University Of Tokyo
University Of Tokyo
The university was chartered by the Meiji government in 1877 under its current name by amalgamating older government schools for medicine and Western learning. It was renamed "the Imperial University (帝國大學 " in 1886, and then Tokyo Imperial University (東京帝國大學 in 1897 when University system was created. In September 1923, an earthquake and the following fires destroyed about 700,000 volumes of the Imperial University Library.[8] The books lost included the Library (星野文庫 , a collection of about 10,000 books.[8][9] The books were the former possessions of before becoming part of the library of the university and were mainly about Chinese philosophy and history.In 1947, after Japan's defeat in World War II, it re-assumed its original name. With the start of the new university system in 1949, swallowed up the former First Higher School (today' campus) and the former Tokyo Higher School, which thenceforth assumed the duty of teaching first- and second-year undergraduates, while the faculties on main campus took care of third- and fourth-year students.Although the university was founded during the Meiji period, it has earlier roots in the Astronomy Agency (天文方; 1684), Study Office (昌平坂学問所; 1797), and the Western Books Translation Agency (蕃書和解御用; 1811).[10]These institutions were government offices established by the 徳川幕府 Tokugawa shogunate (1603–1867), and played an important role in the importation and translation of books from Europe., an important figure in Japanese education, served as president of Tokyo Imperial University.For the 1964 Summer Olympics, the university hosted the running portion of the modern pentathlon event.[11]On 20 January 2012, announced that it would shift the beginning of its academic year from April to September to align its calendar with the international standard. The shift would be phased in over five years.[12][13] But this unilateral announcement by the president was received badly and the university abandoned the plans.According to the Japan Times, the university had 1,282 professors in February 2012. Of those, 58 were women.[12]In the fall of 2012 and for the first time, the University of Tokyo started two undergraduate programs entirely taught in English and geared toward international students — Programs in English (PEAK) — the International Program on Japan in East Asia and the International Program on Environmental Sciences.[14][15] In 2014, the School of Science at the University of Tokyo introduced an all-English undergraduate transfer program called Global Science Course .[16]One of the five campuses of the University of Tokyo, the Campus is home to the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, and a number of advanced research facilities and campus services. This is the campus where all the freshmen and sophomores of the University of Tokyo spend their college life. The University of Tokyo is the only university in Japan which has a system of two years of general education before students can choose and move on to special fields of study.[citation needed] The Campus is the cornerstone of general education, and was designated as the "center of excellence" for three new areas of research by the Ministry of Education and Science. There are currently over 7,000 students (freshmen and sophomores) enrolled in the general education courses, about 450 students (juniors and seniors) pursuing their specialties in the College of Arts and Sciences, and 1,400 graduate students in the advanced study.Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked the University of Tokyo 1st in Asia and 20th in the world in 2012.Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the University of Tokyo 27th in the world in 2013[25] and 1st in the Asia University ranking in 2013.[26] In 2015, Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the institution 23rd in the world.[27]It ranks 12th in the world according to the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2016. World University Rankings[28] in 2011 ranked the University of Tokyo 25th in the world (in 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and World University Rankings parted ways to produce separate rankings). In the 2011 Asian University Rankings, which employs a different methodology, the University of Tokyo came 4th.[29]Global University Ranking ranked the University of Tokyo 3rd in the world and 1st in Asia.[30]Human Resources & Labor Review, a human competitiveness index & analysis published in Network, ranked the university 21st internationally and 1st in Asia in 2010.[31]Mines : Professional Ranking World Universities ranked the University of Tokyo 2nd in the world on the basis of the number of alumni listed among in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[32]Nature Publishing Index (2011) ranked the University of Tokyo 5th in the world in 2011.[33] Pond (三四郎池 S), university's campus, dates to 1615. After the fall of the Osaka Castle, the shogun gave this pond and its surrounding garden to . With further development of the garden by it became known as one of the most beautiful gardens in, with the traditional eight landscapes and eight borders, and known for originality in artificial pond, hills, and pavilions. It was at that time known as -en(Garden of Teaching Virtue). The pond's contours are in the shape of the character or shin (heart), and thus its official name is . It has been commonly called Pond after the title of novel