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  • 37,481University profiles
  • 216Countries and territories
  • 14,288Universities in the published 2027 World Ranking

Universities in Japan

1,041 universities

  1. Rikkyo University Tokyo, Japan World #1,807
  2. Rissho University Setagaya, Japan World #3,426
  3. Rissho University Graduate School of Global Environmental Sciences Tokyo, Japan
  4. Rissho University School of Psychology Tokyo, Japan
  5. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Beppu, Japan World #2,402
  6. Ritsumeikan University Kyoto, Japan World #801
  7. Ryotokuji University Kumamoto, Japan World #13,899
  8. Ryukoku University Kyoto, Japan World #1,646
  9. Ryutsu Keizai University Ryugasaki, Japan World #4,917
  10. Saga University Saga, Japan World #8,042
  11. Sagami Women's University Sagamihara, Japan World #10,803
  12. Saitama Gakuen University Saitama, Japan World #7,676
  13. Saitama Institute of Technology Saitama, Japan World #3,753
  14. Saitama Junshin Junior College Saitama, Japan
  15. Saitama Medical University Hidaka, Japan World #8,768
  16. Saitama Prefectural University Saitama, Japan World #5,300
  17. Saitama Toho Junior College Saitama, Japan
  18. Saitama University Saitama, Japan World #8,133
  19. Saitama Women's Junior College Saitama, Japan
  20. Sakai Women's Junior College Sakai, Japan
  21. Saku University Nagano, Japan World #9,953
  22. Sakura no Seibo Junior College Osaka, Japan
  23. Sakushin Gakuin University Utsunomiya, Japan World #10,943
  24. Salesian Polytechnic Tokyo, Japan
  25. Saniku Gakuin College Nagano, Japan
  26. Sanno University & Graduate College Isehara, Japan World #5,708
  27. Sano College Sano, Japan
  28. Sanyo Gakuen University Okayama, Japan World #6,988
  29. Sanyo Onoda City University Sanyo Onoda, Japan
  30. Sanyo Women's College Himeji, Japan

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Highest-ranked universities in the UNIRANKS 2027 World Ranking

The 12 universities with the best published world rank in the UNIRANKS 2027 World Ranking.

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States of America World #1
  2. University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom World #2
  3. Stanford University Stanford, United States of America World #3
  4. University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom World #4
  5. Harvard University Cambridge, United States of America World #5
  6. University of California Berkeley Berkeley, United States of America World #6
  7. Columbia University New York New York City, United States of America World #7
  8. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, United States of America World #8
  9. University of Toronto Toronto, Canada World #9
  10. Princeton University Princeton, United States of America World #10
  11. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States of America World #11
  12. National University of Singapore Singapore, Singapore World #12

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