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Nagoya University

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
#156 QS World University Rankings 2027
QS World University Rankings 2027 #156
Founded 1939
International 2,571
Core campuses 3

University overview

Nagoya University was founded in 1939 as the last of Japan's seven imperial universities, on a medical school dating back to 1871. It teaches nine undergraduate schools across three campuses in Nagoya, and since 2020 has formed the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System with Gifu University. Its English-taught teaching runs through the Global 30 International Programs — six undergraduate and ten master's programmes admitting in October — alongside the Graduate School of International Development, the Law School's LL.M. in Comparative Law, and a Master of Public Health. Tuition is the same for international students as for everyone else.

Academic scale

9 undergraduate schools — Humanities, Education, Law, Informatics, Economics, Science, Medicine, Engineering and Agricultural Sciences
24 English-taught programmes listed here — 6 undergraduate and 18 graduate
16,032 students as of 1 May 2026 — 9,506 undergraduate and 6,526 graduate. Nagoya publishes the two separately and prints no combined total.
3 campuses — Higashiyama, Tsurumai and Daiko, all in Nagoya

Global community

2,571 international students in AY2025, the figure in Nagoya's own NU Profile 2026
6 Nobel laureates connected to the university, commemorated across Higashiyama in the Akasaki Institute, Noyori Memorial Hall and a standing Nobel Prize exhibition

Three core campuses

Higashiyama Campus The main campus, home to every English-taught programme except medicine — all six Global 30 undergraduate programmes, GSID and the Law School LL.M. It has its own subway station on the Meijo line.
Tsurumai Campus The medical campus, with the Graduate School of Medicine and Nagoya University Hospital. It teaches the Master of Public Health and the Young Leaders' Program in Healthcare Administration.
Daiko Campus The health sciences campus — nursing, radiological and medical laboratory sciences, and physical and occupational therapy. It teaches none of the English-taught programmes listed here.

More facts

1939 founded as Nagoya Imperial University, on a medical school that dates back to 1871 — the youngest of Japan's seven former imperial universities
¥535,800 a year in tuition, with a one-time ¥282,000 admission fee. The Law School pays ¥804,000 a year.
"Tuition fees, regardless the nationality of students, are 535,800 yen per academic year" — Nagoya charges international students the same as everyone else, and says so in terms.
Part of Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, the alliance with Gifu University formed in 2020 — the first such merger of two Japanese national universities.
University figures verified 8 Sep 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 (5)