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594,264 Students

63,709 Full-time teachers

40,094 English Class*1

22 Nobel Prize*2

1,798 Top10% Treatise

￥5.73 Billion IP Loyalty

￥91.91 Billion Grant*3

*1 "English Class" indicates the number of courses conducted in English at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
*2 Japanese Nobel Laureates since 2000
*3 Grants" includes "joint research" and "contracted research.

News from JANU

14/09/2026: Ms. Susan Jones, Counsellor of the Australian Embassy Tokyo, visits The Japan Association of National Universities (September 8, 2026)
18/12/2025: 2025 German-Japanese University Leader’s Meeting（December 4, 2025）
20/08/2025: Visit of Ms. Jacqui Smith, UK Minister for Skills, and Minister for Women and Equalities, to the Japan Association of National Universities on July 30
30/07/2025: 2025 Taiwan-Japan University Presidents’ Forum (July 16, 2025)
11/06/2025: Joined The Italian Higher Education System at EXPO 2025 Osaka 1st Italian and Japanese Rector’s Forum organized by CRUI (May 29, 2025)

News from Japanese National Universities

09/10/2026: Olive oil before carbs blunts the early rise in blood glucose in mice (https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en)
09/10/2026: Message from the President on the Awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Alumnus Kenso Soai (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/)
09/10/2026: Fall Entrance Ceremony AY 2026 (https://www.isct.ac.jp/)
09/10/2026: The Owada Chair Program: Sixth Session (https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/events/)
09/10/2026: 17th Multidisciplinary International Student Workshop 2026 held at Science Tokyo (https://www.isct.ac.jp/)

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