Kyoto University has many first-class scientific research institutions, such as iPS Cell Research Institute of Kyoto University, RIMS Mathematical Analysis Institute, and Kyoto University Survival Circle Research Institute. As one of the highest universities in Japan, Kyoto University enjoys a high reputation in the world. Together with the University of Tokyo, it is called "Tsinghua Peking University" and "the cradle of scientists".
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By 2020, Kyoto University has produced 1 1 Nobel Prize (first in Asia), 3 Fields Prizes (first in Asia), 1 Gauss Prize, 5 Lasker Prizes, 1 Chen Shengshen Prize, 9 Kyoto Prizes, 3 Japanese International Prizes and 3 Japanese International Prizes.
The only person in Japan who won the Darwin-Wallace Medal and other awards, as well as five Japanese prime ministers. The number of CEO alumni of Fortune 500 companies ranks 12 in the world, which can be described as a generation of giants, and its graduates play an important role in scientific research, academia, politics and business.