Top 3 University of Japan

University of Tokyo 

The University of Tokyo, or ‘Todai’, overtakes Kyoto University in 2016 as Japan’s highest entrant in the overall world rankings, and has a very strong global reputation across a wide range of disciplines. Featured in 38 out of 42 subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, the University of Tokyo performs very well, ranked among the global top 100 for every one of these subjects. Most impressively, it appears in the world's top 10 for modern languages, physics and astronomy, chemistry, civil and structural engineering, and the new mining engineering ranking. 

Kyoto University

Based in Japan’s old capital city of Kyoto, Kyoto University is the second highest ranked university in the country, up one place to rank joint 37th. It also has a strong presence in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, featuring among the world’s best in 33 of the 42 subjects covered in 2016. Of these, it ranks within the world's top 50 for 18 subjects, including biological sciences, several branches of engineering, materials sciences, modern languages and physics & astronomy.

Osaka University 

Located in the second most populous city in Japan, Osaka University, also known as 'Handai', is ranked joint 63rd in the latest QS World University Rankings. It holds a strong reputation across a number of research fields, featuring among the world’s best for 23 subjects in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, featuring in the global top 50 for chemistry, biological sciences, chemical engineering, physics and astronomy, dentistry and materials sciences.