04 The University of Tokyo

UTokyo , or Todai , was the first university as decreed by the Meiji government in 1877 . 27,654 students were enrolled in the university in total in 2018 , with half of these being graduate students and half being undergraduate . Just over 800 of those students were enrolled in professional degree programs . The school employs about 2,200 full-time instructors and 200 part-time . UTokyo has the top research reputation in Asia according to US News and World Report . The school claims nine Nobel laureates in association with the institution . It is rated the # 62 university worldwide , and its physics department is # 8 in the world . MAY 2019