Tokyo University of Science

Not to be confused with Institute of Science Tokyo or Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo.

Tokyo University of Science (東京理科大学, Tōkyō Rika Daigaku), formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally Rikadai (理科大) or simply Ridai (理大) is a private research university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo University of Science

Motto	An educational foundation for the development of the nation through the advancement of science
Type	Private
Established	1881
President	Yoichiro Matsumoto
Students	19,673[1]
Undergraduates	16,518[1]
Postgraduates	2,910[1]
Other students	245[1]
Location	Shinjuku , Tokyo , Japan 35°41′58″N 139°44′29″E
Campus	Urban: -Kagurazaka main campus -Katsushika campus -Noda campus -Oshamambe campus
Affiliations	JUNBA, MANA, K2K experiment
Mascot	Bocchan Madonnachan
Website	www.tus.ac.jp/en
Location in Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka Campus

Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika Campus

Tokyo University of Science, Noda Campus

History

Tokyo University of Science 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. In 1883, it was renamed the Tokyo College of Science, and in 1949, it attained university status and became the Tokyo University of Science.^[2] The leading character appearing in Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume's novel Botchan graduated from Tokyo University of Science.^[3]

As of 2016^[update], it is the only private university in Japan that has produced a Nobel Prize winner and the only private university in Asia to produce Nobel Prize winners within the natural sciences field.^[4]

Academic rankings

Global university rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities ranked Tokyo University of Science in equal 13th place in Japan.^[5]

Graduate school rankings

Eduniversal ranked Tokyo University of Science second in its rankings of "Top business school with significant international influence" in Japan.^[6]

Alumni rankings

In Times Higher Education ranking of CEOs of the world's largest enterprises, it is ranked third for Japanese universities.^[7]

Campuses

Tokyo University of Science main campus is located in the Kagurazaka district of Shinjuku. The nearest station is Iidabashi Station.

Apart from the main campus in Shinjuku, there are other campuses around the country:

• Kagurazaka (Main) Campus: Shinjuku
• Fujimi school building: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
• Katsushika Campus: Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
• Noda Campus: Noda, Chiba
• Oshamambe Campus: Oshamambe, Hokkaido

Facilities

Libraries

Tokyo University of Science has libraries in four different areas: Kagurazaka, Noda, Katsushika and Oshamambe.

• Kagurazaka Library
• Noda Library
• Katsushika Library
• Oshamambe Library

Museum and other facilities

Science and Technology Museum

Interior view with early computers - Science and Technology Museum

Other libraries on Tokyo University of Science campuses include:

• Science and Technology Museum
• Athletic Facilities
• Seminar House
• Training Center
• Morito Memorial Hall

Undergraduate and graduate schools

Undergraduate schools

• Faculty of Science Division I (Day division)
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Faculty of Science and Technology
• Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology
• Faculty of Management
• Faculty of Science Division II (Night division)

Graduate schools

• Graduate School of Science
• Graduate School of Engineering
• Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Graduate School of Science and Technology
• Graduate School of Advanced Engineering
• Graduate School of Management
• Graduate School of Biological Sciences

Special Training Course for Teachers

• Division of Mathematics^[8]

Research institutes

University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Asia[9]	=175 (2025)

• University Research Administration Center^[10]
  • Planning and Management Division
  • Research Strategy Formulation Division
  • Research & Industry University Cooperation Supporting Division
  • Regional Alliance & Commercialization Promotion Division
• Research Institute for Science and Technology^[11]
  • Research Centers
    • Center for Fire Science and Technology
    • IR FEL Research Center
    • Research Center for Chirality
    • Photocatalysis International Research Center
    • Translational Research Center
    • Imaging Frontier Center
    • Water Frontier Science & Technology Research Center^[12]
    • Research Center for Space Colony^[13]
  • Research Divisions
    • Division of Pharmaco-creation Frontier
    • Division of Integrated Science of Oshamambe town
    • Division of Advanced Communication Researches
    • International Research Division of Interfacial Thermo-fluid Dynamics
    • Division of Nanocarbon Research
    • Division of Bio-organometallics
    • Division of Thermoelectrics for Waste Heat Recovery
    • Division of Colloid and Interface Science
    • Division of Synergetic Supramolecular Coordination Systems in Multiphase
    • Division of Advanced Urbanism and Architecture
    • Academic Detailing Database Division
    • Division of Medical-Science-Engineering Cooperation
    • Division of Mathematical Modeling and its Mathematical Analysis
    • Water Frontier Science Research Division
    • Fusion of Regenerative Medicine with DDS
    • Photovoltaic Science and Technology Research Division
    • Advanced EC Device Research Division
    • Division of Agri-biotechnology
    • Division of Things and Systems
    • Atmospheric Science Research Division
    • Division of Super Distributed Intelligent Systems
    • Brain Interdisciplinary Research Division
    • Division of Intelligent System Engineering
    • Advanced Agricultural Energy Science and Technology Research Division
  • Joint Usage / Research Center
    • Research Center for Fire Safety Science
    • Photocatalysis International Research Center
• Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences^[14]
  • Research Institute Division Groups
    • Division of Immunobiology
    • Division of Molecular Biology
    • Division of Biosignaling
    • Division of Molecular Pathology
    • Division of Development and Aging
    • Division of Experimental Animal Immunology
    • Division of Clinical Research
    • Division of Intramural Cooperation
    • Division of Extramural Cooperation
• Research Equipment Center^[15]
• Center for Data Science^[16]

Academic exchange agreements overseas

As of 2016, Tokyo University of Science had academic exchange agreements with 75 overseas universities and research institutions, including those between departments and departments.^[17]

Affiliated schools

The university has two affiliated four-year universities: Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi, in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, and Tokyo University of Science, Suwa, in Chino, Nagano.^[2]

Principals, presidents, and chairmen

Principals

• Hisashi Terao, 1883-1896^[18]
• Kiyoo Nakamura, 1896–1930^[19]
• Kyohei Nakamura, 1930–1934^[19]
• Masatoshi Ōkōchi, 1934–1945^[20]
• Nakagoro Hirakawa, 1945–1949^[20]
• Kotaro Honda, 1949–1951^[20]

Concurrently appointed president of Tokyo University of Science.

Presidents

• Kotaro Honda, 1949–1953^[18]
• Masaichi Majima, 1955-1966^[18]
• Seishi Kikuchi, 1966-1970^[18]
• Masao Kotani, 1970-1982^[18]
• Masao Yoshiki, 1982-1990^[18]
• Tetsuji Nishikawa, 1990-2001^[18]
• Hiroyuki Okamura, 2002-2005^[18]
• Shin Takeuchi, 2006-2009^[18]
• Akira Fujishima, 2010-2018, discoverer of photocatalyst^[21]
• Yoichiro Matsumoto, 2018- ^[18]

Chairmen

• Kotaro Honda, 1951–1953^[22]
• Nakagoro Hirakawa, 1953-1978^[22]
• Shigeyoshi Kittaka, 1978-1997^[22]
• Sanjiro Sakabe, 1997-1999^[22]
• Nobuyuki Koura, 1999-2002^[22]
• Takeyo Tsukamoto, 2002-2012^[22]
• Shigeru Nakane, 2012-2015^[22]
• Kazuo Motoyama, 2015-^[22]

Notable faculty

• Makoto Asashima, Vice President, discoverer of activin^[23]
• Michael A. Cusumano, business administration, vice president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor^[24][25]
• Chiaki Mukai, JAXA astronaut, Vice President^[26]
• Teruaki Mukaiyama, chemist, former professor, discoverer of Mukaiyama aldol addition^[27]
• Kensō Soai, chemist, professor, discoverer of Soai reaction^[28]
• Jaw-Shen Tsai, physicist, professor^[29]
• Noriaki Kano, professor emeritus^[30]
• Kazunori Kataoka, former professor, Humboldt Prize winner^[31]
• Norio Taniguchi, former professor, Proponent of Nanotechnology^[32]

Notable alumni

Satoshi Ōmura, Nobel Laureate in medicine in Stockholm in December 2015

Terumi Tanaka, Representative of Nihon Hidankyo, 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway

Nobel prize laureates

• Satoshi Ōmura, biochemist, 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner^[33][34]

Government

• Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister, (Attended University 1896 but dropped out)^[35]

Business

• Kazuo Motoyama, President of Asahi Soft Drinks, 2013-2015, Chairman of TUS 2015-^[36][37]
• Philip M. Condit, CEO of Boeing, 1996-2003^[38]
• Toshihiro Suzuki, CEO of Suzuki, 2016-^[39]
• Seiichi Sudo, Vice President of Toyota, 2013-2016^[40]
• Tatsuya Tanaka, President of Fujitsu, 2015-^[41]
• Shigeki Tanaka, President of Clariant Japan, 2016-^[42]
• Masahiro Inoue, CEO of Yahoo! Japan, 1996-2012^[43]
• Shigeru Nakane, CEO of SAP Japan, 1993-1999^[44]
• Shiinoki Shigeru, Vice President of Oracle Japan, 2013-2016^[45]
• Zenji Miura, CEO of Ricoh, 2013-^[46]
• Fumikathu Tokiwa, Kao Corporation Chairman. 1997-2000^[47]
• Shuhei Nakamoto, Honda Racing Corporation Vice President, Repsol Honda representative^[48]
• Takanobu Satō, President of Shinchosha. 1996-^[49]

Academia

• Jin Akiyama, mathematician, professor^[50]
• Isamu Shiina, professor, discoverer of 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride, Shiina macrolactonization and Shiina esterification^[51]
• Yasuhiko Kojima, virologist, discoverer of Interferon^[52]
• Tetsuo Asakura, professor, developer of artificial blood vessels using silk^[53][54]
• Tashpolat Tiyip, president of Xinjiang University^{[citation needed]}

Architecture

• Kazuo Shinohara, architect, Venice Biennale awarded a special commemorative Golden Lion^[55]
• Hideto Horiike, architect, Visiting Professor of the University of California, Los Angeles, Visiting Professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology^[56]

Media

• Tsuyoshi Muro, actor, (attended university but dropped out)^[57]

Others

• Masayoshi Soken, sound editor^[58]
• Hirokazu Yasuhara, video game designer^[59]
• Shigeru Nakanishi, artist^[60]
• Ryu Ota (1930–2009), politician^[61]
• Fushigi Yamada (born 1959), voice actress^[62]
• Hiroshi Sakurazaka, author^[63]
• Akihiro Murayama, mixed martial artist^[64]

See also

• TSUBAME (satellite)