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Kyoto University is one of Japan and Asia's premier research institutions, founded in 1897 and responsible for producing numerous Nobel laureates and winners of other prestigious international prizes. A broad curriculum across the arts and sciences at undergraduate and graduate levels complements several research centers, facilities, and offices around Japan and the world.

Keio University is a private, comprehensive higher education institution located on six campuses spread across the Greater Tokyo area. It offers an environment of academic and research excellence in a wide range of fields, and includes a university hospital. Founded in 1858, it is Japan’s first modern institution of higher learning, and over the last century and a half it has established itself as a leader in Japan through its continued commitment to education, research and medicine. Keio has its origins in the school of Western learning established by Yukichi Fukuzawa, a school which soon evolved into a major center of learning. As a highly respected educator and intellectual, Fukuzawa was one of the pioneers of modern Japan. He aspired for Keio to become a model and leader of society, stressing the importance of learning that is based on jitsugaku, or “science”. In today’s changing world, Keio upholds its founder’s spirit of science as it continues to fulfill his aspiration.

A national university located in Osaka, Japan, and founded in 1931, with roots going back as far as 1838 and the establishment of the private "place of learning," Tekijuku, the University of Osaka is a premier research university not only in Japan but globally as well. With 11 undergraduate schools, 15 graduate schools, two university hospitals, as well as a number of research institutes and joint-use facilities (including the World Premier International Research Center Initiative's Immunology Frontier Research Center) spread over 3 campuses, the University of Osaka is well-equipped to meet the research needs of the modern era. The University of Osaka is also home to over 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 8,000 graduate students, of which over 2,000 are from overseas, emphasizing the university's commitment to developing world leaders for this generation and generations to come.