Taking its scale, such as the budget and teaching staff, into account, Kyoto University, as a whole, can be ranked the second in Japan, but actually, it can be equal to Tokyo University, No. 1 university, in the quality of its very best students and teaching staff, who tackles the cutting-edge research.
予算や教員数といった規模も考慮した総合的な順位としては、日本で2番目の大学といえるが、実際最上部の学生や最先端をゆく教員の質は東大のそれに比肩しうる。