At a Glance

Established in	1876
Students	18,344*
Faculty and Staff	3,946
Undergraduate Schools	12
Graduate Schools	21
Alumni	251,756
International Academic Exchanges Agreements	790**
* Including 2,057 international students from 99 countries/regions ** With partners located in 75 countries/regions

Rankings

• 44^th in the world, 1^st in Japan.
  • Times Higher Education (THE) World University Impact Rankings 2025
• 79^th in Asia.
  • Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2024
• 351-400^th in the world.
  • Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025
• 173^rd in the world, 8^th in Japan.
  • QS World University Rankings 2025
• 201-300^th in the world, 5-9^th in Japan.
  • Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2024
• 114^th in the world, 7^th in Japan.
  • Nature Index Top Academic Institutions 2021
• 28^th in Asia-Pacific region.
  • Reuters Asia Pacific Most Innovative Universities 2019

Number of Students

Undergraduate Courses

School/Program	Number of Students
Letters/Humanities and Human Sciences	702
Education	211
Law	706
Economics and Business	656
Science	1,009
Medicine	1,111
Dental Medicine	264
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy	319
Engineering	2,261
Agriculture	677
Veterinary Medicine	213
Fisheries Sciences	664
Modern Japanese Study Program	45
First-year Education Division	2,697
TOTAL	11,535

For more details, see Hokkaido University Guidebook (p. 37).

Graduate Courses

School/Faculty	Number of Students
Law	207
Pharmaceutical Sciences	0
Fisheries Sciences	343
Environmental Science	536
Environmental Earth Science	16
Science	436
Agriculture	473
Life Science	447
Advanced Life Science	0
Education	193
International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies	181
Media and Communication	14
Health Sciences	151
Engineering	1,070
Chemical Sciences and Engineering	448
Economics and Business	137
Medicine	558
Dental Medicine	143
Veterinary Medicine	70
Biomedical Science and Engineering	41
Infectious Diseases	81
Global Food Resources	63
Humanities and Human Sciences	416
Information Science and Technology	547
Public Policy	79
TOTAL	6,650

For more details, see Hokkaido University Guidebook (p. 38).

• Number of International Students
• Number of Graduates (Degrees Granted)
• Post-graduation Statistics

Number of Staffs

Organization	Number of Staff
Governing Organization Staff	131
Educational Research Organization Staff	2,817
Administrative Staff	998
TOTAL	3,937

For more details, see Hokkaido University Guidebook (p. 11).

Finances