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University of Tsukuba

JapanAsia

#350

QS World University Rankings 2026

41.5

QS 2026 overall score

QS World University Rankings data

Ranking data

QS World University Rankings source

#350

QS World University Rankings 2026

#377

QS World University Rankings 2025

41.5

QS 2026 overall score

QS 2026 indicators

Indicator-level data

Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.

Academic reputation

QS 2026 score
49.9
QS 2026 rank
#225

Employer reputation

QS 2026 score
32.9
QS 2026 rank
#436

Faculty-student ratio

QS 2026 score
58.9
QS 2026 rank
#307

Citations per faculty

QS 2026 score
30
QS 2026 rank
#588

International faculty ratio

QS 2026 score
18.1
QS 2026 rank
#742

International student ratio

QS 2026 score
31.1
QS 2026 rank
#577

International student diversity

QS 2026 score
37
QS 2026 rank
#526

International research network

QS 2026 score
68.4
QS 2026 rank
#561

Employment outcomes

QS 2026 score
18.1
QS 2026 rank
#757

Sustainability

QS 2026 score
73.4
QS 2026 rank
#267
University profile

About University of Tsukuba

Map Tsukuba's education and research organisations separately

University of Tsukuba's public structure distinguishes education organisations, graduate-level education organisations, research organisations and centres, faculty organisations, a library, and other university units. That separation is a practical starting point for a research-focused comparison. The subject you want to pursue needs both an educational route and a research setting, but those may be described on different pages. Begin by locating the relevant graduate-level structure and the academic unit behind it. Then examine the research organisation or centre that gives your topic further context. Keeping the two layers distinct helps stop a broad institutional map from standing in for a single, specific course description in practice today.

This is particularly helpful when your question crosses fields. A theme may be visible in a graduate organisation, a research centre, a faculty group, or a specialised unit, with each page serving a different purpose. The educational route tells you how the subject is organised academically. The research pages can show the wider community, facilities, or related work around it. Write down both elements before you decide that a topic has a strong home at Tsukuba. A clear route is usually easier to recognise when the programme structure and research setting can be named separately and then connected with evidence.

Use research-centre material to refine the question

The University of Tsukuba site includes a researcher search and information about research organisations and centres. These tools let readers turn a broad phrase into a search for current people and research settings. They should not be used as a shortcut around the formal academic structure. A researcher or centre may be relevant to a topic without being tied to every route that uses a similar label. Look for local evidence that links the research activity to the graduate organisation or academic unit you have identified. This is the point where an interest becomes a more testable comparison rather than a collection of names.

For a complex topic, make a short question map. State the core problem first. Next, describe the method, evidence, or technical capacity you need to develop. Then locate the Tsukuba education organisation where that development belongs. Finally, add a research centre or researcher only when the connection is visible in current university material. This process is useful because it shows what you know and what still needs checking. It also makes it less likely that a cross-disciplinary idea will become a vague description of the university rather than a plan for real academic work.

Build a Tsukuba research-route record

A University of Tsukuba record should keep the route and the research environment in view at the same time. Include the relevant graduate-level organisation, the academic or faculty unit, one research organisation or centre, and a concise explanation of your own connection to the topic. Your connection may come from laboratory work, a data problem, a prior dissertation, a practical issue, a research method, or another focused form of preparation. The record does not need to predict every detail. Its purpose is to show whether the academic path has enough evidence to stay on your active list.

Recheck current local pages as the record becomes more detailed. Organisational descriptions, research activity, and staff information can change, and an early map should not become permanent by accident. This profile gives you a way to approach the University of Tsukuba without relying on general impressions. The option becomes easier to assess when your question, the graduate route, and the research setting form a clear line that is supported by the materials maintained by the relevant university units.

Institution record

Country
Japan
Region
Asia
Status
Public
QS size code
L
Profile record updated
July 24, 2026

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