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University of Tokyo
The place of the establishment of the University of Tokyo
HistoryThe university was founded by the Meiji government in 1877 under its current name by amalgamating older government schools for medicine and Western learning. It was renamed "the " in 1886, and then in 1887 when the Imperial University system was created. In 1947, after Japan's defeat in World War II, it assumed the original name again. With the start of the new university system in 1949, Todai swallowed up the former First Higher School (today's Komaba campus) and the former Tokyo Higher School, which henceforth assumed the duty of teaching first and second-year undergraduates, while the faculties on Hongo main campus took care of third and fourth-year students. The University of Tokyo has since 2004 been incorporated as a "national university corporation" under a new law which applies to all national universities. While nearly all academic disciplines are taught at the University, it is perhaps best known for its faculties of science, law, and literature (i.e., faculty of letters). Furthermore, the law department has produced many Japanese politicians, though the power of the department has been gradually decreasing. For example; the ratio of its alumni in prime ministers is 2/3, 1/2, 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s respectively. The University of Tokyo is widely thought of as being one of the most prestigious schools in many academic areas. Its rival schools are the other six of the Seven Universities, which were Imperial Universities before World War II. Its primary rival is considered to be Kyoto University, which has, in fact, produced more Nobel Prize winners. Kikuchi Dairoku, an important educational figure in Japan, was one of the presidents of Tokyo Imperial University. Organization
Akamon (the Red Gate). 
Yasuda Auditorium on the University of Tokyo's Hong? Campus. Faculties
Graduate schools
Research institutes
Academic rankingsFive alumni of University of Tokyo have received the Nobel Prize. In the 2007 University ranking published by The Times Higher Education Supplement, University of Tokyo was ranked 17th in the world and 1st in Asia.[1] CampusThe main Hongo campus occupies the former estate of the Maeda family, Edo period feudal lords of Kaga Province. The university's best known landmark, Akamon (the Red Gate) is a relic of this era. The symbol of the university is the ginkgo leaf, from the abundant trees throughout the area. <gallery> Image:???1??Med.1st Bldg.jpg|First Medical Building Image:Med 2d. Bldg.jpg|Second Medical Building Image:Med. Experimental Research Bldg.jpg|Medical Experimental Research Bldg. Image:Med.Library in Uni.jpg|Medical Library Image:?????.jpg|General Library Image:The Experimental Tank.jpg|The Experimental Tank </gallery> Komaba Campus
Komaba Campus detail, Tokyo University's Komaba campus. Sanshiro Pond
Sanshiro Pond detail, Tokyo University's Hong? campus. , in the heart of the university's Hongo campus, dates to 1615. After the fall of the Osaka Castle, the Shogun gave this pond and its surrounding garden to Maeda Toshitsune. As Maeda Tsunanori further developed the garden, it became known as one of the most beautiful gardens in Edo (now Tokyo), with the traditional eight landscapes and eight borders, but also known for its originality in its artificial pond, hills, and pavilions. It was at that time known as Ikutoku-en (Garden of Teaching Virtue). The pond's contours are in the shape of the character kokoro or shin (heart), and thus its official name is Ikutoku-en Shinjiike. However it has been commonly called Sanshiro Pond since the publication of Natsume S?seki's novel Sanshiro. Notable alumni and faculty membersUniversity of Tokyo has produced many notable people. Six Japanese Prime Ministers have studied at University of Tokyo. See also
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