University of Tokyo

The University of Tokyo (; Todai or UTokyo) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the nation's first Imperial University. It was also designated a "Top Type" university by the Japanese government's Top Global University Project. UTokyo has 10 faculties, 15 graduate schools and enrolls about 30,000 students, about 4,200 of whom are international students. In particular, the number of privately funded international students, who account for more than 80%, has increased 1.75 times in the 10 years since 2010. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. As of 2021, The University of Tokyo's alumni, faculty members and researchers include 17 prime ministers, 18 Nobel Prize laureates, four Pritzker Prize laureates, five astronauts, and a Fields Medalist. History