, abbreviated as , is a
research university located in
Bunkyo,
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
Hongo,
Komaba,
Kashiwa,
Shirokane and
Nakano. It is the first of Japan's
National Seven Universities. It ranks as the highest in Asia and 21st in the world according to the
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015. The University of Tokyo is widely considered to be the most prestigious university in Japan.