List of public universities in Japan
# 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 Prefectural 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 Metropolitan University
* Prefectural University of Hiroshima
* Prefectural University of Kumamoto
* Saitama Prefectural University
* Sanyo-Onoda City University
* Sapporo City University
* Sapporo Medical University
* Shimonoseki City University
* Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
* Shunan University
* Takasaki City University of Economics
* The University of Nagano
* The University of Shiga Prefecture
* Tokyo Metropolitan University
* Tottori University of Environmental Studies
* Toyama Prefectural University
* Tsuru University
* University of Aizu
* University of Fukuchiyama
* 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
