Study Abroad in Japan

Study foreign places in Japan can be an thrilling experience for international university students. Japan is one of the most important countries within the fields of medical studies. It is rated twelfth of 178 nations in the Ease of Doing Business Index 2008.

Quick Facts:

Capital: Tokyo

Area of Japan: a hundred forty five,898 squaremi

Geography: Japan is an island usa of the us of over three,000 islands

Currency: Japanese yen (?)

Language: Japanese

Entrance to Japan's higher training establishments could be very aggressive, specifically for the pinnacle rating universities in the us of a: University of Tokyo and Kyoto University. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2009, The University of Tokyo is ranked No. 1 in Asia/Pacific and within the top 20 globally, followed with the aid of manner of Kyoto University (2nd in Asia/Pacific and 24th in the international).

Rankings of Japanese institutions:

(1) ARWU 2009:

National Rank, Institution, (World Rank)

1 U of Tokyo (20th)

2 Kyoto University (twenty fourth)

3 Osaka University (71st)

4 Nagoya University (82nd)

five Tohoku University (84th)

6 Tokyo Institute of Technology (a hundred and one-151st)

7 Hokkaido University (152-two hundredth)

7 Kyushu University (152-200th)

7 University of Tsukuba (152-200th)

(2) THE - QS World University Rankings 2009:

National Rank, Institution, (World Rank)

1 U of Tokyo (22nd)

2 Kyoto U (25th)

3 Osaka U (43rd)

4 Tokyo Institute of Technology (55th)

5 Nagoya U (92nd)

6 Tohoku U (97th)

7 Keio University (142nd)

8 Waseda University (148th)

9 Kyushu University (100 and fifty fifth)

10 Hokkaido University (171st)

eleven University of Tsukuba (174th)

12 Kobe University (218th)

13 Hiroshima University (259th)

14 Chiba University (307th)

15 Hitotsubashi University (364th)

sixteen Showa University (368th)

17 Yokohama National University (377th)

18 Nagasaki University (392nd)

19 Osaka City University (399th)

* Suggested Reading:

Japanese Universities in Asian Top two hundred

Top Universities in Japan for Engineering

Japan JASSO Scholarship