Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学 Tōkyō Rika Daigaku, formerly "Science University of Tokyo") is a private university of science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. 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

Natsume Soseki

, born ', is widely considered to be the foremost Japanese novelist of the Meiji period . He is best known for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy tales...

's work Botchan

Botchan

Botchan is a novel written by Natsume Sōseki in 1906. It is considered to be one of the most popular novels in Japan, read by most Japanese during their childhood. The central theme of the story is morality.-Narrative:...

.

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

University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as , is a major research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most prestigious university...

 (then the Imperial University

Imperial university

-France:Imperial University or University of France refers to the French university re-organisation initiated by Napoleon.-Japan:...

). In 1883, it was renamed the Tokyo University of Physics, and in 1949, it became the Tokyo University of Science.

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