Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology was started in May, 1949 as a university under the new system, incorporating Tokyo College of Agriculture and Forestry and Tokyo Textile College.

Then, there were 3 departments both in the faculty of agriculture and technology. In the process of development of the University, new divisions had been established and they were reorganized and integrated in the present four divisions and a veterinary division in the faculty of agriculture and the present six divisions in the faculty of technology in 1998.

The University has been improving educational and research environment in order to correspond to the progress of the contemporary science and the needs of the society. In addition to the two faculties, there are a graduate school of technology (doctoral course), a graduate school of agriculture (master's course), the united graduate school of agricultural science (doctoral course for latter three years only) and the graduate school of bio-applications and systems engineering (doctoral course). The system for education and research is being refined to rear capable people who will meet the needs of every field, and to contribute to the development of technology.