THE Japan University Rankings 2020

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	University	Country
1	Tohoku University	🇯🇵 Japan	83.0	84.1	80.6	96.6	73.9
2	Kyoto University	🇯🇵 Japan	81.5	83.4	78.7	98.4	69.1
3	The University of Tokyo (UT)	🇯🇵 Japan	81.2	86.5	79.8	94.1	64.0
3	Tokyo Institute of Technology (東工大)	🇯🇵 Japan	81.2	80.1	80.8	92.8	74.5
5	Kyushu University	🇯🇵 Japan	79.7	76.4	79.9	97.4	70.9
6	Hokkaido University	🇯🇵 Japan	79.6	73.8	83.4	94.1	72.3
7	Nagoya University	🇯🇵 Japan	79.5	78.2	80.5	96.1	66.9
8	The University of Osaka	🇯🇵 Japan	78.9	78.0	77.2	97.9	68.1
9	University of Tsukuba	🇯🇵 Japan	77.7	74.1	84.9	94.4	59.6
11	International Christian University (ICU)	🇯🇵 Japan	74.3	52.8	90.5	60.6	97.6
12	Hiroshima University	🇯🇵 Japan	72.6	66.5	79.0	78.4	68.9
13	Waseda University	🇯🇵 Japan	71.5	52.7	79.3	93.0	74.6
14	Keio University	🇯🇵 Japan	70.2	60.8	76.3	93.7	58.2
15	Kobe University	🇯🇵 Japan	69.5	66.1	75.4	83.4	55.5
16	Hitotsubashi University	🇯🇵 Japan	67.4	51.3	78.4	76.6	70.9
17	Nagaoka University of Technology	🇯🇵 Japan	67.1	61.4	69.3	68.4	72.1
18 =	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)	🇯🇵 Japan	66.9	69.8	68.5	69.4	57.4
18 =	Kanazawa University	🇯🇵 Japan	66.9	65.9	76.5	58.4	61.0
20	Sophia University	🇯🇵 Japan	66.5	43.4	82.8	66.3	81.3
21 =	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)	🇯🇵 Japan	66.2	33.7	84.3	60.4	99.0
21 =	Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)	🇯🇵 Japan	66.2	43.3	81.5	66.8	81.9
23	Chiba University	🇯🇵 Japan	65.9	63.3	75.9	72.0	50.2
24	University of Aizu (UoA)	🇯🇵 Japan	65.0	63.9	76.8	33.9	74.0
25	Ochanomizu University	🇯🇵 Japan	64.8	64.2	76.9	55.7	55.0
26	Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT)	🇯🇵 Japan	64.3	59.3	67.1	65.4	67.8
27	Kumamoto University	🇯🇵 Japan	64.2	63.6	70.9	59.3	59.1
28	Okayama University	🇯🇵 Japan	63.9	60.6	71.9	61.0	60.0
29 =	Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology	🇯🇵 Japan	63.6	63.1	69.4	63.6	55.7
29 =	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)	🇯🇵 Japan	63.6	84.2	58.2	29.4	64.0
31	Yokohama National University (YNU)	🇯🇵 Japan	63.2	54.0	70.2	72.6	60.8
32	Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT)	🇯🇵 Japan	63.1	68.5	61.7	45.2	70.6
33	Ritsumeikan University	🇯🇵 Japan	62.3	42.3	78.8	68.5	66.8
34	Toyota Technological Institute (TTI)	🇯🇵 Japan	61.9	76.8	56.1	57.8	48.6
35	Shibaura Institute of Technology	🇯🇵 Japan	61.3	48.8	71.5	61.6	66.9
36 =	Yokohama City University (YCU)	🇯🇵 Japan	61.2	69.8	69.9	47.1	44.9
38	Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT)	🇯🇵 Japan	61.1	56.4	74.0	59.4	51.0
39	Tokyo University of Science	🇯🇵 Japan	60.7	55.6	78.6	69.5	35.6
41	The University of Electro-Communications	🇯🇵 Japan	60.2	64.9	62.0	65.1	45.4
42	Tokyo Metropolitan University	🇯🇵 Japan	59.7	58.4	69.8	64.0	43.0
43	Nagasaki University	🇯🇵 Japan	59.3	59.5	68.4	56.0	47.9
45 =	Kwansei Gakuin University	🇯🇵 Japan	58.8	40.1	76.7	57.7	64.4
45 =	Doshisha University (DU)	🇯🇵 Japan	58.8	40.9	77.4	63.7	57.2
47 =	Akita University	🇯🇵 Japan	58.6	58.2	64.8	60.7	48.4
47 =	Rikkyo University	🇯🇵 Japan	58.6	38.2	79.4	56.8	63.6
49 =	Osaka City University	🇯🇵 Japan	58.4	65.8	62.4	65.6	34.1
51	Kobe City University of Foreign Studies (KCUFS)	🇯🇵 Japan	58.0	34.2	68.3	55.6	84.9
53 =	Niigata University	🇯🇵 Japan	57.4	57.5	72.8	51.4	38.8
53 =	Meiji University	🇯🇵 Japan	57.4	41.7	77.8	63.7	48.6
56	Nagoya Institute of Technology	🇯🇵 Japan	56.8	59.1	62.2	63.3	39.8
57	Osaka Prefecture University	🇯🇵 Japan	56.5	61.6	56.1	67.6	39.3