Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku), or Kyodai (京大 Kyōdai) is a national university in Kyoto, Japan.
It is the second oldest Japanese university, one of Asia's highest ranked universities and one of Japan's National Seven Universities.
One of Asia’s leading research-oriented institutions, Kyoto University is famed for producing world-class researchers, including 18 Nobel Prize laureates, 2 Fields medalists and one Gauss Prize winner. It has the most Nobel laureates of all universities in Asia.
