Colleges & Universities in Japan

Universities in Japan

Higher Education in Japan

Overview

What are the most popular Universities and Colleges in Japan? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2024 Japanese University Ranking of 783 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

2024 Ranking of Japanese Universities New

2024 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 (51)   Akita (7)  
Aomori (10)   Chiba (28)  
Ehime (5)   Fukui (6)  
Fukuoka (35)   Fukushima (8)  
Gifu (12)   Gumma (3)  
Gunma (12)   Hiroshima (21)  
Hokkaido (37)   Hyogo (35)  
Ibaraki (10)   Ishikawa (13)  
Iwate (6)   Kagawa (4)  
Kagoshima (6)   Kanagawa (31)  
Kochi (4)   Kumamoto (9)  
Kyoto (33)   Mie (7)  
Miyagi (14)   Miyazaki (7)  
Nagano (11)   Nagasaki (8)  
Nara (10)   Niigata (21)  
Oita (5)   Okayama (17)  
Okinawa (8)   Osaka (53)  
Saga (2)   Saitama (27)  
Shiga (8)   Shimane (2)  
Shizuoka (13)   Tochigi (9)  
Tokushima (4)   Tokyo (135)  
Tottori (3)   Toyama (4)  
Wakayama (3)   Yamagata (6)  
Yamaguchi (11)   Yamanashi (8)  

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