page_title: Private university
section_title: Japan
hierarchical_section_title: Private university / Asia / Japan
caption_attribution_description: Cloister at Kobe-Sanda Campus of Kwansei Gakuin University (Sanda, Hyogo)
context_page_description: Private universities are usually not operated by governments, although many receive tax breaks, public student loans, and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. This is in contrast to public universities and national universities. Many private universities are nonprofit organizations.
context_section_description: As of 2010 Japan had 597 private universities, while there are 86 national universities and 95 public universities. Private universities thus account for about ¾ of all universities in Japan. Many, but not all, junior colleges in Japan are private. Like public and national universities, many private universities use National Center Test for University Admissions as an entrance exam.
  The most famous institutions are:
  Kantō region
  International Christian University
  Keio University
  Sophia University
  Tokyo University of Science
  Waseda University
  Another five colleges, called "MARCH"
  Meiji University
  Aoyama Gakuin University
  Rikkyo University
  Chuo University
  Hosei University
  Chūbu region
  Nanzan University
  Kansai region
  Doshisha University
  Kansai University
  Kwansei Gakuin University
  Kindai University
  Ritsumeikan University
caption: Kwansei Gakuin University
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