List of public universities in Japan

As of March,2013, there were 83 public universities public universities (公立大学, kouritsu daigaku).In 2004, the public university system underwent partial privatization. Since 2004, most of public university has been incorporated as a "public university corporation" (公立大学法人, kouritsu daigaku hōjin). University names which shifted are "graduate university" (大学院大学, daigakuin daigaku)(ko).

The following is a complete list of Japanese public universities:

Aichi Prefectural University

Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Akita International University

Akita Prefectural University

Akita University of Art

Aomori Public University

Aomori University of Health and Welfare

Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Ehime Prefectural University of Health Science

Fukui Prefectural University

Fukuoka Prefectural University

Fukuoka Women's University

Fukushima Medical University

Fukuyama City University

Future University Hakodate

Gifu College of Nursing

Gifu Pharmaceutical University

Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Gunma Prefectual Women's University

Hiroshima City University

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences

Ishikawa Prefectural University

Iwate Prefectural University

Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Kanagawa University of Human Services

Kanazawa College of Art

Kobe City College of Nursing

Kobe City University of Foreign Studies

Kochi University of Technology

Kochi Women's University

Kushiro Public University of Economics

Kyoto City University of Arts

Kyoto Prefectural University

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Kyushu Dental University

Maebashi Institute of Technology

Meio University

Mie Prefectural College of Nursing

Miyagi University

Miyazaki Municipal University

Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University

Nagano College of Nursing

Nagoya City University

Nara Medical University

Nara Prefectural University

Nayoro City University

Niigata College of Nursing

Niimi College

Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Okayama Prefectural University

Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing

Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts

Onomichi City University

Osaka City University

Osaka Prefecture University

Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Prefectural University of Kumamoto

Saitama Prefectural University

Sapporo City University

Sapporo Medical University

Shimonoseki City University

Shizuoka University of Art and Culture

Takasaki City University of Economics

The University of Shiga Prefecture

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tottori University of Environmental Studies

Toyama Prefectural University

Tsuru University

University of Aizu

University of Hyogo

University of Kitakyushu

University of Nagasaki

University of Niigata Prefecture

University of Shimane

University of Shizuoka

Wakayama Medical University

Yamagata Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Yamaguchi Prefectural University

Yamanashi Prefectural University

Yokohama City University