The University of Tokyo (東京大学 Tōkyō daigaku), abbreviated as Todai (東大 Tōdai?),[3] is a research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The University has 10 faculties with a total of around 30,000 students, 2,100 of whom are foreign. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is the first of Japan's National Seven Universities.[4][5] It ranks as the highest in Asia and 21st in the world according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014.