The University of Tokyo, founded in 1877, is a national university with the longest history, the largest scale and outstanding characteristics in Japan. 1886, the university of Tokyo pioneered the establishment of an engineering university (later became the engineering department) in a comprehensive research university and systematically taught the content of engineering education. In addition, the University of Tokyo has trained high-level professionals in the fields of law, diplomacy, science and technology, medicine, etc. for Japan, and at the same time, it has carried out high-level scientific research based on the model of German research universities, becoming one of the most important basic scientific research centers in Japan. Of the 62 Japanese prime ministers so far, 15 graduated from the University of Tokyo. From the first announcement of academic ranking of world universities by Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2003 to 20 19, although the ranking of the University of Tokyo dropped from the initial 19 to 26 in 2020, it has always ranked first among Asian universities. Since its establishment, the University of Tokyo has not only sent a large number of teachers and researchers to other imperial universities, local national universities and famous private universities, which laid the foundation for the development of modern Japanese higher education, but also helped other countries to cultivate high-level scientific research and professional talents through education for overseas students and other forms of international cooperative research.