Toho University

Toho University

東邦大学
Motto	Nature, life, mankind
Type	Private
Established	1925
Chancellor	Tsugunori Aoki
Academic staff	705 (2005)
Students	4,533 (2005)
Undergraduates	4,079 (2005)
Postgraduates	454 (2005)
Doctoral students	154 (2005)
Address	5-21-16 Ōmorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540,Japan , Ōta, Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Urban
Website	www.toho-u.ac.jp/english/index.html

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Toho University

Toho University (東邦大学, Tōhō Daigaku) is a university in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.

History

The two brothers Yutaka Nukada and Susumu Nukada founded the Imperial Women's Medical College in Ōmori, Tokyo, the location of the present-day Faculty of Medicine, with their own money in 1925 and then established the Imperial Women's Medical and Pharmaceutical College and the Imperial Women's College of Science. They aimed at improving scientific education for women in such fields as medicine, pharmaceutical sciences and science. After World War II the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Faculty of Science moved to Funabashi, Chiba. With the reform of the Japanese school system in 1950, Toho University became a coeducational institution, focusing on natural sciences, with Faculties of Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Science.

Notable alumni

• Takeshi Morishita, physician

External links

• Toho University