•UTokyo Today•

FUTI at New York in Sept, 2015

Ken FURUYA, Executive Vice PresidentUniversity Mission•lll

We aim to be a world-class platform for research and education, contributing to human knowledge in partnership with other leading global universities.
We aim to nurture global leaders with a strong senseof public responsibility and a pioneering spirit, possessi
ng both deep specialism and broad knowledge.
We aim to expand the boundaries of human knowled
ge in partnership with society.
from The University of Tokyo Charter2

Start of the Presidency of Prof. Gonokami•Professor Makoto Gonokami has beco
me the 30th President of the Universit
y of Tokyo on April 1st, 2015, with a si
x-year term.
ØØTake the lead in collaborative efforts driven bydiversity through global viewpoints
Become a global base for knowledge
collaborationfrom the President’s Policy Declaration
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/policy_declaration.html
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•The University of Tokyo: Overview

Established: 1877lOrganization:
Faculties - 10
Graduate Schools - 15
Research Institutes and Centers - 25l
Number of Personnel:
Academic Staff- 5,903
Other Staff – 4,563lStudents Enrolled:
Undergraduate - 14,097 （ Male: 11,447 Female: 2,650)
Graduate - 13,768 (Male: 9,998 Female: 3,770)
International students - 2,873l

4Internationalization of UTokyo: A Snapshotl

Ratio of non-Japanese faculty: 9%lRatio of international students: 11%lRatio of students who study abroad: 1.5%lNumber of degree programs offered in English–

Bachelor’s degree–

Master’s degree–

Doctorate degree–

Professional Master’s

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Trends in International Students
Total: 2873
Researchstudent

3000

Others2000

402

Undergraduate293Undergraduate

Taiwan
Korea

Graduate

1000
2178

China0Research Students

Graduate
201220132014

There are 2,873 international students from 107
countries (As of May 2014).
6Academic Exchange Agreements
Europe158
Uni-level 56
D-level102

Africa7

Uni-level
1
D-level6

University (Uni) -level 131
Department (D) -level 281
TOTAL
412

North America
50
Uni-level
19
D-level
31

Asia
149

Uni-level
D-level112

Middle East
11

37

Uni-level
3
D-level8

Central&SouthAmerica 11
Uni-level
D-level 6

Others8

Uni-level

4

D-level45

Oceania18
Uni-level
6
D-level12

Total: 412 agreements across 58 countries and areas
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Overseas Offices of the UTokyo

New York

45 offices in the world

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MEXT Top Global University Project
University ReformInternationalization
International Compatibility
International CompetitivenessConstructing a Global Campus Model at UTokyo
Period: 10 Years

As a leading research university from the non-English spe
aking regions, UTokyo will construct a Global Campus Mo
del that synthesizes cross-cultural values and world-classcutting edge research.

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Global Campus Model at UTokyo

Mobility Excellence Diversity
World-class
Cutting-edge
Research
Comprehensive
Reform of Educationin the Era ofGlobalization

Enhance theProvide Great
Contents and Variety
Opportunities forof Degree Programs
Research andin English
Education in JapaneseDiversity among
Students, Facultyand Administrative
Members

Reform of theAdministration
System and Career
Development

10Top Global University Project
10 Years Program funded by MEXT, Japan (Oct., 2014 -)Constructing a Global Campus Model at UTokyo

Mobility

Excellence

Cutting-Edge Research

World-Class Education

I . Comprehensive Reform ofEducation System in UTokyo

II. Strategic Partnerships

A New and Effective Education System
Strengthening of the university’s
educational function, inresponse to globalization

Diversity

Global Outreach inEducation and ResearchEstablishment of closeand creative relationships
with world-leading
universities

Leading andAdvanced Research

III. Building Up a Core Platform

Global Campus Promotion Office, UTokyo
University Globalization Administrator
Integrating, managing and creating effective networks
11Reform of the Education System•

New Academic Calendar from 2015 at UTokyo•

Reforms in the Education System– First Year Special Seminar (mandatory course for all the 1st year students from 2015)– Summer Programs, Winter Programs– Credit Transfer System for Short-term Study Abroad Programs– FLY Program :Freshers’ Leave Year Program– CAP System
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UTokyo’s Strength
10 years later

Advanced Research at UTokyo
UTokyo has the allroundfaculty’s strength in theworld•
Ranking top 20 for 18
fields of researchamong all 30 fields,including 5 areas ofstudy listed in top 10•

Computer Science

Physics
Space Science

Economics

Chemistry
Pharmacy

BiomaterialEngineering

Medicine

Biological Science

Earth and
Planetary Science

Source ： Elsevier SciVal
Deeper in color means(2013.12)
stronger in fields. Peripheral circle（ QS2014 ）•Highly evaluated forScience as well as
Humanities

represents specialty and the internal part is interdisciplinary fusion.

Harvard University

University of Cambridge

ScienceArts and Sciences

Engineering
Interdisciplinary
fusionMedicine/PharmaceuticalSciences/LifeSciencesnMITnnn

Energy,Environment
al frontier
Sciences

Earth andPlanetary
ScienceEnhancement of research capability through graduate
schools reforms, increase of overseas students,
international education, and global collaborative
leading-edge advanced research
Development of interdisciplinary fusion in cooperation
with science, engineering, medicine, andpharmaceutics
Enhancement of UTokyo’s unique programs such as The
Global Japan studies and Asian studies
Enhancement of representing UTokyo andcommunicating our messages to the world13

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A World-Class Research Hub: Kavli Institute for the Physics
and Mathematics of the Universe

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Supportinginternational
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Introducof tenure
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Renewal of Yasuda Auditorium

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Renewal of Yasuda Auditorium

16•Prof Ueno and Hachi

17Thank You!

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