The Tokyo University of Science entered into an academic exchange agreement with the University of California Santa Cruz, USA, on September 1, 2006.
Founded in 1965, UC Santa Cruz is one of 10 campuses in the University of California system. It is a general university that is comprised of Academic Divisions in the disciplines of Engineering, Physical & Biological Sciences, Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. It has a student body of some 15,000 and a faculty of some 540. UC Santa Cruz ranked No. 28 on U.S. News and World Report's nationwide list of public research institutions, and was ranked in an ISI report as the second most influential research institution in the world in the physical sciences.
Through this agreement, both universities will engage in academic exchange by:
1. Pursuing interchange by faculty and students;
2. Implementing joint research projects;
3. Promoting exchange of academic literature and information; and
4. Promoting other academic activities
UC Santa Cruz Website: http://www.ucsc.edu/public/