Iwate University Competitors

The University of Tokyo is Japan's top university, a world-class center for research, and a vibrant academic community. World-class research: Our researchers have been at the forefront of their fields since our foundation in 1877. Today, their cutting-edge research regularly appears in top international journals and has earned multiple Nobel Prizes. Research at the University of Tokyo across the arts and sciences is both broad and deep, as specialist knowledge is shared across traditional boundaries to further human understanding. A robust education: Our undergraduate education emphasizes the liberal arts for the acquisition of strong communication skills, a sound ethical framework, and interdisciplinary awareness, together creating a solid foundation for specialized knowledge. Volunteer activities, internships and other off-campus experiences are an increasingly important part of our education. A vibrant community: The University of Tokyo is a vibrant community in which world-class researchers work together with excellent students from Japan and more than 100 other countries. Alumni fill leading positions throughout Japan, Asia, and increasingly around the world.

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.

Located in central Tokyo, Waseda University was founded in 1882 by former prime minister and leading figure in Japan's modernization period, Shigenobu Okuma, as an independent counterweight to the national public institutions. Alumni include seven prime ministers, the current Foreign Affairs and Education Ministers, CEOs of leading companies (Nikon, TOTO, Toshiba, etc), journalists, novelists, movie directors, scientists and Kabuki actors, leaders in every sector of society, symbolizing the variety and diversity Waseda is so proud of.