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Kyushu University

Fukuoka, Japan
#171 QS World University Rankings 2027
18,813 students
QS World University Rankings 2027 #171
Founded 1911
Students 18,813
Core campuses 4

University overview

Founded in 1911 on a medical college of 1903, Kyushu University is Fukuoka's national research university: twelve undergraduate schools and twenty graduate schools, with the third-largest campus area in Japan. Eighteen of its graduate schools teach international programmes in English, and two undergraduate tracks are taught in English as well.

Academic scale

12 undergraduate schools
20 graduate schools
2,183 faculty members, 151 of them from outside Japan
9:1 students to each faculty member

Global community

2,618 international students — one in seven of the student body
103 countries and regions represented
60+ international graduate programmes taught in English, across 18 graduate schools
314 partner universities with student exchange agreements

Core campuses

Ito Campus The main campus, 2.72 million ㎡ — Engineering, Science, Mathematics, Agriculture, Humanities, Law, Economics and ISGS, and most teaching.
Ohashi Campus The School and Graduate School of Design, inherited from the Kyushu Institute of Design at the October 2003 merger.
Chikushi Campus The Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES) and its associated research institutes.
Maidashi (Hospital) Campus Medical Sciences, Dental Science and Pharmaceutical Sciences, with Kyushu University Hospital and its 1,372 beds.

More facts

1911 founded, on the Fukuoka Medical College of 1903
2.72M ㎡ Ito Campus — one of the largest campuses in Japan, 425 soccer fields
1,903 students studied abroad in 81 countries and regions in FY2024
10 overseas branch offices, from Stockholm to Yogyakarta
1,372 beds at Kyushu University Hospital
University figures verified 28 Aug 2026

Funding

5 external scholarships name this university among their designated schools.

This university’s own scholarships and tuition reductions are not listed here — the source excludes them. Check the university directly.

University sources (3)