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830 universities arranged by the prestige ladder international students know — imperials, top nationals, Sokei-Jori, Kaneoka-Chihiro, 5S, and regional schools, tier by tier.
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830+ universities · 282k+ researchers indexed. Names, aliases, 偏差値 bands, and G30 English programs come from MEXT's national registry and official university pages.
The seven former Imperial universities — Japan's research peak.
Elite non-imperial nationals: Institute of Science Tokyo, Hitotsubashi, Kobe, Tsukuba and Yokohama National.
Top private group: Waseda, Keio, Sophia and Tokyo University of Science, known for reputation and research depth.
Kanazawa, Okayama, Chiba and Hiroshima: leading regional national research universities.
Distinctive selective privates such as ICU, Tsuda, Japan Women's, Tokyo Woman's and APU.
Tokyo upper-mid privates: Gakushuin, Meiji, Aoyama, Rikkyo, Chuo and Hosei.
Kansai's private four: Kansai, Kwansei Gakuin, Doshisha and Ritsumeikan.
Saitama, Niigata, Shinshu, Shizuoka and Shiga: upper regional national group.
Regional national universities outside Kaneoka-Chihiro and 5S, best compared by field and city.
Field-focused nationals: foreign studies, arts, technology, women's national, and similar schools.
Prefectural / municipal universities — strong in select fields.
Tokyo mid-tier privates: Nihon, Toyo, Komazawa and Senshu.
Kansai mid-tier privates: Kyoto Sangyo, Kindai, Konan and Ryukoku.
Tokyo-area privates outside Sokei-Jori, GMARCH and Nitto-Komasen, best compared by field and city.
Kansai privates outside Kankan-Doritsu and Sankin-Koryu, including women's and applied schools.
Privates around Aichi, Shizuoka, Gifu and Mie, separated from the other-private bucket.
Privates centered on medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, grouped by field rather than region.
Single-field privates (sports · fine arts · welfare, etc.).
Privates outside fixed groups, regional buckets and medical/specialist buckets.