Various schools and universities serve

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Primary and secondary schools

Publicly run kindergartens,

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

s (years 1 through 6), and

junior high school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school ...

s (7 through 9) are operated by local wards or municipal offices. Public

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

s in Tokyo are run by the

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education (東京都教育委員会 ''Tōkyō-to Kyōiku Iinkai'') is the board of education in Tokyo, Japan. The board directly manages all of the public high schools in all 23 special wards, the Western T ...

and are called "Metropolitan High Schools". Tokyo also has many private schools from kindergarten through high school.

Colleges and universities

The capital of

is home to many public and private universities, including the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

, the most prestigious college in Japan.

Ranking

Various groups rank colleges and universities worldwide. See

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. In 2016 ''

The Times Higher Education Supplement ''Times Higher Education'' (''THE''), formerly ''The Times Higher Education Supplement'' (''The Thes''), is a British magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education. Ownership TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...

'' ranked the

at 13th in Asia, the highest among universities in Japan.

Tokyo Institute of Technology is a national research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology, one of first five Designated National University and selected as ...

was at 14th place, Waseda was at 41st and Keio at 42nd and

Tokyo University of Science , formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally or simply is a private research university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. History Tokyo University of Science was founded in 1881 as The Tokyo Academy of Physics by 21 graduates ...

at 114th.

Tokyo Metropolitan University , often referred to as TMU, is a Public Research University, public research university in Japan. Origin The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefec ...

(119),

Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Japan. It offers Doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in 1949 from exist ...

(123) follow. According to the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong, the top-ranked private universities in Tokyo were Keio (ranked in the 301–400 group), and Tokyo University of Science (ranked in the 401–500 group). According to Times Higher Education "ranking of CEOs of major global enterprises", the top-ranked private universities in Tokyo were Tokyo University of Science (28th place), Waseda (48th place), and Keio (53rd place). According to nature INDEX, the top-ranked private universities in Tokyo were Keio (12th place), Waseda (19th place), and Tokyo University of Science (27th place). In 2008, The

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ranks Keio 4th globally. The

list of "The 377 leading higher education institutions in 2009" is "based on Fortune Global 500, 2008" and puts the

first in the world, Waseda 4th, Keio joint 11th, Chuo joint 20th, and Hitotsubashi joint 42nd. The 4ICU ranking classifies Keio as the 1st top university in Japan, based on web popularity ranking. Also in the top 20 are (in 2010)

(#2), Waseda (#3),

(#6),

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(#10), Meiji (#11),

Hosei is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan. The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of la ...

(#14),

Tokai Tōkai ( 東海, literally ''East Sea'') in Japanese may refer to: * Tōkai region, a subregion of Chūbu * Tōkai, Ibaraki, a village, also known as "Tokaimura" (Tokai-village) * Tōkai, Aichi, a city * Tōkai University, a private university in T ...

(#19), Chuo (#20). Webometrics ranks

as first in Asia for quantity and quality of web publication, and Keio seventh. Within Tokyo, the relative degree of difficulty of entrance to particular "Faculties" (''gakubu'', also called "Schools") or even their component Departments is of some interest. Yoyogi Seminar, a large cram school company, publishes lists of gakubu arranged by difficulty. For faculties of law, economics, business and commerce of public universities, the most demanding in or for 2010 was

Hitotsubashi University is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan. It has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Chiyoda. One of the top 9 Designated National University in Japan, Hitotsubashi is a relatively small institution specialized solely in social sciences ...

's faculty of law, followed by faculties of the University of Tokyo; for these subjects at private universities, four faculties of Keio and two of Waseda outclassed their closest rivals (at Sophia and Chuo); for faculties of humanities, education, languages and social studies of public universities, Tokyo, the

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies , often referred to as TUFS, is a specialist research university in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. TUFS is primarily devoted to foreign language, international affairs and foreign studies. It also features an Asia-African institution. History The Uni ...

, Hitotsubashi, and

Ochanomizu is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan. It extends from the Yushima section of Bunkyo-ku to the Kanda section of Chiyoda-ku. Sundai Preparatory School, Meiji University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Juntendo University all have main ca ...

were particularly demanding; for the same at private universities, two faculties of Keio, four of Waseda, one of Sophia and one of

occupied the top two ranks.私立大学入試難易ランキング表《文・教育・外国語・生活科学系》

References

The EMP Professional Ranking of World Universities
(retrieved December 16, 2007)

(retrieved December 16, 2007)
Webometrics
(retrieved December 16, 2007)
QS Top Universities: Top 400 universities in the THES - QS World University Rankings 2007
(retrieved December 16, 2007)

Primary and secondary schools

Colleges and universities

Ranking

See also

References

Further reading