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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. International Christian University Mitaka, Japan World #2,607
  2. International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies Kyoto, Japan World #8,206
  3. International Pacific University Ehime Women's College Matsuyama, Japan
  4. International Pacific University Japan Okayama, Japan World #11,596
  5. International University of Health & Welfare Narita, Japan World #1,809
  6. International University of Japan Niigata, Japan World #3,558
  7. International University of Kagoshima Kagoshima, Japan World #6,127
  8. Iryo Sosei University Kumamoto, Japan
  9. Ishikawa National College of Technology Kanazawa, Japan
  10. Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University Kanazawa, Japan World #11,491
  11. Ishikawa Prefectural University Kanazawa, Japan World #12,437
  12. Iwaki Meisei University Iwaki, Japan World #12,228
  13. Iwakuni Junior College Iwakuni, Japan
  14. Iwate College of Nursing Iwate, Japan
  15. Iwate Medical University Morioka, Japan World #8,727
  16. Iwate Prefectural University Takizawa, Japan World #9,023
  17. Iwate University Morioka, Japan World #8,223
  18. Izumi Junior College Osaka, Japan
  19. Japan Academy of Moving Images Tokyo, Japan World #8,276
  20. Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Nomi, Japan World #1,001
  21. Japan Christian Junior College Fukuoka, Japan
  22. Japan College of Social Work Tokyo, Japan World #7,227
  23. Japan Lutheran College Mitaka, Japan World #7,511
  24. Japan Marine Technical College Tokyo, Japan
  25. Japan University of Economics Osaka, Japan World #6,617
  26. Japan University of Health Sciences Narita, Japan World #10,169
  27. Japan Wellness Sports University Kawasaki, Japan World #10,539
  28. Japan Women's College of Physical Education Tokyo, Japan World #6,969
  29. Japan Women's University Tokyo, Japan
  30. Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing Tokyo, Japan World #6,917

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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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