東京大学 The University of Tokyo?

Question

can you tell me about it???

Answer 1

The first two answers are very true.

I'd say that if your English ability is good enough, you'd be far better attending an elite American or British university.  You'll be able to study with some great minds from around the world with some of the best professors from around the world....all of whom want to be there.

Also, Tokyo U. is not that well-known in Europe or the States so if you have visions of working in either of those places, it may not be the place to go.

If you really want to attend university in Japan, then that would be the place to go.

Answer 2

Not so good.

Only 3000 students can pass the exams.

Rather difficult for Japanese.

Especially, you want to be a medical doctor, only 90 out of 3000.

If you want to be a rich and get a good job,



I recommend you "hitotsubashi", "waseda" "keio".

Anyway, study hard. that's all.

Answer 3

it was a boring place for me. if i knew it back then I'd applied for harvard instead. lot's of people sleep during classes. it's a turn off.

Answer 4

It is most famous and wellknown National university which has been establishing most of all high classified bureaucracy in Japan.

The top of Japanese educational hierarchy society it is so-called too.

Answer 5

The University of Tokyo is the most prestigious of all Japanese universities. Going by their standardized academic ranking only the top 3% of a given year's student population have a chance of getting into this school (and being in the bottom of the top 3% would entail entrance only to a soft faculty like agriculture). It's not exactly terribly liberal in terms of school culture, given its highly elite and conservative core of teaching staff and serious bureaucrat-wannabe students, and the research is certainly nothing like what they do at MIT or Princeton. But it's the best Japan's got, and its graduates do serve Japan's needs well, by and large.

If your priority is to get a job in Japan then a Tokyo degree is the platinum ticket that would open almost any door you care to knock on. Japan's a proud industrialized country, and really, unless it has a special need of some special talent that Japan itself cannot provide (which is extremely rare) it would not stoop to importing graduates of foreign universities. Of course there are exceptions, but so far they're largely restricted to the financial and banking sectors. And perhaps a little of the legal one. So getting a Tokyo degree beats getting any other degree - especially at the undergraduate level, since Japanese companies still like to hire fresh college graduates as opposed to those with postgraduate degrees. But be advised that a Harvard MBA is surprisingly attractive in Japan.

However, here's the catch: getting into Todai is a stretch, for anyone, especially at the undergraduate level. The 'stream' (they admit freshmen in six streams - Arts 1, 2 and 3, and Science 1, 2 and 3) that is perhaps the easiest to enter for a foreign student under the special foreigners' scheme is Science 1, which typically leads to degrees in the physical sciences and engineering. The other streams, especially Science 3 and Arts 1 (medicine and law respectively) are extremely difficult to enter, judging by statistics. If you're into the non-hard-science subjects, Arts 2 (Economics) is perhaps your best bet. The special foreigner's scheme entails the submission of results for the Examination for Entrance to Japanese Universities (EJU), as well as some other documents, as well as an essay test with two essays on abstract topics to be written in Japanese, and an interview to be conducted entirely in Japanese. Unless you're extremely fluent (and pretty literate) in Japanese, there's practically no chance of getting into the University of Tokyo. Basically almost all National Universities make it very hard for foreigners to enrol; this is in direct contrast to private universities like Waseda and Keio, which make things very easy for foreigners despite theit elite status (though of course lower than Tokyo).

There's still another option - the Monbukagakusho Scholarship. You'll have to spend a year doing a crash course in Japanese and whatever subjects that are relevant to your indicated preferred discipline in Japanese, but you'll be given priority in choosing a university. There's also a generous stipend in addition to complete abolishment of tuition, so it's a really good deal if you don't mind spending an extra year just doing Japanese and other high school subjects.

Going to Tokyo is certainly not an easy path to take. Whatever you hear about unmotivated students and bad professors, it's a prestigious institution and people do work hard when the occasion calls for it. It's pretty hard to flunk out of it, but it isn't a walk in the park either. Consider all factors carefully before making a decision.

As for the bit about UK schools, isn't the answer obvious? Cambridge and Oxford would definitely be attractive to a considerable extent even in Japan, but London (even LSE or UCL) is a bit of a stretch. But the first two are safe bets. Still, you'd be sacrificing some connections you could have otherwise gained in a Japanese university.

Good luck.