]] was the chief engineer behind the development of the [[Shinkansen|Shinkansen bullet train]]. [[Yuzuru Hiraga]] was the chief engineer at the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]], then the third-strongest in the world, and [[Takamine Jōkichi]] was the first to isolate adrenaline. [[Akira Fujishima]] discovered the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide, and [[Tosio Kato]] made notable contributions to [[functional analysis]]. [[Kenkichi Iwasawa]] is known for his influence on [[algebraic number theory]]. [[Shun'ichi Amari]] invented and formulated the [[Recurrent neural network|recurrent neural network (RNN)]] for learning.

=== Business, economics and finance ===
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File:Kiichiro Toyoda.jpg|[[Kiichiro Toyoda]], founder of [[Toyota]]
File:Namihei Odaira Portrait c1910.png|[[Namihei Odaira]], founder of [[Hitachi]]
File:Iwasaki Koyata.jpg|Baron [[Koyata Iwasaki]], longest-serving head of [[Mitsubishi]]
File:Aikawa Yosuke.jpg|[[Yoshisuke Aikawa|Yoshisuke Ayukawa]], founder of the [[Nissan Group]]
File:Keizo Shibusawa.jpg|Viscount [[Keizo Shibusawa]], governor of [[Bank of Japan|BoJ]]
File:Kazuo Ueda 20230410meeting01.jpg|[[Kazuo Ueda]], governor of BoJ since 2023
File:Hirofumi Uzawa.jpg|[[Hirofumi Uzawa]], [[Mathematical economics|mathematical economist]]
File:Nobuhiro Kiyotaki cropped 1 Nobuhiro Kiyotaki 202011.jpg|[[Nobuhiro Kiyotaki]], [[New Keynesian economics|New Keynesian]] economist
</gallery>[[Kiichiro Toyoda]], an alumnus of the Faculty of Engineering, founded [[Toyota|Toyota Motor]], [[List of manufacturers by motor vehicle production|the largest car manufacturer in the world]] and the [[List of largest Japanese companies|largest company in Japan]] by both market capitalisation and revenue.<ref name=":72" /> [[Namihei Odaira]], also an alumnus of the Faculty of Engineering, founded [[Hitachi]], one of the largest electronics conglomerates in the world.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Legacy of Meister Namihei Odaira: Hitachi Review |url=https://www.hitachi.com/rev/column/gf/vol05/index.html |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=www.hitachi.com |language=en}}</ref> Another UTokyo-educated engineer, [[Yoshisuke Aikawa|Yoshisuke Ayukawa]], founded the [[Nissan Group]] (''[[zaibatsu]]''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=鮎川義介｜近代日本人の肖像 |url=https://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/datas/226/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=近代日本人の肖像 |language=ja}}</ref> from which some of Japan's largest companies, such as [[Nissan]], [[Isuzu]], [[NEC]], and [[SOMPO Holdings]], spun off.<ref>{{Cite web |title=「オレは絶対に金持ちにならない」日産、日立の始祖・鮎川義介の血と育ち｜人間力・仕事力を高めるWEB chichi｜致知出版社 |url=https://www.chichi.co.jp/web/20230320_ayukawa_yoshisuke_kita/ |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=致知出版社 |language=ja}}</ref> Baron [[Koyata Iwasaki]], a member of the founding Iwasaki family of [[Mitsubishi]], was the longest-serving and last head of the group before it was split up by order of the [[Occupation of Japan|Allied Occupation Forces]] after the Second World War. Under his leadership, the group's business evolved significantly, and he founded companies such as [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] and [[Nikon]]. [[Hiromasa Ezoe]], as an educational psychology student at UTokyo in 1961, established [[Recruit (company)|Recruit Holdings]], the largest human resources company in Japan, which also runs worldwide businesses including [[Indeed]] and [[Glassdoor]]. UTokyo alumni have held chief executive positions at numerous influential Japanese companies; as of April 2024, companies under the leadership of a UTokyo alumnus include [[Sony]] ([[Kenichiro Yoshida]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title=ソニー、次期社長に吉田憲一郎氏 新中期経営計画スタート前に ニュースイッチ by 日刊工業新聞社 |url=https://newswitch.jp/p/11897 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=ニュースイッチ by 日刊工業新聞社 |language=ja}}</ref> [[Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group|MUFG]] ([[Hironori Kamezawa]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hironori Kamezawa, CEO of MUFG |url=https://ihj.global/leadership/leadership-5122/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=公益財団法人国際文化会館 |language=ja}}</ref> and [[Mitsubishi Corporation|Mitsubishi Corp]] ([[Katsuya Nakanishi]] [<nowiki/>[[:ja:中西勝也|ja]]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=日経ビジネス電子版 |date=2022-10-13 |title="It's our turn to save this country from this national crisis", said the CEO of Mitsubishi Corp |url=https://business.nikkei.com/atcl/NBD/19/00119/00184/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=日経ビジネス電子版 |language=ja}}</ref> More than half of the governors of the [[Bank of Japan]], the central bank of Japan, have been UTokyo alumni, including the incumbent governor [[Kazuo Ueda]], who previously taught at UTokyo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor : UEDA Kazuo : 日本銀行 Bank of Japan |url=https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/organization/policyboard/gv_ueda.htm |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Bank of Japan |language=en}}</ref>

=== Literature, arts and humanities ===
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File:Natsume Soseki photo.jpg|[[Natsume Sōseki|Soseki Natsume]]
File:Akutagawa Ryunosuke.jpg|[[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa|Ryunosuke Akutagawa]]
File:Junichiro Tanizaki 01.jpg|[[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki|Junichiro Tanizaki]]
File:Osamu Dazai.jpg|[[Osamu Dazai]]
File:Yukio Mishima 2.jpg|[[Yukio Mishima]]
File:Kinema-Junpo-1967-January-Special-3.jpg|[[Kōbō Abe|Kobo Abe]]
File:Yasunari Kawabata 1968 cropped2.jpg|[[Yasunari Kawabata]]
File:K oe.jpg|[[Kenzaburō Ōe|Kenzaburo Oe]]
</gallery>Numerous notable literary figures have attended the University of Tokyo, two of whom received the Nobel Prize in Literature: [[Yasunari Kawabata]] (Known for ''[[The Dancing Girl of Izu]], [[Snow Country]]'' and ''[[The Old Capital]]'') and [[Kenzaburō Ōe|Kenzaburo Oe]] (''[[A Personal Matter]]'', ''[[The Silent Cry]]'' and ''[[Death by Water (novel)|Death by Water]]''). Other notable UTokyo-educated writers include: [[Natsume Sōseki|Soseki Natsume]] (''[[I Am a Cat]]'', ''[[Botchan]]'', ''[[Sanshirō (novel)|Sanshiro]]'' and ''[[Kokoro]]''), [[Mori Ōgai|Ōgai Mori]], [[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa|Ryunosuke Akutagawa]], [[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki|Junichiro Tanizaki]], [[Naoya Shiga]], [[Osamu Dazai]], [[Yukio Mishima]], [[Kōbō Abe|Kobo Abe]], [[Tsubouchi Shōyō|Shōyō Tsubouchi]], [[Shinichi Hoshi]], [[Ozaki Kōyō|Kōyō Ozaki]], [[Jun Takami]], [[Motojirō Kajii|Motojiro Kaijii]], [[Shūichi Katō (critic)|Shūichi Katō]], [[Kunio Kishida]], [[Hideo Kobayashi]], [[Shigeharu Nakano]], [[Hyakken Uchida]], [[Makoto Oda]], [[Tatsuo Hori]], [[Mari Yonehara]] and [[Atsushi Nakajima]]. [[Masaoka Shiki|Shiki Masaoka]] is known as the initiator of modern ''[[haiku]]'' poetry and one of the most celebrated poets in Japanese history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=正岡子規：俳句を革新した俳人 {{!}} September 2022 {{!}} Highlighting Japan |url=https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202209/202209_12_jp.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.gov-online.go.jp}}</ref> Other notable UTokyo-educated poets include [[Mokichi Saitō|Mokichi Saito]], [[Nobutsuna Sasaki]], [[Makoto Ōoka]], [[Ozaki Hōsai|Hōsai Ozaki]], [[Saneatsu Mushanokōji]] and [[Tatsuji Miyoshi]].

[[Isao Takahata]] co-founded [[Studio Ghibli]] with [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and directed animation films including ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'', ''[[Pom Poko]]'', and ''[[The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)|The Tale of the Princess Kaguya]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=2018-05-16 |title=Watch Hayao Miyazaki's Eulogy For Isao Takahata |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/watch-hayao-miyazakis-eulogy-for-isao-takahata-158410.html |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}</ref> Together with Miyazaki, he created animation films such as ''[[Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)|Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind]]'' and ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]''. [[Yoji Yamada]] directed the film series ''[[Otoko wa Tsurai yo]]'' and the Samurai Trilogy (''[[The Twilight Samurai]]'', ''[[The Hidden Blade]]'' and ''[[Love and Honor (2006 film)|Love and Honor]]''). [[Koichi Sugiyama]] is known for composing the music for ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', along with several other famous [[video game]]s, [[anime]], films, television shows, and [[pop songs]]. [[Wowaka]] is considered to be a pioneer in the [[vocaloid]] music industry, especially [[Hatsune Miku]].<ref name="kotaku_2019-04-09">{{Cite web |last=Strawhun |first=Aiden |date=9 April 2019 |title=Remembering A Vocaloid Legend Behind Some Of The Best Hatsune Miku Songs |url=https://kotaku.com/remembering-a-vocaloid-legend-behind-some-of-the-best-h-1833912736 |access-date=2019-04-10 |website=Kotaku |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kunio Yanagita]] made significant contributions to the preservation and studies of [[Japanese folklore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細 |url=https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp//eos/detail/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611142410/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/ |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |access-date=2024-02-17 |website=國學院大學デジタルミュージアム |language=ja}}</ref> [[Yanagi Sōetsu]] initiated the ''[[mingei]]'' (folk craft) movement, and his contributions made the idea of finding beauty in everyday utilitarian crafts popular. [[Nam June Paik]], a Korean-American media artist, is considered to be the founder of [[video art]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Judkis |first=Maura |date=December 12, 2012 |title="Father of video art" Nam June Paik gets American Art Museum exhibit (Photos) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/post/father-of-video-art-nam-june-paik-gets-american-art-museum-exhibit-photos/2012/12/12/c16fa980-448b-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_blog.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809041026/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/post/father-of-video-art-nam-june-paik-gets-american-art-museum-exhibit-photos/2012/12/12/c16fa980-448b-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_blog.html |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

=== Other notable alumni and affiliates ===
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File:Princess Masako, the present Empress of Japan.jpg|[[Empress Masako|Masako]], [[Empress of Japan]]
File:Prince Mikasa Takahito wearing Sokutai.jpg|[[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]]
File:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah c. 1967 (restoration).jpg|[[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev]], [[King of Nepal]]
File:Tokugawa Iemasa as the president of the house of peers.jpg|Duke [[Iemasa Tokugawa]], 17th head of the [[Tokugawa clan]]
File:Tokugawa Yoshichika 01.jpg|Marquess [[Yoshichika Tokugawa]], botanist
File:Chie Nakane cropped Chie Nakane 19951212.jpg|[[Chie Nakane]], [[Social anthropologists|Social Anthropologist]]
File:Yahiko Mishima and Paul Zerling 1912.jpg|[[Yahiko Mishima]] (left), first Japanese national to compete in the Olympics
File:Kanō Jigorō 1936.jpg|[[Kanō Jigorō]], founder of [[Judo]]
</gallery>[[Empress Masako|Masako, Empress of Japan]], attended UTokyo after finishing her first degree overseas, although she did not earn a degree from the university. The university's other recent connections with the Imperial family include [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]], younger brother of [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]], who studied archaeology; Fujimaro, Marquess of Tsukuba, a younger son of [[Prince Yamashina Kikumaro|Kikumaro, Prince Yamashina]], who studied Japanese literature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Tokyo Student List: 1925-1927 (The National Diet Library Digital Collection) |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/1448364/1/271 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=dl.ndl.go.jp}}</ref> Additionally, [[Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan|Crown Prince Fumihito]], and his daughter [[Mako Komuro|Princess Mako]] both worked at the [[The University Museum, The University of Tokyo|University Museum]] at different times. [[Birendra of Nepal|King Birendra of Nepal]] also attended UTokyo but did not earn a degree.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-06-02 |title=Birendra: Nepal's monarch of change |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1365485.stm |access-date=2024-07-23 |language=en-GB}}</ref> UTokyo was a preferred educational institution for members of the [[Kazoku|Japanese aristocracy]] before any form of peerage, with the exception of the Imperial family, was prohibited with the [[Constitution of Japan|1947 constitution]]. Duke [[Iemasa Tokugawa]], 17th head of the [[Tokugawa clan|House of Tokugawa]], studied law at the university and led a career as a diplomat. Other members of the clan who attended the university include Marquess [[Yoshichika Tokugawa]], who became active as a botanist and patron of arts and sciences later in his life, and Earl [[Muneyoshi Tokugawa]], who was the primary promoter of forestation movements in Japan. Earl [[Yoriyasu Arima]] studied agriculture and later served as the Minister of Agriculture. The ''[[Arima Kinen]]'', the world's largest betting horse race, was named in his honour. Marquess [[Yoshi Hijikata]], with his strong communist sympathies, fled to [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] and was deprived of his title on account of this. Another communist sympathiser among UTokyo's alumni, [[Hotsumi Ozaki]], played a central role in Soviet espionage with [[Richard Sorge]] and was executed for [[Treason|high treason]] in 1944.

[[Chie Nakane]], a social anthropologist, was one of the first nineteen female students matriculated at UTokyo in 1947, and she later became the first female professor in the university's history.<ref>{{Cite web |title="A hierarchical society could be beneficial for women" advises Chie Nakane, UTokyo's first female professor |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/feature/1354/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja}}</ref> [[Hidesaburō Ueno|Hidesaburo Ueno]], an agricultural scientist who studied and worked at the Faculty of Agriculture, is best known as the owner of the devoted dog [[Hachikō|Hachiko]], who continued to wait for him for more than 9 years. Although the university is not particularly noted for athletics today, beginning with [[Yahiko Mishima]], the first-ever Japanese Olympian who competed in the [[1912 Summer Olympics]], 33 UTokyo students and alumni have competed in the Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本選手第一号から1976モントリオール大会まで 淡青色のオリンピアンたち｜オリパラと東大。 |url=https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/features/z1304_00073.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=東京大学 |language=ja}}</ref> [[Kusuo Kitamura]], later a senior bureaucrat at the Ministry of Labour, won a gold medal in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle swimming in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]]. [[Judo]], now an Olympic sport, was created by [[Kanō Jigorō|Jigoro Kano]] in 1882, the year he graduated from UTokyo. He was also the central figure in Japan's successful bid to host the [[1940 Summer Olympics|1940 Summer Olympic Games]], which had to be cancelled due to the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=オリンピックムーブメントと嘉納治五郎｜オリンピックを知る｜JOC - 日本オリンピック委員会 |url=https://www.joc.or.jp/olympism/history/kano/index.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=JOC - 日本オリンピック委員会 |language=ja}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Earthquake engineering]]
* [[Imperial College of Engineering]]
* ''[[International Journal of Asian Studies]]'' – published in association with the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo
* [[Kikuchi Dairoku]]
* [[Koishikawa Botanical Gardens]]
* [[Nikko Botanical Garden]]
* [[The University of Tokyo Library|University of Tokyo Library]]
* [[The University Museum, The University of Tokyo|University Museum, University of Tokyo]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web |url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/08/11/reference/todai-still-beckons-nations-best-brightest-but-goals-diversifying/|title= Todai still beckons nation's best, brightest but goals diversifying|last= Kato|first= Mariko|date= 2009-08-11|website= |publisher= [[Japan Times]]|access-date= 2024-03-24|quote=}}
* 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; [https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=history_oapubs online].

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