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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. Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College Sapporo, Japan
  2. Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan World #203
  3. Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo, Japan World #3,488
  4. Hokkaido University of Science Sapporo, Japan
  5. Hokuriku Gakuin University Kanazawa, Japan World #8,265
  6. Hokuriku University Kanazawa, Japan World #10,046
  7. Hokusei Gakuen University Sapporo, Japan World #4,598
  8. Hokusho University Asahikawa, Japan World #11,060
  9. Hokuyo University Sapporo, Japan
  10. Hollywood University of Beauty & Fashion Tokyo, Japan World #9,300
  11. Hosei University Tokyo, Japan World #1,191
  12. Hoshi University Shinagawa, Japan World #3,556
  13. Hyogo College of Medicine Nishinomiya, Japan World #8,519
  14. Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Scenic Horticulture School Awaji, Japan
  15. Hyogo University Kobe, Japan World #10,904
  16. Hyogo University of Health Sciences Kobe, Japan World #8,899
  17. Hyogo University of Teacher Education Kato, Japan World #9,503
  18. Ibaraki Christian College Hitachi, Japan World #5,339
  19. Ibaraki National College of Technology Hitachinaka, Japan
  20. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Ami, Japan World #4,867
  21. Ibaraki University Hitachi, Japan World #1,448
  22. Ichinoseki National College of Technology Ichinoseki, Japan
  23. Iida Women's Junior College Nagano, Japan
  24. Ikenobo College Kyoto, Japan
  25. Ikuei Junior College Osaka, Japan
  26. Imabari Meitoku Junior College Imabari, Japan
  27. Institute of Advanced Media Arts & Sciences Ogaki, Japan World #4,544
  28. Institute of Information Security Tokyo, Japan World #7,268
  29. Institute of Technologists Tokyo, Japan World #6,341
  30. International Budo University Katsuura, Japan World #11,293

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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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