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was built by merging nine schools in Seoul and the remaining properties of Keijō Imperial University (Kyŏngsŏng University). The National Taiwan University and Seoul National University are today among the most prestigious universities of Taiwan and Korea.
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renamed it in 1886. In 1897, when it was decided to establish the nation's second university in Kyoto, the original Imperial University was renamed Tokyo Imperial University. Meanwhile, the newly established university was named
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Unlike in Europe and North America, modern higher education in Japan mostly originated as national projects. There had been no private universities in Japan until 1920, when
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Today, these university are no longer 'imperial', as Japan ceased to be an empire after the loss of World War II, and are often described as the former Imperial Universities
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predominantly consisted of alumni of the Imperial Universities and universities abroad, which further strengthened the prestige and power of these universities.
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UTokyo's Ice Hockey Team Wins at the Seven Universities Athletic Meet for the First Time in 46 Years (Student Support Group)
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were granted university status. Thus, for the majority of its pre-war history, Japan's political, business and academic
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in 2002. The competition is commonly called the Competition of the Seven Imperial Universities
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The Chinese (Kuomintang) government took control of the university and renamed it.
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in China. The alumni club of these nine imperial universities is called Gakushikai
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or the national athletic meet of the seven former imperial universities
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51st Seven Universities Athletic Meet Opening Ceremony (July 7, 2012)
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Imperial University → Tokyo Imperial University → University of Tokyo
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The name 'Imperial University' was initially used by what is now the
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Closed in 1946, properties and some faculties succeeded by
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College and university associations and consortia in Asia
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Taihoku Imperial University → National Taiwan University
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List of oldest universities in continuous operation
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Group of universities in the former Japanese Empire
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Index


Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
Empire of Japan
Mainland Japan
Japan
Korea under Japanese rule
Republic of Korea
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Taiwan
World War II
University of Tokyo
Meiji government
Kyoto Imperial University
Keio
Waseda
establishments
Ivy League
Golden Triangle
C9 League
Taihoku Imperial University
then-Japanese Taiwan
Keijō Imperial University
then-Japanese Korea
United States Army Military Government in Korea
Seoul National University

University of Tokyo
Bunkyō
Tokyo

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