The University of Tokyo ( Tōkyō daigaku?) , truncated as Todai (Tōdai?) , is a public research college situated in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The college has 10 resources with a sum of around 30,000 understudies, 2,100 of them are outside. Its five grounds are in Hongō, Komaba , Kashiwa , Shirokane and Nakano. It is the first of Japan's National Seven Universities.It positions as the most elevated in Asia and 21st on the planet as per the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015. The University of Tokyo is generally thought to be the most prestigious college in Japan.
The college was contracted by the Meiji government in 1877 under its present name by amalgamating more established government schools for medication and Western learning.The college was sanctioned by the Meiji government in 1877 under its present name by amalgamating more established government schools for prescription and Western learning.According to the Japan Times, the college had 1,282 teachers in February 2012. Of those, 58 were ladies.
In the fall of 2012 and interestingly, the University of Tokyo began two undergrad programs totally taught in English and designed for worldwide understudies — Programs in English at Komaba (PEAK) — the International Program on Japan in East Asia and the International Program on Environmental Science.
The university has produced 15 prime ministers of Japan, who have studied at the University of Tokyo.Eleven alumni of University of Tokyo have received the Nobel Prize or the Fields Medal.Three have gotten the Pritzker Architecture Prize.