The University of Tokyo, referred to as Dongda for short, is a world-famous research-oriented comprehensive university with its headquarters in bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. As the highest academic hall in Japan and the first of the seven old imperial universities, it enjoys a high reputation in the world. ?

Dongda was born in 1877, which was formed by the merger and reorganization of "Tokyo Kaicheng School" and "Tokyo Medical College" during the Meiji Restoration. At first, four departments of science, science, literature and medicine and a university preparatory school were established. It is the first national comprehensive university in Japan and one of the earliest western universities in Asia, and some of its departments can be traced back to the period of Emperor Lingyuan.

As a direct product of the impact of capitalist civilization, Dongda has a decisive historical position in Japanese society. The school was renamed Imperial University on 1886, which is the first Imperial University established in Japan. 1897, renamed Imperial University of Tokyo, to distinguish it from Imperial University of Kyoto founded in the same year; After World War II,1September, 947 was officially named as the University of Tokyo. ?

By the end of 20 14, Dongda has trained a large number of academic masters, business tycoons and political elites, including 9 Nobel Prize winners, 6 Wolff Prize winners, 1 Fields Prize winners, 16 Japanese Prime Ministers and 2 1 (Imperial) National Assembly Speaker, which has unparalleled influence in Japan.

As the top comprehensive university in the world, Dongda ranked 13 in the world and 1 in Japan in the CWUR world university rankings in 20 16. Ranked 25th in the world in 20 19ARWU academic ranking of world universities? .