Niigata University is one of the earliest national universities founded in Japan after Meiji Restoration. He is also a member of the "Seven Emperors and Eleven Officials" National University Group, which represents the highest education level in Japan.

Niigata University ranks 70 1-800 in the ARWU World University Ranking and 54 1-550 in the QS World University Ranking. Overall, the world ranking is still good. Niigata University has established friendly cooperative relations with many famous universities in China, and signed academic exchange and cooperation agreements, such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Foreign Affairs University, Harbin Institute of Technology and so on.

In addition, Niigata University's main campus is close to the sea and the environment is very good. It has 8 academic departments and 7 graduate research departments.