Tokyo University of Science
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| Motto | An educational foundation for the development of the nation through the advancement of science |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1881 |
| President | Akira Fujishima |
| Undergraduates | 17,180 |
| Postgraduates | 3,007 |
| Location | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Bocchan |
| Website | www |
Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学 Tōkyō Rika Daigaku?), formerly "Science University of Tokyo", informally Rikadai (理科大?) or simply Ridai (理大?) is a private research university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.It's currently ranked #3 in Private universities.
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 (then the Imperial University). In 1883, it was renamed the Tokyo University of Physics, and in 1949, it attained university status and became the Tokyo University of Science.
The university has two affiliated four-year universities: Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi, in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, and Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, in Chino, Nagano.
The Tokyo Academy of Physics, the predecessor of TUS, appears in Botchan by the Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki.
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