Sign in Join
University · Sapporo, Japan

Hokkaido University

National university in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Official website and accounts

WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXFacebookYouTube

In EduFabTech articles

Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of
inception
  • 1918
native label
  • 北海道大学 (ja)
short name
  • 北大 (ja) · name in kana: ほくだい · revised Hepburn romanization: Hokudai
  • 海大 (ja) · name in kana: かいだい · revised Hepburn romanization: Kaidai
official color
  • green · sRGB color hex triplet: 23651C

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
headquarters location
  • Kita-ku · postal code: 060-0808 · coordinate location: 43.0712, 141.3442 · street address: 北区北8条西5丁目 (ja)
coordinate location
  • 43.0747, 141.3408
area
  • 660,177,464 square metre · including: experimental forest · 1 April 2022
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 17,770 · excluding: academic auditor · 1 May 2025
  • 17,541 · 1 May 2022
chairperson

Rankings and recognition

ranking
  • 170 · QS World University Rankings · 2026
Earlier figures (13)
  • 173 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
  • 196 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
  • 141 · QS World University Rankings · 2023
  • 145 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
  • 139 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
  • 132 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
  • 128 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
  • 122 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
  • 130 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
  • 139 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
  • 135 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
  • 144 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
  • 138 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit
member of
replaces

Other facts

name in kana
  • ほっかいどうだいがく · revised Hepburn romanization: Hokkaidō Daigaku
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)
image
logo image
Wikimedia and technical details (8)
Commons category
  • Hokkaido University
topic's main category
category for alumni of educational institution
category for employees of the organization
on focus list of Wikimedia project
topic has template
web feed URL
social media followers
  • 5,216 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 1178869437283221504 · 7 January 2021
Earlier figures (1)
  • 2,375 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 1178869437283221504 · 21 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (58)
ARWU university ID
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
BIBSYS ID
Canadiana Name Authority ID
CiNii Research ID
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
  • w43GB · subject named as: 北海道大学 · last update: 20 November 2024
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
Facebook username
Freebase ID
GND ID
Google Maps Customer ID
Google Scholar organization ID
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
GRID ID
identification code for Japanese universities and colleges
  • 0001 · subject named as: 北海道大学
IdRef ID
Instagram username
  • hokkaidounivpr · language of work or name: Japanese · Instagram numeric ID: 21685977524
  • hokkaidouni · language of work or name: English · Instagram numeric ID: 2324661222
ISNI
J9U entity ID
Japan Search name ID
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
KISTI ID
Libraries Australia ID
Library of Congress Authorities ID
LinkedIn company or organization ID
MEXT school code
  • F101110100010
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
NACSIS-CAT author ID
Namuwiki ID
National Library of Ireland ID
National Library of Israel ID (old)
National Library of Lithuania ID
National Library of Portugal ID
NDL Authority ID
NicoNicoPedia word article ID
NL CR AUT ID
NUKAT ID
Open Funder Registry funder ID
OpenAlex ID
OpenStreetMap way ID
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
QS World University ID
RERO ID (legacy)
Ringgold ID
ROR ID
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID
SNARC ID
Te Papa agent ID
Times Higher Education World University ID
U-Multirank university ID
VIAF cluster ID
World Higher Education Database ID
X (Twitter) username
  • hokkaidounivpr · number of subscribers: 2,375 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 1178869437283221504 · 21 April 2020
  • HokkaidoUni · language of work or name: English · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 481839331 · 20 August 2022
YouTube channel ID
  • UCKesw74dT0WsEoFd3K01rnA · language of work or name: Japanese · subject named as: 北海道大学【公式】 · number of works: 64 · number of subscribers: 2,140 · number of viewers/listeners: 349,684 · 17 April 2022
  • UCo2euxtmPQJXb681ER0sqNg · language of work or name: English · subject named as: Hokkaido Uni · number of works: 279 · number of subscribers: 2,420 · number of viewers/listeners: 427,480 · 17 April 2022
Zhihu topic ID
  • 20037056 · subject named as: 北海道大学
‎Scilit organization ID
‎Yale LUX ID