The Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University announced plans to merge by the end of fiscal 2024 at a press conference in Tokyo on Friday.
The merged institution will conduct interdisciplinary research in fields such as medicine and engineering, aiming to gain recognition as a "research university of international prominence," which would make it eligible for government funding worth tens of billions of yen each year.
Students will be invited to submit suggestions for the name of the new institution, which is expected to be decided in the near future.
