The Imperial Universities were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. These universities
The Gakushi Kaikan, a club for members of the former Imperial Universities in Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial University,1925
Tohoku Imperial University,1913
Hokkaido Imperial University
National Taiwan University is a national research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University, it was the seventh Imperial University of the Empir
Imperial Universities
…Triangle in the United Kingdom, and the C9 League in China. The alumni club of these nine imperial universities is called Gakushikai (学士会). Unlike Taihoku Imperial University (renamed in 1945 to National Taiwan University) in then-Japanese Taiwan, the Keijō Imperial University in then-Japanese Korea was closed by the United…
View of the entrance of Taihoku Imperial University, pictured during Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945)
Aerial view of the university during the 1930s
Taiwanese president Chiang Ching-kuo (left) visiting NTU in 1977
The Old Main Library building (pictured) was repurposed as a gallery dedicated to NTU's history.