The Going Broke Universities – Disappearing Universities (危ない大学・消える大学 Abunai Daigaku Kieru Daigaku) is a ranking book about Japanese universities by Japanese journalist , published annually since 1993.

Although there are several university rankings in Japan, most of them rank universities by their entrance difficulties often called "Hensachi" or by alumni's successes. Especially, the Hensachi Rankings have been most commonly used for university ranking.増田 晶文 "大学は学生に何ができるか" 2003 From this view point, GBUDU is a typical ranking book in Japan.

The GBUDU ranks Japanese universities in terms of the entrance difficulty and selectivity. The author's main argument is that more selective universities have better quality, and generally guarantee students better future careers. Thus people should avoid least selective universities, and try to enter more selective ones as much as they can.However, it is not always true that more selective universities are better for job hunting (e.g. universities in big cities such as Greater Tokyo and Greater Osaka are more competitive in Japanese job market). In fact, Shimano also regularly publishes another ranking book from this perspective (see the reference below).

Methodology The GBUDU rankings are made by the average scores of Hensachi estimated by Japanese major prep school Yoyogi seminar. Consequently, it can be regarded as a summary of the selectivity of Japanese universities.Usually prep schools provide rankings in each subject, but rarely do the whole university rankings. From this point of view, GBUDU is one of few publications which provide this data.However this ranking system doesn't include several small specialist universities. For example, all of the independent medical schools are not considered, although their entrance difficulties are highly competitive. Therefore, this ranking system only includes major universities.Normally, national/public universities and private universities use different sort of exams, so it is not easily comparable. Hensachi scores have a tendency to be higher with private universities. Shimano applies his own measurement to fix this tendency to make it more realistic.

He prepared the following 10 scales to measure universities' entrance difficulties.

SA Most selective15 A1 Very selective (Upper 1st class)46 A2 Very selective (Lower 1st class)149 B Selective (Almost equivalent to 1st class)22 C Upper middle class D Middle class E Lower middle class / He defined it as the minimum level of universities that student should enter F Lower class G Lower class N Least selective / The candidate universities for "Going broke universities" or "Disappearing universities" TotalAccording to MEXT, there are 86 national universities, 95 public universities, and 597 private universities in 2010. In addition, there are also 26 public 2 year colleges and 369 private 2 year colleges, thus we often also count this number in the total number of universities (i.e. 1173 universities). However this ranking book doesn't contain 2 year colleges. 778

2010 rankings The following data is the 2010 ranking table only in Rank SA (1st), Rank A1 (2nd), Rank A2 (3rd) and Rank B (4th) even though there are additionally Rank C, Rank D, Rank E, Rank F, Rank G, Rank N, Rank "on hold" and others (from the higher to the lower).Going broke universities-Disappearing universities｜2020 version

Overall Rank 2010 Region National Universities (Alphabetical order) Public Universities (Alphabetical order) Private Universities (Alphabetical order) SA Hokkaido Hokkaido University Tohoku Tohoku University KantoHitotsubashi University / Ochanomizu University / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / University of Tokyo International Christian University / Keio University / Sophia University / Waseda University Chubu Nagoya University Kansai Kyoto University / Osaka University Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Kyushu University A1 Hokkaido Tohoku Akita International University Kanto Chiba University / Gunma University / Saitama University / Tokyo Gakugei University / Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology / University of Tsukuba / Yokohama National University Gunma Prefectural Women's University / Kanagawa University of Human Services / Saitama Prefectural University / Takasaki City University of Economics / Tokyo Metropolitan University / Yokohama City University Aoyama Gakuin University / Hosei University / Chuo University / Gakushuin University / Meiji University / Rikkyo University / Tokyo University of Science / Tsuda College Chubu Aichi University of Education / Gifu University / Kanazawa University / Nagoya Institute of Technology / Shinshu University Aichi Prefectural University / Nagoya City University / Tsuru University Kansai Kobe University / Kyoto University of Education / Nara Women's University / Osaka Kyoiku University / Shiga University Kyoto Prefectural University / Nara Prefectural University / Osaka City University / Osaka Prefecture University Doshisha University / Kwansei Gakuin University / Ritsumeikan University Chugoku Hiroshima University Shikoku Kagawa University Kyushu Kumamoto University / Miyazaki University / Nagasaki University A2 HokkaidoAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities TohokuAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities KantoAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities Gakushuin Women's College / Japan Women's University / Meiji Gakuin University / Seijo University / St. Luke's College of Nursing / Tokyo Woman's Christian University / University of the Sacred Heart ChubuAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities Nanzan University KansaiAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts / Kansai University / Kyoto University of Foreign Studies / Kyoto Women's University ChugokuAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities Notre Dame Seishin University ShikokuAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities KyushuAll of the other National UniversitiesAll of the other Public Universities Seinan Gakuin University B Hokkaido Tohoku KantoDokkyo University / Ferris University / Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing / Kagawa Nutrition University / Kanda University of International Studies / Kokugakuin University / Komazawa University / Mukogawa Women's University / Musashino University / Musashi University / Seikei University / Seisen University / Shibaura Institute of Technology / Shirayuri Women's University / Soka University / Tokyo University of Agriculture Chubu Kansai Bukkyo University / Kansai Gaidai University / Kobe College / Konan University / Ryukoku University Chugoku The Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing Shikoku Kyushu

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External links GBUDU rakings 2012 GBUDU rakings 2011 GBUDU rakings 2010