As of March 2013, there were 83 public universities .In 2004, the public university system underwent partial privatization. Since 2004, most of public university has been incorporated as a . University names which shifted are ( ko). The following is a complete list of Japanese public universities: *

Aichi Prefectural University is a public university located in the city of Nagakute, Aichi, Japan. There is a campus in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya which is for the nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, an ...

* Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music **

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology The is a public professional graduate school at Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, established in 2006. The school offers professional education programs in project-based learning (PBL) method. The school is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Un ...

Akita International University , or AIU, is a public university located in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2004 and modeled on American liberal arts colleges, AIU is one of the few universities in Japan offering all of its courses in English. It has currentl ...

* Akita Prefectural University *

Akita University of Art is a public university, located in the city of Akita, Japan. History The Akita City School of Crafts was established in June 1952. It was renamed the Akita City School of Arts and Crafts in April 1975. The Akita Municipal Junior College of Arts ...

Aomori Public University is a public university in the city of Aomori, Aomori, Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The school was established in 1993 as Aomori Public College. The English name for the university has changed since 2013. Faculty Faculty of Management an ...

* Aomori University of Health and Welfare *

Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences is a public university in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2009 by integrating Chiba College of Health Science was a Public junior college in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Japan, established in 1981. It was merged into Ch ...

* Ehime Prefectural University of Health Science *

Fukui Prefectural University is a public prefectural university founded in 1992 in Eiheiji, Yoshida District, Fukui Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 778,943 (1 June 2017) and has a geo ...

Fukuoka Prefectural University is a public university in Tagawa, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on November 3, 1943. As of October 1, 2018, the city has an estimated population of 48,241, with 24,537 households. Its total area ...

Fukuoka Women's University is a public university in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1923, it was chartered as a university in 1950. Alongside Gunma Prefectural Women's University is a public university in Tamamura, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Es ...

Fukushima Medical University is a public university, located in the city of Fukushima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the ...

* Fukuyama City University * Future University Hakodate * Gifu College of Nursing *

Gifu Pharmaceutical University is a municipal university located in the city of Gifu, Gifu, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1932, and it was chartered as a university in 1949.''Gifu-shi no Ayumi (Outline of Gifu City 2005)''. Gifu Cit ...

Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences is a public university in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1993, and it was chartered as a university in 2005. External links Official website
Educational institutions established in 1993 Public unive ...

Gunma Prefectural Women's University is a public university in Tamamura, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1980, it is one of the two public women's universities in Japan, alongside Fukuoka Women's University. History The school was established in 1980 in the city of Ma ...

Hiroshima City University is a public university at Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences is a public university in the town of Ami, Ibaraki, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea ...

Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences , IAMAS is a public university at Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...

Ishikawa Prefectural University is a public university in the city of Nonoichi in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1971 as an agricultural junior college A junior college (sometimes referred to colloquially as a juco, JuCo or JC) is a ...

Iwate Prefectural University is a Japanese public university located in Takizawa, Iwate is a Cities of Japan, city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 55,325 in 23,270 households, and a population density of 300 persons per km2. ...

Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences is a public university in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1999, and it was chartered as a university in 2004. External links Official website
Educational institutions established in 1999 Public uni ...

Kanagawa University of Human Services is a public university at Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest ...

Kanazawa College of Art The Kanazawa College of Art (金沢美術工芸大学, ''Kanazawa Bijutsu Kōgei Daigaku'', literally Kanazawa Art and Industrial Design University) (colloquially known as Bidai or Kanabi) is a public university in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A ...

Kobe City College of Nursing is a public university in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, ...

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies , for short, is a municipal university in Japan. It is located in Gakuen-higashimachi, Nishi-ku, Kobe City. History It was founded in 1946 as , a coeducational college with a three-year curriculum. Kobe City was heavily damaged in World Wa ...

Kochi University of Technology is a prefectural university in Tosa Yamada, Kami, Kōchi, Japan. After its foundation in 1997, Professor Yasuharu Suematsu was its first president. Kochi University of Technology serves 2056 undergraduate students, 224 Master students and 74 ...

Kochi Women's University is a public university in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1944, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. In April 2011, the school changed its name from and became coeducational. Organizatio ...

Kushiro Public University of Economics is a public university in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Ja ...

Kyoto City University of Arts is a public, municipal university of general art and music in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1880, it is Japan's oldest university of the arts (the predecessor of Tokyo University of the Arts was founded in 1887). Among its faculty and graduates ...

Kyoto Prefectural University , or for short, is one of the public universities in Japan. Its campus is located in Nakaragi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Jap ...

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine is a public university in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was founded in 1872, and it was chartered as a university in 1921. KPUM differs from Kyoto University, or "Kyodai" which is located nearby across the Kamo River, in that Kyoto ...

* Kyushu Dental University *

Maebashi Institute of Technology is a public university in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japa ...

Meio University is a public university in Nago, Okinawa, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Meio was established as a private university in 1994 and was reorganized as a public university in 2010. History The university established the Liberal Arts Center in 20 ...

* Mie Prefectural College of Nursing *

Miyagi University is a public university located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1997, the university has currently two campuses in Miyagi prefecture, after merging with Miyagi Agricultural College in 2005. The university is often called "MYU" or "Miya- ...

* Miyazaki Municipal University * Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University *

Nagano College of Nursing is a public university in Komagane, Nagano is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,210 in 12937 households, and a population density of 190 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...

* Nagoya City University * Nara Medical University * Nara Prefectural University * Nayoro City University *

Niigata College of Nursing is a public university at Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1977, and it was chartered as a university in 2002. External links Official website
Educational institutions established in 1977 Public univers ...

* Niimi College *

Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences is a public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as op ...

* Okayama Prefectural University * Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing *

Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts is a public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, a ...

Onomichi City University is a municipal university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, ...

Osaka Metropolitan University , abbreviated to OMU, is a Japanese public university that was established through the integration of Osaka City University (OCU) and Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) on 1 April 2022. OMU was inaugurated with 1 undergraduate college, 11 unde ...

Prefectural University of Hiroshima is a public university in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, established in 2005. It has three campuses, located in these cities: * Hiroshima (in the Wards of Japan, Ward of Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Minami) * Shōbara * Mihara, Hiroshima, Mihara Externa ...

Prefectural University of Kumamoto is a public university in the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by t ...

Saitama Prefectural University is a public university in Sengendai, Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by t ...

* Sanyo-Onoda City University *

Sapporo City University is a public university with campuses in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Chuo-ku and Minami-ku, Sapporo, Japan. The predecessor of the school was established in 1991, and it was chartered as a university in 2006 when it merged with a nursing school. External ...

Sapporo Medical University is a public university in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The precursor of the school was founded in 1945, and it was chartered as a university in 1950. History The , the precursor of the university, was founded in 1945. The Sapporo Medi ...

* Shimonoseki City University *

Shizuoka University of Art and Culture The is a public university in Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its mission is to foster the exchange of ideas between the fields of cultural studies and design by having the two combined at one relatively small institution. It is one o ...

* Shunan University * Takasaki City University of Economics * The University of Nagano *

The University of Shiga Prefecture is a List of public universities in Japan, public university in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1950, and it was chartered as a university in 1995. The nickname of the university is "Kendai". The first univer ...

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 ...

Tottori University of Environmental Studies is a small public university in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. It is under the jurisdiction of the city and prefecture of Tottori. History *April, 2001 - Opening *2005 - Establishment of Ecoinformatics Graduate Research Department, feat ...

* Toyama Prefectural University *

Tsuru University Tsuru University (都留文科大学 ''Tsuru Bunka Daigaku'', literally Tsuru University of Humanities) is a small municipal university located in Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The university has around 3,000 students and 85 faculty. ...

University of Aizu The University of Aizu ( ja, 会津大学, translit=Aizu Daigaku) in Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, is the first university dedicated to computer science engineering in Japan. UoA was ranked 18th (2nd among public universities) and was ranked 7th in the ...

University of Fukuchiyama is a public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as ...

University of Hyogo The is a public university in Japan. Its headquarters is in Chuo-ku, Kobe City. History The University of Hyogo (UH) was established in April 2004 by integrating three universities which were run by Hyogo Prefecture government: , and th ...

University of Kitakyushu The is a public university in Kitakyushu, Japan. The main campus is located next to Keibajomae (lit. Horse Racing course) station on the Kitakyushu monorail. The second campus is in the academic zone of Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu called Gakujut ...

* University of Nagasaki *

University of Niigata Prefecture is a public university in Higashi-ku, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture is a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by ...

* University of Shimane *

University of Shizuoka The , is a public university in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Overview The University of Shizuoka was created through the amalgamation of three former public universities in 1987 and was expanded to comprise five colleges. These ...

Wakayama Medical University is a public university in Wakayama, Wakayama Wakayama City Hall is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 351,391 in 157066 households and a population density of 1700 p ...

Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences is a public university in Yamagata, Yamagata is the capital city of Yamagata Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 248,772 in 103,165 households, and a population density of 65 ...

Yamaguchi Prefectural University is a public university in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of ...

Yamanashi Prefectural University is a public university in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Yamanashi Prefecture has a population of 817,192 (1 January 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,465 km2 (1,724 sq mi ...

Yokohama City University is a public university, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2013, YCU has two faculties with a total of around 4,850 students, 111 of whom are foreign. YCU also has four campuses (Kanazawa-Hakkei, Fukuura, Maioka and Tsurumi) and two ...

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