To accomplish the quick catch-up to the West, the government expected this school to cultivate new modernized craftsmen and engineers.

After World War II, the new education system was promulgated in 1949 with the National School Establishment Law, and Tokyo Institute of Technology was reorganized.

Throughout the post-war reconstruction of the 1950s, the high economic growth era of the 1960s, and the aggressive economic era marching to the Bubble Economy of the 1980s, TIT kept providing Japan its leading engineers, researchers, and business persons.

[10] In its 130 years, Tokyo Tech has provided scientific researchers, engineers and many social leaders, including Naoto Kan who was a former prime minister.

Tokyo Tech comprises 6 schools, a number of departments and Institute for Liberal Arts.

The library was therefore recognised for the outstanding national and international importance and awarded 'Centre of foreign journals' by the government of Japan.

Tokyo Tech runs intensive programmes for obtaining master degree or PhD.

Public fundings for these courses are also available; those students who have academic excellence may apply for scholarships from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

[36] Tokyo Tech was one of the top research institutions in natural sciences and technology in Japan.

[40] The Tsubame 2.0, which was a large-scale supercomputer in Tokyo Tech, was ranked 5th of the world best-performed computer.

According to (Truly Strong Universities -TSU), the alumni's of Tokyo Tech has been acquiring the highest (1st) employment rate within Japan.

[43][44] École des Mines de Paris ranks Tokyo Tech as 92nd in the world in 2011 in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500 largest worldwide companies.

[47][48] As of 2009, there was a large population of rose-ringed parakeets residing at the main campus of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Ookayama.