QS World University Rankings 2026
#57
Founded
1897
Students
22,300
International
3,000 · 13.5%
Core campuses
3
University overview
Founded in 1897 as the second university in Japan, Kyoto University teaches and researches across ten faculties and eighteen graduate schools on three campuses in Kyoto — Yoshida, Uji and Katsura.
Academic scale
10
undergraduate faculties
18
graduate schools
18
research institutes
Global community
3,000
international students
Three core campuses
Yoshida Campus
The main campus in Sakyo-ku and the base of most faculties and graduate schools — Letters, Education, Law, Economics, Science, Informatics, Biostudies, Agriculture, GSGES, Government and Management.
Uji Campus
Home to several of Kyoto's research institutes — Chemical Research, Sustainable Humanosphere and Disaster Prevention — and to parts of the Graduate School of Energy Science.
Katsura Campus
The engineering campus, opened in the 2000s, and the base of much of the Graduate School of Engineering — including the international courses in Management of Civil Infrastructure and Urban and Regional Development.
More facts
11
Nobel laureates
1897
founded, the second university in Japan
3
campuses in Kyoto
8,400
faculty and staff
University figures verified 28 Aug 2026
Funding
7 external scholarships name this university among their designated schools.
- Nomura Foundation Scholarship Nomura Foundation
- YKK Leaders 21 Yoshida Scholarship Foundation
- Tokio Marine Kagami Scholarship for ASEAN Students Tokio Marine Kagami Memorial Foundation
- Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Memorial Foundation Scholarship Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Memorial Foundation
- Kato Asao International Scholarship Kato Asao International Scholarship Foundation
- Semmoto Scholarship Frances & Sachio Semmoto Foundation
- Sojitz Foundation Scholarship Sojitz Foundation
This university’s own scholarships and tuition reductions are not listed here — the source excludes them. Check the university directly.
University sources (2)
- Degree programs taught in EnglishKyoto University · verified 28 Aug 2026
- Kyoto University at a glanceKyoto University · verified 28 Aug 2026