Tokyo University of Agriculture


The Tokyo University of Agriculture, abbreviated as Nodai or Tokyo nodai, is a private university of agriculture in Japan.
Tokyo University of Agriculture is a Japanese private university headquartered at 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. Founded in 1891, university established in 1925. The abbreviation is Noudai, TUA. It is Japan's first private agricultural school and the only comprehensive agricultural university in Japan that specializes in research in the fields of agriculture and biotechnology.There are three campuses: Setagaya, Atsugi, and Okhotsk.

Outline

Tokyo University of Agriculture is a private agriculture university. It was the first such institution founded in Japan. As of 2006 it is the only private university in Japan that specializes in agriculture. Although its name is similar to Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the College of Agriculture at University of Tokyo, the institutions are not related to one another.
This university handles ``Agriculture from a multifaceted approach with 6 faculties and 23 departments, and is characterized by the fact that most academic fields within the agricultural science system can be studied. Academic fields include agriculture in a broad sense, life sciences, and food-related fields, and there are also departments such as brewing and landscaping that only exist at this university. At our university, they define these academic fields as ``Comprehensive Agriculture and conduct wide-ranging academic research in the field of agriculture.
Including public agriculture universities, Tokyo University of Agriculture is ranked third, behind Sapporo Agricultural College and the University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus.

Rating of this university

Tokyo University of Agriculture has been ranked in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings every year.World University Rankings 2025:1501+thLife Sciences 2024:801-1000thWorld University Rankings 2024 by subject:801-1000thImpact Rankings 2024:801-1000th

Faculties

Tokyo campus in Setagaya-ku:
  • Faculty of Applied Bio-Science
  • Faculty of Regional Environmental Science
  • Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies
Atsugi campus in Kanagawa:
  • Faculty of Agriculture
Okhotsk campus in Hokkaido:
  • Faculty of Bio-industry
In addition, the university offers two graduate school programs: one in Agriculture and one in Bio-industry. There is a two-year junior college.