The University of Tokyo features a number of affiliated institutes that facilitate and engage in a wide range of research. There are institutes, for instance, that conduct cultural studies and research in the social sciences, work on developing advanced medical treatments, and use research on earthquakes to contribute to mitigating destruction caused by disasters. These institutes act as the principal bases for research in their respective fields and aim to utilize the results they produce to give back to society in a variety of ways. At the same time, the institutes also fulfill their roles as graduate-level educational institutions within the University of Tokyo, and are committed to educating and training people of exceptional talent. For more information, please visit the pages below:
Affiliated Institutes
- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
- Earthquake Research Institute
- Historiographical Institute
- Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
- Institute for Cosmic Ray Research
- Institute for Solid State Physics
- Institute of Industrial Science
- Institute of Medical Science
- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
- Institute of Social Science
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS)
Collaborative Research Organizations
- Material Innovation Research Center (Japanese)
- Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AI Center)
- Universal Biology Institute
- Research Institute for Photon Science and Laser Technology (UTripl) (Japanese)
- Mathematics and Informatics Center
- Institute for Life Science Research and Education
- Research Institute for Biomedical Science and Engineering (Japanese)
- The Collaborative Research Organization for Historical Materials on Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Humanities Center
- Next-generation Neutrino Science and Multi-messenger Astronomy Organization
- One Health, One World Collaboration Research Organization
- Anti-infective Research Consortium, the University of Tokyo (ARC-UT)
- Virtual Reality Education and Research Center (Japanese)
- Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology (Japanese)
- Collaborative Research Organization for Future Regional Society (Japanese)
- Mobility Innovation Collaborative Research Organization
- International Muography Cooperative Research Organization (MUOGRAPHIX)
- Design-Led X Pedagogical Research Initiative (Japanese)
- Security Informatics Education and Research Center (Japanese)
- Art Center
- Bioethics Collaborative Research Organization (Japanese)
- RIISE: Research Institute for an Inclusive Society through Engineering (Japanese)
- Collaborative Research Organization for Space Science and Technology (CROiSSanT)
- Collaborative Research Organization of Educational Technology (Japanese)
- Collaborative Research Organization for Micro and Nano Multifunctional Devices (Japanese)
- Trans-scale Quantum Science Institute
- Center for Creation of Intelligent World
- Ocean Alliance Collaborative Research Organization
- Collaborative Research Organization for Structural Biological Sciences
- Institute of Gerontology
- Collaborative Research Organization for the Digital Spatial Society (Japanese)
- Center for Real Estate Innovation (Japanese)
- Sports Science Initiative
- Interfaculty Initiative in Disaster Prevention and Revitalization Research (Japanese)
- Radiation Science Collaborative Research Organization (Japanese)
- Laboratories for International Research on Multi-disciplinary Micro Systems
- UTokyo Institute for Diversity and Adaptation of Human Mind
- Collaborative Research Organization for Next-Generation Cyber Infrastructure (Japanese)
- International Institute for Next Urban Planning, Design and Management
- Collaborative Research Organization for Integrative Medical Genomics and Informatics (Japanese)
- Collaborative Research Organization for Comprehensive Energy Sciences (Japanese)
- Synchrotron Radiation Collaborative Research Organization (Japanese)
- UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions (Japanese)
- UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
University Joint Education and Research Institutes
- Center for Research and Development of Higher Education
- Center for Research on Counseling and Support Services
- Isotope Science Center (Japanese)
- Center for Research and Development on Transition from Secondary to Higher Education (Japanese)
- Center for Global Education
- UTokyo Center for Coproduction of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity