# Kyoto University

- Location: Kyoto, Japan
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1897
- Official website: http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/kyoto-university-e943a9a4

## Summary

Kyoto Imperial University was established by imperial ordinance in 1897 as Japan's second university, and it opened colleges of science and engineering, law, medicine and letters within its first decade. It dropped 'Imperial' from its name in 1947, absorbed the Third Higher School in 1949, and added a graduate school system in 1953. It is a national university with main campuses at Yoshida, Uji and Katsura in Kyoto.

## Key facts

- rank: #64 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/)
- [Admissions](http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/admissions)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/02kpeqv85)
- [Official history: 1897 founding, 1947 renaming, later faculties](https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/about/history)
- [22,426 students from Facts and Figures 2021-22, motto, campuses (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_University)

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