You may think that I didn't spend a lot of time talking about public universities. It's not because public universities are inferior in any way. If anything, they are likely to be pretty good universities and difficult to get in. Public universities tend to be a kind of "prefecture" university so they are not necessarily very well known unless you live around that area. But with most universities I talked about in this video, pretty much all Japanese people across the country know, especially Todai, Kyodai, Waseda, Keio, and Sophia. But there are much, much more universities in Japan and they are not necessarily "bad" universities just because they are not as famous. But if you want to know more, I don't think there's a lot of accurate information in English. So consider get my free Japanese lessons here bit.ly/2XGP7rn
Most of the government funded public unis in AU+NZ+UK+CA+USA have become a fucking JOKE They are 99% LEFT WING MARXIST brainwashing centres removing science biology free speech facts raw data over emotions, feelings , offence and the cult of Marxism
I did study abroad at Waseda when I was an undergrad at UCLA. After coming back to the US and graduating, I worked for multiple Japanese companies with offices in the US. Every time an interviewer saw Waseda on my resume it gave me extra points. Once I was on an interview with someone who was very active in the alumni association out here. He told me, “you got the job, AND you have to join the alumni association.”
You’re very lucky. I am a French undergrad and want to participate in an exchange program. My two choices are Waseda and UCLA (or one of the UC campuses). Which one would be the best in your opinion for my resume ?
Yuta is that type of a teacher that is easily connected to today's youth and will use memes to teach them and be 100% efficient with it. But all in all, keep it up Yuta-sensei. Your videos are enjoyable and very informative as always
btw this ranking is made by an idiot and absolutely wrong. This one is right. 東大(Tokyo uni)≒京大(Kyoto uni)>>国立医学部医学科>東工大>一橋(Hitotsubashi)>>旧帝大理系≒私立医学部医学科>横筑千理系≒旧帝大文系>横筑千文系神戸理系>早慶(Waseda n Keiou)上位>国公立大学>上智ICU≒早慶下位理科大>>MARCH＝慶應SFC>その他
@Wth happened to my name as much as I hate to admit it and as much as I hate the idea of "prestige" concerning universities, it's more accurate than Yuta's version, from another Japanese perspective. Yuta seems to either be very biased against public schools or just did not do enough research on this one.
Galang Putra Fendriansyah I didn‘t go to most of my bachelor courses... I went to ETH, Todai and MIT. If you study for your tests and put enough time into actually important shit (such as reading papers, getting assistant positions etc) you‘re gonna be fine.
Yuta, can you talk about vocational school/専門学校 in Japan, and how are the advantages and disadvantages of its graduates compared to University graduates? My prof used to tell me many Japanese go to 専門学校 instead of university. Is that true? Also, do people in general have strong opinion towards people who don't continue their study to higher education? Thank you! Great video, btw!
Thank you for this video, yuta. I am going to study half a year in Waseda next year through an exchange program, so it's good to know the university is highly regarded. Very interesting to see that such a hierarchy exists for universities and that this is known among the general public. It's very different in my country so its intriguing to know that japan is so different. Again, thank you for sharing.
Hey am thinking of doing the same but with either Kyoto or Tokyo university from Dutch universities like Utrecht, I want to know if you like had to do an extra test for the exchange program or if the university you are already accepted into has a program with Kyoto/Tokyo university, you are automatically accepted into those too. Am scared because I suck at math and apparently you need to do a math test just for the entrance of Tokyo university, and probably with Kyoto university too. I wanna know that if I can get into Utrecht or whatever, I will automatically be able to do an exchange program in Japan.
A few friends of mine went to University of Tokyo for their exchange semester and they were actually underwhelmed. They said the professors were bad at English, the difficulty level quite low and that out of the box thinking wasn't premiered at all. On the other hand, those who went to ETH in Zürich were overwhelmed with the teaching pace and hade a hard time keeping up with the other students and those who went to top universities in the USA thought it was pretty much the same as our university, but with much nicer facilities and richer students. This makes me thinking, how does Japanese universities compare to international? Would University of Tokyo for example end up in C or B tier if it was compared internationally?
You are just comparing the overall undergrad lecture levels and ignoring the actual students raw intelligence, research from faculty, and also graduate study level. Join, for example, the UTIPE Master's Program in Economics at Tokyo and you will see if the lecture levels are high or low. It is also important to mention that if you do not speak Japanese, then the classes option would be pretty limited (around just 5% of all offered classes to Japanese students). Since you are just an exchange student, then the professors really do not care about you and just want to give pretty much easy lessons. I actually did a semester abroad at Princeton, but I didn't find the lectures to be hard at all... so can I judge the university just by this measure?
I‘m a ZHAW student and I‘m soon making a trip to Sophia Uni, I heard from my peers that it will be like holidays compared to ZHAW. And ZHAW is no match for ETH.
Good question, but impossible to answer as many universities don't ever get evaluated. Especially in lesser known countries. I wouldn't be surprised if some random university from Iran beat it.
It is interesting to see you put 4 other univ at tier A with Kyoto U together. From the international students perspective, Kyoto and even Osaka U are at a far higher level than Waseda and Keio no matter from Times, US news, QS or ARWU ranking. At least from what I know, getting into Waseda is far easier than getting admission from Kyoto in general.
"From the international students perspective" so you are basically comparing different opinions from people that didn't study in both. Isn't easier to just look where the best companies are recruiting and where did the best government workers study?
@Hanqing Cheng Yes, I'm a japanese student and you're absolutely right the list should be this: S: Tokyo A: Kyoto, Hitotsubashi, Tokyo Institute of Tech B: Osaka, Waseda(science), Keio(science) C: Nagoya, Tohoku, Hokkaido, Kyushu(liberal arts), Keio(liberal arts) D: E: GMARCH
When I lived in the USA we had several friends and relatives who came from Japan to attend a US university. I am wondering how Japanese people perceive people who have foreign have degrees. People I mentioned went on to lead major companies in Japan, serve as diplomats, a UN official, and a university professor. All of them reported some difficulties having their foreign education recognized in Japan.
@Der Schwindel I think you are correct. When people go by name recognition they are just running a popularity contest. The world is definitely changing. Companies are looking more at past accomplishments, proven skills, and abilities these days. Elon Musk, and IBM employ nearly 50% of their workforce with no degree requirements. If you have proven capabilities, they will give you an opportunity.
@billy khan, in general startups do not do basic research. Only large companies and governments can afford to fund basic research. Startups are generally started by people who have spun off from big companies. Remember that without basic research the world economy will dry up. Japan is one country where basic research is drying up and advanced education is falling off. Even the big famous universities (Todai for example) have been passed in the number of research papers published. For example, (www.oist.jp) OIST in Okinawa, was rated the top research university in Japan (2020) based on the number of (highly rated by peer review) research papers.
SSS University of Tokyo SS Kyoto, Tokyo tech S Osaka, Hitotubashi AAA Tohoku, Nagoya, Kyushu, Hokkaido AA Waseda, Keio, Kobe, A Sophia, MARCH, Doshisha, Tokyo university of science B Kansai, Ritsumeikan, Kwansei This is the better version
Thanks for the video it was really informative Can you make video about admission process for international students in diffrent programs in Japanese universities ?☺ I really want to know about that
The only problem I have with this list, and something I think should be further explained, is that even though a university might be unknown, the experience and level of education there may as well rival some of the "best schools". Edit: finshed the video and you did mention it, my bad haha, good video.
Lol I mean there is already Tier Zoo, not sure how much weirder you can get. Tiers for universities seems normal to me since they are frequently ranked already, just now in a new format.
Got a scholarship for Tokyo university. This video really helped with learning about different unis so I could look where to apply. Hoping my grades are good, will find out in under a month.
@@l-lamar1615 I missed it by one grade... :(. Turns out going "history is my best subject, don't need to revise as much for it" didn't help my grades but got me a B
@@IamINERT it depends what you are trying to do. If you're trying to just study abroad for a year or two and finish your degree in your home country then it would probably be best to apply for study abroad through the university in your country through their study abroad program. If you are trying to get your degree abroad then it would be best to apply for the Japanese university directly. I'm in the U.S. so it might be very different than where you are.
@@IamINERT The job you want to get and also where you want to work. If you want to work in Japan I am sure the upper echelon universities in the U.S. will look good on your resume i.e Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc... but my assumption would be if you went to a top tier school in either country it would net you a higher probability of landing a better job. Especially since jobs in Japan specifically like Yuta said tend to favor students who graduated from S or A tier universities. More importantly, in the U.S., internships and networking are major factors in landing a good job so if you decide to work in the U.S do everything you can to intern in the field you wish to work in so you can build those relationships with companies established in the field and also people who are already working in the field. It is far easier to get a job if you know somebody or someone you know knows somebody working for that company.
This video really helped me as my dream is to go to waseda university and I was worried if it was a bad school and it turned out to be very prestigious!! Thank u Yuta
As an art student, I've seen the name Joshibi thrown around a few times. I don't know much, but the idea of an all-female art school seems very interesting to me. If somebody knows more I'd love to hear.
Since you mentioned not being fond of that film.. it has me wondering, what are your favorite Japanese films? What films are the most "important" or "popular" in Japan? This could be animated films as well.
I’m a little late to the party since I’m going to 9th grade this august but I’ve been learning Japanese since 6th grade and I found this video so useful to my future 👍🏽.
I attended Tokyo University for one semester as part of an exchange, and people in the street were very amazed that I was a Todai Student. They would almost scream 頭がいい! and be extra nice to me and my 外人 friends.
Hey Yuta. I am going to Japan as an exchange student next spring. I have 7 different universities to chose from, and I don't know how different the universities are in terms of having it on my CV. I know ICU is high on your list, but from what I can find, the others are pretty high too. I study Japanese language. The Universities are: Ryukoku University Kobe University Kwansei University Doshisha University Akita International University International Christian University Kanda International University
If your Japanese is good enough to the point that you can understand complex concepts related to your field in Japanese....then definitely go for a Japanese-taught course. English-taught courses are mostly shit in Japan and in other countries where English isn't widely spoken.
Ambre Badipi it was mostly the reactions that other people had when I told them what school I was studying abroad at. Like even the taxi driver I talked to when I had just arrived had this air of “ooh??” because his brother had gone there.
Kyoto University and Waseda, Keio, Sophia are in the same tier? What a joke. Kyoto University is incomparably more difficult and better branded than those universities.Those private universities have high deviation value, but more than half of the students are admitted by recommendation.
Interesting to see. It may be normal also to American citizens, but as a German, it still always astonishes me how there are better and worse universities. In Germany, noone really differentiates or cares, lol.
I absolutely agree with you. My elder brother studies in technical university of Munich and he told me the same thing about Germany. This is exactly how education must be. Equal and unbiased. No doubt why German education is one of the world's best.
Really? interesting. It's the same in French Canada; some universities have a reputation for certain fields (like McGill university for medicine, Concordia university for business...) but as a whole, the name doesn't matter much. I agree with the previous person who commented. This is how education should be.
@Social Justice Warrior That's just not true though. Yes, this label exists, and it has relevance for the university itself due to the financial aid, but it makes absolutely no difference in regards to the worth of one's university certificate. The university I went to got this label for exactly one year (lel) if I recall correctly - no student cared, noone noticed any difference, noone did or did not get a job because of that.
German here too I guess People care about the universities name a lot in the US and Japan because Universitiy actually costs a lot of money so obviously people want to know which university is the best for their kids and since theyre kinda private they have the money (or not) to be better than other universities
And the best part is, they’re basically free. Japanese have to pay like 8000$ a year or even more and they don’t even get a train ticket to go with it 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
@@pegeonpera the students who want get admission in IITs or AIIMS have to to qualify JEE Advanced or NEET examination which is very competitive and conducted on national level! The engineering study spend 3 years and generally medical students spend around 5-6 years for preparation in Coaching intstitutes!
@@OnePieceAUTORIZED for finding employment it is prob about the same level as Waseda. putting it on the same level as Keio is a bit of a reach maybe, I agree lmao
@@nomongosinthaworld i don't agree. i'm japanese, and from my point of view the yokokoku is at the same level of March, or a bit lower. i would classify waseda and keio just a bit behind kyoto uni and in the same level as osaka uni and tohoku uni.
私は日本の高校生です。このランキングにはかなり誤差があります。 I am so surprised.This ranking is wrong. 「National and private universities having different concepts.」 The ranking that the Japanese think.↓ (s) Todai、Kyodai、hitotsubashi、toukou、｛Former imperial university｝ etc... . . . (c)waseda、keio (d) sophia、ICU、rikadai｛MARCH｝etc... ※The order changes depending on the faculty○ { }＝Multiple universities 群
S+ tier: University of Tokyo S tier: Kyoto University A+ tier: Osaka University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Institute of Technology A tier: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kobe University, Kyushu University B tier: Tsukuba University, Chiba University, Yokohama National University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Ochanomizu University, Waseda University, Keio University C tier: Kanazawa University, Okayama University, Hiroshima University, The University of Electro Communications, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo University of Science, International Christian University I can continue the list if you want
Waseda and Keio is definitely below Kyoto Uni as much as Kyoto Uni is below Todai. Hitotsubashi is arguably on par with Kyoto Uni with its strict passing grade followed by top tier standard of Commerce and Econ education as its focus (arguably number 1 in Japan). Another one that should be on the same category with Kyoto Uni and Hitotsubashi Uni is Tokyo Institute of Technology. Below Kyodai, Tokodai, and Hitotsubashi would be SOUKEI (Waseda and Keio), then followed by ICU.
3:27 now I definitely want yo go there, haruki murakami is one of my favorite authors, I'm literally in love with his book The Killing Commendatore, and if he graduated from waseda, the deal is set, I'm gonna try to go there
I would have liked to hear you speak on the coalitions-like the National Seven Universities, as well as schools like Ritsumeikan, Doshisha, Tokyo Tech, Osaka UArts...but this was great overall! I would certainly aim for Waseda, Keio, or Sophia if I wanted an MBA, but it seems like Todai is the place to go for mostly anything else
Out of interest, how does Todai compare with an Ivy League or Oxbridge degree in terms of prestige in the eyes of Japanese people? And where does Ritsumeikan figure on the list?
People outside the US don't know much about American universities. We only know about Harvard and MIT. They're prestigious but we also have our own as well and since the education level in high school in the US isn't very impressive, we don't really fantasize about it like we would with Korean Universities or top European universities.
I got my MA from one of the top tier uni. I can't say I am elite because I studied during pandemic lolz. 2 years lost inside quarantine so I couldn't feel the vibes of the campus. So I graduated without feeling the campus "spirit"
no, you know nothing about Japanese universities hierarchy. Yuta chose to include too many universities in A tier that's why it looks messed up. In no way should Kyushu or Hokkaido regarded as the same tier as Tokyo unless it's a department of medicine. In reality, the tiers look like this: S+ tier: University of Tokyo S tier: Kyoto University A+ tier: Osaka University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Institute of Technology A tier: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kobe University, Kyushu University B tier: Tsukuba University, Chiba University, Yokohama National University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Ochanomizu University, Waseda University, Keio University C tier: Kanazawa University, Okayama University, Hiroshima University, The University of Electro Communications, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo University of Science, International Christian University I can continue the list if you want
Hey Yuta, I’m curious about the Japanese healthcare system and about foreign (western and Asian) healthcare workers/professionals like doctors, pharmacists and nurses. Like what the local healthcare professionals think of foreign recruitment and are there any issues like communication, or whether local people trust foreign healthcare professionals. Could you make a video about that? Thanks!
Maybe you took that reference from WakatteTV, but in fact that more accurately for measurements of hensachi should look at entrance exam’s subjects. For instance National universities with 5 to 7 subjects should be (+5), National universities with 3 subjects or below + Public universities with 5 or more subjects of 2nd entrance test(2.5), Public universities with 2 subjects or below of 2nd entrace test and private universities (+0)
A quick ranking of American Universities: Top level: Ivy League schools like Harvard and Princeton plus the very top private universities like MIT and Standford. American Presidents usually attend these schools as well as most top CEO's. Next level down: Top level state and private universities. UCLA, University Of Texas at Austin, Duke, Johns Hopkins University, etc. These schools are usually known for having the biggest athletic programs and producing some of the most important scientific research. Next level down: Mid level State and private universities. Stony Brook University, Trinity College, various Christian universties, etc. These schools are more affordable than the two levels above and probably offer the best balance between big university perks and price. They usually don't have as many stundents per campus. Next level down: City universities. The most affordable level. Education quality may or may not be an issue depending on the program. If you qualify for financial aid you can even get a degree totally free. Bottom level: For-profit universties. University Of Phoenix, Devry, etc. Known for having the lowest quality of education as well as being more expensive than they lead you to believe in the long run. Some of these schools can outright be called a scam.
Juan Nunez not all ivies are the top... cornell is worse than most of the next tier and brown/Dartmouth and not near the same tier as Yale/Harvard/Princeton. Upenn is near Yale harvard but not quite as good. Columbia is about same as UPenn.
@@ゴリラ-w3h If I'm not mistaken UC Irvine is a well regarded school. With recent admissions scandals in USC and UCLA, UC Irvine is looking like the best option near Los Angeles. Especially since tuition is a little bit less expensive on average than USC.
I think it's kind of a regional thing too. There are some in this video I don't know - or didn't think were a big deal - but I know many others that people here (Kansai) consider very good.
If you think entering a prestigious uni is hard, come to Turkey. Entrance exam is so hard and the competition is so high that some people take the exam 4-5 times in order to enter a mid-class uni (If you are rich things become different of course, I am talking about scholarship)
I studied both in Kyodai and Handai (Osaka University), properly graduated from Handai, and I always was under the impression that they ranked similarly. Has the new law about the detriment of the studies in Humanities affected the ranking?
Tbh if you study you can get through it School level is all about efforts In asian countries Ofc there are subjects where you arent good at so you have tonwork harder
I remember reading someone say that Japanese/asian countries consider studying a skill you can learn rather than something innate, and that anyone can get good grades if they get good at studying. That's why people would say that they're good at studying rather than say they're smart, they consider them two separate things
However, "studying hard" is largely a personality trait ("conscientiousness") which is partially heritable (44%). Intelligence is also mostly heritable (80%). Success in this regard is determined by a combination of intelligence and conscientiousness.
Hokkaido university is maybe A tier, depending on the major. Engineering is definitely not Hokkaido university's strongest faculty though, that's veterinary, medical, agricultural science and marine biology. I'm a student in Hokudai :)
Its similar to alot of asian countries so its not a surpriae From what i have heard (indian) system is really competative in STEM field but not so much in others
My dad says that you can only go to Japan and study Japanese there. You cannot get citizenship in countries like Japan, China, Korea. You cannot live there until and unless your company (when you get a job) offers you to go and work in Japan. Even if you want to stay there no one will hire you, even restaurants. Translator and teacher are the only two things you can do. Please help me out here since it has been my most earnest interest of going to Japan, study Japanese and maybe get a job so that I can shift there.
any "tier list", esp one created by just one person like what we have here, is accompanied with a huge asterisk, and this is no exception, this is only from Yuta's perspective, and he has a bias against national universities for some reason. Tohoku university is considered a great school in Japan, and ask any Japanese person and they will most likely include it in any top 10, but probably less than 1% would say it is "top tier", because it is not so popular and consequently not S tier level tough to get into.
University of tokyo > kyoto U = hitotsubashi = tokyo institution and technology > keio=>osaka University,tohoku U, Nagoya U=> waseda~chiba=tsukuba=yokohama=hiroshima
Hey Yuta, from my experience in Japan, once you enter a company, it doesn't really matter what subject you have studied since they'll teach you from zero anyways. I met so many people doing something totally unrelated to their studies, for example someone who studied history was doing accounting in a big company. Almost everyone do something totally unrelated to their studies, so why is it that they pay so much attention to which university you went to if what you study doesn't even matter to them?
@@ffls775 The companies don't reallycare about your suject in Japan. Even the Universities don't care. You can have a bachelors in enviromental sience and then enroll in and finish a master in IT. It's really weird how everything is super random yet they really care about the university you went to.
Meanwhile in my country, we don't even have entrance exams, and we also don't pay a single dime in tuition fees. :-P I'm super spoiled in that regard. Other countries sure have it rough from my point of view. I can't even imagine spending a year doing nothing but study for an entrance exam (*shudder*). I feel for you, Japanese people.
@@Rokudaimedono oh of course. why do i even bother to ask. europeans have the best education system, afterall. im not japanese and i had to work my ass off to study for college entrance exam. guess it has a lot to do with how developed the country was.
@@reigenlucilfer6154 Not all Europeans have it this good. He's from Scandinavia, which is why he's not suffering studying for entrance exams. But someone from France goes through the same hell that we go through.
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law went to Chuo University My wifes cousin went to Gakusyuin university and my niece is going to Meiji university. I used to have students from both Todai and waseda Many years ago
Thank you for this! I’ve been thinking about going to uni’s in Japan. My fave is Waseda so far but I’m interested about learning about them from a Japanese perspective
Be careful. It's not likely to be cheap, and in Japan it can be difficult to get scholarships. If you're under 20 iirc you may need a host of sorts to take responsibility of you. It would be a good idea to have a solid or semi-solid idea of what you're doing in Japan if you're an international student.
@@julius8886 I tried going to ICU/国際基督教, and while it may be cheaper relative to expensive places, it's still university and expensive. If I recall, was it something like 16 grand a semester usd? I might be mistaken: that was years ago. I don't know about Waseda and stuff, though those may be more difficult for international students.
Yeah when people talk about the best universities in Japan, they often says 東京一工，meaning four top tier universities which are Tokyo, Kyoto, Hitotsubashi and Tokyo tech, he only mentioned the other three .
@@Anderson-ly9no As a Japanese who went to university in Europe and moved to Japan to work, I can say that this is definitely not true. If you ask any Japanese person about the top 4, it will always be Tokyo Uni, Kyoto Uni, Waseda & Keio. Nothing else comes even close to them in terms of prestige, and although Sophia and Hitotsubashi are academically on a similar level, they are way below the top 4 if you ask any Japanese. I've never even heard anyone talk about Tokyo tech or ICU, and most people from my company are from Waseda & Keio.
This video is biased by yuta, private university graduate. Kyoto university is far higher than any private universities such as Waseda, Keio and Sophia.
Nice timing! The MEXT applications for undergraduated scholarships started this mounth and I was searching universities since yesterday. I want to learn media broadcasting, I heard it's difficult to get in with not so famous majors, but I'll do my best. The other field of study I want to learn is art. Good grief, me. Anyway, if it all go wrong I can aways just study japanese language ;u; Greetings from Brazil o/
@@tatiana1310 English was a piece of cake and japanese i was so-so. but maths.... MATHS... I COULDN'T ANSWER ONE HALF OF A SINGLE QUESTION. When they came to get my test i was like "Hi! Until next year!, and they laughed but i was crying inside Ç_Ç Well, Im kind of happy they postponed it because of the pandemic cuz i still don't know a thing about maths LOL, one more year to study!
I’ve been an exchange student in Kwansei Gakuin for one year. Or kangaku as they call it. I wonder what rank this university would be? I met some pretty interesting people there, so it’s definitely up there i’d say.
As an economics student, I wanna know which universities has an English education. My schools partners are Dokkyo University Shimonoseki City University Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Kansai Gaidai University Keio University Kyushu University Osaka University University of Fukui University of Tsukuba University of Shizuoka University of Tokyo Waseda University
I've only heard of Rikkyo U from walking between Ikebukuro station and my motel on my trip to Japan, thought that it looked very high class but had no idea that it was famous! Also surprised that you didn't mention Bunka Fashion College, is it considered in another category?
that's a senmongakkõ, not a university. senmongakkõ is like a professional school- usually takes 2 years but the learning speed is quite faster in comparison from what I was informed of. You need usually JLPT N2 and an interview, while for unis you need these two + IELTS for example and EJU and they're for 3-4 years depending on the field of course.
What is the public opinion of the prime minister who graduated from Seikei? What makes him special that he managed to occupy the position as a prime minister whilst having "just" a degree from Seikei?
Among other things, being from one of the most influent political family in Japan (his grand-father and an uncle have been prime ministers, his father was an important minister of foreign affairs during the 80' as well as another relative, and so on).
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You may think that I didn't spend a lot of time talking about public universities. It's not because public universities are inferior in any way. If anything, they are likely to be pretty good universities and difficult to get in. Public universities tend to be a kind of "prefecture" university so they are not necessarily very well known unless you live around that area. But with most universities I talked about in this video, pretty much all Japanese people across the country know, especially Todai, Kyodai, Waseda, Keio, and Sophia.
But there are much, much more universities in Japan and they are not necessarily "bad" universities just because they are not as famous. But if you want to know more, I don't think there's a lot of accurate information in English. So consider get my free Japanese lessons here bit.ly/2XGP7rn
I think it's better to call the list "well known" university then? You did not even mention all 7 Imperial Universities!
Seriously though, why isn't tokodai included?
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yuta does japan have some kind of exchange projects?and which countries is it available for?
I did study abroad at Waseda when I was an undergrad at UCLA. After coming back to the US and graduating, I worked for multiple Japanese companies with offices in the US. Every time an interviewer saw Waseda on my resume it gave me extra points. Once I was on an interview with someone who was very active in the alumni association out here. He told me, “you got the job, AND you have to join the alumni association.”
You’re very lucky. I am a French undergrad and want to participate in an exchange program. My two choices are Waseda and UCLA (or one of the UC campuses). Which one would be the best in your opinion for my resume ?
@@liamef8450Unless you are really interested in Japan, UCLA is the better choice. It is vastly more recognized globally
Yuta is that type of a teacher that is easily connected to today's youth and will use memes to teach them and be 100% efficient with it.
But all in all, keep it up Yuta-sensei. Your videos are enjoyable and very informative as always
btw this ranking is made by an idiot and absolutely wrong. This one is right.
東大(Tokyo uni)≒京大(Kyoto uni)>>国立医学部医学科>東工大>一橋(Hitotsubashi)>>旧帝大理系≒私立医学部医学科>横筑千理系≒旧帝大文系>横筑千文系神戸理系>早慶(Waseda n Keiou)上位>国公立大学>上智ICU≒早慶下位理科大>>MARCH＝慶應SFC>その他
@Wth happened to my name as much as I hate to admit it and as much as I hate the idea of "prestige" concerning universities, it's more accurate than Yuta's version, from another Japanese perspective. Yuta seems to either be very biased against public schools or just did not do enough research on this one.
A "Best" places to live in Japan Tier list may be interesting 🤔.
1. Any place in Kyushu or Okinawa.
2. Any place in Shikoku.
3. Any place in Tokai.
4. Any place in Hokkaido.
5. Every place not listed.
@@RyanNesbit69 depends on what one wants. If one prefers city life your list doesn't hold true.
@@RyanNesbit69
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka
Yokohama would top the list.
@@RyanNesbit69 Basically
So if siblings went to university in the old capital of Japan would you call them 京大兄弟?
Jason Charrier And if a lighthouse is built in Japan’s Harvard, would it be called 東大灯台？
And if they’re big and strong, they are 強大京大兄弟
@@danielpanasenko1963 lol
KyodaiKyoudai lool
@@danielpanasenko1963 強大京大兄弟は、東大灯台で働く
I know a teacher of mine who is a Todai AND Harvard graduate😥
Is he japanese?
Hardcore
@@citrusblast4372 no he isn't
Meanwhile iam always sleep at class
Feelsbadman
Galang Putra Fendriansyah I didn‘t go to most of my bachelor courses... I went to ETH, Todai and MIT. If you study for your tests and put enough time into actually important shit (such as reading papers, getting assistant positions etc) you‘re gonna be fine.
Yuta, can you talk about vocational school/専門学校 in Japan, and how are the advantages and disadvantages of its graduates compared to University graduates? My prof used to tell me many Japanese go to 専門学校 instead of university. Is that true? Also, do people in general have strong opinion towards people who don't continue their study to higher education?
Thank you! Great video, btw!
It depends on what job you want to do
Thank you for this video, yuta. I am going to study half a year in Waseda next year through an exchange program, so it's good to know the university is highly regarded. Very interesting to see that such a hierarchy exists for universities and that this is known among the general public. It's very different in my country so its intriguing to know that japan is so different. Again, thank you for sharing.
Hey am thinking of doing the same but with either Kyoto or Tokyo university from Dutch universities like Utrecht, I want to know if you like had to do an extra test for the exchange program or if the university you are already accepted into has a program with Kyoto/Tokyo university, you are automatically accepted into those too. Am scared because I suck at math and apparently you need to do a math test just for the entrance of Tokyo university, and probably with Kyoto university too. I wanna know that if I can get into Utrecht or whatever, I will automatically be able to do an exchange program in Japan.
this was really interesting thanks for sharing
You are good in arabic language yeah
Yo, Mike
Im just here to see where my dream university is placed
Same
I'm actually studying abroad at Waseda next year!!! Thank you for this video!!
Me too lol well later this year
Me too what the heck
You guys should meet up!
Did you make it
A few friends of mine went to University of Tokyo for their exchange semester and they were actually underwhelmed. They said the professors were bad at English, the difficulty level quite low and that out of the box thinking wasn't premiered at all. On the other hand, those who went to ETH in Zürich were overwhelmed with the teaching pace and hade a hard time keeping up with the other students and those who went to top universities in the USA thought it was pretty much the same as our university, but with much nicer facilities and richer students. This makes me thinking, how does Japanese universities compare to international? Would University of Tokyo for example end up in C or B tier if it was compared internationally?
It's around #28 worldwide I think
You are just comparing the overall undergrad lecture levels and ignoring the actual students raw intelligence, research from faculty, and also graduate study level. Join, for example, the UTIPE Master's Program in Economics at Tokyo and you will see if the lecture levels are high or low.
It is also important to mention that if you do not speak Japanese, then the classes option would be pretty limited (around just 5% of all offered classes to Japanese students). Since you are just an exchange student, then the professors really do not care about you and just want to give pretty much easy lessons.
I actually did a semester abroad at Princeton, but I didn't find the lectures to be hard at all... so can I judge the university just by this measure?
I‘m a ZHAW student and I‘m soon making a trip to Sophia Uni, I heard from my peers that it will be like holidays compared to ZHAW. And ZHAW is no match for ETH.
Good question, but impossible to answer as many universities don't ever get evaluated. Especially in lesser known countries. I wouldn't be surprised if some random university from Iran beat it.
@@MJ-uk6lu I mean it would make sense that lesser known or less developed countries have worse education...
It is interesting to see you put 4 other univ at tier A with Kyoto U together. From the international students perspective, Kyoto and even Osaka U are at a far higher level than Waseda and Keio no matter from Times, US news, QS or ARWU ranking. At least from what I know, getting into Waseda is far easier than getting admission from Kyoto in general.
"From the international students perspective" so you are basically comparing different opinions from people that didn't study in both. Isn't easier to just look where the best companies are recruiting and where did the best government workers study?
MetBitTV ok then that would mean Todai/Kyodai/Tokodai (maybe also Tohoku)
@Hanqing Cheng Yes, I'm a japanese student and you're absolutely right
the list should be this:
S: Tokyo
A: Kyoto, Hitotsubashi, Tokyo Institute of Tech
B: Osaka, Waseda(science), Keio(science)
C: Nagoya, Tohoku, Hokkaido, Kyushu(liberal arts), Keio(liberal arts)
D:
E: GMARCH
@@meteoryoyo
Tokyo U, Kyoto U
Hitotsubashi U, Tokyo Institution U, Osaka U
Nagoya U, Tohoku U, Kyushu U, Keio U, Waseda U
…(I don't care the others )
MetBitTV From the domestic students perspective too. Kyoto U is much more higher level than Waseda, Keio.
When I lived in the USA we had several friends and relatives who came from Japan to attend a US university. I am wondering how Japanese people perceive people who have foreign have degrees. People I mentioned went on to lead major companies in Japan, serve as diplomats, a UN official, and a university professor. All of them reported some difficulties having their foreign education recognized in Japan.
@Der Schwindel I think you are correct. When people go by name recognition they are just running a popularity contest. The world is definitely changing. Companies are looking more at past accomplishments, proven skills, and abilities these days. Elon Musk, and IBM employ nearly 50% of their workforce with no degree requirements. If you have proven capabilities, they will give you an opportunity.
@billy khan, in general startups do not do basic research. Only large companies and governments can afford to fund basic research. Startups are generally started by people who have spun off from big companies. Remember that without basic research the world economy will dry up. Japan is one country where basic research is drying up and advanced education is falling off. Even the big famous universities (Todai for example) have been passed in the number of research papers published. For example, (www.oist.jp) OIST in Okinawa, was rated the top research university in Japan (2020) based on the number of (highly rated by peer review) research papers.
SSS University of Tokyo
SS Kyoto, Tokyo tech
S Osaka, Hitotubashi
AAA Tohoku, Nagoya, Kyushu, Hokkaido
AA Waseda, Keio, Kobe,
A Sophia, MARCH, Doshisha, Tokyo university of science
B Kansai, Ritsumeikan, Kwansei
This is the better version
SSS isn’t a thing.
Where will you rank Hosei university?
@@pongsakorntanupatrasakul7634 A rank.
Went to Aogaku when I was in Japan on exchange; pretty nice place. I also had friends who went to Waseda, Rikkyo, and Sophia; also nice campuses.
Aogaku is one of great universities in Japan. No problem! Please have proud :-)
Hitotsubashi and Kyoto should be S tier
Thanks for the video it was really informative
Can you make video about admission process for international students in diffrent programs in Japanese universities ?☺
I really want to know about that
The only problem I have with this list, and something I think should be further explained, is that even though a university might be unknown, the experience and level of education there may as well rival some of the "best schools".
Edit: finshed the video and you did mention it, my bad haha, good video.
I love how tier lists are spreading to everything
Lol I mean there is already Tier Zoo, not sure how much weirder you can get. Tiers for universities seems normal to me since they are frequently ranked already, just now in a new format.
Got a scholarship for Tokyo university. This video really helped with learning about different unis so I could look where to apply. Hoping my grades are good, will find out in under a month.
Did you find out?
@@l-lamar1615 I missed it by one grade... :(. Turns out going "history is my best subject, don't need to revise as much for it" didn't help my grades but got me a B
Wow. As I was taking a break from filling out my study abroad application I stumbled on your video. Crazy coincidence. Thanks Yuta!
I am graduating from high school. Do you have to be in a university in your own country then apply or can you apply directly to a Japanese university.
@@IamINERT it depends what you are trying to do. If you're trying to just study abroad for a year or two and finish your degree in your home country then it would probably be best to apply for study abroad through the university in your country through their study abroad program. If you are trying to get your degree abroad then it would be best to apply for the Japanese university directly. I'm in the U.S. so it might be very different than where you are.
@@Vietnomeez I'm US too. So which is better Us degree or J degree or does it vary on the job you went to get.
@@IamINERT The job you want to get and also where you want to work. If you want to work in Japan I am sure the upper echelon universities in the U.S. will look good on your resume i.e Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc... but my assumption would be if you went to a top tier school in either country it would net you a higher probability of landing a better job. Especially since jobs in Japan specifically like Yuta said tend to favor students who graduated from S or A tier universities. More importantly, in the U.S., internships and networking are major factors in landing a good job so if you decide to work in the U.S do everything you can to intern in the field you wish to work in so you can build those relationships with companies established in the field and also people who are already working in the field. It is far easier to get a job if you know somebody or someone you know knows somebody working for that company.
This video really helped me as my dream is to go to waseda university and I was worried if it was a bad school and it turned out to be very prestigious!! Thank u Yuta
Went to Kyoto University as an exchange student and it was one of the best experiences of my life!
Did they Engrish?
Did they teach english? Or does the teachers fluent in english?
Could you make japanese friends?Were Japanese students friendly?
omg, I just watched one of your vlogs from there and then this video and here you are again 😂
I am going to Kyodai next April, any tips?
Did research at Kyodai. Absolutely loved the campus, the rigor, and the students!
I'm currently at Kyodai myself and I agree with this wholeheartedly!
Gals!! Sequel manga also has characters who studied at Todai, Otohata Rei and Hoshino Aya 😍
As an art student, I've seen the name Joshibi thrown around a few times. I don't know much, but the idea of an all-female art school seems very interesting to me. If somebody knows more I'd love to hear.
next to my apartment lol. I guess it is pretty hard to get in, one of the best art college in Japan
Since you mentioned not being fond of that film.. it has me wondering, what are your favorite Japanese films? What films are the most "important" or "popular" in Japan? This could be animated films as well.
definitely an akira kurosawa film.
just as yuta said this kind of information is very limited and rare
thank you so much for this video!
I’m a little late to the party since I’m going to 9th grade this august but I’ve been learning Japanese since 6th grade and I found this video so useful to my future 👍🏽.
You're early to the party then
you early mate
Thank you so much for the video! It made me feel more secure about the university I chose!
so, which one did you choose if I may ask?
I attended Tokyo University for one semester as part of an exchange, and people in the street were very amazed that I was a Todai Student. They would almost scream 頭がいい! and be extra nice to me and my 外人 friends.
They probably thought you made it through the entrance exam, rather than being on exchange.
@@gaijinhakase1575 yes
Yuta didn't do his jump intro, I ain't watching this
Hey Yuta. I am going to Japan as an exchange student next spring. I have 7 different universities to chose from, and I don't know how different the universities are in terms of having it on my CV. I know ICU is high on your list, but from what I can find, the others are pretty high too. I study Japanese language.
The Universities are:
Ryukoku University
Kobe University
Kwansei University
Doshisha University
Akita International University
International Christian University
Kanda International University
If your Japanese is good enough to the point that you can understand complex concepts related to your field in Japanese....then definitely go for a Japanese-taught course. English-taught courses are mostly shit in Japan and in other countries where English isn't widely spoken.
From the Japanese hierarchy
Kobe>Doshisha>Kwansei
These 3 are quite prestigious !!
Going to UTokyo as an international graduate research student this April. Very excited.
I’ll be attending an A tier university from the list next school year, super excited! couple more months.
Oh my Goddd how'd you make it ;-;
I'll try todai university lmao
Im studying at Waseda university for a semester right now, and I definitely didn’t realize it was such a highly-thought of school until I got here
What made you realize this once you got in ? I'm really curious to know
Ambre Badipi it was mostly the reactions that other people had when I told them what school I was studying abroad at. Like even the taxi driver I talked to when I had just arrived had this air of “ooh??” because his brother had gone there.
Why everyone study in Waseda ...??
Kyoto University and Waseda, Keio, Sophia are in the same tier? What a joke. Kyoto University is incomparably more difficult and better branded than those universities.Those private universities have high deviation value, but more than half of the students are admitted by recommendation.
Interesting to see. It may be normal also to American citizens, but as a German, it still always astonishes me how there are better and worse universities. In Germany, noone really differentiates or cares, lol.
I absolutely agree with you. My elder brother studies in technical university of Munich and he told me the same thing about Germany. This is exactly how education must be. Equal and unbiased. No doubt why German education is one of the world's best.
Really? interesting. It's the same in French Canada; some universities have a reputation for certain fields (like McGill university for medicine, Concordia university for business...) but as a whole, the name doesn't matter much.
I agree with the previous person who commented. This is how education should be.
@Social Justice Warrior That's just not true though. Yes, this label exists, and it has relevance for the university itself due to the financial aid, but it makes absolutely no difference in regards to the worth of one's university certificate.
The university I went to got this label for exactly one year (lel) if I recall correctly - no student cared, noone noticed any difference, noone did or did not get a job because of that.
German here too I guess People care about the universities name a lot in the US and Japan because Universitiy actually costs a lot of money so obviously people want to know which university is the best for their kids and since theyre kinda private they have the money (or not) to be better than other universities
And the best part is, they’re basically free. Japanese have to pay like 8000$ a year or even more and they don’t even get a train ticket to go with it 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
1:04 Same in India but they spend around 5 years to prepare for the entrance🤣🤣not only one!
Who does that in India? I mean 5 attempts?
@@pegeonpera the students who want get admission in IITs or AIIMS have to to qualify JEE Advanced or NEET examination which is very competitive and conducted on national level!
The engineering study spend 3 years and generally medical students spend around 5-6 years for preparation in Coaching intstitutes!
@@VikrantSingh-vq7km I was referring to drop years.
Our education system is terrible. It is a system that drains off creativity.
same in indonesia.
Basically
Todai/Kyodai
Hitotsubashi
Keio
Waseda
Yokokoku
Jochi/maybe Kandai
EVERYTHING ELSE
EXACTLY
@@OnePieceAUTORIZED for finding employment it is prob about the same level as Waseda. putting it on the same level as Keio is a bit of a reach maybe, I agree lmao
@@nomongosinthaworld i don't agree. i'm japanese, and from my point of view the yokokoku is at the same level of March, or a bit lower. i would classify waseda and keio just a bit behind kyoto uni and in the same level as osaka uni and tohoku uni.
@@OnePieceAUTORIZED 英語うますぎ。自分日本人じゃないし、日本の大学に通ったこともないから友達から話で聞いたことしか言えない。適当なコメントで申し訳ない(笑)
correct
私は日本の高校生です。このランキングにはかなり誤差があります。
I am so surprised.This ranking is wrong. 「National and private universities having different concepts.」
The ranking that the Japanese think.↓
(s) Todai、Kyodai、hitotsubashi、toukou、｛Former imperial university｝
etc...
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(c)waseda、keio (d) sophia、ICU、rikadai｛MARCH｝etc...
※The order changes depending on the faculty○
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【大学難易度階級序列2020】東大≒京大>国立医学部医学科>東工大>一橋>旧帝大理系≒私立医学部医学科>横筑千理系≒旧帝大文系>横筑千文系神戸理系>早慶上位>国公立大学>上智ICU≒早慶下位理科大>>MARCH＝慶應SFC>その他
S+ tier: University of Tokyo
S tier: Kyoto University
A+ tier: Osaka University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Institute of Technology
A tier: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kobe University, Kyushu University
B tier: Tsukuba University, Chiba University, Yokohama National University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Ochanomizu University, Waseda University, Keio University
C tier: Kanazawa University, Okayama University, Hiroshima University, The University of Electro Communications, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo University of Science, International Christian University
I can continue the list if you want
離散>脅威>慶医旧帝医>東大非離散>>京大非医>>それ以外 じゃね？
@@error-ug6mo 慶医がそんなに高いと思ってるのは上位層の受験に疎い下位層の証。慶医の入試難易度が高くなるのは理一を始めとした国立医学部医学科などのトップ受験層が滑り止めに受けるからで勿論彼らが第一志望に受かったらその分枠はあくし、私大医学部専願できてる人は大した勉強量もいらないのでイージーなんだよ
la Dracula 関東関西の超進学校でかつ医学部を目指してる人の慶應医の扱いを知ってて書いてるのかね？
My Boy Yuta, always helping me...
Waseda and Keio is definitely below Kyoto Uni as much as Kyoto Uni is below Todai. Hitotsubashi is arguably on par with Kyoto Uni with its strict passing grade followed by top tier standard of Commerce and Econ education as its focus (arguably number 1 in Japan). Another one that should be on the same category with Kyoto Uni and Hitotsubashi Uni is Tokyo Institute of Technology. Below Kyodai, Tokodai, and Hitotsubashi would be SOUKEI (Waseda and Keio), then followed by ICU.
3:27 now I definitely want yo go there, haruki murakami is one of my favorite authors, I'm literally in love with his book The Killing Commendatore, and if he graduated from waseda, the deal is set, I'm gonna try to go there
I am a 留学生 now here in Japan in 外国語大学, you should interview people here some time
Will be going to Sophia university next year for study abroad. Looking foward to this opportunity now even more that I know it's standing in Japan.
I would have liked to hear you speak on the coalitions-like the National Seven Universities, as well as schools like Ritsumeikan, Doshisha, Tokyo Tech, Osaka UArts...but this was great overall! I would certainly aim for Waseda, Keio, or Sophia if I wanted an MBA, but it seems like Todai is the place to go for mostly anything else
thanks for this, yuta! i'm actually thinking of going to graduate school in a japanese university.
Me too
Out of interest, how does Todai compare with an Ivy League or Oxbridge degree in terms of prestige in the eyes of Japanese people? And where does Ritsumeikan figure on the list?
People outside the US don't know much about American universities. We only know about Harvard and MIT. They're prestigious but we also have our own as well and since the education level in high school in the US isn't very impressive, we don't really fantasize about it like we would with Korean Universities or top European universities.
THANK YOU!!
I'm trying to apply to a masters degree / PhD in Japan and I really needed a list like this
I got my MA from one of the top tier uni. I can't say I am elite because I studied during pandemic lolz. 2 years lost inside quarantine so I couldn't feel the vibes of the campus. So I graduated without feeling the campus "spirit"
京大と早慶は流石にレベルが違う。
一橋が上智と同じもおかしい
ここ2年は京都大学の理系科目の難易度が東大以上に難しくなっているよね。
早慶に関しては大手企業の役員の数は早慶が京大より多いが、割合で見ると京大に勝てない。要するに入試難易度、研究、ビジネスの全てで早慶は京大に勝てない。因みに東大も研究分野で京大には勝てないね。何故なら京大の研究予算の倍程度もらってるのに成果は京大以下だからね。もっというと東大の研究費用対効果は京大どころか名大阪大以下
Kyoto is also S tier. In fact, all seven ex-imperial universities are S tier.
no, you know nothing about Japanese universities hierarchy. Yuta chose to include too many universities in A tier that's why it looks messed up. In no way should Kyushu or Hokkaido regarded as the same tier as Tokyo unless it's a department of medicine. In reality, the tiers look like this:
S+ tier: University of Tokyo
S tier: Kyoto University
A+ tier: Osaka University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Institute of Technology
A tier: Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, Kobe University, Kyushu University
B tier: Tsukuba University, Chiba University, Yokohama National University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Ochanomizu University, Waseda University, Keio University
C tier: Kanazawa University, Okayama University, Hiroshima University, The University of Electro Communications, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo University of Science, International Christian University
I can continue the list if you want
@@takeruh.6432 Thanks for including Tokyo Institute of Technology. I heard that it is pretty good, but it wasn't mentioned in the video
Excellent made video..many thanks
Hey Yuta, I’m curious about the Japanese healthcare system and about foreign (western and Asian) healthcare workers/professionals like doctors, pharmacists and nurses. Like what the local healthcare professionals think of foreign recruitment and are there any issues like communication, or whether local people trust foreign healthcare professionals. Could you make a video about that? Thanks!
It’s better to add +5 for the public or -5 for the private because the difficulty is totally different
Maybe you took that reference from WakatteTV, but in fact that more accurately for measurements of hensachi should look at entrance exam’s subjects. For instance
National universities with 5 to 7 subjects should be (+5),
National universities with 3 subjects or below + Public universities with 5 or more subjects of 2nd entrance test(2.5),
Public universities with 2 subjects or below of 2nd entrace test and private universities (+0)
Yuta, what do Japanese people think about choosing to go between local universities and Tokyo universities?
Very interesting thought indeed.
Thank you. My daughter want to move to Japan and got to one of the universities there after she gets a degree here and learns the language.
A quick ranking of American Universities:
Top level: Ivy League schools like Harvard and Princeton plus the very top private universities like MIT and Standford. American Presidents usually attend these schools as well as most top CEO's.
Next level down: Top level state and private universities. UCLA, University Of Texas at Austin, Duke, Johns Hopkins University, etc. These schools are usually known for having the biggest athletic programs and producing some of the most important scientific research.
Next level down: Mid level State and private universities. Stony Brook University, Trinity College, various Christian universties, etc. These schools are more affordable than the two levels above and probably offer the best balance between big university perks and price. They usually don't have as many stundents per campus.
Next level down: City universities. The most affordable level. Education quality may or may not be an issue depending on the program. If you qualify for financial aid you can even get a degree totally free.
Bottom level: For-profit universties. University Of Phoenix, Devry, etc. Known for having the lowest quality of education as well as being more expensive than they lead you to believe in the long run. Some of these schools can outright be called a scam.
Juan Nunez not all ivies are the top... cornell is worse than most of the next tier and brown/Dartmouth and not near the same tier as Yale/Harvard/Princeton. Upenn is near Yale harvard but not quite as good. Columbia is about same as UPenn.
@@ゴリラ-w3h If I'm not mistaken UC Irvine is a well regarded school. With recent admissions scandals in USC and UCLA, UC Irvine is looking like the best option near Los Angeles. Especially since tuition is a little bit less expensive on average than USC.
Fascinating and informative ❤️
Studied a year as an exchange student at Tokyo Gaigodai (Tokyo Gaiko on the list 7:28) and another half a year in Todai :3 Now I am a salaryman.
I see
I think it's kind of a regional thing too. There are some in this video I don't know - or didn't think were a big deal - but I know many others that people here (Kansai) consider very good.
Interesting video. I'm staying a semester at Nagasaki U next year. I hope it's a nice school.
If you think entering a prestigious uni is hard, come to Turkey. Entrance exam is so hard and the competition is so high that some people take the exam 4-5 times in order to enter a mid-class uni (If you are rich things become different of course, I am talking about scholarship)
same as japan basically
I studied both in Kyodai and Handai (Osaka University), properly graduated from Handai, and I always was under the impression that they ranked similarly. Has the new law about the detriment of the studies in Humanities affected the ranking?
"Because he did not studied as hard as he should have"
Trust me, it does not work like that. Your capability also matters as much as your hard work
Well, since I know him personally, I know for a fact that he'd been goofying around a lot instead of studying.
Tbh if you study you can get through it
School level is all about efforts
In asian countries
Ofc there are subjects where you arent good at so you have tonwork harder
I remember reading someone say that Japanese/asian countries consider studying a skill you can learn rather than something innate, and that anyone can get good grades if they get good at studying. That's why people would say that they're good at studying rather than say they're smart, they consider them two separate things
@@superakatsukifan9 Science backs this up.
However, "studying hard" is largely a personality trait ("conscientiousness") which is partially heritable (44%). Intelligence is also mostly heritable (80%). Success in this regard is determined by a combination of intelligence and conscientiousness.
wow the list is so useful thank u !
Really interesting! Thank you for the video yuta!
My cousins (Japanese) who are twins go to Tokyo University and Kyoto University. They’re geniuses, wow.
Don't mistake prestige with intelligence, those two aren't the same thing.
@@MJ-uk6lu It was an exaggeration but ok..
日本が世界に誇る京都大学を過小評価しすぎです。世界ランクで見ても国内ランクで見ても京都と早慶が同格扱いされることは絶対にありません。
What about Hokkaido? I feel like they deserve a spot in A
edit: for engineering easily S tier
No, not that high. You've got Todai, Kyodai, Tokodai, and Tohoku all above Hokkaido for engineering. Possibly also Waseda.
@@gaijinhakase1575 It still is high tier
VDカイル still high yes, it’s one of the big 8 national universities. But not S rank.
Hokkaido university is maybe A tier, depending on the major. Engineering is definitely not Hokkaido university's strongest faculty though, that's veterinary, medical, agricultural science and marine biology. I'm a student in Hokudai :)
This video is extremely helpful
This structure is quite similar to that in India, I would say. Except the concept of rival universities
Its similar to alot of asian countries so its not a surpriae
From what i have heard (indian) system
is really competative in STEM field but not so much in others
My dad says that you can only go to Japan and study Japanese there. You cannot get citizenship in countries like Japan, China, Korea. You cannot live there until and unless your company (when you get a job) offers you to go and work in Japan. Even if you want to stay there no one will hire you, even restaurants. Translator and teacher are the only two things you can do.
Please help me out here since it has been my most earnest interest of going to Japan, study Japanese and maybe get a job so that I can shift there.
you're dad is wrong in so many ways
Thanks bro Yuta
What about Tohoku University in Sendai?
This year it ranked the first university in Japan so I think its fair to put it on the S tier
any "tier list", esp one created by just one person like what we have here, is accompanied with a huge asterisk, and this is no exception, this is only from Yuta's perspective, and he has a bias against national universities for some reason. Tohoku university is considered a great school in Japan, and ask any Japanese person and they will most likely include it in any top 10, but probably less than 1% would say it is "top tier", because it is not so popular and consequently not S tier level tough to get into.
University of tokyo > kyoto U = hitotsubashi = tokyo institution and technology > keio=>osaka University,tohoku U, Nagoya U=> waseda~chiba=tsukuba=yokohama=hiroshima
Thank you for the wonderful overview. Can you post a link to the ranking web sites that you referenced in the video?
Hey Yuta, from my experience in Japan, once you enter a company, it doesn't really matter what subject you have studied since they'll teach you from zero anyways. I met so many people doing something totally unrelated to their studies, for example someone who studied history was doing accounting in a big company. Almost everyone do something totally unrelated to their studies, so why is it that they pay so much attention to which university you went to if what you study doesn't even matter to them?
How someone who only studied history is able to do accounting?
@@ffls775 The companies don't reallycare about your suject in Japan. Even the Universities don't care. You can have a bachelors in enviromental sience and then enroll in and finish a master in IT.
It's really weird how everything is super random yet they really care about the university you went to.
@@BurakBuu can you advice me where to enroll or should i just wait for my masters
Could you please do the same kind of video with art universities? it would be really helpful
Meanwhile in my country, we don't even have entrance exams, and we also don't pay a single dime in tuition fees. :-P I'm super spoiled in that regard. Other countries sure have it rough from my point of view. I can't even imagine spending a year doing nothing but study for an entrance exam (*shudder*). I feel for you, Japanese people.
damn where do you live
@@reigenlucilfer6154 Norway. :-)
@@Rokudaimedono oh of course. why do i even bother to ask. europeans have the best education system, afterall. im not japanese and i had to work my ass off to study for college entrance exam. guess it has a lot to do with how developed the country was.
@@reigenlucilfer6154 Not all Europeans have it this good. He's from Scandinavia, which is why he's not suffering studying for entrance exams. But someone from France goes through the same hell that we go through.
The founder of Uniqlo is from Waseda
Thanks for this video!!
My brother-in-law and sister-in-law went to Chuo University
My wifes cousin went to Gakusyuin university and my niece is going to Meiji university. I used to have students from both Todai and waseda Many years ago
Thank you for this! I’ve been thinking about going to uni’s in Japan. My fave is Waseda so far but I’m interested about learning about them from a Japanese perspective
Be careful. It's not likely to be cheap, and in Japan it can be difficult to get scholarships. If you're under 20 iirc you may need a host of sorts to take responsibility of you. It would be a good idea to have a solid or semi-solid idea of what you're doing in Japan if you're an international student.
@@1001011011010 the national/kyuutei universities are pretty affordable actually
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I tried going to ICU/国際基督教, and while it may be cheaper relative to expensive places, it's still university and expensive. If I recall, was it something like 16 grand a semester usd? I might be mistaken: that was years ago.
I don't know about Waseda and stuff, though those may be more difficult for international students.
I'm preety amazed that Tokyo Tech isn't on the list...
Yeah when people talk about the best universities in Japan, they often says 東京一工，meaning four top tier universities which are Tokyo, Kyoto, Hitotsubashi and Tokyo tech, he only mentioned the other three .
@@Anderson-ly9no As a Japanese who went to university in Europe and moved to Japan to work, I can say that this is definitely not true. If you ask any Japanese person about the top 4, it will always be Tokyo Uni, Kyoto Uni, Waseda & Keio. Nothing else comes even close to them in terms of prestige, and although Sophia and Hitotsubashi are academically on a similar level, they are way below the top 4 if you ask any Japanese. I've never even heard anyone talk about Tokyo tech or ICU, and most people from my company are from Waseda & Keio.
Great informative video 👍
This video is biased by yuta, private university graduate. Kyoto university is far higher than any private universities such as Waseda, Keio and Sophia.
Tokyo University has the most graduates that have become Prime Minister. Kyoto University has the most graduates that have won Nobel Prizes.
Keio has the most graduates that have become CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. Actually, the university is ranked at 10th in the world in this metric.
I am studying at Waseda this year, I had no idea it was prestigious until people started saying it all the time to me.
i mean only if you actually took the entrance exam
Nice timing! The MEXT applications for undergraduated scholarships started this mounth and I was searching universities since yesterday. I want to learn media broadcasting, I heard it's difficult to get in with not so famous majors, but I'll do my best. The other field of study I want to learn is art. Good grief, me. Anyway, if it all go wrong I can aways just study japanese language ;u; Greetings from Brazil o/
Hi! How things did go? I'm from South America too and I also want to apply for MEXT's scholarship!
@@tatiana1310 English was a piece of cake and japanese i was so-so. but maths.... MATHS... I COULDN'T ANSWER ONE HALF OF A SINGLE QUESTION. When they came to get my test i was like "Hi! Until next year!, and they laughed but i was crying inside Ç_Ç
Well, Im kind of happy they postponed it because of the pandemic cuz i still don't know a thing about maths LOL, one more year to study!
@@sophiagizhey...what you doing now? Which uni you studied?
I’ve been an exchange student in Kwansei Gakuin for one year. Or kangaku as they call it. I wonder what rank this university would be? I met some pretty interesting people there, so it’s definitely up there i’d say.
As an economics student, I wanna know which universities has an English education. My schools partners are
Dokkyo University
Shimonoseki City University
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Kansai Gaidai University
Keio University
Kyushu University
Osaka University
University of Fukui
University of Tsukuba
University of Shizuoka
University of Tokyo
Waseda University
I kind of wanna know where Yuta went to university, if he did decide to, of course.
I've only heard of Rikkyo U from walking between Ikebukuro station and my motel on my trip to Japan, thought that it looked very high class but had no idea that it was famous!
Also surprised that you didn't mention Bunka Fashion College, is it considered in another category?
that's a senmongakkõ, not a university. senmongakkõ is like a professional school- usually takes 2 years but the learning speed is quite faster in comparison from what I was informed of. You need usually JLPT N2 and an interview, while for unis you need these two + IELTS for example and EJU and they're for 3-4 years depending on the field of course.
@@Mari-hb5do That's very insightful, thanks!
Finally !! Yeah Rikkyo is awesome I wondered why nobody talking about it !
It’s modern and amazing ! Especially they have AI graduate school
What is the public opinion of the prime minister who graduated from Seikei?
What makes him special that he managed to occupy the position as a prime minister whilst having "just" a degree from Seikei?
well the opposition supporter used against PM for mocking. that's all.
Among other things, being from one of the most influent political family in Japan (his grand-father and an uncle have been prime ministers, his father was an important minister of foreign affairs during the 80' as well as another relative, and so on).
What do you think about Tohoku? It is kind of considered highly in international rankings but is it not that renowned in Japan itself?
tohoku is prestigious and well known
hey there, i have a question, there are universities in japan where main language its english?
yesssss i need this