In Tokyo Metropolis after the Meiji Restoration, it was decided that the 'Shoheiko' (a school run by Edo shogunate) would be rebuilt that a 'university' would be established as a central organization of the educational system.
明治維新後の東京都では「昌平黌」を再興し、学制中央機関として「大学校」を設置することが決定していた。