List of universities in Japan


The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture.
The list contains only universities or colleges, either four-year or two-year, that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article 1 of the School Education Law. Also, each university or college is listed in the prefecture in which its headquarters is located, not the location of their satellite campuses, etc. or that of some of its departments or divisions. For the list of universities that existed in the past or merged into another school, see List of historical universities in Japan.
♀ indicates a women's college.
A list of top ranked universities is available in the final section.

By prefecture

Aichi

Akita

Aomori

Chiba

Ehime

Fukushima

Gifu

Gunma

Hiroshima

Hokkaidō

Hyōgo

Ibaraki

Ishikawa

Iwate

Kagawa

Kagoshima

Kanagawa

Kōchi

Kyoto

Mie

Miyagi

Miyazaki

Nagano

Nagasaki

Nara

Niigata

Ōita

Okayama

Okinawa

Osaka

Saga

Shiga

Shimane

Tochigi

Tokushima

Tottori

Yamanashi

By ranking

As of September 2010, Times Higher Education World University Rankings Top 100 included University of Tokyo at 27th position and Kyoto University at 57th.
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2010 Top 100 included University of Tokyo at 20th position, Kyoto University at 24th, Osaka University at 75th and Nagoya University at 79th.
The QS Asia University Rankings Top 20 included University of Tokyo at 5th position, Osaka University at 7th, Kyoto University at 8th, Tohoku University at 9th, Nagoya University at 10th, Tokyo Institute of Technology at 11th, Kyushu University at 17th and University of Tsukuba at 20th.