Tokyo Institute of Technology

Tokyo Institute of Technology
東京工業大学
Established	1929（Origins 1881）
Type	Public (National)
Faculty	1141
Undergraduates	4940
Postgraduates	5096
Location	Meguro, Tokyo (headquarters), Japan
Campus	Urban
Colors	Royal Blue (DIC-641)
Mascot	None
Website	http://www.titech.ac.jp/

Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学, Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku^?), usually called Tokodai (東工大, Tōkōdai^?) or Tokyo Tech, is the largest institution of higher learning in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Institute of Technology is recognized as a leading university, especially in natural science and engineering field. The university was ranked 31st worldwide according to Global University ranking^[1] and the 55st in overall performance (4th best Japanese University), the 19st in technology, and the 48th in natural science among the world's best universities in 2009, according to the THE-QS World University Rankings (known from 2010 onwards as the QS World University Rankings). [1].

The institute has three campuses, the Ōokayama campus in Ōokayama, Meguro being the main campus. The other two campuses are the Tamachi campus, located in Shibaura, Minato and the Suzukakedai campus, located in Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama.

The university is a member of LAOTSE, an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia exchanging students and senior scholars.

History

Tokyo Institute of Technology was founded as the Tokyo Vocational School on May 26, 1881, 14 years after the Meiji Restoration. To accomplish the quick catch-up to the West, Meiji government expected this school of the cultivating of new modernized craftmen or engineers. In early days, the school located in Kuramae, eastern area of Tokyo, where many craftmen's workshops were since the old Shogun's era. But its campus was ruined by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. In 1929, moved to Ookayama, a south suburb of Tokyo, it was elevated to the status of national university. After the World War II, the new educational system was promulgated in 1949 and Tokyo Institute of Technology was reorganized. Throughout the post-war reconstruction of 1950s, high economic growth era of 1960s, and the aggressive economic animal's era marching to the Bubble Economy of 1980's, it kept providing the Japan's leading engineers, researchers, business persons. Since April 2004, it has been semi-privatized into the National University Incorporation of Tokyo Institute of Technology under a new law[2] which applies to all national universities.

Schools and laboratories

Undergraduate schools

The Centennial Hall in Ōokayama campus.

• School of Science
• School of Engineering
• School of Bioscience and Biotechnology

Graduate schools

• Graduate School of Science and Engineering
• Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology
• Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering
• Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering
• Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology
• Graduate School of Innovation Management

Research laboratories

• Chemical Resources Laboratory
• Precision and Intelligence Laboratory
• Materials and Structures Laboratory
• Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors
• Quantum Nano Electronics Research Center[3]