Its entrance difficulty is usually considered one of the top among 730 private universities. National and public universities use different kinds of exams. Thus it's only comparable between universities in the same category, e.g., Yoyogi seminar [ja] published Hensachi (the indication showing the entrance difficulties by prep schools) rankings.[32] Japanese journalist Kiyoshi Shimano [ja] ranks its entrance difficulty as SA (most selective/out of 11 scales) in Japan, which includes only four private universities and 11 national universities.[33]