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Academic rankings

University rankings
T. Reuters National[1] Research 1
WE [ja] National[2] Employment 12
NBP Greater Tokyo[3][4] Reputation 2
Shimano National[5] Selectivity SA
QS Asia
(World Ranking version)[6]		 General 3
QS Asia
(Asia version)[7]		 General 8
THE Asia
(Asia version)[8]		 General 1
ARWU Asia[9] Research 1
THE World[10] General 43
QS World[6] General 30
ARWU World[9] Research 20
ENSMP World[11] Alumni 2
Program rankings
Social Sciences & Humanities
LAW
Asahi National[12] Research 1
Natural Sciences & Technology
Engineering
MATERIALS SCIENCE
T.Reuters National[13] Research 3
T.Reuters World[13] Research 19
PHYSICS
T.Reuters National[13] Research 1
T.Reuters World[13] Research 2
CHEMISTRY
T.Reuters National[13] Research 2
T.Reuters World[13] Research 5
BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
T.Reuters National[13] Research 1
T.Reuters World[13] Research 3
MATHEMATICS
ARWU National[14] Research 2
ARWU World[14] Research 51-71
COMPUTER SCIENCE
ARWU National[15] Research 1
ARWU World[15] Research 76-100
Life Sciences
IMMUNOLOGY
T.Reuters National[13] Research 2
T.Reuters World[13] Research 20
PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
T.Reuters National[13] Research 1
T.Reuters World[13] Research 5
* T. Reuters World rankings include non-educational institutions

Todai is one of the top universities in Japan and in Asia. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.

General rankings

The university has been ranked 1st during 2006-2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai.[18] In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Todai as the best university in Japan.[19]

Todai is also one of the top universities in the world. The following rankings are the example of Todai's ranking positions in the world rankings.

Research performance

Todai is usually considered as the top research institution in Japan. In fact, the largest amount of investment has been spent for Todai in Grants in Aid for Scientific Research, which is the national grands for research institutions. Todai receives 40% more than the University with 2nd largest grants and 90% more than the University with 3rd largest grants.[27]

This massive financial supports from the Japanese government directly affects Todai's research outcomes. According to Thomson Reuters, Todai is the best research university in Japan.[1] Its research excellence is especially distinctive in Physics(1st in Japan, 2nd in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (1st in Japan, 3rd in the world), Pharmacology & Toxicology (1st in Japan, 5th in the world), Materials Science (3rd in Japan, 19th in the world), Chemistry (2nd in Japan, 5th in the world), and Immunology (2nd in Japan, 20th in the world).[28]

In another ranking, Nikkei Shimbun　on 2004/2/16 surveyed about the research standards in Engineering studies based on Thomson Reuters, Grants in Aid for Scientific Research and questionnaires to heads of 93 leading Japanese Research Centers, and Todai was placed 4th (research planning ability 3rd/informative ability of research outcome 10th/ability of business-academia collaboration 3rd) in this ranking.[29]

Weekly Diamond also reported that Todai has the 3rd highest research standard in Japan in terms of research fundings per researchers in COE Program.[30] In the same article, it's also ranked 21st in terms of the quality of education by GP funds per student.

Todai also has an outstanding research standard in Social Science & Humanities. Repec in Jan 2011 ranked Todai's Economic department as Japan's best economic research university.[31] And it is the only Japanese university within world top 100.[32] Todai has provided 9 presidents of Japanese Economic Association in its 42-year history, and it is the largest number.[33]

Asahi Shimbun summarized the amount of academic papers in Japanese major legal journals by university, and Todai was ranked top during 2005-2009.[12]

Graduate school rankings

Todai Law School is considered as one of the top Law schools in Japan, as it was ranked top in terms of the number of successful candidates of Japanese Bar Examination in 2009 and 2010.[34]

Eduniversal ranked Japanese business schools, and the Faculty of Economics in Todai is placed 4th in Japan (111th in the world).[35]

Alumni rankings

Todai alumni are distinctively successful in Japanese industries such as shown below.

According to the Weekly Economist's 2010 rankings, graduates from Todai have the 12th best employment rate in 400 major companies in Japan.[36] However, this lower ranking position is because of the large number of alumni who become government bureaucrats, which is more than double of alumni from any other universities.[37] In fact, alumni of Todai's average salary is the best in Japan, according to the PRESIDENT.[38]

École des Mines de Paris ranks Todai as 2nd in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.[11]

Popularity and selectivity

University of Tokyo (Todai) is considered to be the most selective and prestigious university in Japan and is counted as one of the best universities in the world.[39][40][41]

Nikkei BP has been publishing a ranking system "Brand rankings of Japanese universities" every year, composed by the various indications related to the power of brand, and Todai has been 2nd in 2009-2010 in Greater Tokyo Area.[42][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan". Thomson Reuters. 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2022. (this ranking includes 5 non-educational institutions)
  2. ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Nikkei BP Brand rankings of Japanese universities" (in Japanese). Nikkei Business Publications. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "GBUDU University Rankings" (in Japanese). YELL books. 2009. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Asia 2025". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2025. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2024. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Academic Ranking of World Universities". Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  10. ^ "THE World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "ENSMP World University Rankings" (PDF). École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris. 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  12. ^ a b Asahi Shimbun University rankings 2010 "Publification rankings in Law (Page 4)" (PDF) (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Thomson Reuters 10 Top research institutions by subject in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "ARWU in Mathematics". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2011. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "ARWU in Computer Science". Shanghai Jiaotong University. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  16. ^ "Kawaijuku japanese universities rankings in Engineering field" (in Japanese). Kawaijuku. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  17. ^ "QS topuniversities world rankings in Engineering field". Topuniversities. 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_TSU_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_Kawai_N was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  20. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2009". ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. 2009.
  21. ^ "World University Rankings". The Times Higher Educational Supplement. 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  22. ^ "QS World University Rankings 2016 Results". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  23. ^ "QS University Rankings: Asia 2016". QS TopUniversities. 2010. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  24. ^ "TOP - 100 (Global universities ranking)". Global Universities Ranking. 2009.
  25. ^ "300 Best World Universities 2010". ChaseCareer Network.
  26. ^ "Nature Publishing Index: Global Top 50". Nature Publishing Group. 2011.
  27. ^ http://homepage3.nifty.com/katu-kobayashi/hiroshima/toudai_09.htm
  28. ^ "Thomson Reuters 20 Top research institutions in Japan" (in Japanese). Thomson Reuters. (this raking includes non-educational institutions)
  29. ^ http://homepage3.nifty.com/katu-kobayashi/doppo/kougaku_kennkyu.htm
  30. ^ "週刊ダイヤモンド" ダイヤモンド社 2010/2/27 http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/kikaku/infomation/0227daiyamondokiji.pdf
  31. ^ https://ideas.repec.org/top/old/1101/top.japan.html
  32. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_RE_W was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  33. ^ http://www.jeaweb.org/eng/AboutPresidents.html
  34. ^ http://laws.shikakuseek.com/data/2010data-2.html
  35. ^ http://www.eduniversal-ranking.com/business-school-university-ranking-in-japan.html
  36. ^ "Employment rate in 400 major companies rankings" (in Japanese). Weekly Economist. 2011. Retrieved Apr 29, 2011.
  37. ^ http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/3866.html
  38. ^ http://hensachi-ranking.seesaa.net/article/26733115.html#more
  39. ^ Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 10 scales) in Japan. 危ない大学・消える大学 2012年版 (in Japanese). YELL books. 2011. ISBN 4-7539-3018-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help)
  40. ^ "Japan University Rankings 2017". Times Higher Education (THE). 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  41. ^ "World University Rankings". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
  42. ^ http://consult.nikkeibp.co.jp/consult/release/ub091210a.html
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