The University of Tokyo is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era institutions, its direct predecessors include the Tenmongata and the Shoheizaka Institute.
Established: April 12, 1877
President: Teruo Fujii
Former name: Imperial University (1886-1897) · Tokyo Imperial University (1897-1947)