Kyoto University

Summary

Kyoto University is a national university^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of national_university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kyoto University was a member of IIIF Consortium^[3].
• Kyoto University was a member of Dryad^[4].
• Kyoto University was a member of Q118398^[5].
• Kyoto University was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[6].
• Kyoto University was a member of Open Education Global^[7].
• Kyoto University was a member of RU11^[8].
• Kyoto University is located in Sakyō-ku^[9].
• Kyoto University is located in Kyoto Prefecture^[10].
• Kyoto University is in the country of Japan^[11].
• Kyoto University's instance of is recorded as national university^[12].
• Kyoto University's instance of is recorded as university^[13].
• Kyoto University's instance of is recorded as comprehensive university^[14].
• Kyoto University's instance of is recorded as academic publisher^[15].
• Kyoto University's maintained by is recorded as Japan^[16].
• Kyoto University's headquarters location is recorded as Kyoto^[17].
• Kyoto University's child organization or unit is recorded as Disaster Prevention Research Institute^[18].
• Kyoto University's child organization or unit is recorded as Primate Research Institute^[19].
• Kyoto University's child organization or unit is recorded as Kyoto University Museum^[20].
• Kyoto University's child organization or unit is recorded as Graduate School of Letters, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University^[21].
• Kyoto University's child organization or unit is recorded as Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies^[22].
• Kyoto University's Commons category is recorded as Kyoto University^[23].
• Kyoto University's chairperson is recorded as Nagahiro Minato^[24].
• Kyoto University comprises Tasuku Honjo^[25].
• Kyoto University comprises Hideki Yukawa^[26].
• Kyoto University comprises Minamoto Takahito^[27].

Body

Founding

June 18, 1897 marks the founding of Kyoto University^[28].

Leadership

Kyoto University's chairperson is recorded as Nagahiro Minato^[24].

Operations

Kyoto University's headquarters location is recorded as Kyoto^[17]. Subsidiaries include Disaster Prevention Research Institute^[18], a research institute^[29], in Japan^[30], founded in 1951^[31], headquartered in Uji^[32]; Primate Research Institute^[19], a research institute^[33], in Japan^[34], founded in 1967^[35]; Kyoto University Museum^[20], a university museum^[36], in Japan^[37], founded in 1997^[38]; Graduate School of Letters, Faculty of Letters, it^[21], a combination of undergraduate and graduate school^[39], in Japan^[40]; and Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies^[22], a research institute^[41], founded in 2017^[42].

Why It Matters

Kyoto University ranks in the top 4% of national_university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (366 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]