Tokyo Institute of Technology
| 東京工業大学 | |
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| Motto | Jidai wo tsukuru chi, waza, kokorozashi, wa no rikōjin (時代を創る知・技・志・和の理工人?) |
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Motto in English
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Engineers of the Knowledge, Technology and Passion that Change our World. |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Established | 1881 |
| President | Dr. Yoshinao Mishima |
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Academic staff
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1,324 |
| Undergraduates | 4,940 |
| Postgraduates | 5,096 |
| Location | Meguro Yokohama Tamachi, Tokyo Kanagawa, Japan |
| Campus | Urban Rural |
| Colours | Royal Blue (DIC-641) |
| Mascot | None |
| Website | http://www.titech.ac.jp/ |
| National | General | 4 |
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| National | Employment | 2 |
| NBP Greater Tokyo | Reputation | 6 |
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QS Asia (Asian Ranking version) |
General | 9 |
| ARWU Asia | Research | 10–18 |
| THE World | General | 112 |
| QS World | General | 57 |
| ARWU World | Research | 101–150 |
| ENSMP World | Alumni | 92 |
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Engineering |
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| National | General | 2~3 |
| QS World | General | 19 |
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MATERIALS SCIENCE |
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| T.Reuters National | Research | 5 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 24 |
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PHYSICS |
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| T.Reuters National | Research | 5 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 31 |
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CHEMISTRY |
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| T.Reuters National | Research | 5 |
| T.Reuters World | Research | 22 |
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MATHEMATICS |
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| ARWU National | Research | 3 |
| ARWU World | Research | 77–100 |
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ARCHITECTURE |
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| National | Qualification | 23 |
| * T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions | ||
Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学 Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku?, informally Tokyo Tech, Tokodai or TITech) is a national research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology, and is generally considered to be one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.
Tokyo Tech's main campus is located at Ōokayama on the boundary of Meguro and Ota, with its main entrance facing the Ōokayama Station. Other campuses are located in Suzukakedai and Tamachi. Tokyo Tech is organised into 6 schools, within which there are over 40 departments and research centres. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,734 undergraduates and 1,464 graduate students for 2015-2016. It employs around 1,100 faculty members.
Tokyo Institute of Technology was founded by the government of Japan as the Tokyo Vocational School on May 26, 1881, 14 years after the Meiji Restoration. To accomplish the quick catch-up to the West, the government expected this school to cultivate new modernized craftsmen and engineers. In 1890, it was renamed Tokyo Technical School. In 1901, it changed name to Tokyo Higher Technical School.
In early days, the school was located in Kuramae, the eastern area of the Greater Tokyo Area, where many craftsmens' workshops had been since the old Shogun's era. The buildings in Kuramae campus were destroyed by the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923. In the following year, the Tokyo Higher Technical School moved from Kuramae to the present site in Ookayama, a south suburb of the Greater Tokyo Area. In 1929 the school became Tokyo Institute of Technology, gaining a status of national university, which allowed the university to award degrees. The university had the Research Laboratory of Building Materials in 1934, and its five years later the Research Laboratory of Resources Utilisation and the Research Laboratory of Precision Machinery were constructed. The Research Laboratory of Ceramic Industry was made in 1943, and one year before the World War Two finished the Research Laboratory of Fuel Science and the Research Laboratory of Electronics were made.
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