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Tokyo Institute of Technology

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The Tokyo Institute of Technology, often called Tokyo Tech, was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. The government of Japan founded it as the Tokyo Vocational School on 26 May 1881, fourteen years after the Meiji Restoration, and it was reorganised after the Second World War under the 1949 National School Establishment Law. Its research laboratories included the Chemical Resources Laboratory, the Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, the Quantum Nano Electronics Research Centre and the Earth-Life Science Institute, and it operated the Tsubame 2.0 supercomputer. It merged with Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024.

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1881 1
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Chemistry, Disciplines
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Physics, Disciplines
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was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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1. Tokyo Institute of Technology (Wikipedia)
  • History, Foundation and early years
    was founded by the government of Japan as the Tokyo Vocational School on May 26, 1881
  • Lead, location
    was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
  • In Group: South and East Asian Universities, Lead
    was a public university in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
  • Focuses On: Materials Science, Reputation, research excellence
    especially distinctive in Materials Science (5th in Japan, 24th in the world)
  • Focuses On: Physics, Reputation, physics
    Physics (5th in Japan, 31st in the world)
  • Focuses On: Chemistry, Reputation, chemistry
    Chemistry (5th in Japan, 22nd in the world)
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