Tokyo Gakugei University

Tokyo Gakugei University is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was formally chartered as a university in 1949 through the merging of four teacher-training institutions. It is also known as Gakudai and TGU, for short.

In 1966, the Graduate School of Tokyo Gakugei University was established, and since 1996 it has offered Doctoral degrees in the education field as part of a coalition of educational institutions that include Chiba University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University.

In recent years, Tokyo Gakugei University has developed programs to better accommodate professional school teachers, including evening and short-term courses.