Research

Data on Research Activities

Staff/Students

Faculty

1,545

(International: 187)

International

12.1%

Research Staff

269

Administrative Staff

594

Female

45.2%

(Female: 269)

Students

10,623

(Female: 1,768) (International: 1,864)

Female

16.6%

International

17.5%

(as of May 2021)

Awards

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Yoshinori Ohsumi
Honorary Professor

Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Significance of Autophagy, a Cellular Adaptive System to Environment (1)

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Hideki Shirakawa
Ph.D.

For the Discovery and Development of Conductive Polymers (1)

Japan Prize

Hideo Hosono
Honorary Professor

Creation of Unconventional Inorganic Materials with Novel Electronic Functions based on Nano-Structure Engineering (2)

Japan Prize

Yasuharu Suematsu
Honorary Professor

Pioneering Research on Semiconductor Lasers for High-Capacity Long-Distance Optical Fiber Communication (2)

Publications

Total

13,415

Top 1%

166

(1.2%)

International
Co-Authorships

5,451

(40.6%)

(2016-2020 5 years Web of Science)

Industry Collaboration

Patents

874

(as of March 2020)

Collaborations/Revenue:
(Domestic private companies only)

695

2.7
billion yen

Collaborative Research Chairs
(as of March 2020)

14

Collaborative Research
Clusters (as of March 2020)

7 Companies

Tokyo Tech Ventures
(as of March 2020)

125 Companies

Income/Expenses

51.38 billion yen

(fiscal year of 2020)

World University Rankings

Tokyo Tech is one of the top Japanese universities in prestigious world university rankings.

QS3rd
Quacquarelli Symonds
World University Rankings
3rd in Japan /
Overall: 56th (2022)
(3)

Globe

THE2nd
Times Higher Education
World University Rankings
2nd in Japan (2021) /
Overall: Top 301-350 (2022)
(4)

Reference