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Tokyo Women's Medical University (TWMU) is a medical university with modern and sophisticated educational, clinical, and research foundations for over one hundred years. Tokyo Women's Medical University was founded in 1900 by Yayoi Yoshioka as Tokyo Women's Medical School. Her conviction that medicine is a suitable profession for women and the philosophy that medical professionals need to be sincere and compassionate in every way have prevailed over the 117 years of the school's history. Our mission is to uphold her conviction and philosophy to the context of present-day medical education, research, and practice. Our undergraduate schools (Schools of Medicine and Nursin…
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Tokyo Woman's Christian University (TWCU) was founded in 1918 when an inauguration ceremony was held accepting seventy-six women. Since then, TWCU has consistently provided Japanese female students with precious higher education opportunities based on Christianity, emphasizing liberal-arts studies. More than sixty thousand students have graduated, and their activities in various fields have made TWCU's reputation reliable as one of the leading women's universities in Japan. On the occasion of the university's centenary, we would like to appreciate the ambitious vision of committed people to establish this prestigious institute of higher education and express our prof…
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Since the university's foundation and as the only national arts university in Japan, Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geidai) has provided unsurpassed education and research opportunities and has played a leading role in the continuing development of art and culture in Japan through extensive and various artistic activities and social practices both in Japan and overseas. In recent years, Tokyo Geidai has been the only art university to be selected to become a "Top Global University" and "Center of Innovation" (COI) Site. Further, in a 2016 fiscal year government assessment as part of a third mid-term plan and under the national university reform initiative, Tokyo…
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In 1986, Tokyo University of Technology came into being with the next Mission, which forms the basis for its operations as a cornerstone of tertiary education and the code of conduct for its teaching and general staff. Fundamental Mission is "To build up human resources that will contribute to the improvements in the quality of life and the progress of Technology". To fulfill the above Mission, the following three guiding principles have been established: To provide education in science and technology that can make a real contribution to society. To provide education through leading-edge R&D with returns to society. To provide an ideal en…
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Tokyo University of Social Welfare campuses is located across Japan's urban areas such as Tokyo(Ikebukuro and Oji), the capital city, Nagoya, the third largest incorporated city in Japan, and Isesaki City in Gunma Prefecture. Isesaki, which is about 90 minutes away from central Tokyo, has a large, beautiful campus area. TUSW provides an excellent education. Many of its graduates take leading roles in Japanese society. TUSW has the right Japanese Language Program, various Undergraduate and Graduate programs for international students as well. We want to welcome many international students. We hope they will learn the Japanese language and culture in TUSW to become speciali…
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Tokyo University of Science, founded in 1881, is one of the oldest private universities of science and technology in Japan. Rooted in a strong sense of ethics, scientists and engineers at TUS strive to solve global challenges and make the world a better place through science. The Tokyo Butsurigaku Koshujo (Tokyo Academy of Physics), the Tokyo University of Science forerunner, was founded in 1881. The Academy was the brainchild of 21 young scientists who had just graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo (then the Imperial University). Two years later, the Academy was renamed the Tokyo Butsuri Gakko (Tokyo College of Science). At the time, there…
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Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences was founded in 1880 as the Tokyo Pharmaceutists School, Japan's first private educational institution to train pharmacists. In over 130 years, the school has produced countless graduates who have helped advance pharmaceutical science, the pharmaceutical industry, and education in Japan. The School of Life Sciences was established in 1994, the first school of its kind in Japan, greatly expanding education and research in this field. A system was established to pursue molecular and cellular level research in biotechnology and the life sciences that fully embody the university's original pioneering spirit and philosophy of human…
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Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) was established in October 2003 through the Integration of Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine and Tokyo University of Fisheries. This year marks the 13th anniversary of TUMSAT. The Mitsubishi Nautical School, the predecessor of the former Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine, was founded by Yataro Iwasaki, the Mitsubishi Group founder, in 1875 and celebrated its 140th-anniversary last year. The former Tokyo University of Fisheries also has a long history, as its predecessor, the Japan Fisheries Association's Fisheries Training School, was established in 1888. Inheriting these two academic organizations' unique…
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Tokyo University of Information Sciences was established in 1988 by Tokyo University of Agriculture Educational Corporated and was the first private university to use "information" in its name. Our goal since our establishment has been to create a workforce rich in compassion, possessing large-scale knowledge of informatics to meet society's needs. The founder of Tokyo University of Agriculture, Takeaki Enomoto, was a groundbreaking politician who served as Minister of Education, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture and Commerce, and Communications. He also was a scientist who believed in the importance of pouring energy into "practical science," or science with practical appli…
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The need to foster global human resources is of paramount concern today in industry, government, and academia. Globalization has been making dramatic advances with the advent of the 21st century, blurring the lines between domestic and overseas markets and bringing about massive movements of people and commodities across national borders. As economies, societies, and cultures are drawn into the whirlwind of globalization, people are needed who see things from an all-encompassing bird's-eye perspective and who can make appropriate decisions within a broad, global context. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ensures that its students leave with excellent language traini…
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Viscount Takeaki Enomoto founded Tokyo University of Agriculture (Tokyo NODAI), a cosmopolitan figure in modern Japan and a scientist who served as Minister of Education, Foreign Affairs, Post and Telecommunications, and Agriculture the Meiji Period. INITIALLY, Tokyo NODAI was established as the Department of Agriculture at the Ikueiko School of the Tokugawa Ikuei-kai Foundation in 1891. Today, it has grown into a full-scale agricultural university with two graduate schools, six undergraduate faculties with 22 departments, and a junior college with three departments conducting education and research across a wide range of areas, including bioscience, food science, environ…
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The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) is a distinguished university in Japan dedicated to science and technology. TUAT focuses on agriculture and engineering that form the industry's foundation and promotes education and research fields that incorporate them. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology was established in 1949, and its history traces back over. More than 130 years to the roots of its predecessor organization's foundation in 1874. The TUAT Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering respectively originated with the Agricultural Education Center of the Naito-Shinjuku Branch Office of the Industrial Encouragement Department, Min…
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Tokyo Union Theological Seminary (TUTS) has deep roots and a rich tradition. Its story reaches back to the earliest beginnings of the Protestant church movement in Japan. Protestant theological education began in Japan among the earliest converts. In 1872, the first theological class was held in Yokohama by Samuel R. Brown, a missionary of the Reformed Church in America (RCA). The following year, Henry Stout, also of the RCA, opened a theological training center in Nagasaki. Soon afterward, American Presbyterian missionaries Thompson, Carrothers, and Hepburn and missionaries of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, started their work in similar ways in Yokohama and …
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Tokyo Seiei College, which opened in 2005 with Seitoku Junior College of Nutrition - an institution with a long tradition of training and educating nutritionists - as its parent organization, has two Departments in the Faculty of Health and Nutrition: the Department of Administrative Nutrition and the Department of Food Sciences. Tokyo Seiei College originated as an educational institution for "food and nutrition" when Seitoku Nutrition Senior High School was established and then designated by the Minister of Welfare as a nutritionist training facility. Seitoku Nutrition Senior High School changed its name to Seitoku Nutrition Vocational School. Due to this and efforts …
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With its Faculties of both Engineering and Arts, Tokyo Polytechnic University produces graduates to create "new types of value" through technology and creativity. The University originated as the Konishi Professional School of Photography, founded in 1923 to train technicians and researchers in photography, cutting-edge expressive technology. The school was a pioneer in combining self-expression through photography (art) with photographic techniques (technology). Afterward, it developed into the Tokyo Junior College of Photography and later became the Tokyo College of Photography, receiving its present name in 1977. In this way, the school has been a leader of progress …
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Japan has been faced with aging, population decline, and large fiscal deficits in recent years; the poverty issue has also emerged. And globally, there are environmental concerns, regional conflicts, and terrorism. We are now experiencing many unprecedented difficulties. I believe it is only strong and flexible young minds with senses of justice and morality that can overcome these difficult situations and create a society in which all people can live with dignity. We at Tokyo Metropolitan University intend to help students develop the genuine ability to think and the ability to take on challenges for the future before they enter the working world. Only by taking those …
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Tokyo Medical University can trace its origins to the Tokyo Medical Teaching Establishment establishment in 1916 when some 450 students at the then Japan Medical College found themselves with no choice but to resign. They then enlisted the offices of Takuya Takahashi, who, at a tremendous personal sacrifice, helped them establish a new venue at which to pursue their studies. This new establishment, which later evolved into Tokyo Medical School, celebrated its 100th-anniversary last year as Tokyo Medical University. From the very outset, our students have played an integral role in this college's life, an establishment committed to the spirit of "Self-Reliance and Self-Stu…
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The goals of TMDU are educating individuals who are going to be medical professionals, including doctors and dentists, creating systems for research studies in the medical care and life sciences fields fostering the development of sophisticated experts in medical and research fields, and making contributions towards society and humanity through these efforts. This year will be the first academic year of my second term as President of TMDU. I am eager to strengthen and promote the first term's accomplishments and, through a newly reorganized system intended to achieve our medium-term targets for the third term, aim to achieve a world-class ranking for TMDU. Specifically,…
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Based on the spirit of forwarding Forever, embodied in the university's establishment, and with an emphasis on responsibility and honesty, we foster young people with the practical intellectual abilities appropriate for participation in the global society. Tokyo Keizai University continuously promotes self-reforms in positive response to maintain the challenging spirit and create new traditions. The root of Tokyo Keizai University goes back to Okura Commerce School, established in 1900 by Kihachiro Okura, an industrialist full of enthusiasm who started more than 200 enterprises in such industrial fields as construction, steel, fiber, etc., which played a crucial part in…
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Since 1881, we have helped students develop specialized knowledge and high-quality skills. Educators and members of the Career Path Support Center, Student Support Center, and International Studies Center will provide you with the assistance you need to meet your goals. Mr. Tatsugoro Watanabe established the forerunner of Tokyo Kasei University in 1881 to nurture female teachers of wisdom and virtue who could teach sewing. By teaching sewing, women could become independent and contribute to society. Helping women achieve autonomy in this way was our founding spirit. In 2016, we celebrated our 135th anniversary, retaining this same spirit. Our many graduates are worki…
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Tokyo International University was founded in 1965 with a focus on business and commerce. Upon earning accreditation from the Ministry of Education (MEXT), the college has grown into a private university that encompasses five undergraduate and four graduate schools. Also, TIU has been sister schools with Willamette University in Salem, Oregon since the beginning, and has also developed deep relationships with other renowned universities worldwide. Staying consistently true to its educational philosophy of "nurturing truly international-minded people," TIU is continuously expanding its practice-oriented international education. The University boasts a highly internationa…
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The Communication Lounge on Tokyo Tech's Ookayama Campus was a lively place on the afternoon of November 22, 2017, when 207 Tokyo Tech members — 60 students, 53 faculty members, 66 staff members, and 28 alumni and members of management — gathered for the Future of Tokyo Tech workshop, the largest of its kind thus far. Using the Tokyo Tech 2030 Statement to initiate discussion, participants sat down to share ideas on implementing the Institute's shared vision best and how each individual of the community can contribute to making Tokyo Tech better, healthier, and more united. Through a series of workshops in 2016 and 2017, Tokyo Tech students, staff, faculty, and manage…
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The purpose of Tokyo Gakugei University is to foster talented educators with high-level knowledge and culture and abundant creativity and practical skills through arts and science education and research activities based on rich humanism and a scientific mindset to contribute to the construction of a society where human rights are respected. All peoples coexist, and to the realization of world peace. The mission statement of Tokyo Gakugei University captures the core aim of the university as follows: "to develop talented educators who possess rich creativity and practical classroom skills backed by both advanced specialized knowledge and well-rounded general knowledge." …
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Tokyo Future University is located in 34-12 Senjuakebono-machi, Adachi-Ku, Tokyo. It was established in 2007. The president is Dr. Ikuo Daibo. The honorary president is Dr. Akira Tago, who is a well-known psychology professor. Tokyo Future University consists of two departments: Child Psychology (established in 2007) Motivation and Behavioral Sciences (established in 2012). The School of Child Psychology studies children's minds to learn about people's way of thinking. We can broaden a child's future possibilities by looking into psychology, nursing, and education. The School of Motivation and Behavioral Sciences is the first throughout Japan…
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Tokyo Dental College marked its 120th anniversary in 2010. Its predecessor, Takayama Dental School, was founded in 1890 as the first dental education institution in Japan. Since then, the college has continued to contribute to the development of dental medicine and the nation's oral health for over a century. We can now boast a long record of furnishing our students with the knowledge and skills they need to provide the best that modern dental medicine has to offer, thus earning our patients' trust. Recent years have seen remarkable progress in the field of medicine and dental medicine. And nowhere more so than in the field of regenerative medicine, which promises signi…
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