Institute of Science Tokyo

Institute of Science Tokyo
Ōokayama campus, Tokyo Tech, where the new university will be headquartered
Ōokayama campus, Institute of Science Tokyo
Typeresearch university
Established1 October 2024 (planned)
Location
Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusUrban

The Institute of Science Tokyo (東京科学大学, Tōkyō Kagaku Daigaku) is a planned public research university in Tokyo, Japan. It will be formed by merging Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) with Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). All students, faculty, and assets of these two universities will become one under the new university on 1 October 2024, the planned establishment day of the university.[1]

The new university will cover the fields of natural sciences, engineering, medicine and dentistry. It is expected to be the second most productive research institution in the country by h-index after the University of Tokyo.[2]

  1. ^ "「東京科学大」、来年１０月に開学…東工大と医科歯科大は統合". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  2. ^ "どのように大学の研究力を測るか?その指標（分野別・大学機能別）" (PDF). 文部科学省.