It is expected to be certified as a University for International Research Excellence by the end of summer, which would make it eligible for aid from a ¥10 trillion fund.

Compiled by Nippon.com based on data from Times Higher Education. THE used four main categories for its ranking. The University of Tokyo finished first for “resources,” which includes finance and ...

Juichi Yamagiwa has been the president of Kyoto University, Japan’s No. 2 university in the 2015 Nature Index, since 2014. But, long before he learned to wrestle academic bureaucracy, Yamagiwa was ...

On July 6, 2026, Marcela Aragüez, Academic Director of the Master in Architecture at IE School of Architecture & Design, will ...

KYOTO -- The Faculty of Science at Kyoto University will establish a scholarship fund to ease the first-year rent of women enrolling from distant locations. The 300,000-yen (about $1,925) scholarship ...

Kyoto Prefectural University was established in 1895 but gained its university status in 1949 as Saikyo University in Kyoto, Japan. Their university status arose with the merging of Kyoto Prefectural ...

The latest news and topic stories on Kyoto University. A prominent Kyoto, Japan-based national research university, Kyoto University was founded in 1897 as Japan’s second oldest. Dedicated to academic ...