At a Glance

Established in	1876
Students	17,920*
Faculty and Staff	3,937
Undergraduate Schools	12
Graduate Schools	21
Alumni	247,058
International Academic Exchanges Agreements	763**
* Including 2,042 international students from 99 countries/regions ** With partners located in 73 countries/regions

Rankings

• 72^nd in the world, 1^st in Japan.
  • Times Higher Education (THE) World University Impact Rankings 2024
• 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	665
Education	205
Law	699
Economics and Business	631
Science	1,020
Medicine	1,103
Dental Medicine	258
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy	315
Engineering	2,205
Agriculture	671
Veterinary Medicine	213
Fisheries Sciences	657
Modern Japanese Study Program	51
First-year Education Division	2,691
TOTAL	11,384

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

Graduate Courses

School/Faculty	Number of Students
Law	206
Pharmaceutical Sciences	0
Fisheries Sciences	338
Environmental Science	521
Environmental Earth Science	17
Science	425
Agriculture	459
Life Science	438
Advanced Life Science	0
Education	202
International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies	179
Media and Communication	9
Health Sciences	163
Engineering	1,024
Chemical Sciences and Engineering	450
Economics and Business	146
Medicine	546
Dental Medicine	129
Veterinary Medicine	60
Biomedical Science and Engineering	44
Infectious Diseases	69
Global Food Resources	63
Humanities and Human Sciences	421
Information Science and Technology	554
Public Policy	73
TOTAL	6,536

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	108
Educational Research Organization Staff	2,838
Administrative Staff	991
TOTAL	3,937

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

Finances

For more details, see Hokkaido University Financial Report.