Needless to say, the mission of a university has education and research at its core. However, universities are now in the midst of a global competitive environment, and the essence of a university’s competitive power lies in its capability of providing an appealing educational environment to people of excellence and to all those possessing critical minds.

　The University of Tokyo is an institution where talented people of diverse backgrounds gather. Students come from various countries in pursuit of the leading frontiers of knowledge. Moreover, our graduate schools have recently seen increased enrollments of those who have been engaged in the forefront of activities at private enterprises and in public administration. Also increasing has been the number of students who wish to step away from traditional research into the domain of knowledge.

　TODAI TODAI TV came into existence for the purpose of providing an attractive self-learning educational environment to students with such varied backgrounds. Here, everyone can view lectures that form the foundations of creative research.

　I promise that The University of Tokyo will continue to offer an attractive educational environment for all learners, as befits a world-leading university.