The list contains only universities or colleges, either four-year
or two-year, that still exist today and are classified as "schools"
according to Article 1 of the School Education Law. (See Daigakkō for universities that are not
considered "schools".) Also, each university or college is listed
in the prefecture in which its headquarters is located; not the
location of their satellite campuses, etc or that of some of its
departments or divisions. For the list of universities that existed
in the past or merged into another school, see List of historical
universities in Japan.