University of Tsukuba

摘要

The University of Tsukuba campus is located at the heart of Tsukuba Science City, about 45 minutes north of Tokyo on the Tsukuba Express train. The modern structure of the university was established in 1973 after the reorganization of its predecessor, the Tokyo University of Education, whose roots go back to 1872. The huge campus-similar in size to New York's Central Park-is home to approximately 16,500 students and 4,100 faculty and administrative staff. The university offers a comprehensive curriculum including arts and social sciences, physical education and sports sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and medicine. Distinguished scholars affiliated with the university include Nobel Laureates Leo Esaki (Physics, 1973), Hideki Shirakawa (Chemistry, 2000), and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga (Physics, 1965).