Universities & Institutes
Teaching staff | approx. 1,900 |
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Undergraduate students | approx. 9,900 |
Graduate students | approx. 6,800 |
International students | approx. 1,700 |
Undergraduate School | School of Humanities and Culture
School of Social and International Studies School of Human Sciences School of Life and Environmental Sciences School of Science and Engineering School of Informatics School of Medicine and Medical Sciences School of Health and Physical Education School of Art and Design |
Graduate Schools | Master's Program in Education
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate School of Business Sciences Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences Graduate School of Library, Information and Media Studies |
University of Tsukuba
History and Outstanding Features
The University of Tsukuba was established in 1973 as an innovative type of university, as well as the new incarnation of the Tokyo University of Education, which specialized in education and teacher training.
This innovation was principally to be found in its critical emphasis on research.
The University is committed to training young talent able to take on the central role in national technological strategy in the future, by focusing on postgraduate education and research in its Graduate Schools and affiliated Research Organizations.
This has allowed the University to make a clear differentiation between itself and other establishments. It is a center of training for research leaders in diverse fields, including talented students in sport and art-related disciplines.
The University has also been home to three Nobel Laureates: Dr. Hideki Shirakawa was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000, Dr. Leo Esaki, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1973, and Dr. Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1965. All three men spent considerable time at the University of Tsukuba.
Jigoro Kano was an educator who was committed to promoting Japanese judo throughout the world, and who made significant contributions to the development of physical education and sports in Japan and the promotion of the Olympic movement. He was active in the latter half of the 19th century, just after Japan had opened itself up to the rest of the world. He was also the President of the Tokyo Higher Normal School, later to become the Tokyo University of Education, the predecessor of the University of Tsukuba.
It should be clear, then, that the University of Tsukuba has long cultivated a climate as a research-focused university that strives to welcome outstanding researchers and educators.