The Shanghai Jiao Tong University has a in depth method for ranking universities. Each year in august they publish their ranking list of universities and colleges. Based on their world ranking lists, they also set up ranking overviews for specific parts of the world, including Asia Pacific. In this Asia Pacific list, a high number of Japanese universities are mentioned. The top ranking university in this list is also in Japan, Tokyo University. The list was made in August 2008.
From this Asia Pacific university ranking, I have compiled the top 10 of Japanese universities.
What they look at
| Quality of Education (10%) | Faculty price winning (20%) | Citations (20%) | Articles published in Nature and Science (20%) | Article Indices (20%) | Per capita performance (10%) |
What they came up with for Japan
1. Tokyo University
2. Kyoto University
3. Osaka University
4. Tohoku
5. Kyushu
6. Nagoya University
7. Tokyo Institute of Technology
8. Hokkaido University
9. Tsukuba
10. Hiroshima University
The complete list with University rankings for Asia Pacific, from which this Japan university ranking was compiled, can be found here
