The University of Tokyo, referred to as Dongda for short, is a comprehensive national university headquartered in bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. It is a top A university in the "Super Internationalized University Program" of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and a member of Japan Academic Research Forum, Designated National University, Excellent Graduate School Program, Leading Graduate School Program, International Association of East Asian Research Universities, Asian University Alliance, Global University Presidents Forum, Japan Mirai and other organizations.
The comprehensive strength of the University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan, and together with the second-ranked Kyoto University, it forms the most advanced pyramid of science and education in Japan. The University of Tokyo has no obvious shortcomings in all disciplines, and has world-class academic influence in the fields of science, medicine, literature, engineering and politics. , at the forefront in the fields of civil engineering and architecture.
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The library of the University of Tokyo was founded in 1877, and the original library was set on fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan in 1923. The new general library is funded by Rockefeller Foundation. 1928. The entire library system of the University of Tokyo includes the main library and more than 60 branch libraries.
As of 20 13, the library of the University of Tokyo has 9.26 million books, including 4.88 million Japanese books, 4.28 million foreign books and 0.60 million academic journals. In 20 12 years, 159000 books and documents were purchased and donated.
School running mode
Due to the different campuses of the University of Tokyo, the educational content and research content are also different. According to the content of education, it is mainly divided into Komatsu Campus in Muhei District, bunkyo-ku Hometown Campus and Chiba Park Campus which only conducts postgraduate education. The Institute of Medical Sciences of the University of Tokyo is located at Platinum Platform in the port area.
According to the research content, there are hometown campus for studying traditional academic fields, Komako campus for interdisciplinary research and cypress campus for new academic fields. This kind of campus separation system is rare for other universities that often divide campuses according to departments; There are not many universities in Japan that offer education courses at the initial stage of enrollment.
The University of Tokyo is still a collegiate university, and its campus can actually be called Komako College, Hometown College and Cypress College. Each college has great autonomy and different teaching hours. On the other hand, students have great freedom in the choice of elective courses, and all the courses in universities can be above.