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, formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally or simply is a
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located in
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, 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 The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
. 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
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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 , officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world ( Shinjuku Station) as well as the Tokyo Metropol ...
. 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 today ...
. Apart from the main campus in Shinjuku, there are other campuses around the country: * Kagurazaka (Main) Campus: Shinjuku * Fujimi school building:
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* Katsushika Campus:
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* Noda Campus:
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* Oshamambe Campus:
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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

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

*Faculty of Science Division I (Day division) *Faculty of Engineering *Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences *Faculty of Science and Technology *Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology *Faculty of Management *Faculty of Science Division II (Night division)


Graduate schools

*Graduate School of Science *Graduate School of Engineering *Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences *Graduate School of Science and Technology *Graduate School of Advanced Engineering *Graduate School of Management *Graduate School of Biological Sciences


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:
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, in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, and
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, in
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.


Principals, presidents, and chairmen


Principals

*
Hisashi Terao Hisashi Terao (寺尾 寿, ''Terao Hisashi'') (1855-1923) was a Japanese astronomer and mathematician. He graduated from the Tokyo imperial University as well as from the University of Paris, and he was one of the founding members and the first pr ...
, 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, 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, 1949–1951 :Concurrently appointed president of Tokyo University of Science.


Presidents

* Kotaro Honda, 1949–1953 * Masaichi Majima, 1955-1966 * Seishi Kikuchi, 1966-1970 * Masao Kotani, 1970-1982 * Masao Yoshiki, 1982-1990 * Tetsuji Nishikawa, 1990-2001 * Hiroyuki Okamura, 2002-2005 * Shin Takeuchi, 2006-2009 * Akira Fujishima, 2010-2018, discoverer of photocatalyst * Yoichiro Matsumoto, 2018-


Chairmen

* Kotaro Honda, 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, Vice President, discoverer of activin * Michael A. Cusumano, business administration, vice president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor * Chiaki Mukai, JAXA astronaut, Vice President * Teruaki Mukaiyama, chemist, former professor, discoverer of Mukaiyama aldol addition * Kensō Soai, chemist, professor, discoverer of Soai reaction * Jaw-Shen Tsai, physicist, professor * Noriaki Kano, professor emeritus * Kazunori Kataoka, former professor, Humboldt Prize winner * Norio Taniguchi, former professor, Proponent of Nanotechnology


Notable alumni


Nobel prize laureates

* Satoshi Ōmura, biochemist, 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner


Government

*Shigeru Yoshida, 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, CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003 * Toshihiro Suzuki, CEO of Suzuki, 2016- * Seiichi Sudo, Vice President of Toyota, 2013-2016 * Tatsuya Tanaka, President of Fujitsu, 2015- * Shigeki Tanaka, President of Clariant Japan, 2016- * Masahiro Inoue, CEO of Yahoo! Japan, 1996-2012 * Shigeru Nakane, CEO of SAP SE, SAP Japan, 1993-1999 * Shiinoki Shigeru, Vice President of Oracle Corporation, Oracle Japan, 2013-2016 * Zenji Miura, CEO of Ricoh, 2013- * Fumikathu Tokiwa, Kao Corporation Chairman. 1997-2000 * Shuhei Nakamoto, Honda Racing Corporation Vice President, Repsol Honda representative * Takanobu Satō, President of Shinchosha. 1996-


Academia

* Jin Akiyama, mathematician, professor * Isamu Shiina, professor, discoverer of 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride, Shiina macrolactonization and Shiina esterification * Yasuhiko Kojima, virologist, discoverer of Interferon * Tetsuo Asakura, professor, developer of artificial blood vessels using silk * Tashpolat Tiyip, president of Xinjiang University


Architecture

* Kazuo Shinohara, architect, Venice Biennale awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion * Hideto Horiike, architect, Visiting Professor of the University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Media

* Tsuyoshi Muro, actor, (attended university but dropped out)


Others

* Masayoshi Soken, sound editor * Hirokazu Yasuhara, video game designer * Shigeru Nakanishi, artist * Ryu Ota (1930–2009), politician * Fushigi Yamada (born 1959), voice actress * Hiroshi Sakurazaka, author * Akihiro Murayama, mixed martial artistAkihiro Murayama
tapology. Retrieved April 1, 2017.


See also

*TSUBAME (satellite)


References


External links

* {{Authority control Tokyo University of Science, Universities and colleges established in 1881 Private universities and colleges in Japan 1881 establishments in Japan Universities and colleges in Tokyo