Tokyo University of Science

Tokyo University of Science
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Motto	An educational foundation for the development of the nation through the advancement of science
Type	Private
Established	1949(Origin 1881)
President	Akira Fujishima
Undergraduates	17,180
Postgraduates	3,007
Location	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Campus	Urban
Mascot	Bocchan
Website	www.tus.ac.jp

Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学 Tōkyō Rika Daigaku, formerly "Science University of Tokyo") is a private university of science and technology in Japan. Rikadai (理科大) and Ridai (理大) are its nicknames.

The Tokyo Academy of Physics, the predecessor of TUS, appears in the foremost Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki's work Botchan.

History

It was founded in 1881 as The Tokyo Academy of Physics by 21 graduates of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo (then the Imperial University). In 1883, it was renamed the Tokyo University of Physics, and in 1949, it became the Tokyo University of Science.

Faculties and graduate schools

Faculties

Science　Division1
Engineering　Division1
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Science & Technology
Industrial Science & Technology
Management
Science　Division2
Engineering　Division2

Graduate schools

Science
Chemical Sciences and Technology
Engineering
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Science & Technology
Industrial Science & Technology
Management
Biological Science
Management of Science & Technology
- Management of Science & Technology
- Master of Intellectual Property

Research institutes

Research Institutes for Science and Technology
- Research Division Group
  - Division of Colloid and Interface Science, Division of Intelligent System Engineering, Division of Mathematics Education, Division of Knowledge Interface, Division of TUS-Kagurazaka Future Network Research
- Research Center Group
  - Center of Fire Science and Technology, IR FEL Research Center, Research Center for Advanced Materials, Center for Drug Delivery Research, Research Center for Holistic Computational Science, Tissue Engineering Research Center, Research Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Genome and Drug Research Center, Research Center for Green Photo-Science and Technology, Novavax Inc. Research Group for H1N1 and VLP (Virus-Like Particle) Technology, Research Center for Human Support Engineering
Research Institutes for Biological Sciences
- Division of Immunobiology, Division of Molecular Biology, Life Information Science Center, Division of Biotechnology, Division of Development and Ageing, Division of Intramural Cooperation, Division of Extramural Cooperation
Research-Education Organization for Information Science and Technology
- Information Media Center, Frontier Research Center for Computational Sciences, Information Science Education Center

Politicians