Kyoto University

Kyoto University, or KyotoU, is a public research university located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is the second oldest university in Japan, one of the former Imperial Universities, the first three Designated National University and selected as a Top Type university of Top Global University Project by the Japanese government. KyotoU is usually ranked amongst the top two in Japan, the top ten in Asia, and the world's top thirty institutions of higher education. Founded on the principles of its motto, "freedom of academic culture", KyotoU is currently composed of three campuses with ten Faculties, eighteen Graduate Schools, thirteen Research Institutes, and twenty-two Research and Educational Centers. In addition, the university is the birthplace of the Kyoto School of philosophy. Kyoto University has generated 5 prime ministers of Japan to date, and is famed for producing world-class researchers.

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