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Is the first university in Asia the University of Tokyo?
The first university in Asia is the University of Tokyo.

The University of Tokyo ranked 23rd in the QS World University Rankings in 2023. The University of Tokyo, referred to as "Dongda" for short, was founded in 1877 and is located in Tokyo, Japan. In March 2023, official website showed that the University of Tokyo had 10 departments, 15 graduate schools,1/affiliated research institutes, with 65438+.

The University of Tokyo is still a collegiate university, and its campus can actually be called Komako College, Hometown College and Cypress College. Each college has great autonomy and different teaching hours. On the other hand, students have great freedom in the choice of elective courses, and all the courses in universities can be above.

Compared with other universities, the compulsory courses of the University of Tokyo are relatively few. On the other hand, the elective courses of the University of Tokyo are dazzling. And regardless of grade and major, students can choose any course according to their interests and needs as long as time permits.

Tokyo University of Scientific Research:

Based on the Institute of Cosmic Ray of the University of Tokyo, the Japanese government allocates more than 100 billion yen for equipment manufacturing and testing every year, and has successively launched 14 satellites and several launch vehicles to carry out aurora observation, detect planets and the earth's magnetic field, and carry out experiments in astrophysics and unmanned space laboratories.

The University of Tokyo is in a leading position in the research of earthquakes and volcanoes in the world. This comprehensive study is conducted by the government with an annual allocation of 2 billion yen, and a national earthquake change data processing center has been established at the University of Tokyo, and observation stations with advanced equipment and reliable prediction have been set up in earthquake-prone areas throughout the country.

The marine research of the University of Tokyo began with the 1967 large-scale marine research ship, and later cooperated with the American consortium to build a more advanced scientific research ship, and carried out research work in the fields of deep-sea drilling, main marine crust composition, seabed ecology, seabed resources development and so on. In addition, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan allocated several funds to organize researchers from Tokyo University and other schools to participate in the comprehensive scientific investigation in Antarctica.

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