The University of Tokyo (東京大学 Tōkyō daigaku), abbreviated as Todai (東大 Tōdai),[3] is a 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 in Japan.[4][5]
It ranks as the highest in Asia and 21st in the world in 2011 according to Academic Ranking of World Universities.
On 20 January 2012, the university announced that it would shift the
beginning of its academic year from April to September in order to align
its calendar with the international standard. The shift would be phased
in over five years.[11][12]
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