Statistics reveal that there are 5,300 directors from Todai in the business community today. But Todai wasn't just established as a status factory. In 1893, the former prime minister, K. Inoue, stated that "Todai must be the leader in scholarship."
「東大要當學術界的領導者」，一八九三年，曾參與伊藤博文內閣憲法起草案的文部大臣井上毅，確立了東大的定位。