TUA was designated by the Japanese Ministry of Education and Culture as the center for international scientific cooperative activities with developing countries under the Core University System. The International Exchange Center was established in 1989, which currently receives 300 students from 24 countries.
Tokyo University of Agriculture’s history begins in 1891, when the private Department of Agriculture, Ikueiko School, was established on the banks of the Iida River in Kojimachi-ku (now Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, under the auspices of the Tokugawa Ikuei-kai Foundation. The next year, the University moved to Otsukakubo-machi, Koishikawa-ku (now Bunkyo-ku); in 1898 it moved to Tokiwamatsu in Toyotama-gun, Shibuya-mura in Tokyo Prefecture (now Shibuya-ku); and in 1946 to Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku. At present, we have three campuses, in Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk, with a Graduate School and Faculties of Agriculture, Applied Biosciences, Regional Environmental Science, International Agriculture and Food Studies, and Bioindustry, as well as a Junior College. With around 13,000 students, 700 instructors, and 200 laboratories, Tokyo University of Agriculture proudly ranks as Japan’s largest agricultural university, affectionately known as “Tokyo NODAI” within Japan and “NODAI” overseas.
