Tokyo University, Kyoto University, hitotsubashi university University, Osaka University, Tohoku University, Nagoya University, tokyo institute of technology University, Kyushu University, Hokkaido University and Tsukuba University are all top universities, followed by Kobe University, Hiroshima University, Yokohama National University, Okayama University, Chiba University and Kanazawa University.

Public universities are probably the capital universities Tokyo, osaka prefecture university, osaka city university and Nagoya City University, which are all second-rate compared with the best national universities.

Kanto region's private universities exclude the first-class Keio University and Waseda University, followed by sophia university and Tokyo University of Science, which are also first-class, and the top five universities in Ming and Qing Dynasties (Meiji University, Aoyama College University, Rikuen University, Hosei University and Central University) should be considered second-rate.

The best private universities in Kansai (Kansai College University, Kansai University, Tongshe University and Ritsumeikan University) are second-rate compared with Waseda University and Keio University, among which Kansai College University and Kansai University should be relatively easy.