100 Best universities for Advertising 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 Advertising. A graph of 167K citations received by 25.5K academic papers made by 113 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.

1. University of Tokyo

For Advertising

#15 in Asia

#165 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Advertising

#38 in Asia

#286 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Advertising

#40 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

4. Keio University

For Advertising

#67 in Asia

#428 in the World

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

5. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Advertising

#68 in Asia

#432 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

For Advertising

#70 in Asia

#436 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Advertising

#78 in Asia

#482 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#79 in Asia

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

9. Tohoku University

For Advertising

#81 in Asia

#500 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

For Advertising

#122 in Asia

#684 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Advertising

#127 in Asia

#696 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Advertising

#129 in Asia

#706 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Advertising

#203 in Asia

#950 in the World

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

14. Nihon University

For Advertising

#208 in Asia

#962 in the World

Founded: 1889

15. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Advertising

#211 in Asia

#967 in the World

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

16. Ritsumeikan University

For Advertising

#270 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

17. Chiba University

For Advertising

#284 in Asia

#1140 in the World

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

18. Tokyo University of Science

For Advertising

#294 in Asia

#1164 in the World

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

19. University of Electro-Communications

For Advertising

#347 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

20. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Advertising

#365 in Asia

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Advertising

#372 in Asia

#1367 in the World

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

22. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Advertising

#386 in Asia

#1400 in the World

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

23. Kansai University

For Advertising

#389 in Asia

#1405 in the World

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

24. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Advertising

#408 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

25. Doshisha University

For Advertising

#413 in Asia

#1459 in the World

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

26. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#425 in Asia

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

27. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Advertising

#427 in Asia

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

28. Hosei University

For Advertising

#437 in Asia

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

29. Meiji University

For Advertising

#456 in Asia

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

30. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Advertising

#487 in Asia

#1620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

31. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Advertising

#498 in Asia

#1653 in the World

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

32. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#507 in Asia

#1667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

33. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Advertising

#511 in Asia

#1674 in the World

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

34. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Advertising

#519 in Asia

#1705 in the World

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

35. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Advertising

#527 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

36. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#528 in Asia

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

37. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Advertising

#531 in Asia

#1737 in the World

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

38. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Advertising

#545 in Asia

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

39. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Advertising

#550 in Asia

#1780 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

40. Osaka City University

For Advertising

#561 in Asia

#1805 in the World

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

41. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Advertising

#567 in Asia

#1816 in the World

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

42. Juntendo University

For Advertising

#585 in Asia

#1863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

43. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Advertising

#591 in Asia

#1876 in the World

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

44. Gifu University

For Advertising

#593 in Asia

#1883 in the World

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

45. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Advertising

#608 in Asia

#1915 in the World

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

46. Tokai University

For Advertising

#620 in Asia

#1941 in the World

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

47. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Advertising

#625 in Asia

#1950 in the World

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

48. Sophia University

For Advertising

#628 in Asia

#1961 in the World

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

49. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Advertising

#632 in Asia

#1970 in the World

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

50. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Advertising

#648 in Asia

#2000 in the World

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

51. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Advertising

#673 in Asia

#2044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

52. Tama University

For Advertising

#681 in Asia

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

53. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Advertising

#682 in Asia

#2064 in the World

Founded: 1942

54. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Advertising

#686 in Asia

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

55. Osaka University of Economics

For Advertising

#691 in Asia

#2091 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

56. Osaka Prefecture University

For Advertising

#712 in Asia

#2131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

57. Nagoya City University

For Advertising

#719 in Asia

#2148 in the World

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

58. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Advertising

#726 in Asia

#2165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

59. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Advertising

#728 in Asia

#2168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

60. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Advertising

#736 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Founded: 1972

61. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#740 in Asia

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Advertising

#745 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Tokyo Denki University

For Advertising

#747 in Asia

#2199 in the World

Founded: 1907

64. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Advertising

#748 in Asia

#2200 in the World

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

65. University of Yamanashi

For Advertising

#761 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

66. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Advertising

#776 in Asia

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

67. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Advertising

#781 in Asia

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

68. Toyo University

For Advertising

#783 in Asia

#2276 in the World

Founded: 1887

69. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#794 in Asia

#2308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

70. Ibaraki University

For Advertising

#805 in Asia

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Rikkyo University

For Advertising

#811 in Asia

#2336 in the World

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

72. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Advertising

#816 in Asia

#2346 in the World

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

73. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Advertising

#825 in Asia

#2366 in the World

Founded: 1949

74. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Advertising

#848 in Asia

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Advertising

#851 in Asia

#2432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

76. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Advertising

#868 in Asia

#2462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

77. University of Fukui

For Advertising

#901 in Asia

#2520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Mie University

For Advertising

#925 in Asia

#2566 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

79. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Advertising

#929 in Asia

#2574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

80. Ryukoku University

For Advertising

#943 in Asia

#2605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

81. Showa University

For Advertising

#945 in Asia

#2611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

82. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#950 in Asia

#2623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

83. University of Hyogo

For Advertising

#953 in Asia

#2628 in the World

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

84. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Advertising

#972 in Asia

#2658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

85. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Advertising

#988 in Asia

#2695 in the World

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

86. Nara Women's University

For Advertising

#992 in Asia

#2700 in the World

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

87. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Advertising

#999 in Asia

#2715 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

88. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Advertising

#1004 in Asia

#2725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

89. Kitasato University

For Advertising

#1006 in Asia

#2727 in the World

Founded: 1962

90. Ochanomizu University

For Advertising

#1015 in Asia

#2746 in the World

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

91. Shimane University

For Advertising

#1019 in Asia

#2754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

92. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Advertising

#1031 in Asia

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

93. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Advertising

#1039 in Asia

#2792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

94. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Advertising

#1046 in Asia

#2804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

95. Akita University

For Advertising

#1054 in Asia

#2823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

96. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Advertising

#1074 in Asia

#2855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,058
Founded: 1994

97. Kogakuin University

For Advertising

#1081 in Asia

#2867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

98. University of Toyama

For Advertising

#1085 in Asia

#2872 in the World

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

99. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#1086 in Asia

#2873 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

100. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Advertising

#1098 in Asia

#2893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

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