99 Best universities for Advertising in Japan

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Advertising. A graph of 105K citations received by 21.9K academic papers made by 99 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

#11 in Asia

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

2. Osaka University

For Advertising

#31 in Asia

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

3. Kyoto University

For Advertising

#35 in Asia

#310 in the World

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

4. Keio University

For Advertising

#46 in Asia

#387 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#49 in Asia

#412 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

For Advertising

#50 in Asia

#413 in the World

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

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Advertising

#51 in Asia

#414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Advertising

#55 in Asia

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

9. Tohoku University

For Advertising

#83 in Asia

#592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,591
Founded: 1907

10. Nagoya University

For Advertising

#84 in Asia

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,834
Founded: 1939

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Advertising

#88 in Asia

#613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

12. Kobe University

For Advertising

#95 in Asia

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,871
Founded: 1902

13. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Advertising

#129 in Asia

#792 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Advertising

#155 in Asia

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,066
Founded: 1949

15. Nihon University

For Advertising

#185 in Asia

#952 in the World

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

16. Chiba University

For Advertising

#195 in Asia

#993 in the World

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

17. Ritsumeikan University

For Advertising

#214 in Asia

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Advertising

#239 in Asia

#1133 in the World

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

19. Tokyo University of Science

For Advertising

#245 in Asia

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

20. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Advertising

#283 in Asia

#1237 in the World

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

21. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#291 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

22. Kansai University

For Advertising

#300 in Asia

#1270 in the World

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

23. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Advertising

#305 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

24. Doshisha University

For Advertising

#309 in Asia

#1299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

25. Hosei University

For Advertising

#310 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

26. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Advertising

#320 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

27. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Advertising

#325 in Asia

#1333 in the World

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

28. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Advertising

#333 in Asia

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

29. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#352 in Asia

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

30. University of Electro-Communications

For Advertising

#356 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

31. Meiji University

For Advertising

#376 in Asia

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

32. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Advertising

#385 in Asia

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

33. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Advertising

#389 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

34. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Advertising

#392 in Asia

#1493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

35. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#398 in Asia

#1504 in the World

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

36. Gifu University

For Advertising

#400 in Asia

#1510 in the World

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

37. Osaka City University

For Advertising

#411 in Asia

#1528 in the World

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

38. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Advertising

#431 in Asia

#1567 in the World

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

39. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Advertising

#432 in Asia

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,254
Founded: 1912

40. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Advertising

#437 in Asia

#1584 in the World

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

41. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Advertising

#453 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

42. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Advertising

#454 in Asia

#1630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

43. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Advertising

#461 in Asia

#1647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

44. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Advertising

#471 in Asia

#1674 in the World

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

45. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Advertising

#474 in Asia

#1685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

46. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Advertising

#482 in Asia

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

47. Tokai University

For Advertising

#487 in Asia

#1713 in the World

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

48. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Advertising

#502 in Asia

#1745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

49. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Advertising

#505 in Asia

#1750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

50. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Advertising

#532 in Asia

#1821 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

51. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Advertising

#536 in Asia

#1830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

52. Sophia University

For Advertising

#549 in Asia

#1852 in the World

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

53. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Advertising

#560 in Asia

#1883 in the World

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

54. Tokyo Denki University

For Advertising

#565 in Asia

#1890 in the World

Founded: 1907

55. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Advertising

#566 in Asia

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

56. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Advertising

#571 in Asia

#1902 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

57. Osaka Prefecture University

For Advertising

#574 in Asia

#1906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

58. University of Yamanashi

For Advertising

#580 in Asia

#1923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Advertising

#593 in Asia

#1945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Advertising

#599 in Asia

#1957 in the World

Founded: 1972

61. Ibaraki University

For Advertising

#601 in Asia

#1960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Advertising

#611 in Asia

#1984 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

63. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Advertising

#614 in Asia

#1990 in the World

Founded: 1949

64. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Advertising

#615 in Asia

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

65. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Advertising

#620 in Asia

#2003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

66. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#621 in Asia

#2004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

67. University of Fukui

For Advertising

#631 in Asia

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

68. Osaka University of Economics

For Advertising

#633 in Asia

#2026 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

69. Rikkyo University

For Advertising

#647 in Asia

#2060 in the World

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

70. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Advertising

#671 in Asia

#2099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

71. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Advertising

#689 in Asia

#2132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

72. Nara Women's University

For Advertising

#705 in Asia

#2175 in the World

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

73. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Advertising

#729 in Asia

#2228 in the World

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

74. Toyo University

For Advertising

#730 in Asia

#2230 in the World

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

75. Juntendo University

For Advertising

#735 in Asia

#2244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

76. Nagoya City University

For Advertising

#755 in Asia

#2277 in the World

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

77. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Advertising

#760 in Asia

#2282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

78. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Advertising

#774 in Asia

#2302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

79. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Advertising

#779 in Asia

#2317 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

80. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Advertising

#789 in Asia

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

81. Kogakuin University

For Advertising

#803 in Asia

#2359 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

82. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Advertising

#829 in Asia

#2404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

83. University of Hyogo

For Advertising

#848 in Asia

#2437 in the World

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

84. Mie University

For Advertising

#851 in Asia

#2440 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

85. University of Toyama

For Advertising

#853 in Asia

#2444 in the World

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

86. Tama University

For Advertising

#856 in Asia

#2449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

87. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#866 in Asia

#2460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

88. Ochanomizu University

For Advertising

#887 in Asia

#2492 in the World

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

89. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Advertising

#892 in Asia

#2498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

90. Konan University

For Advertising

#904 in Asia

#2512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

91. Shimane University

For Advertising

#923 in Asia

#2541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

92. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Advertising

#925 in Asia

#2544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

93. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Advertising

#929 in Asia

#2554 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

94. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Advertising

#935 in Asia

#2565 in the World

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

95. Rissho University

For Advertising

#942 in Asia

#2573 in the World

Founded: 1924

96. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Advertising

#947 in Asia

#2582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

97. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Advertising

#949 in Asia

#2585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

98. Teikyo University

For Advertising

#972 in Asia

#2613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

99. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Advertising

#1004 in Asia

#2652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

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