Tokyo Gakugei University

Tokyo Gakugei University
東京学芸大学
TypePublic (national)
Established1873 (chartered 1949)
PresidentYasuhiko Washiyama
Administrative staff
212[1]
Undergraduates4,408[1]
Postgraduates486[1]
Location,
Japan
Colors    Purple, green & black[2]
Websiteu-gakugei.ac.jp

Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学, Tōkyō gakugei daigaku) is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is also known as Gakudai (学大) and TGU, for short.

In addition to its Koganei campus, it also maintains a number of attached public schools offering curricula in elementary, secondary, and special education at various locations in the greater Tokyo area. The university has a strong reputation in education-related fields, playing a national role in the development of educational policy and innovations in teacher education.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b c "大学について" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  2. ^ "東京学芸大学UI(University Identity System)|国立大学法人 東京学芸大学". www.u-gakugei.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-10-21.