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Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Logo: 東京医科歯科大学, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former public university in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (東京医科歯科大学, Tōkyō ika shika daigaku) was a public university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024. Established in 1928, Tokyo Medical and Dental University was the oldest national school of dentistry in Japan.2 It is headquartered in Bunkyō-ku.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1946Founded1

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Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Tokyo Medical and Dental University (東京医科歯科大学, Tōkyō ika shika daigaku) was a public university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. It merged with the Tokyo Institute of Technology to form the Institute of Science Tokyo on 1 October 2024.2

Corporate structure

Tokyo Medical and Dental University sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Tokyo Medical and Dental University Bunkyō-ku
    • Medical Research Institute Tokyo Medical and Dental University Subsidiary · Japan

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The university was founded under the title of Tokyo National School of Dentistry (東京高等歯科医学校, Tōkyō kōtō shikai gakkō) as the first national school of dentistry in Japan on October 12, 1928. The school established medical school in 1944 as Tokyo Medical and Dental College. It was renamed to Tokyo Medical and Dental University and received university status in 1946. Separate Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry were established in 1951, along with a research institute dedicated to materials, which was later expanded to the current Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering. In accordance with the National University Corporation Act, the school became a National University Corporation in 2004.

From Wikipedia’s article on Tokyo Medical and Dental University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering

Medical Research Institute

From Wikipedia’s article on Tokyo Medical and Dental University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Medical Research Institute Tokyo Medical and Dental University

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Institute of Science Tokyo1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 2024Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1946Founded Founded1

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