<p>UCLAri,</p>
<p>The THES is quite good in the sense that it captures research quality, students, teaching, reputation, employment and etc. Todai may lose to Kyodai in research, but overall Todai is a better school and the Japanese would agree.</p>
<p>I guess when you are saying quality of education, you are thinking of well taken care of by faculty, whether notes are well typed, whether the activities are fun etc. When I am talaking about standard, I am referring to opportunities, faculty (whether they are leading scholars in their field), student population and so on.</p>