| Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | |
|---|---|
| 東京農工大学 | |
| Established | 1949 |
| Type | Public (National) |
| Undergraduates | 3,998[1] |
| Postgraduates | 1,954[2] |
| Location | Fuchū, Tokyo (headquarters), Japan |
| Website | www.tuat.ac.jp (Japanese) www.tuat.ac.jp/english www.tuat.ac.jp/en/ (English) |
Established in 1949 as a national university, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (東京農工大学 Tōkyō Nōkō Daigaku), nicknamed "Nōkōdai" or "TUAT", is a research-oriented national university with two campuses, one each located in the cities of Fuchū and Koganei, Tokyo.
The undergraduate organization of the university has two faculties, Agriculture and Engineering, and several departments as shown below.
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Faculty of Agriculture
Biological Production,
Applied Biological Science,
Environmental and Natural Resource Science,
Ecoregion Science,
Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Engineering
Biotechnology and Life Science,
Applied Chemistry,
Organic and Polymer Materials Chemistry,
Chemical Engineering,
Mechanical Systems Engineering,
Applied Physics,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
Computer and Information Sciences
The university has about 4,200 undergraduate students and 1,800 graduate students, including more than 400 international students. Every year, around 140 fellows complete doctoral (PhD) degrees. The university has a full-time faculty of 442, plus 377 part-time faculty.
Ranked #1st in terms of its ability to disseminate research findings.*
Ranked #5th in its ability to form industry-academia partnerships.*
Ranked #5th in its overall research capabilities.*
* (2004 by Nikkei; Study of the research capabilities of the engineering schools).
Ranked #1st, Paper Citation Index (field of engineering, by Asahi Newspaper/University Ranking 2007 and the ISI-Thomson database).
Also, in a ranking survey compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) that evaluated alliances between the business sector and universities. METI conducted this survey and interviewed 38 large corporations and 85 small and midsize companies that are actively engaged in tie-up arrangements with universities between last August and December. As a result of the survey:
1. Ritsumeikan University
2. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
3. University of Tokushima.
...(June 2005 Nikkei Shimbun)
Akira Endo; 2006 Japan Prize laureate and 2008 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award winner. Professor, 1979-1997.
Susumu Ohno. Author of "Evolution by Gene Duplication". Ph.D. in veterinary science in 1949.
Hirohide Hamashima. Director of the Bridgestone's Motorsport Tyre Development. Master course 1977.
Shigeru Uehara, Development chief of the Honda NSX, Bachelor of Engineering, 1971.
Morshed Khan, (1940-) Foreign minister of Bangladesh (2001–2006). Bachelor of Engineering.
Ginandjar Kartasasmita; Member of Indonesian Presidential Advisory Council (2010-). Chair of House of Regional Representative (2005–2009; Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun 2008. Bachelor of Engineering 1960-1965.