100 Best Art & Design schools in Japan

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 80.6M citations received by 4.71M academic papers made by 306 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 Art & Design

#3 in Asia

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,133
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Art & Design

#10 in Asia

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

3. Osaka University

For Art & Design

#14 in Asia

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 23,044
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

4. Tohoku University

For Art & Design

#21 in Asia

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 17,665
Founded: 1907

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#22 in Asia

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

6. Nagoya University

For Art & Design

#36 in Asia

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 16,376
Founded: 1939

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Art & Design

#40 in Asia

#300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Art & Design

#42 in Asia

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Art & Design

#50 in Asia

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

10. Waseda University

For Art & Design

#56 in Asia

#386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

11. Keio University

For Art & Design

#60 in Asia

#399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 33,437
Founded: 1858

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Art & Design

#82 in Asia

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 15,077
Founded: 1949

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Art & Design

#99 in Asia

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1881

14. Kobe University

For Art & Design

#105 in Asia

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,870
Founded: 1902

15. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Art & Design

#106 in Asia

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,059
Founded: 2005

16. Chiba University

For Art & Design

#117 in Asia

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

17. Ritsumeikan University

For Art & Design

#119 in Asia

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1899

18. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Art & Design

#129 in Asia

#722 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

19. University of Electro-Communications

For Art & Design

#135 in Asia

#745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

20. Nihon University

For Art & Design

#142 in Asia

#776 in the World

Enrollment: 77,651
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1889

21. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Art & Design

#168 in Asia

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

22. Osaka Prefecture University

For Art & Design

#188 in Asia

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

23. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Art & Design

#190 in Asia

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1946

24. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Art & Design

#196 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1950

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Art & Design

#198 in Asia

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

26. Osaka City University

For Art & Design

#199 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

27. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Art & Design

#201 in Asia

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#203 in Asia

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

29. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Art & Design

#209 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1991

30. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Art & Design

#211 in Asia

#991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 10,090
Founded: 1949

31. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Art & Design

#216 in Asia

#1013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1993

32. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Art & Design

#218 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 891
Male:Female: 83:17
Founded: 1990

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Art & Design

#223 in Asia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Art & Design

#239 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 12,289
Founded: 1922

35. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Art & Design

#245 in Asia

#1071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1949

36. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Art & Design

#259 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 10,111
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

37. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Art & Design

#267 in Asia

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 9,044
Founded: 1949

38. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Art & Design

#269 in Asia

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Art & Design

#278 in Asia

#1183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1949

40. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Art & Design

#282 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Art & Design

#294 in Asia

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1976

42. Gifu University

For Art & Design

#296 in Asia

#1236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

43. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Art & Design

#301 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

44. Doshisha University

For Art & Design

#306 in Asia

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 28,642
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

45. Kansai University

For Art & Design

#309 in Asia

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

46. Mie University

For Art & Design

#310 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

47. Tokai University

For Art & Design

#319 in Asia

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,535
Founded: 1946

48. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Art & Design

#321 in Asia

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

49. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Art & Design

#322 in Asia

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

50. Hosei University

For Art & Design

#324 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1880

51. Sophia University

For Art & Design

#338 in Asia

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

52. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Art & Design

#342 in Asia

#1345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

53. Ibaraki University

For Art & Design

#372 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

54. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Art & Design

#377 in Asia

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 31,376
Founded: 1885

55. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Art & Design

#382 in Asia

#1455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Meiji University

For Art & Design

#386 in Asia

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

57. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Art & Design

#396 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

58. Ochanomizu University

For Art & Design

#401 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

59. Tokyo Denki University

For Art & Design

#405 in Asia

#1514 in the World

Founded: 1907

60. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#410 in Asia

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

61. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Art & Design

#412 in Asia

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1912

62. University of Yamanashi

For Art & Design

#420 in Asia

#1545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

63. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Art & Design

#439 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

64. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Art & Design

#472 in Asia

#1668 in the World

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

65. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Art & Design

#481 in Asia

#1687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

66. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Art & Design

#484 in Asia

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

67. Showa University

For Art & Design

#498 in Asia

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1928

68. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Art & Design

#505 in Asia

#1747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

69. Teikyo University

For Art & Design

#516 in Asia

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

70. Toyo University

For Art & Design

#521 in Asia

#1792 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

71. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Art & Design

#525 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1976

72. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#527 in Asia

#1808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

73. Ryukoku University

For Art & Design

#542 in Asia

#1855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1639

74. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Art & Design

#543 in Asia

#1857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

75. Okayama Prefectural University

For Art & Design

#544 in Asia

#1858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,862
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1993

76. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

#546 in Asia

#1862 in the World

Founded: 1922

77. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Art & Design

#553 in Asia

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

78. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Art & Design

#558 in Asia

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

79. University of Hyogo

For Art & Design

#572 in Asia

#1925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,695
Founded: 2004

80. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Art & Design

#573 in Asia

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

81. Saga University

For Art & Design

#589 in Asia

#1968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

82. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Art & Design

#591 in Asia

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Art & Design

#593 in Asia

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

84. Shimane University

For Art & Design

#606 in Asia

#2009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

85. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Art & Design

#618 in Asia

#2042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

86. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Art & Design

#624 in Asia

#2055 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

87. Toho University

For Art & Design

#626 in Asia

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

88. University of Toyama

For Art & Design

#628 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 9,121
Founded: 1975

89. Akita University

For Art & Design

#635 in Asia

#2079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

90. University of Fukui

For Art & Design

#637 in Asia

#2086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

91. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Art & Design

#642 in Asia

#2097 in the World

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

92. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Art & Design

#659 in Asia

#2142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 2003

93. Meijo University

For Art & Design

#679 in Asia

#2182 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

94. Kitasato University

For Art & Design

#686 in Asia

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

95. Nagoya City University

For Art & Design

#690 in Asia

#2203 in the World

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

96. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Art & Design

#697 in Asia

#2214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

97. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Art & Design

#701 in Asia

#2220 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

98. Rikkyo University

For Art & Design

#705 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

99. Oita University

For Art & Design

#706 in Asia

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

100. Iwate Prefectural University

For Art & Design

#708 in Asia

#2236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1998

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