100 Best universities for Fashion Design in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Fashion Design. A graph of 1.55M citations received by 107K academic papers made by 229 universities in Japan was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. University of Tokyo

For Fashion Design

#4 in Asia

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Fashion Design

#12 in Asia

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Tohoku University

For Fashion Design

#16 in Asia

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

4. Osaka University

For Fashion Design

#17 in Asia

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Fashion Design

#31 in Asia

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Fashion Design

#32 in Asia

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

7. Nagoya University

For Fashion Design

#46 in Asia

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Fashion Design

#49 in Asia

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Fashion Design

#64 in Asia

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

10. Waseda University

For Fashion Design

#80 in Asia

#443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

11. Keio University

For Fashion Design

#83 in Asia

#452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 33,518
Founded: 1858

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Fashion Design

#88 in Asia

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Fashion Design

#112 in Asia

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,768
Founded: 1881

14. Ritsumeikan University

For Fashion Design

#122 in Asia

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

15. Nihon University

For Fashion Design

#124 in Asia

#642 in the World

Founded: 1889

16. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Fashion Design

#127 in Asia

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

17. Kobe University

For Fashion Design

#131 in Asia

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

18. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Fashion Design

#133 in Asia

#677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

19. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Fashion Design

#149 in Asia

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

20. Chiba University

For Fashion Design

#154 in Asia

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Fashion Design

#164 in Asia

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

22. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Fashion Design

#177 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

23. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Fashion Design

#179 in Asia

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

24. Osaka Prefecture University

For Fashion Design

#185 in Asia

#849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

25. University of Electro-Communications

For Fashion Design

#232 in Asia

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Fashion Design

#238 in Asia

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

27. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Fashion Design

#255 in Asia

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Fashion Design

#286 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,068
Founded: 1922

29. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Fashion Design

#291 in Asia

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

30. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Fashion Design

#293 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

31. Osaka City University

For Fashion Design

#298 in Asia

#1148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

32. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Fashion Design

#308 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

33. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Fashion Design

#313 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

34. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Fashion Design

#321 in Asia

#1203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

35. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Fashion Design

#344 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

36. Gifu University

For Fashion Design

#352 in Asia

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Founded: 1949

37. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Fashion Design

#357 in Asia

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

38. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Fashion Design

#365 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

39. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Fashion Design

#369 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

40. Ochanomizu University

For Fashion Design

#373 in Asia

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

41. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Fashion Design

#389 in Asia

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

42. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Fashion Design

#390 in Asia

#1350 in the World

Founded: 1949

43. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Fashion Design

#399 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

44. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Fashion Design

#405 in Asia

#1377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Founded: 1949

45. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Fashion Design

#408 in Asia

#1385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

46. Showa University

For Fashion Design

#412 in Asia

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

47. Doshisha University

For Fashion Design

#419 in Asia

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Founded: 1920

48. Sophia University

For Fashion Design

#431 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

49. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Fashion Design

#434 in Asia

#1449 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

50. Kansai University

For Fashion Design

#438 in Asia

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

51. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Fashion Design

#441 in Asia

#1468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

52. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Fashion Design

#444 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

53. Hosei University

For Fashion Design

#445 in Asia

#1483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

54. Tokai University

For Fashion Design

#449 in Asia

#1490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

55. Tsurumi University

Japan | Yokohama

For Fashion Design

#453 in Asia

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1924

56. University of Hyogo

For Fashion Design

#485 in Asia

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

57. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Fashion Design

#491 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

58. University of Yamanashi

For Fashion Design

#497 in Asia

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Tokyo Denki University

For Fashion Design

#502 in Asia

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1907

60. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Fashion Design

#505 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

61. Meiji University

For Fashion Design

#506 in Asia

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

62. Mie University

For Fashion Design

#520 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

63. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Fashion Design

#522 in Asia

#1647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

64. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Fashion Design

#526 in Asia

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

65. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Fashion Design

#530 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

66. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Fashion Design

#535 in Asia

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

67. Ibaraki University

For Fashion Design

#549 in Asia

#1704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Fashion Design

#574 in Asia

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

69. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Fashion Design

#589 in Asia

#1804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

70. Nippon Dental University

For Fashion Design

#590 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Founded: 1907

71. Teikyo University

For Fashion Design

#602 in Asia

#1842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

72. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Fashion Design

#614 in Asia

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

73. Saga University

For Fashion Design

#631 in Asia

#1920 in the World

Founded: 1949

74. Nara Women's University

For Fashion Design

#632 in Asia

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

75. Tokyo Dental College

For Fashion Design

#635 in Asia

#1932 in the World

Founded: 1890

76. Toho University

For Fashion Design

#640 in Asia

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

77. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Fashion Design

#658 in Asia

#1968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Fashion Design

#675 in Asia

#2004 in the World

Founded: 1942

79. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Fashion Design

#678 in Asia

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

80. Toyo University

For Fashion Design

#679 in Asia

#2011 in the World

Founded: 1887

81. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Fashion Design

#682 in Asia

#2023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

82. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Fashion Design

#689 in Asia

#2035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

83. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Fashion Design

#691 in Asia

#2037 in the World

Founded: 1928

84. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Fashion Design

#702 in Asia

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

85. Shimane University

For Fashion Design

#711 in Asia

#2074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

86. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Fashion Design

#712 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

87. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Fashion Design

#719 in Asia

#2089 in the World

Founded: 1934

88. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Fashion Design

#732 in Asia

#2119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

89. Nagoya City University

For Fashion Design

#734 in Asia

#2123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

90. Kochi University

For Fashion Design

#759 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

91. Okayama Prefectural University

For Fashion Design

#760 in Asia

#2185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

92. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Fashion Design

#770 in Asia

#2216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

93. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Fashion Design

#786 in Asia

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

94. Ryukoku University

For Fashion Design

#795 in Asia

#2267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

95. Minami Kyushu University

Japan | Miyazaki

For Fashion Design

#799 in Asia

#2278 in the World

Enrollment: 996
Founded: 1965

96. University of Toyama

For Fashion Design

#804 in Asia

#2290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,208
Founded: 1975

97. Kitasato University

For Fashion Design

#814 in Asia

#2307 in the World

Founded: 1962

98. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Fashion Design

#823 in Asia

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1974

99. Rikkyo University

For Fashion Design

#834 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

100. Akita University

For Fashion Design

#854 in Asia

#2369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

The best cities to study Fashion Design in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Sendai, and Suita.