The University of Tokyo (東京大学, Tōkyō daigaku?), abbreviated as Todai (東大, Tōdai?), is a research university located in Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered the most prestigious university in Japan. It ranks as the highest in Asia and 20th in the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012.
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