University of Tokyo

The university was chartered  by the Meiji government in 1877 beneath its current name by amalgamating older government colleges for drugs and Western learning. it had been renamed "the Imperial University (帝國大學 Teikoku daigaku?)" in 1886, and so capital of Japan Imperial University (東京帝國大學 Tōkyō teikoku daigaku?) in 1897 once the Imperial University system was created. In Sept 1923, associate earthquake and also the following fires destroyed regarding 700,000 volumes of the Imperial University Library. The books lost enclosed the Hoshino Library (星野文庫 Hoshino bunko?), a group of regarding ten,000 books. The books were the previous possessions of Hoshino Hisashi before changing into a part of the library of the university and were principally regarding Chinese philosophy and history.

In 1947, when Japan's defeat in war II, it re-assumed its original name. With the beginning of the new university system in 1949, Todai enclosed up the previous initial Higher faculty (today's Komaba campus) and also the former capital of Japan Higher faculty, that thereafter assumed the duty of teaching first- and intermediate undergraduates, whereas the schools on Hongo main field took care of third- and senior students.

Although the university was supported throughout the Meiji amount, it's earlier roots within the uranology Agency (天文方; 1684), Shoheizaka Study workplace (昌平坂学問所; 1797), and also the Western Books Translation Agency (蕃書和解御用; 1811).[10] These establishments were government offices established by the 徳川幕府 Tokugawa authoritarianism (1603–1867), and contend a very important role within the importation and translation of books from Europe.

Kikuchi Dairoku, a very important figure in Japanese education, served as president of capital of Japan Imperial University.

For the 1964 Summer Olympiad, the university hosted the running portion of the trendy athletic contest event.

On twenty January 2012, Todai proclaimed that it'd shift the start of its school year from Apr to Sept to align its calendar with the international normal. The shift would be phased in over 5 years.

According to the Japan Times, the university had one,282 professors in Feb 2012. Of those, fifty eight were ladies.

In the fall of 2012 and for the primary time, the University of capital of Japan started 2 collegian programs entirely educated in English and meshed toward international students — Programs in English at Komaba (PEAK) — the International Program on Japan in East Asia and also the International Program on Environmental Sciences.