Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology


The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology commonly known as TUAT is a Japanese national university headquartered in Fuchū, Tokyo. This university focuses on the study of agriculture and engineering.
The undergraduate organization of the university has two faculties, Agriculture and Engineering, and several departments as shown below.

History

The predecessor of the university was founded in 1874 as an agricultural training institute. In 1949 it was reorganized into a national university.

Organization

Undergraduate schools

The university has campuses at two cities in Western Tokyo, Fuchū and Koganei. Fuchu Campus has the university's head office and focuses on agriculture. Koganei Campus focuses on engineering.

Fuchu Campus

Dormitories

The university has following dormitories in the campuses.
International students can also apply for Hitotsubashi University's International Student House in Kodaira City.

2009 data

The university has about 4,200 undergraduate students and 1,800 graduate students, including more than 400 international students. Every year, around 140 fellows complete doctoral degrees. The university has a full-time faculty of 442, plus 377 part-time faculty.

Recognition and rankings

With 400+ academic-staffs, TUAT is Japan's second "most-productive" university in terms of "Number of papers per academic-staff"

Ranked as the top 1% of universities in Asia.

The world first: Building a plant factory for fruits: Advanced Plant Factory

Royalty income from patent was the highest among Japanese university.

Ranked #1st Paper Citation Index

Grants per one faculty in joint research with industry was the highest among Japanese universities.
NOTE: The evaluation for the ranking system is identical for all Universities of the same category and provides a clear and just ranking, taking into consideration the location and the size of the University.

Distinguished alumni