Founded in 1639, Ryukoku University is one of Japan’s oldest universities, with a Buddhist background. It is a comprehensive private university with faculties in humanities, social sciences, science and technology, and agriculture.
Address: 67 Tsukamoto-cho, Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku, 612-8577 Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Advanced Materials & Chemistry, Mechanical & Systems Engineering, Information Science
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
International partnerships. Collaborations with local industries and research institutions.
Research:
Functional materials and sustainable chemistry, Robotics and intelligent systems, Environmental science and renewable energy, Buddhist studies and digital humanities (tech aspects).
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1000
Current students***:
20000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Historic university with a unique cultural background, offers a range of science and engineering programs, located in Kyoto.
Cons
Private university tuition fees, engineering faculty is one among many strong humanities/social science faculties.
Best For
Historic private university with programs in advanced materials, mechanical/systems engineering, and information science.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this university leans on agriculture, food science and transportations, Meijo University does the same, and it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Fukuoka University works in much the same fields, chiefly transportations, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers aerospace and quality as well.
- Aoyama Gakuin University overlaps with this university on bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, so the two are easy to compare, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and has almost the same size, at about 20,000 students.
- Both schools build their programmes around agriculture, food science and transportations, and Meiji University is the one to compare first within the country, since it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers aerospace and geotechnics as well.
- Tokyo University of Science sits close to this institution on food science, transportations and bioinformatics; it has almost the same size, at about 20,000 students, and is also a private institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Hunan University, based in China, is built around transportations, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies much like this university, and it covers quality as well, and is larger, enrolling about 36,000 students against roughly 20,000 here.
- Students considering a move abroad can look at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany, where food science, transportations and bioinformatics also form the core, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers astroscience and aerospace as well.
- Hebei University of Technology, in China, takes a similar route through transportations, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is larger, enrolling about 30,000 students against roughly 20,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
- Università degli Studi di Perugia in Italy is the nearest foreign match on agriculture, food science and bioinformatics; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers geotechnics as well.
- Universität Bremen brings a Germany setting to the same core fields, transportations, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, and it is public, whereas this institution is private, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agriculture, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Robotics, Sustainable Development, User-Centered Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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