Universities and research institutes in Japan

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 2,362 universities and research institutes in Japan.

Universities and research institutes train the workforce and produce the research a regional economy builds on. Their technology transfer offices license discoveries, spin out companies and partner with industry.

The largest concentrations are in Tokyo (456), Kyoto (90) and Osaka (76).

Japan scores 61.3 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 42 of 117 economies.

See Japan on the IEPA ↗

2,362 universities and research institutes

• Toyama International Center
  University or research institute · Toyama · tic-toyama.or.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry & Fisheries Research Center
  University or research institute · Toyama · taffrc.pref.toyama.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Environmental Science Research Center
  University or research institute · Imizu · pref.toyama.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Institute for Pharmaceutical Research
  University or research institute · Toyama · pref.toyama.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Namerikawa High School
  University or research institute · Toyama · namerikawa-h.tym.ed.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Sakurai High School
  University or research institute · Toyama · sakurai-h.tym.ed.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Takaoka High School
  University or research institute · Takaoka · takaoka-h.tym.ed.jp
• Toyama Prefectural Toyama Minami High School
  University or research institute · Toyama · minami-h.el.tym.ed.jp
• Toyama Prefectural University
  University or research institute · Imizu · pu-toyama.ac.jp
• Toyama University of International Studies
  University or research institute · Toyama · tuins.ac.jp
• Toyo College of Food Technology
  University or research institute · Kawanishi · toshoku.ac.jp
• Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin
  University or research institute · Tokyo · toyoeiwa.ac.jp
• Toyo Gakuen University
  University or research institute · Nagareyama · tyg.jp
• Toyo Institute of Food Technology
  University or research institute · Kawanishi · shokuken.or.jp
• Toyo University
  University or research institute · Tokyo · toyo.ac.jp
• Toyohashi SOZO Junior College
  University or research institute · Toyohashi · sozo.ac.jp
• Toyohashi SOZO University
  University or research institute · Toyohashi · sozo.ac.jp
• Toyohashi University of Technology
  University or research institute · Toyohashi · tut.ac.jp
• Toyooka Junior College
  University or research institute · Toyooka · koutoku.ac.jp
• Toyoshina High School
  University or research institute · Nagano · nagano-c.ed.jp
• Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute
  University or research institute · Okazaki · toyotariken.jp
• Toyota Technological Institute
  University or research institute · Nagoya · toyota-ti.ac.jp
• Toyota Transportation Research Institute
  University or research institute · Toyota · ttri.or.jp
• Toyota Yahagi River Institute
  University or research institute · Toyota · yahagigawa.jp
• Tsu City College
  University or research institute · Tsu · tsu-cc.ac.jp
• Tsuda University
  University or research institute · Tokyo · tsuda.ac.jp
• Tsukuba Gakuin University
  University or research institute · Ibaraki · tsukuba-g.ac.jp
• Tsukuba International Junior College
  University or research institute · Tsuchiura · ktt.ac.jp
• Tsukuba International University
  University or research institute · Ibaraki · ktt.ac.jp
• Tsukuba Municipal Azuma Elementary School
  University or research institute · Tsukuba · tsukuba.ed.jp
• Tsukuba University of Technology
  University or research institute · Tsukuba · tsukuba-tech.ac.jp
• Tsuru University
  University or research institute · Tahara · tsuru.ac.jp
• Tsuruga Nursing University
  University or research institute · Tsuruga · tsuruga-nu.ac.jp
• Tsurumi Junior College
  University or research institute · Yokohama · tsurumi-u.ac.jp
• Tsurumi University
  University or research institute · Yokohama · tsurumi-u.ac.jp
• Tsuruoka Technical High School
  University or research institute · Tsuruoka · tsuruoka-th.ed.jp
• Tsutsujigaoka Elementary School
  University or research institute · Nabari · nabari-mie.ed.jp
• Ube Frontier College
  University or research institute · Ube · ube-c.ac.jp
• Ube Frontier University
  University or research institute · Ube · frontier-u.jp
• Ueda Womens Junior College
  University or research institute · Ueda · uedawjc.ac.jp
• Uekusa Gakuen Junior College
  University or research institute · Chiba · uekusa.ac.jp
• Uekusa Gakuen University
  University or research institute · Chiba · uekusa.ac.jp
• Ueno Gakuen University
  University or research institute · Tokyo · uenogakuen.ac.jp
• United Nations University
  University or research institute · Tokyo · unu.edu
• United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace
  University or research institute · Tokyo · isp.unu.edu
• United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
  University or research institute · Tokyo · ias.unu.edu
• University of Aizu
  University or research institute · Fukushima · u-aizu.ac.jp
• University of Creation Art, Music & Social Work
  University or research institute · Dormant · Takasaki · souzou.ac.jp
• University of East Asia
  University or research institute · Shimonoseki · toua-u.ac.jp
• University of Electro-Communications
  University or research institute · Tokyo · uec.ac.jp
• University of Fukuchiyama
  University or research institute · Fukuchiyama · fukuchiyama.ac.jp
• University of Fukui
  University or research institute · Fukui-shi · u-fukui.ac.jp
• University of Human Arts and Sciences
  University or research institute · Iwatsuki · human.ac.jp
• University of Human Environments
  University or research institute · Okazaki · uhe.ac.jp
• University of Hyogo
  University or research institute · Kobe · u-hyogo.ac.jp
• University of Kochi
  University or research institute · Kochi · u-kochi.ac.jp
• University of Kochi Health Sciences
  University or research institute · Kochi · ko-ken-k3.ac.jp
• University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
  University or research institute · Kobe · umds.ac.jp
• University of Miyazaki
  University or research institute · Miyazaki · miyazaki-u.ac.jp
• University of Nagasaki
  University or research institute · Sasebo · sun.ac.jp
• University of Niigata Prefecture
  University or research institute · Niigata · unii.ac.jp
• University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan
  University or research institute · Kitakyushu · uoeh-u.ac.jp
• University of Shiga Prefecture
  University or research institute · Hikone · usp.ac.jp
• University of Shimane
  University or research institute · Hamada · u-shimane.ac.jp
• University of Shizuoka
  University or research institute · Shizuoka · u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
• University of Shizuoka Junior College
  University or research institute · Shizuoka · oshika.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp
• University of Teacher Education Fukuoka
  University or research institute · Munakata · fukuoka-edu.ac.jp
• University of the Ryukyus
  University or research institute · Okinawa · u-ryukyu.ac.jp
• University of the Sacred Heart
  University or research institute · Tokyo · u-sacred-heart.ac.jp
• University of Tokyo Health Sciences
  University or research institute · Tokyo · u-ths.ac.jp
• University of Toyama
  University or research institute · Toyama · u-toyama.ac.jp
• University of Tsukuba
  University or research institute · Tsukuba · tsukuba.ac.jp
• University of Yamanashi
  University or research institute · Kofu · yamanashi.ac.jp
• Urakami Food and Food Culture Promotion Foundation
  University or research institute · Tokyo · urakamizaidan.or.jp
• Urawa University
  University or research institute · Saitama · urawa.ac.jp
• Urban Design Center
  University or research institute · Tokyo · udc.or.jp
• Urban Innovation Institute
  University or research institute · Osaka · urban-ii.or.jp
• Utsunomiya Junior College
  University or research institute · Utsunomiya · ujc.ac.jp
• Utsunomiya Kyowa University
  University or research institute · Kuroiso · kyowa-u.ac.jp
• Utsunomiya University
  University or research institute · Utsunomiya · utsunomiya-u.ac.jp
• Uwajima Fisheries High school
  University or research institute · Uwajima · uwajimasuisan-h.esnet.ed.jp
• Uyo Gakuen College
  University or research institute · Tendō · uyo.ac.jp
• Vehicle Information and Communication System Center
  University or research institute · Tokyo · vics.or.jp
• Vocational School YIC Rehabilitation College
  University or research institute · Ube · yic.ac.jp
• Wakayama City Institute Of Public Health
  University or research institute · Wakayama · city.wakayama.wakayama.jp
• Wakayama Medical University
  University or research institute · Wakayama · wakayama-med.ac.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Kinokawa · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Educational Center
  University or research institute · Tanabe · wakayama-edc.big-u.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Kushimoto · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Forestry Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Wakayama · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Fruit Tree Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Aridagawa Chō · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Susami · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Research Center of Environment and Public Health
  University or research institute · Wakayama · pref.wakayama.lg.jp
• Wakayama Prefectural Tanabe High School
  University or research institute · Tanabe · tanabe-h.wakayama-c.ed.jp
• Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama School for the Blind
  University or research institute · Wakayama · wakayama-sb.wakayama-c.ed.jp
• Wakayama Professional University of Rehabilitation
  University or research institute · Wakayama Shi · wakayama.kyowa.ac.jp
• Wakayama Shin-ai University
  University or research institute · Wakayama · wsu.ac.jp
• Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior College
  University or research institute · Wakayama · shinai-u.ac.jp
• Wakayama University
  University or research institute · Wakayama · wakayama-u.ac.jp
• Wakkanai Hokusei Gakuen College
  University or research institute · Wakkanai · wakhok.ac.jp
• Wako University
  University or research institute · Machida · wako.ac.jp
• Waseda University
  University or research institute · Tokyo · waseda.jp
• Water Resources Environment Center, Japan
  University or research institute · Tokyo · wec.or.jp
• Wayo Women's University
  University or research institute · Chiba · wayo.ac.jp
• Western Region Agricultural Research Center
  University or research institute · Hiroshima · naro.affrc.go.jp
• WIDE Project
  University or research institute · Fujisawa · wide.ad.jp
• Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
  University or research institute · Kyoto · wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp
• Yabe Junior High School
  University or research institute · Kumamoto · yabechu.yame.ed.jp
• Yakult Central Institute
  University or research institute · Tokyo · institute.yakult.co.jp
• Yamagata Integrated Agricultural Research Center
  University or research institute · Yamagata · pref.yamagata.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Education Institute
  University or research institute · Yamagata · yamagata-c.ed.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Forest Research and Instruction Center
  University or research institute · Sagae · pref.yamagata.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Inland Water Fisheries Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Yonezawa · pref.yamagata.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Institute of Public Health
  University or research institute · Yamagata · eiken.yamagata.yamagata.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Mamurogawa High School
  University or research institute · Yamagata · mamurogawa-h.ed.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Sagae High School
  University or research institute · Sagae · sagae-h.ed.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences
  University or research institute · Yamagata · yachts.ac.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa Kojokan High School
  University or research institute · Yonezawa · yonezawakojokan-h.ed.jp
• Yamagata Prefectural Yonezawa University of Nutrition Sciences
  University or research institute · Yonezawa · u.yone.ac.jp
• Yamagata Prefecture Fisheries Experiment Station
  University or research institute · Tsuruoka · pref.yamagata.jp

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Cities

• Universities and research institutes in Tokyo 456
• Universities and research institutes in Kyoto 90
• Universities and research institutes in Osaka 76
• Universities and research institutes in Nagoya 42
• Universities and research institutes in Tsukuba 42
• Universities and research institutes in Fukuoka 41
• Universities and research institutes in Kobe 37
• Universities and research institutes in Sendai 36
• Universities and research institutes in Yokohama 36
• Universities and research institutes in Sapporo 35
• Universities and research institutes in Chiba 31
• Universities and research institutes in Hiroshima 30
• Universities and research institutes in Niigata 30
• Universities and research institutes in Saitama 29
• Universities and research institutes in Kumamoto 25
• Universities and research institutes in Okayama 25
• Universities and research institutes in Gifu 24
• Universities and research institutes in Nagano 23
• Universities and research institutes in Okazaki 23
• Universities and research institutes in Akita 20
• Universities and research institutes in Kawasaki 20
• Universities and research institutes in Kanazawa 19
• Universities and research institutes in Kitakyushu 17
• Universities and research institutes in Nara 17
• Universities and research institutes in Matsuyama 16
• Universities and research institutes in Miyazaki 16
• Universities and research institutes in Fukushima 15
• Universities and research institutes in Sakai 15
• Universities and research institutes in Maebashi 14
• Universities and research institutes in Nagasaki 14
• Universities and research institutes in Takamatsu 14
• Universities and research institutes in Ōita 13
• Universities and research institutes in Toyama 13
• Universities and research institutes in Tsu 13
• Universities and research institutes in Wakayama 13
• Universities and research institutes in Kurashiki 12
• Universities and research institutes in Saga 12
• Universities and research institutes in Hamamatsu 11
• Universities and research institutes in Kagoshima 11
• Universities and research institutes in Kochi 11
• Universities and research institutes in Takasaki 11
• Universities and research institutes in Aomori 10
• Universities and research institutes in Hachiōji 10
• Universities and research institutes in Morioka 10
• Universities and research institutes in Shizuoka 10
• Universities and research institutes in Utsunomiya 10
• Universities and research institutes in Yamagata 10
• Universities and research institutes in Yamaguchi 10
• Universities and research institutes in Fukui-shi 9
• Universities and research institutes in Ibaraki 9
• Universities and research institutes in Kofu 9
• Universities and research institutes in Mito 9
• Universities and research institutes in Toyota 9
• Universities and research institutes in Hakodate 8
• Universities and research institutes in Nagaoka 8
• Universities and research institutes in Naha 8
• Universities and research institutes in Nishinomiya 8
• Universities and research institutes in Tokushima 8
• Universities and research institutes in Tottori-shi 8
• Universities and research institutes in Toyohashi 8
• Universities and research institutes in Amagasaki 7
• Universities and research institutes in Atsugi 7
• Universities and research institutes in Ebetsu 7
• Universities and research institutes in Fujisawa 7
• Universities and research institutes in Okinawa 7
• Universities and research institutes in Ōtsu 7
• Universities and research institutes in Sagamihara 7
• Universities and research institutes in Yokkaichi 7
• Universities and research institutes in Yokosuka 7
• Universities and research institutes in Dazaifu 6
• Universities and research institutes in Hachinohe 6
• Universities and research institutes in Hirosaki 6
• Universities and research institutes in Kōriyama 6
• Universities and research institutes in Shimonoseki 6
• Universities and research institutes in Suita 6
• Universities and research institutes in Wako 6
• Universities and research institutes in Yonezawa 6
• Universities and research institutes in Hirakata 5
• Universities and research institutes in Ikoma 5
• Universities and research institutes in Ishinomaki 5
• Universities and research institutes in Iwaki 5
• Universities and research institutes in Iwata 5
• Universities and research institutes in Kashiwa 5
• Universities and research institutes in Machida 5
• Universities and research institutes in Matsue 5
• Universities and research institutes in Matsumoto 5
• Universities and research institutes in Sayama 5
• Universities and research institutes in Suzuka 5
• Universities and research institutes in Ube 5
• Universities and research institutes in Asahikawa 4
• Universities and research institutes in Himeji 4
• Universities and research institutes in Ichinomiya 4
• Universities and research institutes in Isesaki 4
• Universities and research institutes in Kamo 4
• Universities and research institutes in Kashihara 4
• Universities and research institutes in Kawagoe 4
• Universities and research institutes in Kure 4
• Universities and research institutes in Kurume 4
• Universities and research institutes in Matsudo 4
• Universities and research institutes in Nisshin 4
• Universities and research institutes in Odawara 4
• Universities and research institutes in Takatsuki 4
• Universities and research institutes in Takayama 4
• Universities and research institutes in Tsuyama 4
• Universities and research institutes in Uji 4
• Universities and research institutes in Yamanashi 4
• Universities and research institutes in Abiko 3
• Universities and research institutes in Ashiya 3
• Universities and research institutes in Beppu 3
• Universities and research institutes in Chōfu-shi 3
• Universities and research institutes in Fukuyama 3
• Universities and research institutes in Hakusan Shi 3
• Universities and research institutes in Hida 3
• Universities and research institutes in Hikone 3
• Universities and research institutes in Ichinoseki 3
• Universities and research institutes in Imizu 3
• Universities and research institutes in Izumi 3
• Universities and research institutes in Jōetsu 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kamakura 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kanzakimachi-kanzaki 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kisarazu 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kitakami 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kitami 3
• Universities and research institutes in Komaki 3
• Universities and research institutes in Kushiro 3
• Universities and research institutes in Matsusaka 3
• Universities and research institutes in Musashino 3
• Universities and research institutes in Nagahama 3
• Universities and research institutes in Nagakute 3
• Universities and research institutes in Nagareyama 3
• Universities and research institutes in Nago 3
• Universities and research institutes in Neyagawa 3
• Universities and research institutes in Ōgaki 3
• Universities and research institutes in Sasebo 3
• Universities and research institutes in Takaoka 3
• Universities and research institutes in Takarazuka 3
• Universities and research institutes in Tokorozawa 3
• Universities and research institutes in Toyonaka 3
• Universities and research institutes in Tsuchiura 3
• Universities and research institutes in Tsuruga 3
• Universities and research institutes in Tsuruoka 3
• Universities and research institutes in Ueda 3