Tokyo University of Science

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Tokyo University of Science


Motto	An educational foundation for the development of the nation through the advancement of science
Established	1881
Type	Private
President	Shin Takeuchi
Undergraduates	17,180
Postgraduates	3,007
Location	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Bocchan
Website	www.tus.ac.jp

Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学 Tokyo Rika Daigaku, formerly "Science University of Tokyo") is a prestigious private university of Science and Technology in Japan. Rikadai(理科大) or Ridai(理大) is its short name. In addition, The Tokyo Academy of Physics ,the predecessor of TUS, appears in the foremost Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume's work Botchan(坊っちゃん).
Though most of Japanese universities are said to be relatively easier to graduate from rather than to pass its entrance exam, Tokyo University of Science is considered as one of the most severe universities in marking students in Japan. In fact, its percentage of the students failing to pass on to the next grade is the highest among Japanese universities (Sometimes, more than 40% of students fails.). According to a certain survey, the average years actually needed for the graduation is 5.7. This fact is beyond expectation of normal Japanese and Tokyo University of Science is so-called "Remaining in Grade" university.

1 History
2 Faculties and Graduate Schools

[edit] History

It 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 became the Tokyo University of Science.

[edit] Faculties and Graduate Schools

[edit] Faculties

Science　Division1
Engineering　Division1
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Science & Technology
Industrial Science & Technology
Management
Science　Division2
Engineering　Division2

[edit] Graduate Schools

Science
Engineering
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Science & Technology
Industrial Science & Technology
Management
Biological Science
Management of Science & Technology
- Management of Science & Technology
- Master of Intellectual Property

[edit] Research Institutes

Research Institutes for Science and Technology
- Research Division Group
  - Division of Colloid and Interface Science, Division of Intelligent System Engineering, Division of Mathematics Education, Division of Knowledge Interface, Division of TUS-Kagurazaka Future Network Research
- Research Center Group
  - Center of Fire Science and Technology, IR FEL Research Center, Research Center for Advanced Materials, Center for Drug Delivery Research, Research Center for Holistic Computational Science, Tissue Engineering Research Center, Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Genome and Drug Research Center, Research Center for Green Photo-Science and Technology, Research Center for Human Support Engineering
Research Institutes for Biological Sciences
- Division of Immunobiology, Division of Molecular Biology, Life Information Science Center, Division of Biotechnology, Division of Development and Ageing, Division of Intramural Cooperation, Division of Extramural Cooperation
Research-Education Organization for Information Science and Technology
- Information Media Center, Frontier Research Center for Computational Sciences, Information Science Education Center