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, formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally or simply is a

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located in

Shinjuku, Tokyo is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world (Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

, Japan.

History

Tokyo University of Science was founded in 1881 as The Tokyo Academy of Physics by 21 graduates of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science,

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project b ...

(then the Imperial University). In 1883, it was renamed the Tokyo College of Science, and in 1949, it attained university status and became the Tokyo University of Science. The leading character appearing in Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume's novel

Botchan is a novel written by Japanese author Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is one of the most popular Japanese novels, read by many during their school years. The central theme of the story is morality, but the narrator serves up this theme with gener ...

graduated from Tokyo University of Science. , it is the only private university in Japan that has produced a Nobel Prize winner and the only private university in Asia to produce Nobel Prize winners within the natural sciences field.

Academic rankings

Global university rankings

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ranked Tokyo University of Science in equal 13th place in Japan.

Graduate school rankings

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ranked Tokyo University of Science second in its rankings of "Top business school with significant international influence" in Japan.

Alumni rankings

In Times Higher Education ranking of CEOs of the world's largest enterprises, it is ranked third for Japanese universities.

Campuses

Tokyo University of Science main campus is located in the

Kagurazaka is a neighbourhood in Tokyo, northwest of Iidabashi Station. It has a shopping street at its center, lined by numerous cafés and restaurants. It is served by Tokyo Metro Tozai Line and Toei Oedo Line. History The main road of Kagurazaka was ...

district of

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration ...

. The nearest station is

Iidabashi Station is a major interchange railway station which straddles Tokyo's Chiyoda, Shinjuku and Bunkyō wards. It was originally built as Iidamachi Station (albeit in a slightly different location), terminus of the then Kōbu Railway, precursor to toda ...

. Apart from the main campus in Shinjuku, there are other campuses around the country: * Kagurazaka (Main) Campus: Shinjuku * Fujimi school building:

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo is a special ward located in central Tokyo, Japan. It is known as Chiyoda City in English.Profile ...

* Katsushika Campus:

Katsushika-ku, Tokyo is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. The ward calls itself Katsushika City in English. As of May 1, 2015, the ward has an estimated population of 444,356, and a population density of 12,770 people per km². The total area is 34.80 ...

* Noda Campus:

Noda, Chiba is a city located in the northwestern corner of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 154,114 in 69,191 households and a population density of 1500 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city is famous ...

* Oshamambe Campus:

Oshamambe, Hokkaido is a town located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 30 October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 5,694. The total land area is 310.75 km2. Geography Oshamambe faces Uchiura Bay, which is a bay of the Pacific ...

Facilities

Libraries

Tokyo University of Science has libraries in four different areas: Kagurazaka, Noda, Katsushika and Oshamambe. * Kagurazaka Library * Noda Library * Katsushika Library * Oshamambe Library

Museum and other facilities

Ridai Museum of Modern Science - Tokyo, Japan - DSC04697

Other libraries on Tokyo University of Science campuses include: * Science and Technology Museum * Athletic Facilities * Seminar House * Training Center * Morito Memorial Hall

Undergraduate and graduate schools

Undergraduate schools

*Science Division I *Engineering *Pharmaceutical Sciences *Science and Technology *Industrial Science and Technology *Management *Science Division II

Graduate schools

*Science *Chemical Sciences and Technology *Mathematics and Science Education *Engineering *Pharmaceutical Sciences *Science and Technology *Industrial Science and Technology *Management *Biological Sciences *Innovation Studies *Global Fire Science and Technology

Professional graduate schools

*Management of Science and Technology (MOT) *Master of Intellectual Property (MIP)

Special Training Course for Teachers

*Division of Mathematics

Research institutes

*University Research Administration Center **Planning and Management Division **Research Strategy Formulation Division **Research & Industry University Cooperation Supporting Division **Regional Alliance & Commercialization Promotion Division *Research Institute for Science and Technology **Research Centers ***Center for Fire Science and Technology ***IR FEL Research Center ***Research Center for Chirality ***Photocatalysis International Research Center ***Translational Research Center ***Imaging Frontier Center ***Water Frontier Science & Technology Research Center ***Research Center for Space Colony **Research Divisions ***Division of Pharmaco-creation Frontier ***Division of Integrated Science of Oshamambe town ***Division of Advanced Communication Researches ***International Research Division of Interfacial Thermo-fluid Dynamics ***Division of Nanocarbon Research ***Division of Bio-organometallics ***Division of Thermoelectrics for Waste Heat Recovery ***Division of Colloid and Interface Science ***Division of Synergetic Supramolecular Coordination Systems in Multiphase ***Division of Advanced Urbanism and Architecture ***Academic Detailing Database Division ***Division of Medical-Science-Engineering Cooperation ***Division of Mathematical Modeling and its Mathematical Analysis ***Water Frontier Science Research Division ***Fusion of Regenerative Medicine with DDS ***Photovoltaic Science and Technology Research Division ***Advanced EC Device Research Division ***Division of Agri-biotechnology ***Division of Things and Systems ***Atmospheric Science Research Division ***Division of Super Distributed Intelligent Systems ***Brain Interdisciplinary Research Division ***Division of Intelligent System Engineering ***Advanced Agricultural Energy Science and Technology Research Division **Joint Usage / Research Center ***Research Center for Fire Safety Science ***Photocatalysis International Research Center *Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences **Research Institute Division Groups ***Division of Immunobiology ***Division of Molecular Biology ***Division of Biosignaling ***Division of Molecular Pathology ***Division of Development and Aging ***Division of Experimental Animal Immunology ***Division of Clinical Research ***Division of Intramural Cooperation ***Division of Extramural Cooperation *Research Equipment Center *Center for Data Science

Academic exchange agreements overseas

As of 2016, Tokyo University of Science had academic exchange agreements with 75 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments.

Affiliated schools

The university has two affiliated four-year universities:

Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi is a public university in San'yō-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan. The school was first established as a junior college in 1987. It became a four-year college in 1995. Faculty & Graduate Schools * Faculty of Engineering ** Department of Mechanical ...

, in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, and

Tokyo University of Science, Suwa is a formerly private university now public (municipal) in Chino, Nagano, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered ...

, in

Chino, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,673 in 23,236 households, and a population density of 210 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Chino is located in a mounta ...

Principals, presidents, and chairmen

Principals

* Hisashi Terao, 1883-1896History of TUS Presidents
Tokyo University of Science. Retrieved March 26, 2017. * Kiyoo Nakamura, 1896–1930Brief History
Tokyo University of Science. Retrieved March 20, 2017. * Kyohei Nakamura, 1930–1934 *

Masatoshi Ōkōchi Viscount was a Japanese physicist and business executive. He was the third director of the Riken Institute, a position which he assumed in 1921 and held for 25 years. During this period, he was notable for establishing the ''Riken Konzern'', ...

, 1934–1945学校法人東京理科大学の沿革
Tokyo University of Science. Retrieved March 20, 2017. * Nakagoro Hirakawa, 1945–1949 *

Kotaro Honda , born on February 23, 1870 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture – February 12, 1954) was a Japanese metallurgist and inventor. He invented KS steel (initials from Kichiei Sumitomo), which is a type of magnetic resistant steel that is three times mo ...

, 1949–1951 :Concurrently appointed president of Tokyo University of Science.

Presidents

, 1949–1953 * Masaichi Majima, 1955-1966 *

Seishi Kikuchi was a Japanese physicist, known for his explanation of the Kikuchi lines that show up in diffraction patterns of diffusely scattered electrons. Biography Seishi Kikuchi was born and grew up in Tokyo. He graduated in 1926 from Tokyo Imperial ...

, 1966-1970 * Masao Kotani, 1970-1982 * Masao Yoshiki, 1982-1990 * Tetsuji Nishikawa, 1990-2001 * Hiroyuki Okamura, 2002-2005 * Shin Takeuchi, 2006-2009 *

Akira Fujishima is a Japanese chemist and president of Tokyo University of Science. He is known for significant contributions to the discovery and research of photocatalytic and superhydrophilic properties of titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is also known as t ...

, 2010-2018, discoverer of

photocatalyst In chemistry, photocatalysis is the acceleration of a photoreaction in the presence of a catalyst. In catalyzed photolysis, light is absorbed by an adsorbed substrate. In photogenerated catalysis, the photocatalytic activity depends on the abil ...

* Yoichiro Matsumoto, 2018-

Chairmen

, 1951–1953History of TUS Chairmans
Tokyo University of Science. Retrieved March 24, 2017. * Nakagoro Hirakawa, 1953-1978 * Shigeyoshi Kittaka, 1978-1997 * Sanjiro Sakabe, 1997-1999 * Nobuyuki Koura, 1999-2002 * Takeyo Tsukamoto, 2002-2012 * Shigeru Nakane, 2012-2015 * Kazuo Motoyama, 2015-

Notable faculty

Makoto Asashima is a Japanese developmental biologist known for his pioneer research on Activin. He is Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo and Yokohama City University. He is also Vice President of the Tokyo University of Science. Contribution Asashi ...

, Vice President, discoverer of

activin Activin and inhibin are two closely related protein complexes that have almost directly opposite biological effects. Identified in 1986, activin enhances FSH biosynthesis and secretion, and participates in the regulation of the menstrual ...

* Michael A. Cusumano, business administration, vice president,

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professor *

Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Sp ...

JAXA The is the Japanese national air and space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and launch of satellites into o ...

astronaut, Vice President * Teruaki Mukaiyama, chemist, former professor, discoverer of

Mukaiyama aldol addition The Mukaiyama aldol addition is an organic reaction and a type of aldol reaction between a silyl enol ether and an aldehyde or formate. The reaction was discovered by Teruaki Mukaiyama (1927–2018) in 1973. His choice of reactants allows ...

Kensō Soai (born 1950) is a Japanese organic chemist. He is a university lecturer in the Applied Chemistry Department of Tokyo University of Science. Soai studied at the University of Tokyo, where he received his Ph.D. in 1979 in organic synthesis under Te ...

, chemist, professor, discoverer of

Soai reaction In organic chemistry, the Soai reaction is the alkylation of pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde with diisopropylzinc. The reaction is autocatalytic and leads to rapidly increasing amounts of the same enantiomer of the product. The product pyrimidyl alcohol ...

* Jaw-Shen Tsai, physicist, professor *

Noriaki Kano Noriaki Kano (狩野紀昭 ''Kanō Noriaki,'' pronounced ) is a Japanese educator, lecturer, writer, and consultant in the field of quality management. He is the developer of a customer satisfaction model (now known as the Kano model) whose simp ...

, professor emeritus * Kazunori Kataoka, former professor,

Humboldt Prize The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

winner *

Norio Taniguchi was a professor of Tokyo University of Science. He coined the term '' nano-technology'' in 1974 N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of 'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng. Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision Engineering, 1974. ...

, former professor, Proponent of

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology, also shortened to nanotech, is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for industrial purposes. The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal ...

Notable alumni

Nobel prize laureates

Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell fo ...

, biochemist, 2015

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...

winner

Government

Shigeru Yoshida (22 September 1878 – 20 October 1967) was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954. Yoshida was one of the longest-serving Japanese prime ministers, and is the third-long ...

, Prime Minister, (Attended University 1896 but dropped out)

Business

* Kazuo Motoyama, President of Asahi Soft Drinks, 2013-2015, Chairman of TUS 2015- *

Philip M. Condit Philip Murray Condit (born August 2, 1941) is an American engineer and businessman who was Chair and Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Boeing company from 1996 to 2003. He dramatically reshaped the company by Merger with McDonnell Douglas and re ...

, CEO of

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and ...

, 1996-2003 * Toshihiro Suzuki, CEO of

Suzuki is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal co ...

, 2016- * Seiichi Sudo, Vice President of

Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

, 2013-2016 * Tatsuya Tanaka, President of

Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

, 2015- * Shigeki Tanaka, President of

Clariant Clariant AG is a Swiss multinational speciality chemicals company, formed in 1995 as a spin-off from Sandoz. The company is focused on four business areas: care chemicals (consumer and industrial); catalysis; natural resources (oil & mining, min ...

Japan, 2016- * Masahiro Inoue, CEO of

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Japan, 1996-2012 * Shigeru Nakane, CEO of SAP Japan, 1993-1999 * Shiinoki Shigeru, Vice President of

Oracle An oracle is a person or agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. As such, it is a form of divination. Description The word ...

Japan, 2013-2016 * Zenji Miura, CEO of

Ricoh is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational imaging and electronics company (law), company. It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Riken, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the ''Riken ...

, 2013- * Fumikathu Tokiwa,

Kao Corporation is a chemical and cosmetics company headquartered in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. History Kao was established in 1887 by Tomiro Nagase as a manufacturer of domestic toiletry soap. Until 1954, they were known as , and finally i ...

Chairman. 1997-2000 *

Shuhei Nakamoto Shuhei Nakamoto (, ''Nakamoto Shūhei''; born 29 April 1957) is the vice-president of Honda Racing Corporation. Career Nakamoto joined the Honda Racing Corporation in 1983 and his initial work was based around the corporation's motorcycle racing o ...

, Honda Racing Corporation Vice President,

Repsol Honda Repsol Honda is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), backed by principal sponsor Repsol. History 1990s In the team entered a three rid ...

representative * Takanobu Satō, President of Shinchosha. 1996-

Academia

Jin Akiyama Jin Akiyama ( ja, 秋山仁; born 1946) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his appearances on Japanese prime-time television ( NHK) presenting magic tricks with mathematical explanations. He is director of the Mathematical Education Research ...

, mathematician, professor * Isamu Shiina, professor, discoverer of 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride, Shiina macrolactonization and Shiina esterification * Yasuhiko Kojima, virologist, discoverer of

Interferon Interferons (IFNs, ) are a group of signaling proteins made and released by host cells in response to the presence of several viruses. In a typical scenario, a virus-infected cell will release interferons causing nearby cells to heighten th ...

* Tetsuo Asakura, professor, developer of artificial blood vessels using silk *

Tashpolat Tiyip Tashpolat Tiyip ( ug, تاشپولات تېيىپ, Tashpolat Téyip; zh, c=塔西甫拉提・特依拜, p=tǎxīfǔlātí tèyībài; born December 1958) is a Chinese geographer of Uyghur ethnicity who was president of Xinjiang University from ...

, president of

Xinjiang University Xinjiang University (XJU) ( ug, شىنجاڭ ئۇنىۋېرستېتى, ; zh , s = 新疆大学 , p = Xīnjiāng Dàxué ) is one of the major universities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China and is a national k ...

Architecture

* Kazuo Shinohara, architect,

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion * Hideto Horiike, architect, Visiting Professor of the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the Californ ...

, Visiting Professor of the

Media

Tsuyoshi Muro is a Japanese actor who appears on stage and screen. He debuted as an actor in 1999 and has appeared in the " Bayside Shakedown" series, NHK's '' Gochisosan'', and ''Yūsha Yoshihiko''. Filmography Film * '' Hentai Kamen'' (2013) * '' Jossy's'' ...

, actor, (attended university but dropped out)

Others

Masayoshi Soken is a Japanese video game composer and sound editor who has worked for Square Enix since 2001. Soken is best known for being the lead composer and sound director of ''Final Fantasy XIV'' and its expansions, as well as the composer for ''Final F ...

, sound editor *

Hirokazu Yasuhara (also credited as Carol Yas) is a Japanese video game designer. He is best known for designing the gameplay and stages of the initial ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video games for Sega Genesis in the 1990s, based on technical demos and engines programme ...

, video game designer * Shigeru Nakanishi, artist *

Ryu Ota was a Japanese New Left extremist, author, and ecologist. His name is spelled "Ryu Ohta" as well. Biography He was born Tōichi Kurihara (栗原登一) in Toyohara, Karafuto Prefecture. In October 1945, he joined the Democratic Youth League o ...

(1930–2009), politician *

Fushigi Yamada , better known by her stage name is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with 81 Produce. Yamada is a graduate of Tokyo University of Science. Filmography As Kyoko Yamada * Bikkuriman (Dossuke) * Doraemon (Yamada-kun) * Doraemon: Nobita's ...

(born 1959), voice actress *

Hiroshi Sakurazaka is a Japanese author of science fiction and fantasy light novels. He is best known for his novel ''All You Need Is Kill'', which formed the basis of the film ''Edge of Tomorrow'', starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Life and career Sakurazaka ...

, author *

Akihiro Murayama is a Japanese mixed martial artist who has competed mainly for Pancrase, Shooto and Greatest Common Multiple. Mixed martial arts career Early career Murayama started his professional career in 2003. In his first years, he fought mainly for ' ...

, mixed martial artistAkihiro Murayama
tapology. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

References

External links

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