Kitasato University (北里大学, Kitasato Daigaku) is a private medical university headquartered in Shirokane, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

The head of the university is on the Shirokane campus, neighboring the original Kitasato Institute, the first private medical research facility in Japan which was the starting point for the university in its present form.

[3] The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Satoshi Ōmura, a professor at Kitasato University.

[4] It has been accused of discriminating against applicants for their age and gender.

[5] Its major educational facilities are on the Sagamihara campus, 60 km west of central Tokyo.