List of national universities in Japan
As of 2010, there were 86 national universities (国立大学, kokuritsu daigaku), 95 public universities and 597 private universities in Japan.[1] 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 decreased to 93 and private universities increased to 607 compared with 2010.[2]
In 2004, the national university system underwent partial privatization. Since 2004, every national university has been incorporated as a "national university corporation" (国立大学法人, kokuritsu daigaku hōjin) and given considerable autonomy in its operations. Faculty and staff are no longer government employees (国家公務員, kokka kōmuin) working for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. University names which shifted are "graduate university" (大学院大学, daigakuin daigaku).
The following is a complete list of Japanese national universities:
- Aichi University of Education
- Akita University
- Asahikawa Medical University
- Chiba University
- Ehime University
- Fukuoka University of Education
- Fukushima University
- Gifu University
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
- Gunma University
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
- Hirosaki University
- Hiroshima University
- Hitotsubashi University (former Tokyo College of Commerce)
- Hokkaido University (former Hokkaido Imperial University)
- Hokkaido University of Education
- Hyogo University of Teacher Education
- Ibaraki University
- Iwate University
- Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
- Joetsu University of Education
- Kagawa University
- Kagoshima University
- Kanazawa University
- Kitami Institute of Technology
- Kobe University
- Kochi University
- Kumamoto University
- Kyoto Institute of Technology
- Kyoto University (former Kyoto Imperial University)
- Kyoto University of Education
- Kyushu Institute of Technology
- Kyushu University (former Kyushu Imperial University)
- Mie University
- Miyagi University of Education
- Muroran Institute of Technology
- Nagaoka University of Technology
- Nagasaki University
- Nagoya Institute of Technology
- Nagoya University (former Nagoya Imperial University)
- Nara Institute of Science and Technology
- Nara University of Education
- Nara Women's University
- Naruto University of Education
- National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
- Niigata University
- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
- Ochanomizu University
- Oita University
- Okayama University
- Osaka Kyoiku University
- Osaka University (former Osaka Imperial University)
- Otaru University of Commerce
- Saga University
- Saitama University
- Shiga University
- Shiga University of Medical Science
- Shimane University
- Shinshu University
- Shizuoka University
- Tohoku University (former Tohoku Imperial University)
- Tokyo Gakugei University
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tottori University
- Toyohashi University of Technology
- Tsukuba University of Technology
- University of Electro-Communications
- University of Fukui
- University of Miyazaki
- University of the Ryukyus
- The University of Tokushima
- The University of Tokyo (former Tokyo Imperial University)
- University of Toyama
- University of Tsukuba
- University of Yamanashi
- Utsunomiya University
- Wakayama University
- Yamagata University
- Yamaguchi University
- Yokohama National University
Although The Open University of Japan and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology are founded by the national government's initiatives and heavily subsidised by the government, they are classified as private.