On March 27th, 20 19, Times Higher Education, a British educational publication that published the world university rankings, published the Japanese university rankings for 20 19, and Kyoto University ranked first again. 20 18 tied for 1, the university of Tokyo retreated to the second place, and the Japanese national universities, which were imperial universities before the war, were among the best.

About 330 universities participated in the 20 19 Japanese university ranking survey. The ranking quantitatively compares 16 items, such as the corresponding funding and teacher ratio for each student, the students' survey on curriculum richness, the evaluation of enterprise personnel leaders and researchers, and the ratio of foreign students and teachers.

After Kyoto University and Neusoft University in Japan, Tohoku University ranked third, Kyushu University ranked fourth, Hokkaido University and Nagoya University tied for fifth, and the top nine were all national universities. Among private universities, International Christian University ranks 1 1, Waseda University 13 and Keio University 14. Among public universities, the ranking of international education universities committed to studying abroad is 10.