Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo Metropolitan University

首都大学東京
Motto	To pursue the vision of an ideal human society in a metropolis
Type	Public
Established	1949 (reformed in 2005)
Academic staff	695 full-time
Students	8,538
Undergraduates	6,583
Postgraduates	1,955
Doctoral students	454
Location	Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan 35°37′00″N 139°22′38″E / 35.616667°N 139.377222°E / 35.616667; 139.377222
Campus	Urban
Colours	Black and blue gray
Website	www.tmu.ac.jp
Japan Tokyo Metropolis
As of May 1, 2008

Tokyo Metropolitan University (首都大学東京, Shuto Daigaku Tōkyō^?), often referred to as TMU, is a Public Research University in Japan.

The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefecture in 1929 as the third public higher school. The School was modeled on Eton College, with three years of advanced course and four years of regular course.

The seven-year system had an advantage to assure the entrance to Imperial universities at the age of Middle School, and the typical passway for academic elites before the end of Pacific War was to enter Tokyo First Middle School, proceeding First Higher School and Tokyo Imperial University.

Since the jurisdiction control of Tokyo First Middle School and First Higher School were different, however, Tokyo First Middle School attempted to originally establish the prefectural higher school, whereas the other Middle Schools opposed to the said attempt. Prefectural Higher School was established in 1929 locating in the same site of Tokyo First Middle School, as a result of the opposition.

In 1932, Prefectural Higher School was relocated to 1–1–1 Yakumo, Meguro and became known one if the best higher schools with First Higher School. As the reign of Tokyo Metropolis was enacted in 1943, Prefectural Higher School was renamed to Metropolitan Higher School.

After the reform of the educational system in 1949, Tokyo Metropolitan University (former) was established as a research university consisting of three faculties, namely Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Technology; three years of advanced course was reorganised to Senior High School affiliated to Tokyo Metropolitan University, whereas four years of regular course was restructured to Liberal arts college and other faculties. Five Prefectural Colleges, namely Tokyo Prefectural College of Technology, Tokyo Prefectural College of Science, Tokyo Prefectural College of Machine Industry, Tokyo Prefectural College of Chemical Industry and Tokyo Prefectural College of Women were also merged to Tokyo Metropolitan University. In 1957, Faculty of Law and Economics was separated from Faculty of Humanities, and reorganised as Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics in 1966.