Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University | |
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Established | 2005 |
Type | Public |
Academic staff | 695 full-time |
Students | 8,538 |
Undergraduates | 6,583 |
Postgraduates | 1,955 |
Doctoral students | 454 |
Location | Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.tmu.ac.jp |
Tokyo Metropolitan University is one of the largest public universities in Japan. Often it is referred to as TMU.
History
TMU was established
in 2005 by integrating three metropolitan universities and one junior
college: Tokyo Metropolitan University , Tokyo Metropolitan Institute
of Technology , Tokyo Metropolitan University of Health Sciences and
Tokyo Metropolitan college .
Although Tokyo Metropolitan University was
formed from Tokyo Metropolitan High School and Tokyo Metropolitan
College of Industry, among others, in 1949, TMU) doesn't have a very
long history, but it does have a reputation for high level academic
studies. Until 1991 it had two campuses near the city center, Yakumo
campus, Meguro and Fukazawa campus, Setagaya. On April 1 1991, it moved
to Hachiōji city, Tokyo. The current campus is named Minamiosawa campus.
The English name for
the university has not been changed since 1949.
Faculties (Undergraduate Schools)
- Urban Liberal Arts
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Law and Politics
- Business Administration
- Science and Engineering
- Urban Environmental Sciences
- System Design
- Health Sciences
Graduate Schools
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
- Science and Engineering
- Urban Environmental Sciences
- System Design
- Human Health Sciences
Faculty and Staff
Faculty | Profs. | Assoc. Profs. | Assist. Profs. | Res. Assoc. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban Liberal Arts | Humanities and Social Sciences | 51 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 91 |
Law and Politics | 22 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 42 | |
Business Administration | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 38 | |
Science and Engineering | 59 | 58 | 53 | 2 | 172 | |
Urban Policy | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
Subtotal | 158 | 108 | 83 | 2 | 351 | |
Urban Environmental Sciences | 47 | 28 | 38 | 0 | 113 | |
System Design | 39 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 90 | |
Health Sciences | 30 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 84 | |
University Education Center | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
Open University (Institute for Extended Study) | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 40 | |
Center for Priority Areas | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Students Support Center | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 303 | 229 | 173 | 3 | 708 |
Secretariat | Officer | Staff | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Department of Corporate | 8 | 150 | 158 | |
Tokyo Metropritan University | Administrative Affairs Division | 0 | 184 | 184 |
Administrative Affairs Division of Hino | 0 | 38 | 38 | |
Administrative Affairs Division of Arakawa | 0 | 39 | 39 | |
Subtotal | 0 | 261 | 261 | |
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology | 0 | 23 | 23 | |
Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology | 0 | 66 | 66 | |
Total | 8 | 500 | 508 |
Faculty & Graduate School
- Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts
- School of Humanities and
Social Sciences
- Division of Social Studies
- Division of Psychology and Pedagogy
- Division of Humanities and Intercultural Studies
- School of Law and Politics
- Division of Law
- Division of Politics
- School of Business Administration
- Division of Business Administration
- Division of Economics
- School of Science and Engineering
- Division of Mathematical Sciences
- Division of Physics
- Division of Chemistry
- Division of Biological Sciences
- Division of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Division of Mechanical Engineering
- Division of Urban Policy
- School of Humanities and
Social Sciences
Garduate School
Graduate School of Humanities
- Department of Behavioral Social Sciences
- Department of Human Sciences
- Department of Philosophy, History and Cultural Studies
- Department of Intercultural Studies
- Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Department of Law and Politics
- Law School
- Department of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Biological Sciences
- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences
- Department of Geography
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Architecture and Building Engineering
- Department of Urban Science
- Department of Applied Chemistry
- Department of Tourism Science
- Graduate School of System Design
- Department of Human Mechatronics Systems
- Department of Information and Communications Systems
- Department of Aerospace Engineering
- Department of Management Systems Engineering
- Department of Industrial Art
- Graduate School of Human Health Sciences
- Department of Nursing Sciences
- Department of Physical Therapy
- Department of Occupational Therapy
- Department of Radiological Sciences
- Department of Frontier Health Sciences
- Department of Health Promotion Sciences
Research
- Center for Priority Areas
The
University encourages focused and strategic research by identifying
areas of study that can be developed as strengths from a long-term
perspective. The core of this commitment is the Center for Priority
Areas.
Directed
by the University's president, who is also the director of the Center,
the Center for Priority Areas utilizes the focused and strategic
research the University targets, with funds from external bodies, to
undertake research on cutting-edge areas involving important issues in
cooperation with University and external researchers. The Center
consists of researchers who are leaders in their fields.
From a long-term viewpoint, the Center chooses the areas of study in which it develops its strength
The principal screens
proposals from within the University and chooses areas of study for the
Center by envisioning a direction for the University, with
consideration to academic trends, issues in society, as well as the
multiplier effects of cooperation and combination with existing areas
of study.
Researchers
of the Center for Priority Areas are employed on a five-year basis for
the area of study to which they are assigned (project-type
assignment), and must be individuals suited to conducting research in a
focused and intensive manner.
Researchers of the Center for Priority Areas
who are 45 years old or younger may receive a grant of up to 10 million
yen in total for the first two years of their study. This is a
commitment to helping initiate the career of talented young
researchers.
Priority Areas Chosen (six areas)
Priority Areas and Category | |
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Mesoscopic | Structural biology (protein) |
Spectroscopy in the area of unexplored frequency | |
Brain science | Brain science with the use of drosophila |
Architectonic | Architectonics |
Advanced measurement and analysis for urban life environment | |
Business administration | Real option |
Optical energy and substance transformation |
- Status of Receipt of Research Funds
- Leading ProjectExternal Link
- Industry-Academic-Public Cooperation Cente
Tokyo Metropolitan University has established the
Industry-Academic-Public Cooperation Center to contribute to society
through industrial-academic-public cooperation and create new industries
and employment. The Center makes the University's research work
available in many spheres of society and cooperates with business and
public research organizations in developing creative technologies and
products.
At
the University, the Industry-Academic-Public Cooperation Center takes
the initiative in commitments to make the University's research work
available in many spheres of society.
Facilitation of collaborative and commissioned research
The center creates a
database of research conducted by the University's faculty members
(seeds) and identifies demand from companies (needs) with the aim of
matching them. It also has a network with testing organizations, other
universities, and the corporate sector.
Technical advice
The Center utilizes the University's resources
and its unique network in offering advice on technical issues
encountered by many companies. It also recommends faculty members and
related organizations (e.g. Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology
Research Institute) when necessary.
Facilitation of exchange among industries, academic circles and public organizations
With technical
innovation evolving rapidly, the Center conveys extensive information
through seminars, symposiums, exhibitions, and events for the purpose
of ensuring that the companies keep pace with the changing times and
evolving society.
Exchange of information with related organizations
While deepening
cooperation with testing organizations, other universities and other
related organizations, the Center engages in a lot of information
exchange by, for example, proactively gathering information on
companies' needs. It also makes new proposals to companies.
Public relations
The Center is active in public relations such
as participating in events, with the aim of making the University's
research activities widely known. Through its wide range of activities,
it creates opportunities to meet many local municipalities and
companies.
Management and utilization of intellectual properties
The Center ensures
that intellectual property of the University are effectively and
properly managed so that its research can benefit many spheres of
society. It also makes proactive efforts to create intellectual
property, acquire rights, and utilize them while striving to create new
industries.
Education
- University Calendar
April 2-7 | Guidance Orientation for New Students |
April 5 | Matriculation Ceremony |
April 11 | First Semester Classes Begin |
July 1-3 | Annual Athletic Tournaments between Tokyo Metropolitan University and Osaka Prefecture University |
July 26 – August 9 | First Semester Examination Period (except August 2) |
August 10 – September 30 | Summer Vacation |
October 3 | Second Semester Classes Begin |
November 3-5 | University Festival |
December 29 – January 5 | Winter Vacation |
January 21, 22 | University Testing Center Examination |
January 24 – February 10 | Final Examination Period (except January 31) |
February 11- | Spring Vacation |
February 25, 26 | Entrance Examination (1) |
March 12 | Entrance Examination (2) |
March (late in March) | Graduation Ceremony |
- Liberal Arts Programs
- Basic Seminar
- Practical English Education
- Information Education
- Urban Liberal Arts Program
- Specialized ProgramsVisit the websites of faculties, departments, schools, and courses for more detailed information about specialized programs.
- Minor course (Human Health Sciences)
Take combined, interdisciplinary programs in specialized education, in addition to your major.
A minor course in Human Health Sciences
is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences. Teachers of Health
Promotion Science of the Department of Human Health Sciences are
assigned to the course.
The minor course is designed for students
to learn, in an interdisciplinary and practical manner, problems of
human behavior, adaptation, nutrition and health in big cities, and the
aging society, acquire comprehensive views and specialized insight and
knowledge, and become a person who is energetic and mentally and
physically balanced.
A certificate of completion of a minor course
is given to graduating students.
Combined learning to acquire new perspectives
Become
an expert in food and nutrition!
Food functions and health
science, health management and nutrition, nutritional science, public
health, life-stage health science, biological defense, health science,
among other areas
Focus on sports!
Sports pedagogy,
sports and nutritional care, sports functional anatomy, theory of
exercise prescription, cognitive ethology, theory of exercise culture,
among other areas.
Lean applied physiology and biochemistry!
Environmental
physiology and biochemistry, behavioral neuroscience, food functions
and health science, biological defense and health science, nutritional
science, theory of exercise prescription, among other area
Discover
the wonders of the human mind!
Theory of perceptual motion
control, exercise psychology, theory of exercise culture, behavioral
neuroscience, cognitive ethology, physical growth, and development
science, among other areas
- Internship Program
Internships involve students working at
a company or other organization for work experience for a certain
period.
Tokyo Metropolitan University offers two different kinds
of internships. Our on-the-job type internship is an experiment- and
experience-oriented course in our Urban Liberal Arts Program and is
given in early part of the student's years at university. Our other kind
of internship involves specialized training given to senior year
students for pre-employment experience.
The on-the-job type
internship takes place first and aims to develop students' awareness
about problems through real work experience in the major city of Tokyo,
so that they can hone their ability to proactively tackle problems.
Our
second internship for 3rd year and older students involves specialized
education and relates to students' future careers.
* Mainly
designed for 1st and 2nd year students
On-the-job experience
in the major city of Tokyo where many challenges can be found
Through
lectures and practical training, students acquire the basic knowledge
and skills they will need for their careers
* Mainly for
3rd year and 1st year students (see detailed information of courses and
departments)
- Taking courses at other universities etc.
Tokyo Metropolitan University has a
system of permitting its students to earn credits by attending classes
at other universities while learning systematically in the courses
offered by TMU as a base.
Social experience, associated with its
educational benefits, also offer the possibility to earn credits.
This
system is designed to enable students to access educational resources
both inside and outside the University based on their interest and
objectives, and cultivate extensive knowledge and skills.
The Jikei University (General Theory of
Healthcare I, Social Medicine and other courses of its School of
Medicine)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Turkish, Khmer, and
other courses at its Faculty of Foreign Studies)
- Committee related to Education
Led by the Faculty Development
Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan University undertakes many activities to
facilitate a University-wide commitment to improving its educational
activities, including its teaching methods.
About Faculty Development
Faculty
development refers to an organizational commitment to helping teachers
improve what they teach in class and how.
Tokyo Metropolitan University has set
up the Intellectual Career Support Committee as a standing committee,
and pursues a broad commitment to facilitating cooperation among
different faculties and schools and to helping the students of Tokyo
Metropolitan University build their intellectual careers in a way
suited to their needs.
Definition of intellectual career support
Comprehensive support
for encouraging all students to develop their careers and achieve
independence, through educational courses focused on the acquisition
and exploration of greater intelligence.
Intellectual career support is regarded as:
A new complementary
mechanism for support across the University, respecting independence
and previous commitments made by faculties, schools, and courses. This
is not a system to replace conventional commitments in each course.
Defining a “career”
A career is defined as the collective unit
and process of changes in social role, profession, and position of a
human being throughout his/her career as well as related values.
Generally, it refers to the direction a person takes, their profession,
and their way of life.
Career education is meant to demonstrate
the philosophy and direction, for extensively reviewing and reforming
conventional practices of education, from the perspective of
encouraging each student to develop their career and become
independent.
- Open University
Tokyo Metropolitan University operates
an Open University as a center of life-long learning to satisfy the
demands of working people and general citizens in Tokyo, and operating
with the aim of revitalizing local communities. It is also designed to
ensure that the results of the University's research are extensively
returned t society. Since its open in 2005, the Open University has
been attended by many citizens of many different ages and has earned an
excellent reputation. It cooperates with the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government and its related organizations in offering attractive courses
that are not available at any other universities. Besides the
University's faculties, which operate at the forefront of their
respective fields, many public figures and prominent experts are
invited to teach unique courses.
General courses
Lecturers of Tokyo
Metropolitan University teach more than 300 courses on ten subjects,
easily explaining the latest themes.
Subjects: Heart, body/health,
sports, economy and business, society, science/technology, language,
history, art, literature/classics
Partnership courses
Based on partnerships
with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, art and cultural facilities and
research organizations of Tokyo offer attractive courses on history,
art, music, environment, medicine, urban areas, transportation, and
other subjects in a multidisciplinary manner.
Course titles:
"Tokyo City Guide Examination Preparation Course," "Edo: relics and
present," "Attractiveness of Kampo medicine" etc.
Current events seminars
Collaboratively
held with Tokyo Metropolitan Labor Consultation Center, the seminars
discuss current events on labor and employment. Experts in many
different fields are invited and explain related laws and systems,
background to problems, and what needs to be done in the future.
Themes
of lectures: "Observance of laws in employment," "Learn work, sharing
from the basis," "Young people's view of the modern employment
environment" etc.
Campus Life
The Student Support Center supports campus life. The Student Support Center consists of the Student Affairs Section, the Career Development Section and The Health Center (Student Advisory Center and Health Center Office).The Student Affairs Section conducts services ranging from club activities and other extracurricular activities to information on available scholarships. Outstanding students can apply for full/half exemption of tuition at each term.There are also Counselors for Academic and Personal Development who provide counseling services from the perspective of career development. The counseling covers interpersonal relations, academic problems, career planning and other issues relating to campus life.
The Career Development Support Section provides support for employment, through detailed employment consultation services and various other types of guidance. Information about the latest job offers is also available at the Employment Support Section.
During their period of study, it is only natural that students may sometimes feel uneasy or encounter certaindifficulties. The Student Counseling Section has counselors on hand to provide guidance at such times.
Consultations are held in strict confidence, enabling students to seek advice without stress, fear, or hesitation.
A healthy body and a healthy mind are extremely important in pursuing one's studies. The Health Center Office provides support so that students can enjoy a meaningful campus life in good mental and physical health. Services include examinations by the university doctor, regular health checks based on the School Health Law, and first-aid treatment and health counseling. Please feel free to drop into the Health Center at any time.
Tokyo Metropolitan University has student dormitories (Kishukushaand Ryo) at the Minami-Osawacampus designed for the character-building of students. The members of the Ryo plan seminars and other activities for the boarding students to participate in.
Common facilities in each room: heater, telephone, bed, desk, desk lamp
Kishukusha: 150 single rooms (targeted at students living far from home)
Application: February for freshmen, January for enrolled students
Ohtoryo: 84 single rooms
Application: February for freshmen
In general, approved students can live in a student dormitory for a maximum of two years.
Since the number of rooms available is limited, there is a possibility that Tokyo Metropolitan University will not be able to accept all international students who apply.
The gymnasium on the
Minami-osawacampus is a beautiful arch-like, two-storied building
equipped with an arena (3 basketball courts), a heated indoor pool
(25m, 6courses), a Judo hall, a Kendo (Japanese fencing) hall, a
training room, a running track, and men's and women's changing rooms
with coin lockers and showers. In addition, there are outdoor
facilities including 6 tennis courts (omni), a baseball field, an
athletics track and field, a ball game ground, a Kyudo (archery) hall,
golf practice ranges, and a running course. There is also a clubhouse
for use by student sports clubs attached to the gymnasium. The Hino
campus and Arakawa campus also have a gymnasium, a ground, tennis
courts, and more.
There is a dining hall at each of the
Minami-Osawa, Hino and Arakawa campuses. Students can choose from
various dishes made with seasonal ingredients at very reasonable prices.
There
is a campus store called the Co-op at each of the Minami-Osawa, Hino
and Arakawa campuses. Students are able to purchase food and books, and
can even make travel arrangements. Co-op members are also eligible for
special discounts. At the Minami-Osawacampus, there is also a
convenience store where students can purchase snacks.
Information in the form of magazines,
books, and other forms of literature is essential to the education and
research activities at the University. In recent years, demand for
access to online databases, electronic journals, and other electronic
media has been growing.
In line with these changes in the role of
university libraries, the Library and Information Center has been
established with the aim of gathering, storing, and providing printed
materials that have been available from the past, as well as ensuring
access to a variety of electronic media, improving information
retrieval services, and disseminating information on research results.
Tokyo
Metropolitan University has library facilities in the faculties and
departments at its Minami-Osawa, Hino, Arakawa, and Harumi campuses.
The
Central Library has three stories above ground and two below, located
at the center of Minami-Osawa Campus. It has regular reading desks,
carrels available on an individual basis, reading rooms available for
group discussion, and computer rooms.
The stock of books in the Central Library ranges widely, from humanities to natural science, and includes some valuable works such as an old document about the famous Mizuno Family.
* If books of faculty libraries etc. are added, the number of books kept in the Minami-Osawa Campus overall stands at nearly 1.85 million.
The stock of books in the Central Library ranges widely, from humanities to natural science, and includes some valuable works such as an old document about the famous Mizuno Family.
* If books of faculty libraries etc. are added, the number of books kept in the Minami-Osawa Campus overall stands at nearly 1.85 million.
System Design
Library belongs to the Faculty of System Design and gathers and
provides materials necessary for the learning and research in Human
Mechatronics Systems, Information and Communications Systems, Aerospace
Engineering, Management Systems Engineering and Industrial Art
courses.
Health Science
Library belongs to the Faculty of Health Sciences. Besides keeping
materials necessary for the training of highly specialized
professionals such as nurses (public health nurses and midwives),
physical therapists, occupational therapists, and clinical
radiologists, Health Science Library introduces internal and external
medical databases in an effort to keep its literature information
updated.
Radioisotope Research Center (Minami-Osawa)
This facility is used for research using radioactive isotopes (RI) and radiation at the Minami-Osawa campus. Radiation protection employs various types of monitoring systems and radioactivity control systems so that users can handle material that is safe and is for the intended purpose. At present, approximately 400 teaching staff and students are registered as radiation workers.Manufacturing Facilities (Minami-Osawa)
This facility supports state-of-the-art research, by developing prototypes for new research equipment and by processing data. Through the hands-on training in various types of machine tools, students are also able to improve their basic skills in manufacturing.Science and Technology Experimental Facilities (Minami-Osawa)
This facility is for conducting research in the latest fields of study. It is equipped with a variety of equipment to support advanced experiments. It conducts experiments related to precise analysis and electron microscopes, high density energy primarily involving lasers, and in engineering works and landforms.Wastewater Treatment Plant (Minami-Osawa)
This facility is engaged in environmental preservation, including the treatment of wastewater, such as processing experimental wastewater and reusing it as gray water.Physical Education Research Center (Minami-Osawa)
This center is engaged in health promotion science that consists of human adaptation, motor behavior, and nutrition/food sciences. The center provides graduate programs for master's (health science) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees and an undergraduate program (physical education).Wind Tunnel Facilities (Hino)
The Center is equipped with various types of wind tunnels, from a large circuit wind tunnel in which various types of aerodynamic tests are possible, to a supersonic wind tunnel which can create flows faster than the speed of sound.High Energy Experimental Facilities (Arakawa)
This Laboratory conducts research and education on such topics as radiotherapy technology using the latest linear accelerator which was installed in May 2006.
The Makino Herbarium was founded
in 1958, based on the approximately 400,000 plant specimens kept in the
private house of the late Dr. Tomitaro Makino (1862-1957), the
so-called father of Japanese botany. Dr. Makino utilized his specimens
as the basic materials for botanical research. He described as many as
2,500 new plant species in Japan, and thus his collection contains many
"type specimens", which formed the basis of his original description
of these new species of Japanese wild plants. Such valuable specimens
were donated to Tokyo Metropolitan University by his bereaved family,
and became the basis for the Makino Herbarium. Now, the Makino
Herbarium also houses many specimens obtained from foreign herbaria
through the exchange of duplicate specimens from the collection of Dr.
Makino, as well as those collected by the staffs of the herbarium from
the Bonin Islands, the Himalaya region, China, South America and other
areas. At present, the Makino Herbarium possesses about 500,000 plant
specimens. It is managed by the staff of the laboratory of Systematic
Botany, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science
and Engineering. Staff at the Makino Herbarium investigate modern plant
taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography using modern facilities such as
the electron microscope and DNA sequencer in addition to the classical
taxonomical methods.
The Ogasawara Field Research Station
was established in 1971, three years after jurisdiction of the
Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands reverted from the US Navy to Japan. Since
then numerous researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have
conducted studies on the unique nature and culture of these oceanic
islands. These studies are conducted systematically by the Ogasawara
Research Committee. The station was rebuilt in 1992 and has served
effectively as a base for research and education. Research activities
based at the station are introduced in the periodical publications of Ogasawara
Research (with articles either in English or in Japanese with
English summaries) and The Annual Report of Ogasawara Studyies (in
Japanese). Such studies contribute to the formation of policies
regarding nature conservation and management by the Ministry of the
Environment, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Ogasawara Village,
particularly in regard to the registration of Ogasawara as a World
Nature Heritage.
Tokyo Metropolitan University's
campuses boast Gigabit Ethernet backbone networks, and they are also
connected via an intercampus network. Various services (email, WWW,
etc.) are provided through this network environment.
The Computer
Center has an IBM System p5 590 (32CPUs) and a research system
comprised of 16 IBM BladeCenterHS21s, and they are used for high
performance computing in various research fields. The Computer Center
also houses various administrative systems, including those for academic
affairs, personnel and accounting.
Each of the campuses has
computer classrooms and UNIX classrooms, where basic education and
professional education classes are taught. Students can also use these
classrooms for their own private study when classes are not in
progress, thereby increasing their own computer literacy.
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