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COUNTRY ATLAS / JP

Study and research
in Japan.

Explore Japanese university candidates and, as their profiles are verified, the people, laboratories, admissions cycles and research funding behind them.

179preliminary institution candidates
180detailed university guides published
1–10one institution per country per review cycle

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Published Japan institution guide

Hanazono University

Explore undergraduate and graduate programs in Zen Buddhism, social welfare, Japanese historical archaeology, and international research at Hanazono University in Kyoto.

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Kobe College

Kobe College women's liberal arts degrees, music conservatory performance master's, cross-cultural humanities, and international study grants.

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Nihon University

Nihon University (日本大学 - Nichidai), headquartered in Tokyo, is Japan's largest private university, established in 1889 as Nihon Law School. Spanning 16 colleges and 87 departments, it possesses one of the largest alumni networks in Japanese corporate and political leadership.

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Okayama University of Science

Okayama University of Science (岡山理科大学 - OUS), founded by Kake Educational Institution on Mount Ridai in Okayama, is Western Japan's premier private science and technology university, featuring the renowned Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Dinosaur Research Institute.

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Sophia University Yotsuya Campus

Sophia University (上智大学 - Jōchi Daigaku), located in the heart of Tokyo at Yotsuya Campus across from the Imperial Akasaka Estate, is Japan's premier international Catholic Jesuit research university, celebrated globally for multilingual education, global studies, and diplomacy.

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Kyoto Prefectural University

Kyoto Prefectural University, located adjacent to the UNESCO World Heritage Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto, is a historic public institution renowned for its Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, traditional Japanese garden architecture, and classical Japanese literature.

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Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (KPUM), situated on the banks of the Kamo River, is one of Japan's oldest and most prestigious medical colleges (founded 1872), pioneering cutting-edge discoveries in genomic oncology, cardiovascular surgery, and regenerative ophthalmology.

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Kyoto University of Advanced Science

Kyoto University of Advanced Science (KUAS), revolutionized by Nidec founder Shigenobu Nagamori, is Japan's premier English-medium engineering powerhouse, internationally recognized for its Faculty of Engineering specializing in electric vehicle powertrains, robotics, mechatronics, and artificial intelligence.

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Kyoto University of the Arts

Kyoto University of the Arts (formerly Kyoto造形芸術大学) is one of Japan's most comprehensive and celebrated private universities of fine arts and design, nestled on the scenic hillside of Mount Hiei, nurturing world-acclaimed animators, manga artists, character designers, and contemporary painters.

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Meijo University

Meijo University is one of Central Japan's most celebrated private universities, world-renowned for its Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry—including Sumio Iijima (discoverer of carbon nanotubes), Isamu Akasaki (blue LED pioneer), and Akira Yoshino (lithium-ion battery inventor).

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Meiji Gakuin University - Yokohama Campus

Meiji Gakuin University's sprawling Yokohama Campus in Totsuka-ku is a renowned liberal arts and international relations academic sanctuary, tracing its origins to Dr. James Curtis Hepburn and celebrated for peace studies, global legal governance, and sociology.

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Miyagi Gakuin Women's University

Miyagi Gakuin Women's University in Sendai, founded in 1886 as the first women's higher educational institution in the Tohoku region, is renowned for clinical nutrition, musicology, early childhood education, and Christian liberal arts.

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Osaka Gakuin University

Osaka Gakuin University (OGU) in Suita, Osaka, is a premier private university celebrated for corporate economics, global international studies, distribution sciences, informatics, and athletic excellence.

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Osaka Sangyo University

Osaka Sangyo University (OSU) in Daito, Osaka, is a prestigious technological and industrial university world-famous for its solar car engineering team, mechanical innovation, computer sciences, and environmental design.

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Osaka University of Economics

Osaka University of Economics (OUE) is a historic private university founded in 1932 in Osaka, renowned for quantitative econometrics, corporate management, information data science, and business heritage archives.

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Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University is one of Japan's most historic private universities, established in Kyoto in 1639 as a Buddhist seminary, now renowned for economics, transnational law, international intercultural studies, and science and technology.

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Sapporo City University

Sapporo City University (SCU) is a public municipal university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, uniquely celebrating the synergy between Design and Nursing across its Soen and Art Forest (Geijutsu no Mori) campuses.

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Sapporo Gakuin University

Sapporo Gakuin University (SGU) is a comprehensive private liberal arts, business, and psychology university in Hokkaido, operating modern campuses in Ebetsu and Shin-Sapporo with strong community-engaged research in northern regional economics.

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Seijo University

Seijo University is a prestigious private university located in the affluent Setagaya district of Tokyo, renowned for pioneering Japan's first Faculty of Social Innovation, alongside elite faculties of Economics, Arts and Literature, and Law.

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Seinan Gakuin University

Seinan Gakuin University is a premier private Christian university in Fukuoka, Kyushu, renowned as a gateway to Asia for international business, intercultural studies, commercial law, and humanitarian literature.

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Teikyo University

Teikyo University is a major comprehensive private university in Tokyo, renowned for the School of Medicine and University Hospital at Itabashi, the Teikyo-Harvard Global Health Collaboration, aerospace engineering, and sports medicine.

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Temple University, Japan Campus

Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) is the oldest and largest full-degree-granting American university in Japan, designated as an official Foreign University by MEXT, awarding Philadelphia Temple University degrees in Tokyo.

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The University of Tokyo - Komaba

The Komaba Campus of The University of Tokyo houses the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, serving as Todai's epicenter for liberal arts, international English programs, and interdisciplinary frontiers.

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Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University in Sendai is a comprehensive private institution renowned for its faculties of Medical and Health Sciences, Science and Engineering, and Business Policy, delivering cutting-edge practical education in allied healthcare and technology.

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Tohoku Fukushi University

Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai is Japan's premier university for social welfare, gerontological care, clinical psychology, and health sciences, grounded in Buddhist humanitarian ethics and pioneering elderly care robotics.

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Tohoku Institute of Technology

Tohoku Institute of Technology (Tohtech) in Sendai is an elite private engineering university dedicated to seismic architecture, electrical power systems, smart robotics, and sustainable environmental infrastructure.

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Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University

Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka University in Sendai is a distinguished specialized private institution dedicated to clinical dietetics, nutritional sciences, visual arts, and living space design, established by the Mishima Gakuen educational foundation.

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Tohoku University School of Medicine

The School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine at Tohoku University in Sendai is one of the world's elite biomedical research centers, home to the Tohoku Medical Megabank, pioneering genomic medicine, neuroscience, oncology, and immunology.

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Toin University of Yokohama

Toin University of Yokohama is a pioneering private institution world-famous as the birthplace of perovskite solar cells, delivering frontier programs in biomedical engineering, clean energy chemistry, and practical legal studies.

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Tokai University

Tokai University is one of Japan's largest and most prestigious private research universities, celebrated for its aerospace innovations, championship solar car team, oceanographic research fleet, and comprehensive medical school.

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Tokaigakuen University

Tokaigakuen University is an established private institution in the Greater Nagoya area renowned for its faculties of Human Health, Management, Psychology, and Education, fostering practical community leadership and nutritional science.

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Tokyo City University

Tokyo City University (TCU) is a prestigious private technical university in Tokyo and Yokohama, renowned for its hydrogen engine mobility laboratories, nuclear energy research institute, environmental design, and smart city urban informatics.

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Tokyo Fuji University

Tokyo Fuji University, located in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku, is an established private business university famous for event management, entertainment business, certified tax accounting, and commercial marketing.

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Tokyo Kokusai University

Tokyo International University (TIU) is an elite global university in Tokyo and Saitama, featuring a flagship high-rise campus in Ikebukuro and world-renowned English-track (E-Track) degrees in digital business, international relations, and business economics.

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Tokyo Medical University

Tokyo Medical University (TMU), located in the skyscraper district of Nishi-Shinjuku, is an elite private medical university renowned for minimally invasive thoracic oncology, metabolomics biomarker discovery, and advanced clinical hospital care.

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Tokyo Rissho Junior College

Tokyo Rissho Junior College in Suginami, Tokyo, is an established private junior college renowned for its Department of Modern Communication, early childhood education, and direct 3rd-year university transfer pathways.

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Tokyokaiyo University

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT / Kaiyodai) is Japan's sole national university dedicated exclusively to oceanography, naval architecture, maritime navigation, marine biotechnology, and aquatic food sciences.

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Tsukuba International University

Tsukuba International University in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a comprehensive private healthcare university dedicated to physical therapy, radiological technology, clinical laboratory sciences, and community nursing.

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Tsukuba University of Technology

Tsukuba University of Technology (NTUT / Giken) is Japan's and Asia's only national university dedicated specifically to higher education for students with hearing and visual impairments, pioneering universal design, sign language informatics, and assistive technology.

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Yashimagakuen University

Yashimagakuen University in Yokohama is Japan's pioneering online-integrated university dedicated to lifelong learning, professional librarian certification, museum curatorship, and adult social education.

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Yokohama Sōei University

Yokohama Sōei University is an accredited private healthcare and education institution in Midori-ku, Yokohama, celebrated for its rigorous Nursing and Child Education faculties with exceptional national licensure pass rates.

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Yokohama University of Pharmacy

Yokohama University of Pharmacy (Hamayaku) is a leading pharmaceutical university in Totsuka, Yokohama, celebrated for pioneering Japan’s first Department of Traditional Chinese and Kampo Medicine alongside advanced clinical pharmacology.

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Shanghai University Tokyo Campus

Shanghai University Tokyo Campus is the official Japanese overseas campus of Shanghai University (Project 211 / Double First-Class), offering accredited dual-degree programs in international economics, Chinese-Japanese bilateral trade, and cross-cultural communication.

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Hyogo-Kobe University Consortium (HKUC)

The Hyogo-Kobe University Consortium (HKUC / 大学コンソーシアムひょうご神戸) unites 45 universities, local governments, and industrial enterprises across Hyogo Prefecture, driving inter-university credit exchanges, regional disaster resilience research, and global scholar retention.

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Kobe University - Rokkodai Main Campus

Kobe University is one of Japan’s prestigious National Seven Universities (formerly Kobe Higher Commercial School), overlooking Osaka Bay from Mount Rokko, celebrated as Japan’s birthplace of business administration and economics, alongside world-leading research in membranes, law, and biosystems.

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JAPAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Japan International University (JIU Tokyo) is a higher education and professional training institution in Tokyo specializing in bilingual business administration, international commerce, Japanese language pedagogy, and digital creative media for global scholars.

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Kobe Yamate University

Kobe Yamate University (integrated into Kansai University of International Studies - Kobe Yamate Campus) is a historic academic campus in central Kobe, celebrated for disaster resilience management, international tourism, psychological sciences, and urban community safety.

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Nagoyasangyo University

Nagoya Sangyo University (NSU) is a forward-looking private university in Owariasahi, Aichi Prefecture, renowned across Japan as a pioneer in Carbon Neutrality Studies, Environmental Information Systems, and Business Informatics.

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Nakamura Gakuen University

Nakamura Gakuen University is an esteemed private university in Fukuoka, Kyushu, internationally renowned for its Faculty of Nutritional Science, clinical dietetics research, early childhood education, and food distribution business.

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Okayama Shoka University

Okayama Shoka University (OSU) is a distinguished private commercial university in Okayama, Western Japan, offering specialized degree programs in commercial law, accounting, regional economics, and international trade.

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Sapporo International University

Sapporo International University (SIU) is a private university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, specializing in international tourism management, winter resort economics, outdoor adventure tourism, modern communication, and Japanese cultural studies.

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Sapporo Medical University

Sapporo Medical University (SapMed) is a prestigious public prefectural medical university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, globally recognized for its pioneering clinical trials in neural regeneration using autologous mesenchymal stem cells, cancer immunotherapy, and advanced orthopedic rehabilitation.

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Sapporo Medical University Hospital

Sapporo Medical University Hospital is Hokkaido’s premier Advanced Treatment Hospital, serving as the northern regional core disaster base hospital, tertiary critical emergency center, and an international hub for regenerative clinical trials.

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Sapporo Otani University

Sapporo Otani University is a historic private Buddhist university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, celebrated across Northern Japan for its conservatory-level Faculty of Arts (Music and Fine Arts) and Department of Social Welfare.

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Sapporo University of Health Sciences

Sapporo University of Health Sciences is a specialized medical sciences university in Sapporo dedicated to educating compassionate nursing professionals, occupational therapists, and physical therapists for Northern Japan’s regional healthcare system.

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Teikyō Junior College

Teikyo Junior College is a prominent private junior college located in Shibuya, Tokyo, affiliated with the Teikyo University Group and offering comprehensive associate degree programs in early childhood education, nutrition science, and modern business.

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Seisa Dohto University

Seisa Dohto University is a private university in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido (adjacent to Sapporo), celebrated for its Department of Design and Architecture, community social welfare education, and athletic sports sciences.

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Sendai Shirayuri Women's College

Sendai Shirayuri Women's College is a historic private Catholic women's college in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, renowned for human development studies, clinical psychology, nutritional science, and preschool teacher education.

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Sendai University

Sendai University is Northern Japan’s sole specialized higher education university of physical education and sports sciences, acclaimed for training Olympic athletes, athletic trainers, physical education teachers, and sports business managers.

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Shokei Gakuin University

Shokei Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Natori, suburban Sendai, offering interdisciplinary programs in comprehensive human sciences, clinical psychology, nutrition, and environmental science.

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Showa University Yokohama Campus

Showa University (Yokohama Campus) is a premier medical sciences university campus and teaching hospital in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, celebrated for multidisciplinary healthcare education across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing.

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Takachiho University

Takachiho University is a historic private commercial university in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, renowned as Japan's first private higher commercial school, offering specialized degrees in business administration, commercial law, and human science.

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Tokyo University of Communication

Tokyo University of Communication (Tokyo Tsushin Daigaku) is a state-recognized online and hybrid digital university based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, delivering degree programs in computer science, software engineering, and human welfare.

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