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1,719 universities · in Japan

QS #36 (2026)

The University of Tokyo (UT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 1877 · 28,918 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

32 professors 1 open position

QS #51 (2026)

Kyoto University

Kyoto, Japan

Public · Founded 1897 · 22,365 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

44 professors 3 open positions

QS #85 (2026)

Tokyo Institute of Technology (東工大)

Tokyo, Japan

Founded 1949 · 10,500 students

  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • +7 more

28 professors 0 open positions

QS #91 (2026)

The University of Osaka

Osaka, Japan

Public · Founded 1931 · 23,234 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

43 professors 0 open positions

QS #109 (2026)

Tohoku University

Sendai, Japan

Public · Founded 1907 · 17,975 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

47 professors 1 open position

QS #164 (2026)

Nagoya University

Nagoya, Japan

Public · Founded 1939 · 15,959 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

46 professors 1 open position

QS #170 (2026)

Kyushu University

Fukuoka, Japan

Founded 1911 · 18,813 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

45 professors 0 open positions

QS #170 (2026)

Hokkaido University

Sapporo, Japan

Public · Founded 1918 · 17,770 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

53 professors 1 open position

THE #170 (2026)

Institute of Science Tokyo (ISCT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 2024 · 13,000 students

  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Dentistry
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

47 professors 1 open position

QS #196 (2026)

Waseda University

Tokyo, Japan

Private · Founded 1882 · 47,094 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

54 professors 1 open position

QS #215 (2026)

Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

Private · Founded 1858 · 33,518 students

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

48 professors 1 open position

QS #350 (2026)

University of Tsukuba

Tsukuba, Japan

Public · Founded 1973 · 16,684 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

50 professors 0 open positions

QS #446 (2024)

Toyota Technological Institute (TTI)

Nagoya, Japan

Founded 1981

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Computer Science
  • +2 more

23 professors 1 open position

QS #480 (2026)

Hiroshima University

Hiroshima, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 15,505 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

58 professors 0 open positions

QS #482 (2026)

Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 16,214 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

49 professors 0 open positions

QS #490 (2023)

Chiba University

Chiba, Japan

Public · Founded 1923 · 13,983 students

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

56 professors 0 open positions

QS #539 (2025)

Hitotsubashi University

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 6,287 students

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

33 professors 0 open positions

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Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)

Tokyo, Japan

  • Dentistry
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

37 professors 0 open positions

Not ranked

Kanazawa University

Kanazawa, Japan

Public · Founded 1949 · 10,127 students

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

49 professors 1 open position

Not ranked

Kumamoto University

Kumamoto, Japan

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Materials Science
  • +8 more

43 professors 0 open positions

Not ranked

Juntendo University

Tokyo, Japan

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

32 professors 0 open positions

Not ranked

Okayama University

Okayama, Japan

Founded 1949 · 13,057 students

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

55 professors 0 open positions

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Niigata University

Niigata, Japan

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

51 professors 0 open positions

Not ranked

Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)

Ikoma, Japan

  • Computer Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

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