Toyo Keizai "Truly Strong Universities" 2008-2010 rankings

Hey peeps!

I received a mail from Keio University yesterday that I was accepted in their IGP program beginning fall 2012. Keio U plans to recommend me for a MEXT scholarship and they have asked me to confirm by 13th Feb that I definitely plan to attend Keio U this fall. If I reply yes, I will get recommended for the scholarship. If I reply no, I will still get admitted but will lose out on the scholarship. Besides Keio U, I had applied to 2 other Universities, TITech and University of Tokyo. I am planning to wait a day or two before replying, in case the other Universities also get in touch with me. I plan to reply yes in any case though.

While surfing the internet to find out the ranking of Japanese Universities, I found this list compiled by the "Toyo Keizai" magazine. Can anybody tell me how accurate these rankings are. I will post the wikipedia link here. The faults of the ranking system are also mentioned. Please tell if these rankings are good or inaccurate.

Truly Strong Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Each ranking has its own bias, so you should take them as a reference only. In this one, it's more about the organization's financial status rather than the strength in research or academic.

You should also take into account your major (i.e. Keio is strong in business, management or finance), and if you're a research student, you have to take into account your professor as well.

Personally, Keio is a good choice. Titech will notify the result around the end of Feb, but I don't know about Todai.

Hey. Thanks for the help. I have reading up a lot on the Universities I've applied to, and I've made up my mind to go to Keio University. Thanks again for your help.