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The University of Tokyo

7-3-1, Tokyo

  • #28 QS Global World Ranking
  • PublicStatus
  • Very HighResearch Output
  • 28,045Total Students
  • 4,561Faculty
  • 4,384Int'l Students
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Research Output
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Total Students
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Faculty
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Int'l Students
The number of full time equivalent international students enrolled at the University.

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There are several graduate schools at the University of Tokyo. These are:

  • Humanities and Sociology
  • Education
  • Law and Politics
  • Economics
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Life Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Frontier Sciences
  • Information Science and Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Information Studies
  • Public Policy

There are also nearly a dozen research institutes at the university, including the Earthquake Research Institute and the Institute for Solid State Physics.

About

There are several graduate schools at the University of Tokyo. These are:

  • Humanities and Sociology
  • Education
  • Law and Politics
  • Economics
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Science
  • Engineering
  • Agricultural and Life Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Frontier Sciences
  • Information Science and Technology
  • Interdisciplinary Information Studies
  • Public Policy

There are also nearly a dozen research institutes at the university, including the Earthquake Research Institute and the Institute for Solid State Physics.

University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2012
    #30
  • 2014
    #32
  • 2015
    #=31
  • 2016
    #39
  • 2017
    #34
  • 2018
    #=28
  • 2019
    #23
  • 2020
    #=22
  • 2021
    #24
  • 2022
    #=23
  • 2023
    #23
  • 2024
    #28
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Student & Staff

Total students
28,045

50%
50%

International students
4,384

89%
11%

Total faculty staff
4,561

337
4224

Total students
28,045

50%
50%

International students
4,384

89%
11%

Total faculty staff
4,561

4224
337
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Campus locations

Tokyo, Japan

7-3-1, Hongo, Tokyo, JP,

7-3-1 , Tokyo , Japan , 113-8654

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