Universities in Japan
Higher Education in Japan
Overview
What are the most popular Universities in Japan? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2023 Japanese University Ranking of 716 Japanese higher-education institutions meeting the following uniRank selection criteria:
- being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate Japanese higher education-related organization.
- offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
- delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format
2023 Ranking of Japanese Universities New
Explore the uniRank League Table and University Ranking of 716 Universities in Japan
2023 Sub-rankings by Prefectures New
Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (Japanese: todofuken). The majority of higher education institutions meeting the uniRank selection criteria are located in the prefectures of Tokyo, which hosts the capital and largest city of Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, Hyogo and Hokkaido. The following uniRank sub-rankings or league tables take into account all prefectures which include at least 2 Japanese higher education institutions meeting the uniRank selection criteria.
| Aichi (47) | Akita (5) |
| Aomori (9) | Chiba (28) |
| Ehime (5) | Fukui (4) |
| Fukuoka (30) | Fukushima (8) |
| Gifu (12) | Gunma (12) |
| Hiroshima (18) | Hokkaido (34) |
| Hyogo (34) | Ibaraki (9) |
| Ishikawa (11) | Iwate (5) |
| Kagawa (4) | Kagoshima (6) |
| Kanagawa (27) | Kochi (3) |
| Kumamoto (9) | Kyoto (30) |
| Mie (7) | Miyagi (14) |
| Miyazaki (7) | Nagano (7) |
| Nagasaki (8) | Nara (10) |
| Niigata (16) | Oita (5) |
| Okayama (16) | Okinawa (7) |
| Osaka (50) | Saga (2) |
| Saitama (27) | Shiga (6) |
| Shimane (2) | Shizuoka (11) |
| Tochigi (9) | Tokushima (4) |
| Tokyo (126) | Tottori (2) |
| Toyama (4) | Wakayama (3) |
| Yamagata (4) | Yamaguchi (11) |
| Yamanashi (8) |
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