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University of Tokyo leads the 10 Professional universities in Japan at #36 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Jikei University School of Medicine (#55 in Japan) and Teikyo Heisei University (#56 in Japan). Across the whole list there are 12 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Tokyo at #36 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: University of Tokyo is cited most (47,606,905 citations).
10 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Kantō (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Tokyo, founded in 1877. University of Tokyo is the largest, with 28,000 students.
The most common subjects are Law (4), Professional Accounting & Finance (2), Medicine & Health Sciences (2) and Economics & Public Policy (1). The usual length is 3–4 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake). Temple University Japan offers the widest choice, with 2 of these courses.
University of Tokyo (QS World #36), Jikei University School of Medicine (#55 in Japan) and Teikyo Heisei University (#56 in Japan) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
10 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3–4 years.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then.
Temple University Japan, with 2, ahead of Aoyama Gakuin University (2).
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