Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
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Japanese national university
As of 2008, there were 87 , 89 public universities and 580 private universities in Japan. National universities, tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....
in Japan
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. The main campus (Shinagawa Campus) is located in Minato
Minato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Tokyo
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and another campus (Etchujima Campus) is in Koto, Tokyo
Koto, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 442,271 and a population density of 11,070 persons per km². The total area is 39.48 km². The ward refers to itself as Kōtō City in English....
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History
The university was established with a merger of two national universities, namely, in Koto, Tokyo and in Minato, Tokyo.Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine
Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine was founded in November 1875 by Iwasaki Yataro as . In 1882 it became a national school named . In 1902 the school was removed from Reiganjima to present-day Etchujima Campus. In 1925 the school became .In April 1945, during World War II
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, three nautical colleges at Tokyo, Kobe
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and Shimizu
Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
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were merged into one college simply named Nautical College, which was located in Shimizu. In 1949 the college was developed into the University of Mercantile Marine under Japan's new educational system. In 1957 the university moved to Tokyo again and was renamed Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine.
Tokyo University of Fisheries
Tokyo University of Fisheries was founded in November 1888 as by . It became a national school in 1897 and was renamed . The institute had been located in Etchujima next to Tokyo Nautical College till 1945, when the school buildings were occupied by US ArmyUnited States Army
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. The institute moved to Yokosuka in 1947 and was renamed the First Imperial Fisheries Institute, since the second fisheries institute was founded in Shimonoseki
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....
, Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi Prefecture
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(the former colonial Pusan
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Fisheries College, now the National Fisheries University).
In 1949 the institute was developed into Tokyo University of Fisheries under Japan's new educational system. In 1957 the university moved to present-day Shinagawa Campus in Minato, Tokyo.
Undergraduate schools
- Faculty of Marine Science (in Shinagawa Campus)
- Department of Ocean Sciences
- Department of Marine Biosciences
- Department of Food Science and Technology
- Department of Marine Policy and Culture
- Teacher Training Course for Fisheries High School Education
- Faculty of Marine Technology (in Etchujima Campus)
- Department of Maritime Systems Engineering
- Department of Marine Electronics and Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Logistics and Information Engineering
Advanced courses
- Advanced Course for Maritime Science and Technology
- - a one-year course for the graduates of the Faculty of Marine Science
- Sea Training Course
- - a half-year course for the graduates of the Faculty of Marine Technology