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The University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan
#39 QS World University Rankings 2027
29,684 students
QS World University Rankings 2027 #39
Founded 1877
Students 29,684
International 5,234 · 17.6%
Core campuses 4

University overview

Founded in 1877, UTokyo is the oldest and largest of Japan's national universities, with education and research centred on Hongo, Komaba and Kashiwa.

Academic scale

10 undergraduate faculties
15 graduate schools
11 affiliated research institutes

Global community

5,234 international students

Core campuses

Hongo Campus The main campus and the administrative headquarters.
Komaba Campus Where every UTokyo undergraduate spends the first two years: the College of Arts and Sciences (Junior Division) and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. PEAK, the English-taught undergraduate programme, is based here.
Kashiwa Campus UTokyo's newest core campus and its graduate-and-research campus. Home to the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research and the Institute for Solid State Physics.
Shirokanedai Campus Campus of the Institute of Medical Science and its 122-bed attached hospital, in central Tokyo. Listed by UTokyo as a campus in its own right.

More facts

1877 founded as Japan's first national university
21 English-taught graduate programmes across 9 graduate schools
2026 final Fall intake for PEAK, UTokyo's only English-taught undergraduate degree
¥150,000 monthly scholarship for every Global Science Course transfer student
University figures verified 6 Sep 2026 Ranking: QS World University Rankings 2027

Funding

11 external scholarships name this university among their designated schools.

This university’s own scholarships and tuition reductions are not listed here — the source excludes them. Check the university directly.

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