Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) is the World's Best Small Universities announced on March 2017, 3 by Times Higher Education (THE), a British higher education institution information magazine. It was the only Japanese university to be ranked in the ranking of selecting large-scale universities), and was selected as the 7th largest university in the world.
The World University Ranking is one of the most widely used university evaluation indexes in the world. In this ranking, universities with a total of 5,000 students or less and 6 major academic fields (humanities, clinical medicine, engineering, technology, life) Universities conducting research and education in four or more fields (science, natural science, social science), and universities selected in THE World University Ranking 4-2016 are eligible.
Seeta Bhardwa, student editor of Times Higher Education, a high school information magazine, said in the ranking, "Small colleges emphasize that small universities bring high student satisfaction and good relationships between students and professors. Students are attracted to smaller class sizes, higher teacher-to-student ratios, and the feeling of a community that smaller universities can offer, "says small university students enjoying a closer learning environment. Therefore, it is important to announce the ranking to students in order to meet the needs of students.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University has a total of 1,473 undergraduate students and 1,433 graduate students (as of May 2,906, 2014, the date of THE research), which is small internationally. It is a comprehensive medical university with educational and research organizations such as the Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Institute of Biomaterials Engineering, and Institute of Intractable Diseases.
In the THE World University Rankings announced in September 2016 (targeting more than 9 universities in the world without considering the size of the university), it ranked 1,000th in Japan and 9-401 in the world.In addition, Quacquarelli Symonds, a UK world university evaluation institution that carries out the world university rankings as well as THE, also ranked first in Japan in the dentistry field of the QS World University Rankings by field announced on March 500, 2017. 3rd place.In the medical field, it has been highly evaluated, such as being ranked 8th in Japan and 1-3th in the world.
The university is supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's "Research University Strengthening Promotion Project" and "Support for the Creation of Top Global University Project (a top university that conducts world-class education and research with the ability to aim for the top 100 in the world university rankings)". Selected as a university.
