Kyoto University

Kyoto University is a public university in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1897, Kyoto University stands as the second oldest university in Japan and it is one of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions. The university happens to be the largest of any Japanese universities, having a total number of 13 research institutes, 18 Graduate Schools, and 10 faculties which include the Faculty of Education, Integrated Human Studies, Law, Letters, Economics, Science, Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Engineering, and Agriculture.

The university is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan, evidenced in its several rankings. In the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities, It was ranked 24th in the world. The Global University Ranking placed the university in the 11th position worldwide. More so, the Times Higher Education ranked the university as 2nd in Japan, 9th in Asia and 88th in the word.