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Kyoto University (京都大学, Kyōto daigaku), or KyotoU (京大, Kyōdai), is a national research university located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan.
According to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Arts and Humanities, Kyoto University is ranked 2nd in Japan and 58th in the world. [ 2 ] As of 2020, there are 1,075 undergraduate and 464 graduate students.
Also, each university or college is listed in the prefecture in which its headquarters is located, not the location of their satellite campuses, etc. or that of some of its departments or divisions. For the list of universities that existed in the past or merged into another school, see List of historical universities in Japan .
Ritsumeikan University (立命館大学, Ritsumeikan Daigaku, abbreviated to Rits and 立命 Ritsumei) is a private university in Kyoto, Japan, that traces its origin to 1869. In addition to its main campus in Kyoto, the university also has satellite campuses in Ibaraki, Osaka and Kusatsu, Shiga .
According to the QS World University Rankings for Medicine 2020, Kyoto University is ranked second in Japan after the University of Tokyo. [ 1 ] Professor Shinya Yamanaka received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for his work on iPS cells .
Temporary settings for new offices and library was arranged in the Uji campus of Kyoto University which is located about 20 km south of Yukawa Hall. Thus, Yukawa Institute became distributed over two distantly located buildings, Yukawa Hall on the Kitashirakawa campus and the Uji Research Center on the Uji campus.
According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, Kyoto University is ranked second in Japan and 25th in the world in the field of Natural Sciences. [2]In Kawaijuku's 2022 Entrance Examination Ranking, the school received score 65.0, the highest of any natural science school in western Japan.
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (京都外国語大学, Kyōto gaikokugo daigaku), also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages is attached to this university.