Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Universities in Modern Japan: A Historical Outline
- Chapter 2 From Showa to Heisei: The Formation of Japan’s Contemporary Higher Education System
- Chapter 3 The Heisei Period: Plus Ça Change?
- Chapter 4 National Universities: Autonomy in Their Governance; Ideology and Practice
- Chapter 5 Public Universities: Prefectural, Local Higher Education
- Chapter 6 Private Universities: Diverse and Adaptable
- Chapter 7 Foreign Universities in Japan: Opportunities Taken and Missed
- Chapter 8 The Financing of Higher Education in Japan
- Chapter 9 Undergraduate Admissions: Shifting Trends
- Chapter 10 The Hensachi: Its Dominant Role in University Rankings
- Chapter 11 Self-Assessment: How Japanese University Students Assess Their Learning Outcomes
- Chapter 12 Policies for Hosting International Students: Issues for the Post-300,000 International Students Plan Era
- Chapter 13 Regional Cooperation in East Asia: Shifting Reality
- Chapter 14 International Students: Inbound Mobility at “Elite” and “Mass” Universities
- Chapter 15 Academic Support and Advising: Historical and Contemporary Issues
- Chapter 16 Women’s Universities in Japan: Life Choices
- Chapter 17 Junior Female Academics: Experiences and Challenges
- Chapter 18 Women of Color Leading in Japanese Higher Education
- Chapter 19 International Faculty: Increasing Mobility
- Chapter 20 Research Universities: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
- Chapter 21 Liberal Arts Education: The Japanese Way
- Chapter 22 The English Language in Japan: A Historical Overview 1809–2020
- Chapter 23 Languages Other Than English: Mysterious Eclipse
- Chapter 24 Critical English Curriculum Enactment: A Policy Planning Perspective
- Chapter 25 The Dawn of Reiwa: Waves, Revolutions and an “A.I. Society”
- Appendix 1 Chronology of Japan
- Appendix 2 Japanese National Universities, by Prefecture
- Appendix 3 Japanese Public Universities, by Region
- Glossary
- Index
Appendix 2 - Japanese National Universities, by Prefecture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 May 2023
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Universities in Modern Japan: A Historical Outline
- Chapter 2 From Showa to Heisei: The Formation of Japan’s Contemporary Higher Education System
- Chapter 3 The Heisei Period: Plus Ça Change?
- Chapter 4 National Universities: Autonomy in Their Governance; Ideology and Practice
- Chapter 5 Public Universities: Prefectural, Local Higher Education
- Chapter 6 Private Universities: Diverse and Adaptable
- Chapter 7 Foreign Universities in Japan: Opportunities Taken and Missed
- Chapter 8 The Financing of Higher Education in Japan
- Chapter 9 Undergraduate Admissions: Shifting Trends
- Chapter 10 The Hensachi: Its Dominant Role in University Rankings
- Chapter 11 Self-Assessment: How Japanese University Students Assess Their Learning Outcomes
- Chapter 12 Policies for Hosting International Students: Issues for the Post-300,000 International Students Plan Era
- Chapter 13 Regional Cooperation in East Asia: Shifting Reality
- Chapter 14 International Students: Inbound Mobility at “Elite” and “Mass” Universities
- Chapter 15 Academic Support and Advising: Historical and Contemporary Issues
- Chapter 16 Women’s Universities in Japan: Life Choices
- Chapter 17 Junior Female Academics: Experiences and Challenges
- Chapter 18 Women of Color Leading in Japanese Higher Education
- Chapter 19 International Faculty: Increasing Mobility
- Chapter 20 Research Universities: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
- Chapter 21 Liberal Arts Education: The Japanese Way
- Chapter 22 The English Language in Japan: A Historical Overview 1809–2020
- Chapter 23 Languages Other Than English: Mysterious Eclipse
- Chapter 24 Critical English Curriculum Enactment: A Policy Planning Perspective
- Chapter 25 The Dawn of Reiwa: Waves, Revolutions and an “A.I. Society”
- Appendix 1 Chronology of Japan
- Appendix 2 Japanese National Universities, by Prefecture
- Appendix 3 Japanese Public Universities, by Region
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
National universities in Japan, by prefecture
Hokkaido: Hokkaido University; Hokkaido University of Education; Muroran Institute of Technology; Otaru University of Commerce; Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine; Asahikawa Medical University; Kitami Institute of Technology
Aomori: Hirosaki University
Iwate: Iwate University
Miyagi: Tohoku University; Miyagi University of Education
Akita: Akita University
Yamagata: Yamagata University
Fukushima: Fukushima University
Ibaraki: Ibaraki University; University of Tsukuba; Tsukuba University of Technology
Tochigi: Utsunomiya University
Gunma: Gunma University
Saitama: Saitama University
Chiba: Chiba University
Tokyo: The University of Tokyo; Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; Tokyo Gakugei University; Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Tokyo University of the Arts; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology; Ochanomizu University; The University of Electro-Communications; Hitotsubashi University; National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Kanagawa: Yokohama National University; The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Niigata: Niigata University; Nagaoka University of Technology; Joetsu University of Education
Toyama: University of Toyama
Ishikawa: Kanazawa University; Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Fukui: University of Fukui
Yamanashi: University of Yamanashi
Nagano: Shinshu University
Gifu: Gifu University
Shizuoka: Shizuoka University; Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Aichi: Nagoya University; Aichi University of Education; Nagoya Institute of Technology; Toyohashi University of Technology
Mie: Mie University
Shiga: Shiga University; Shiga University of Medical Science
Kyoto: Kyoto University; Kyoto University of Education; Kyoto Institute of Technology
Osaka: Osaka University; Osaka Kyoiku University
Hyogo: Hyogo University of Teacher Education; Kobe University
Nara: Nara University of Education; Nara Women’s University; Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Wakayama: Wakayama University
Tottori: Tottori University
Shimane: Shimane University
Okayama: Okayama University
Hiroshima: Hiroshima University
Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi University
Tokushima: Tokushima University; Naruto University of Education
Kagawa: Kagawa University
Ehime: Ehime University
Kochi: Kochi University
Fukuoka: University of Teacher Education Fukuoka; Kyushu University; Kyushu Institute of Technology
Saga: Saga University
Nagasaki: Nagasaki University
Kumamoto: Kumamoto University
Oita: Oita University
Miyazaki: University of Miyazaki
Kagoshima: Kagoshima University; National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
Okinawa: University of the Ryukyus
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- Handbook of Higher Education in Japan , pp. 382 - 383Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2021