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Passing the entrance exam to a university is a major life step for a young Japanese person. Higher education in Japan is provided at universities (大学 daigaku), junior colleges (短期大学 tanki daigaku), colleges of technology (高等専門学校 kōtō senmon gakkō) and special training schools and community colleges (専修学校 senshū gakkō).
National universities tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities. As of the 2019 fiscal year , the number of national universities, 86, is unchanged, while the number of public universities increased to 93 and private universities increased to 607 compared with 2013.
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The following is a comprehensive list of universities in Japan, categorized by prefecture. The list contains only universities that still exist today and are classified as "schools" according to Article 1 of the School Education Law .
It was felt that English-only programs would encourage foreign students to study in Japan. Studying Japanese was an option, but not a requirement. The program was concluded in 2014 and replaced with the Top Global University project, [ 4 ] which shifted the focus off English-language offerings, but still maintains strong implications of ...
While many graduates enter the work force, around 40% go on to further post-secondary education. Graduates of the colleges are in high demand both by companies and by prestigious universities such as the University of Tokyo. Several colleges of technology have developed their own advanced programmes (専攻科) which are one to two years in length.
MARCH (マーチ, Māchi) is the collective name of 5 private universities located in Tokyo, Japan. The name comes from the initial letters of the Japanese Roman characters of each school: Meiji University (明治大学, Meiji Daigaku) Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学, Aoyama Gakuin Daigaku) Rikkyo University (立教大学, Rikkyō ...
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked UTokyo 28th in the world in 2024 (1st in Japan). [147] Its subject rankings ranked UTokyo 1st in the country for all subjects it covers. [146] The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2023 ranked UTokyo 10th in the