Tokyo University of Science

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Tokyo University of Science
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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 Tōkyō Rika Daigaku, formerly "Science University of Tokyo") is a prestigious private university of Science and Technology in Japan. Rikadai (理科大) and Ridai (理大) are its nicknames.

The Tokyo Academy of Physics, the predecessor of TUS, appears in the foremost Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki's work Botchan.

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[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

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  • 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
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