At a glance
- City
- Kyoto Prefecture
- Country
- Japan — process, visa & costs
- Website
- kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
- Founded
- 1897
- Students
- 22,365 (2025)
- Map
- Open the campus on a map ↗
Where it ranks
#46 in the world — ShanghaiRanking ARWU 2025.
Strongest subjects (GRAS 2025)
| Biological Sciences | #18 |
| Mathematics | #28 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | #35 |
| Physics | 51–75 |
| Chemistry | 51–75 |
| Biotechnology | 51–75 |
How to get in
read on the university's own pages, 28 September 2026Bachelor's (after Class 12)
- Apply via
- direct — application page ↗
- Cycle
- October 2027 enrollment; online application system opens 2026-11-02 and closes 2026-12-03 5pm JST
- Intake
- October
- English
- An 'English Proficiency Evaluation Form' (Form C) is required in the application, but no minimum score is stated on the pages checked
- Financial aid
- Admission fee and tuition fee waivers, and monthly scholarships, are mentioned for iUP students; amounts not stated on the pages checked
Deadlines
| Round | Apply by | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| iUP (Kyoto International Undergraduate Program) | 3 December 2026 |
What you send
- Certificate of Graduation (Form A)
- Evaluation (Form B)
- English Proficiency Evaluation Form (Form C)
- Essay (Form D)
Master's / PhD (after graduation)
- Apply via
- direct — application page ↗
Studying in Japan
Indian students go to Japan for comparatively low tuition versus the US/UK, strong engineering/technology and MEXT-scholarship-funded research programmes. Admission runs through a Certificate of Eligibility (CoE) that the accepting school applies for on the student's behalf before any visa step, and many undergraduate courses expect the EJU examination plus Japanese-language ability.
- Visa
- Student visa, via Certificate of Eligibility (CoE)
Every subject ranking
ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025Prepare here, free
Admission facts on this page were read from: kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ · iup.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ · iup.kyoto-u.ac.jp/apply/ · kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/education-campus/procedures · kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/current/how-to/tuition — checked 28 September 2026.