Nagoya University
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Nagoya University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.

General Rankings

The university has been ranked 15th in 2009 and 21st in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities
Truly Strong Universities
The Truly Strong Universities is a ranking of the Japan’s top 100 universities by Toyo Keizai, released annually in October on its business magazine "Toyo Keizai"....

" by Toyo Keizai
Toyo Keizai
is a book and magazine publisher specializing in politics, economics and business, based in Tokyo, Japan.The company is famous for established in 1895, one of three Japanese leading business magazines ranked with published by Nikkei Business Publications and published by DIAMOND.- External...

. In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Nagoya as the 8th best university in Japan.

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2009 ranks Nagoya University as fourth in Japan.
The 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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 and the QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....

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ranks Nagoya University as fifth in Japan.
The 2010 QS Asian University Rankings rated Nagoya number ten in Asia and number five in Japan, while the QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....

 for 2011 ranked Nagoya 80th in the world.

Research Performance

Nagoya is one of the top research institutions in Japan. According to Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters
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, Nagoya is the 5th best research university in Japan. Its research standard is especially high in Physics (6th in Japan, 61st in the world), Chemistry (7th in Japan, 43rd in the world), Biology & Biochemistry (5th in Japan, 97th in the world).
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