Brief history

April 1877
The University of Tokyo is established and the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy is placed in the Faculty of Science.


September 1881
The Department of Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy is divided into three separate departments.

May 1949
The College of Arts and Sciences is added to the University of Tokyo, in which a separate Department of Mathematics is established.


March 1953
The present-day Graduate School is formed, in which the members of the Department of Mathematics in the Faculty of Science and the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences begin educating graduate students.


April 1962
The Department of Pure and Applied Sciences is established in the College of Arts and Sciences.


April 1992
A new Division of Mathematical Sciences of the Graduate School is formed, consisting of a single Department of Mathematical Sciences combining all the mathematics faculty in the University.


August 1995
The first phase of the construction of the new building for the Department of Mathematical Sciences is completed.


March 1998
The second phase of the construction of the new Mathematical Sciences building is completed.


April 2004
All National Universities were transformed into National University Corporations, including The University of Tokyo.