is a private university in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

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. It was established in 1943 by Shigeyoshi Matsumae, who had formerly been the engineering president of the Ministry of Communications. The Shonan Campus was established in the 1960s.

Tōkai University is unique amongst Japanese universities in referring to its faculties as "schools." Special features of the university include the Department of Nordic Studies, including instruction in (Danish

Danish language

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, Swedish

Swedish language

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, Norwegian

Norwegian language

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, Finnish

Finnish language

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 and Icelandic

Icelandic language

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) languages. The university also offers pilot training in cooperation with All Nippon Airways

All Nippon Airways

, also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...

.

The university has focused particularly on the sciences and engineering, as the founder believed that "After the war, development and the peaceful use of the science and technology were necessary for the development of Japan where the resource was scarce" About 60 percent of students enrolled in those schools. Between 1994 and 2004, Tōkai University led all universities in Japan in the registration of new patents.

Graduate Schools

• Letters
• Political Science
• Economics
• Law
• Arts
• Physical Education
• Science
• Engineering
• High-Technology for Human Welfare
• Marine Science & Technology
• Medicine
  • Master of Clinical Biomedical Science(New course open in April 2006 )
• Health Science

New schools opening in April 2007

• Human Environment Studies

Professional Graduate School

• Tokai Law School (in English)

New schools opening in April 2007

• Embedded Technology school

Courses

• School of Letters
  • Department of Civilization
  • Department of Asian Civilization
  • Department of European Civilization
  • Department of American Civilization
  • Department of Nordic Studies
  • Department of History
    • Special Study of Japanese History
    • Special Study of Oriental History
    • Special Study of Archaeology
    • Special Study of Occidental History
  • Department of Japanese Literature
  • Department of Create Writing
  • Department of English
  • Department of Media Studies
  • Department of Psychological and Sociological Studies
• School of Political Science and Economics
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Business Administrations
• School of Law
  • Department of Law
• School of Humanities and Culture
  • Department of Human Development
    • Special Study of Environmental and Resources
    • Special Study of Human Welfare Environment
  • Department of Arts
    • Special Study of Music
    • Special Study of Fine Arts
    • Special Study of Design
  • Department of International Studies
• School of Physical Education
  • Department of Physical Education
  • Department of Competitive Sports
  • Department of Judo and Kendo
  • Department of Physical Recreation
  • Department of Sports and Leisure Management
• School of Science
  • School of Mathematics
  • School of Mathematical Science
  • School of Physics
  • School of Chemistry
• School of Information Technology and Electronics
  • Department of Human and Information Science
  • Department of Information Media Technology
  • Department of Management Systems Engineering
  • Department of Applied Computer Engineering
  • Department of Electronics
  • Department of Communications Engineering
  • Department of Electric and Electronics Engineering
• School of Engineering
  • Department of Applied Biochemistry
  • Department of Applied Chemistry
  • Department of Applied Science
    • Special Study of Optics and Photonics
    • Special Study of Energy Engineering
  • Department of Material Science
  • Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering
  • Department of Precision Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Prime Mover Engineering
  • Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    • Special Study of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    • Special Study of Pilot (Cooperating with All Nippon Airways
      All Nippon Airways
      , also known as or ANA, is one of the largest airlines in Japan. It is headquartered at the Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It operates services to 49 destinations in Japan and 35 international routes and employed over 14,000 employees as of May 2009...
      
      ;Study abroad for University of North Dakota
      University of North Dakota
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• School of Information Design Engineering
  • Department of Network and Computer Engineering
  • Department of Architectural Design
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
• School of High Technology for Human Welfare
  • Department of Perceptual Human Interface Design
  • Department of Information and Communication Technology
  • Department of Materials Chemistry
  • Department of Biological Science and Technology
  • Department of Bio-medical Engineering
• School of Marine Science and Technology
  • Department of Maritime Civilizations
  • Department of Geo-Environmental Technology
  • Department of Marine Civil Engineering
  • Department of Marine Mineral Resources
  • Department of Fisheries
    • Special Study of Exploitation
    • Special Study of Aquaculture
  • Department of Marine Design Engineering
  • Department of Marine Science
  • Department of Natural Engineering
    • Special Study of Navigation
    • Special Study of Logistics
• School of Medicine
  • Faculty of Medicine
• School of Health Science
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Social Work

Research Institute

• Research & InformationCenter
• Space Information Center
• Strategic Peace & International Affairs Research Institute
• Tokai University Press
• European Center 
• Head Office of International Affairs

Facility facilities

• Hospital affiliated to a medical school
  • Tokai University Hospital
    • Highly emergency medical care center
  • Tokai University Ōiso Hospital
  • Tokai University Tokyo
    Tokyo
    , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
    
     Hospital
  • Tokai University Hachiōji
    Hachioji, Tokyo
    is a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 kilometers west of the center of the special wards of Tokyo.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 551,901 and a population density of 2,962.27/km². The total area is 186.31 km². It is the eighth largest city in the...
    
     Hospital

Campuses

• Shonan Campus
  • Address: 1117 Kita-kaname, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture
    Kanagawa Prefecture
    is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
    
    
  • 15 min. on foot from Tōkaidaigaku-mae Station of Odakyu Odawara Line
• Yoyogi Campus
  • Address: 2-28-4 Tomigaya, Shibuya, Tokyo
    Shibuya, Tokyo
    is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, it has an estimated population of 208,371 and a population density of 13,540 persons per km². The total area is 15.11 km²....
    
    
  • 10 min. on foot from Yoyogi-hachiman Station of Odakyu Odawara Line or Yoyogi-koen Station of Tokyo Metro
    Tokyo Metro
    is one of two rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Toei. It is the most used subway system in the world in terms of annual passenger rides.-Organization:...
    
     Chiyoda Line
• Isehara Campus
  • Address: Boseidai, Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  • 15 min. by bus from Isehara Station of Odakyu Odawara Line
• Shimizu Campus
  • Address: 3-20-1 Shimizu-orido, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture
    Shizuoka Prefecture
    is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
    
    
  • Shimizu Station of JR
    Central Japan Railway Company
    The is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as . Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station...
    
     Tōkaidō Line

• Numazu Campus
  • Address: 317 Nishino, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
  • Hara Station of JR Tōkaidō Line
• Sapporo Campus
  • Address: 224 Chuwa Kamuicho Asahikawa, Sapporo City, Hokkaidō
    Hokkaido
    , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...
    
     Prefecture
• Takanawa Campus
  • Address:2-3-23 takanawa, minato, Tokyo
    Minato, Tokyo
    is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
    
    
• Kumamoto Campus
  • Address:9-1-1 Tojika Kumamotoshi Kumamotoken
• Aso Campus
  • Kouyou Minamiasomura Asogun Kumamotoken

Overseas Offices

Hawaii US: Tokai University Pacific Center A.K.A Hawaii Tokai International College

Hawaii Tokai International College

Hawaii Tokai International College was established in Honolulu on May 22, 1992 as an American two-year liberal arts college. It is the most recent school in the Moili‘ili community adjacent to Waikiki...

 (HTIC) Denmark: Tokai University European Center Austria: The Matsumae Budocenter South Korea: Seoul office, In Hanyang University

Hanyang University

Hanyang University is one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea. In particular, Hanyang's School of Engineering is one of the oldest engineering schools in Korea. The main campus is Hanyang University at Seoul, located in the Seoul, with its branch campus, the ERICA campus , located...

  The Kingdom of Thailand: Tokai University Asian Office at KMITL, In King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)

Scholarship

• Foreign student scholarship
• Foreign student special scholarship
• General entrance examination top performer scholarship
• MATSUMAE Shigeyoshi Commemoration Fund
  • MATSUMAE Shigeyoshi Foreign student scholarship
  • Faculty scholarship
  • Self-study scholarship
  • Establishment commemoration paper scholaeship
• Graduate school scholarship
• Labor scholarship(Service in a University)
• Emergency scholarship

(The person to whom tuition payment became difficult by sudden change of a household economy)

• Medical department scholarship
• SATO Kanezō scholarship loan(Department of Medical & Health science Student)
• BOSEI scholarship(Department student of Health science of nursing)
• Sport scholarship
• International exchange scholarship
• KAWAKAMI Masuo & UCHIDA Shoyu scholarship
• SATO Kanezō Research training scholarship
• TOKAI University Supporters' association scholarship

Famous alumni

• Akinori Otsuka
  Akinori Otsuka
  is a currently inactive Japanese Major League Baseball player. He was formerly the set-up man for the San Diego Padres and the Texas Rangers...
  
   - pitcher for the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
  
• Eikō Harada
  Eiko Harada
  is a Japanese business executive. He is the representative director and president of Mcdonald's Holdings Company , Ltd. as well as president and chief executive officer of McDonald's Company , Ltd. . He is married to J-pop singer-songwriter Yumi Tanimura...
  
   - president of McDonald's
  McDonald's
  McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
  
   Japan
• Kenji Sakaguchi - Actor
• Kazuaki Tasaka
  Kazuaki Tasaka
  is a retired Japanese international football player. He was a defensive midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach at Shimizu S-Pulse.-Career:He was capped 7 times for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999...
  
   - Japanese Football Player
• Kenjiro Shinozuka
  Kenjiro Shinozuka
  is a Japanese rally driver. Since his debut in 1967, his greatest successes have been as a works driver for Mitsubishi Motors. Behind the wheel of a Galant VR-4 he won the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in 1988 and scored consecutive victories in the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire Bandama in 1991 and 1992,...
  
   - Rally driver
• Yasuhiro Yamashita
  Yasuhiro Yamashita
  is one of the most successful judo competitors of all time. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the...
  
   - Undefeated Japanese judoka
• Kosei Inoue
  Kosei Inoue
  is a Judo practitioner from Japan. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari ....
  
   - Japanese judoka
• Akira Hagiwara - Racing driver
• Kunihiro Shimizu - Japan National Volleyball Player
• Maki Tsukada
  Maki Tsukada
  born January 5, 1982 in Shimotsuma, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a Japanese female judoka.She won the Women's +78 kg category gold medal at the Athens Olympic in 2004 and the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Satoko Okudera
  Satoko Okudera
  is a Japanese screenwriter. She is known for her screenplays in both the live-action and anime mediums. Her 1995 screenplay for Gakkô no kaidan was nominated for the Japan Academy Prize...
  
   - Screenwriter
• Shingo Suetsugu
  Shingo Suetsugu
  is a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
  
  
• Tatsunori Hara
  Tatsunori Hara
  is the current manager for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants during his professional baseball career from to . Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.- External links :...
  
   - manager of the Yomiuri Giants
  Yomiuri Giants
  The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the...
  
  
• Tomimatsu Takaaki - Japan National Volleyball Player
• Hakuei Tanaka - Lead singer of Penicillin
  Penicillin (band)
  Penicillin is a visual kei alternative rock band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.-History:Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the visual kei scene and is still thriving today...
  
  
• Tomoaki Hayashi - (AKA: Chisato) Lead Guitarist of Penicillin
  Penicillin (band)
  Penicillin is a visual kei alternative rock band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.-History:Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the visual kei scene and is still thriving today...
  
  
• Yoshiaki Kondou - (AKA: Gisho) Former Bassist of Penicillin
  Penicillin (band)
  Penicillin is a visual kei alternative rock band formed in Tokyo, Japan in 1992.-History:Formed by friends at Tokai University in Kanagawa, Japan on February 14, 1992 Penicillin went on to become one of the largest acts in the visual kei scene and is still thriving today...
  
  
• Toru Kamikawa
  Toru Kamikawa
  is a former Japanese football referee, debuting in Japan's professional J. League in 1996.Kamikawa was born in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture...
  
   - international football referee.
• Toshihide Wakamatsu
  Toshihide Wakamatsu
  Toshihide Wakamatsu is a Japanese actor born in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan.- Profile :* He originally came to Tokyo to be a painter, but soon became interested acting in movies and plays....
  
   - Actor
• Yuya Kubo
  Yuya Kubo
  is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C..-Club:-External links:* at Kyoto Sanga F.C. official site * at Yahoo! Japan sports...
  
   - pitcher of the Yomiuri Giants

• Kitti Tiraseth - President of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang is a leading research and educational institution and one of Thailand's leading universities. It is in the city of Bangkok, Thailand...
  
   (KMITL), Thailand
• Prakit Tangtisanon - Former President of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang is a leading research and educational institution and one of Thailand's leading universities. It is in the city of Bangkok, Thailand...
  
   (KMITL), Thailand
• Marzan Aziz Iskandar - Chairman of Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia

Le Mans 24 Hours

A student team at Tōkai University fielded a car for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in 2008

2008 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 76th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place on 14–15 June 2008 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The test day was on June 1. The race was attended by 258,000 spectators...

. This was the first time that a university team attempted to enter the race.

The team entered a Courage

Courage Compétition

Courage Compétition was a racing team and chassis constructor company now owned by Oreca, based in Le Mans, France near the Circuit de la Sarthe. It was founded by Yves Courage, a French race driver who ran hillclimbs before founding the company...

-Oreca

Oreca

Oreca is a French racing team, founded and run by Hugues de Chaunac, former team manager of F1 team AGS. Oreca has had success in many areas of motorsport including Formula Three where drivers including Alain Prost, Jacques Laffite and Jean Alesi have won the French Formula Three Championship for...

 LC70-YGK numbered 22 in the LMP1 class. It completed 185 laps (just under half that of the race winner), retiring due to a gearbox problem, and was not classified.

• TOKAI UNIVERSITY Le Mans Project

It has been confirmed that they will race in the Asian Le Mans Series

Asian Le Mans Series

The Asian Le Mans Series is an Asian sports car racing endurance series created by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and based in Asia. It is the successor to the defunct Japan Le Mans Challenge which folded in 2007 after its second season...

 in November, 2009. The team raced at the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai

2010 1000 km of Zhuhai

The 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai was an auto race held on 5–7 November 2010 at the Zhuhai International Circuit in Zhuhai, China. The 1000 km of Zhuhai was the first race in China to be run under Automobile Club de l'Ouest regulations, and the second race to be held under the guise of the...

 and will race again at the 2011 6 Hours of Zhuhai

6 Hours of Zhuhai

The 6 Hours of Zhuhai is a sports car endurance race held at the Zhuhai International Circuit in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The race was first held in 1994 on a street circuit as a round of the BPR Global GT Series. It was held 7 times in 14 years in BPR and the FIA GT Championship, and revived in...

, both races are part of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

Global Green Challenge

The Tokai Challenger

Tokai Challenger

Tokai Challenger is a solar car from the Japanese Tokai University. The Tokai Challenger became the winner of the 2011 and 2009 World Solar Challenge, a race for solar cars across Australia...

 is a solar car

Solar vehicle

A solar vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic cells contained in solar panels convert the sun's energy directly into electric energy. The term "solar vehicle" usually implies that solar energy is used to power all or part...

. The Tokai Challenger is the winner of the 2009 World Solar Challenge

World Solar Challenge

The World Solar Challenge is a solar-powered car race which covers through the Australian Outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.The race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations although some are fielded by high schools...

, a race for solar cars across Australia. The car is designed and tested in collaboration with students from Tokai University and several Japanese companies in the automotive industry.

The Tokai Challenger covered the 3021 kilometer off in 29 hours 49 minutes and it took an average speed of 100.54 kilometers per hour.

External links

• Tokai University (English)
• The International Student Education Center(English website)
• TOKAI Channel (You Tube, English )
• The TOKAI JOURNAL of EXPERIMENTAL and CLINICAL MEDICINE(English)
• Tokai University Press(English)
• Head Office of International Affairs, Tokai University (English web)
• Hawaii Tokai International College
• Hawaii Tokai College Preparatory Program
• Jason Tom "Beatbox Lobby" at Tokai University