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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. University of Shizuoka Shizuoka, Japan World #8,399
  2. University of the Sacred Heart Himeji, Japan World #10,500
  3. University of Tokushima Tokushima, Japan World #7,997
  4. University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan World #5,513
  5. University of Tokyo Health Sciences Tokyo, Japan World #12,878
  6. University of Toyama Toyama, Japan World #8,155
  7. University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan World #236
  8. University of Yamanashi Kofu, Japan World #1,123
  9. Urawa University Saitama, Japan World #7,455
  10. Utsunomiya Junior College Utsunomiya, Japan
  11. Utsunomiya Kyowa University Utsunomiya, Japan World #12,167
  12. Utsunomiya University Utsunomiya, Japan World #8,669
  13. Uyo Gakuen College Utsunomiya, Japan
  14. Wakayama Medical College Wakayama, Japan World #8,698
  15. Wakayama National College of Technology Wakayama, Japan
  16. Wakayama Shin Ai Women's Junior College Wakayama, Japan
  17. Wakayama University Wakayama, Japan World #9,178
  18. Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen University Wakkanai, Japan World #5,476
  19. Wako University Wako, Japan World #5,235
  20. Waseda University Shinjuku, Japan World #285
  21. Wayo Women's University Ichikawa, Japan World #5,016
  22. Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences Yamagata, Japan World #7,758
  23. Yamagata University Yamagata, Japan World #8,217
  24. Yamaguchi College of Arts Yamaguchi, Japan
  25. Yamaguchi Gakugei College Yamaguchi, Japan World #12,614
  26. Yamaguchi Junior College Yamaguchi, Japan
  27. Yamaguchi Prefectural University Yamaguchi, Japan World #10,476
  28. Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi, Japan World #7,949
  29. Yamaguchi University of Human Welfare & Culture Hagi, Japan
  30. Yamamura Gakuen College Kumamoto, 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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