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As of 2013, there were 86 , 90
public universities A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...
and 606 private universities in
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. National universities tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities. As of the 2019
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, 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.


History

In 2004, the national university system underwent partial privatization. Since 2004, each national university has been incorporated as a and given limited autonomy in its operations.Keiko Yokoyama (2007) Changing Definitions of University Autonomy: The Cases of England and Japan, Higher Education in Europe, 32:4, 399-409, DOI: 10.1080/03797720802066294 Faculty and staff are no longer working for the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The , also known as MEXT, is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan. History The Meiji period, Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001 ...
. University names which shifted are .


Designated National Universities

In April 2017, an amendment to the National University Corporation Act enabled the classification of national university corporations as “Designated National University Corporations”, with the stated aims of significantly improving the education and research levels of Japanese universities. As of 2021 a total of 10 national universities have been thus selected by the
MEXT The , also known as MEXT, is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that compose part of the executive branch of the government of Japan. History The Meiji period, Meiji government created the first Ministry of Education in 1871. In January 2001 ...
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List of national universities

The list is in alphabetical order: # Aichi University of Education # Akita University # Asahikawa Medical University #
Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Japan. It offers doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in ...
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Ehime University is a List of national universities in Japan, Japanese national university in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The university has one of the largest student populations in the Shikoku, Shikoku region. After Japan's defeat in World War II, Ai ...
# Fukuoka University of Education # Fukushima University # Gifu University #
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies is one of the Japanese national university, national universities of Japan, headquartered in Shonan Village (湘南国際村) in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa, Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. , as it is generally called in its abbreviated form, wa ...
(SOKENDAI) # Gunma University # Hamamatsu University School of Medicine # Hirosaki University # Hiroshima University #
Hokkaido University , or , is a public research university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Founded in 1918, it is the fifth-oldest government-authorised university in Japan and one of the former Imperial Universities. The university finds its roots in Sapporo A ...
(former Hokkaido Imperial University) #
Hokkaido University of Education is a national public university administered by the government of Japan. It has five campuses in Hokkaido, Japan. The main campus is on the outskirts of Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido. Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo (HUES) is the la ...
# 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 is a national university established in 1949 in Kyoto, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and ext ...
# Kyoto University of Education # Kyushu Institute of Technology # Mie University # Miyagi University of Education # Muroran Institute of Technology # Nagaoka University of Technology # Nagasaki University # Nagoya Institute of Technology # Nara Institute of Science and Technology # Nara University of Education # Nara Women's University # Naruto University of Education #
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies The , or GRIPS, is a public research graduate school located in Minato, Tokyo. Funded by the Japanese government, it is the second smallest by enrollment of all the List of national universities in Japan, national universities in Japan. It is cons ...
(GRIPS) # 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 # Otaru University of Commerce #
Saga University ; abbreviated as or , is a national university in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The university has five faculties with around 7,000 students. Its two campuses are in and . History The history of Saga University is complicated. The oldest Saga t ...
# Saitama University # Shiga University # Shiga University of Medical Science # Shimane University #
Shinshu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Matsumoto, Nagano, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. As the only national university in Japan bearing the name of a former Provinces of Japan, Japanese province, it bears the nam ...
# Shizuoka University # Tokushima University #
Tokyo Gakugei University Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学, ''Tōkyō gakugei daigaku'') is a Japanese national university, national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is also known as ''Gakudai'' (学 ...
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Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology The commonly known as TUAT is a national university headquartered in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. The university consists of two faculties that provide courses in agriculture and engineering. History The predecessor of the university was founded i ...
# Tokyo University of Foreign Studies # Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology #
Tokyo University of the Arts or is a school of art and music in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained artists in the fields of painting, sculpture, crafts, inter ...
# Tottori University # Toyohashi University of Technology #
Tsukuba University of Technology , or NTUT, is a national university in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and ex ...
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University of Electro-Communications The is a national university in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan. It specialises in the disciplines of computer science, the physical sciences, engineering and technology. It was founded in 1918 as the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications. H ...
# University of Fukui # University of Miyazaki #
University of the Ryukyus The , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university in Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan. Established in 1950, it is the westernmost national university of Japan and the largest public university in Okinawa Prefecture. Located in the Senbaru ne ...
# University of Toyama # University of Yamanashi # Utsunomiya University # Wakayama University # Yamagata University # Yamaguchi University # Yokohama National University


Exceptions

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.


See also

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Education in Japan Education in Japan is managed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. Education is Compulsory education, compulsory at the Primary education, elementary and Middle school, lower secondary levels, f ...
* Going broke universities – Disappearing universities *
Imperial Universities The were founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939, seven in Mainland Japan, one in Korea under Japanese rule and one in Taiwan under Japanese rule. These universities were funded by the imperial government until the end of World War I ...
* List of public universities in Japan * List of universities in Japan *
National University Corporation A is a corporate body (legal entity) established under the provisions of the ''National University Corporation Act'' (2003) for the purpose of establishing a national university in Japan. History As part of promoting the reform of Japanese univ ...


References

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External links


The Japan Association of National Universities
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