University of Tokyo

The International Science Council (ISC) elected its new governing board at the second ISC General Assembly held online on Oct. 14, 2021, appointing UTokyo’s former Executive Vice President Sawako Shirahase as the vice president for…

About 4,000 international students currently study at the University of Tokyo full time, learning from and contributing to a world-renowned university. In the summer of 2021, a new education program allowed even more students to…

After decades of studying color vision in mice, new research in zebrafish has allowed experts at the University of Tokyo to uncover how some animals regulate their ability to see blue light. The results, published in Science Advances,…

This autumn is packed with a string of major United Nations conferences related to sustainability and the future of our planet, including the Food Systems Summit in September, the COP15 biodiversity conference in October, and the COP26…

The University of Tokyo 2021 Autumn Semester Matriculation Ceremony was held at Yasuda Auditorium on Friday, October 1, 2021.The ceremony was held only with new students who pre-registered and have tested negative for the novel…

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii held a press conference on the Hongo Campus on Oct. 1, 2021, announcing the release of UTokyo Compass, a basic statement of the guiding principles that lays down the ideals and direction UTokyo…

As a sponsor of the "UTokyo Global Leadership Program (GLP)" established with the aim of developing leaders in the international community, Sumitomo Corporation has been a "Utokyo GLP Leading Partner" since 2018 and provided continuous…

This is an announcement that the "Fostering Advanced Human Resources to Lead Green Transformation (GX)" project proposed by Professor Shin-ichi Ohkoshi (Project Director) has been accepted as a program for Support for Pioneering Research…

Two University of Tokyo scientists were awarded the Breakthrough Prize for their achievements in fundamental physics. Professor Hidetoshi Katori was recognized for his optical lattice clock which could test the fundamental laws of nature,…

Professor Takane Ito is an educator who has taught English and linguistics at the University of Tokyo for more than 30 years. In April 2021, she was appointed UTokyo vice president in charge of diversity education.Ito notes that from her…