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There are 89 in Japan. Although there are many more private universities that offer higher education, in general, national universities, especially former imperial universities, are held in higher regards.
In 2004, the National University system underwent partial privatization and is now referred to as the .
Please refer to the Outline of The Japan Association of National Universities for the full list (pdf document).
The following is a partial list of Japanese National Universities:

★ Chiba University

★ Ehime University

★ Gifu University

★ Hiroshima University

★ Hitotsubashi University

★ Hokkaido University

★ Ibaraki University

★ Kanazawa University

★ Kobe University

★ Kumamoto University

★ Kyoto Institute of Technology

★ Kyoto University

★ Kyushu Institute of Technology

★ Kyushu University

★ Mie University

★ Nagaoka University of Technology

★ Nagoya Institute of Technology

★ Nagoya University

★ Nagasaki University

★ Nara Women's University

★ Niigata University

★ Ochanomizu University

★ Okayama University

★ Osaka University

★ Saga University

★ Saitama University

★ Shinshu University

★ Shizuoka University

★ The University of Tokyo

★ The University of Electro-Communications

★ Tohoku University

★ Tokyo Gakugei University

★ Tokyo Institute of Technology

★ Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

★ Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

★ Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

★ Toyohashi University of Technology

★ University of Tsukuba

★ Yokohama National University
The forerunners of the national universities were the Imperial Universities.

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See also

★ National university

★ Education in Japan

★ List of universities in Japan

External links

★ The Japan Association of National Universities