100 Best Business schools 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 Business. A graph of 4.31M citations received by 432K academic papers made by 375 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 Business

#8 in Asia

#68 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Business

#19 in Asia

#130 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Business

#32 in Asia

#213 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Business

#38 in Asia

#232 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Business

#59 in Asia

#348 in the World

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

6. Keio University

For Business

#61 in Asia

#356 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Business

#69 in Asia

#388 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#72 in Asia

#396 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Business

#74 in Asia

#400 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Business

#82 in Asia

#440 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Business

#104 in Asia

#516 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Business

#115 in Asia

#557 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Business

#118 in Asia

#589 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Business

#129 in Asia

#645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

15. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Business

#139 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

16. Osaka Prefecture University

For Business

#157 in Asia

#762 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#177 in Asia

#826 in the World

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

18. Ritsumeikan University

For Business

#198 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#200 in Asia

#900 in the World

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

20. University of Electro-Communications

For Business

#207 in Asia

#916 in the World

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

21. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#218 in Asia

#946 in the World

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

22. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#219 in Asia

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

23. Chiba University

For Business

#220 in Asia

#948 in the World

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

24. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Business

#227 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

25. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Business

#240 in Asia

#1003 in the World

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

26. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#255 in Asia

#1048 in the World

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

27. Nihon University

For Business

#270 in Asia

#1083 in the World

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

28. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Business

#276 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#285 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

30. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Business

#314 in Asia

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

31. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Business

#315 in Asia

#1222 in the World

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

32. Tokyo Denki University

For Business

#320 in Asia

#1236 in the World

Founded: 1907

33. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#335 in Asia

#1262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

34. Meiji University

For Business

#338 in Asia

#1266 in the World

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

35. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Business

#358 in Asia

#1309 in the World

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

36. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#362 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Founded: 2001

37. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Business

#388 in Asia

#1396 in the World

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

38. Hosei University

For Business

#389 in Asia

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

39. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#393 in Asia

#1402 in the World

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

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Business

#400 in Asia

#1429 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Ibaraki University

For Business

#413 in Asia

#1455 in the World

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

42. Doshisha University

For Business

#415 in Asia

#1458 in the World

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

43. Tokai University

For Business

#419 in Asia

#1472 in the World

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

44. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Business

#420 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

45. Gifu University

For Business

#423 in Asia

#1477 in the World

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

46. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Business

#440 in Asia

#1513 in the World

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

47. Saga University

For Business

#445 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Business

#447 in Asia

#1522 in the World

Founded: 2003

49. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Business

#451 in Asia

#1530 in the World

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

50. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Business

#464 in Asia

#1559 in the World

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

51. Osaka City University

For Business

#470 in Asia

#1566 in the World

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

52. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Business

#472 in Asia

#1569 in the World

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

53. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Business

#477 in Asia

#1578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

54. Kansai University

For Business

#500 in Asia

#1634 in the World

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

55. Sophia University

For Business

#503 in Asia

#1637 in the World

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

56. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Business

#505 in Asia

#1640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

57. Mie University

For Business

#538 in Asia

#1707 in the World

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

58. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Business

#556 in Asia

#1759 in the World

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

59. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Business

#563 in Asia

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

60. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Business

#584 in Asia

#1822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

61. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Business

#599 in Asia

#1850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

62. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Business

#608 in Asia

#1874 in the World

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

63. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Business

#621 in Asia

#1905 in the World

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

64. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Business

#644 in Asia

#1954 in the World

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

65. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Business

#657 in Asia

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

66. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#662 in Asia

#1984 in the World

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

67. University of Toyama

For Business

#663 in Asia

#1985 in the World

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

68. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Business

#679 in Asia

#2022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Business

#685 in Asia

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

70. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Business

#694 in Asia

#2051 in the World

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

71. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Business

#701 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

72. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#712 in Asia

#2089 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

73. Osaka University of Economics

For Business

#723 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

74. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Business

#740 in Asia

#2148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

75. Nagoya City University

For Business

#745 in Asia

#2159 in the World

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

76. Rikkyo University

For Business

#754 in Asia

#2174 in the World

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

77. Meijo University

For Business

#773 in Asia

#2216 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

78. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Business

#788 in Asia

#2244 in the World

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

79. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Business

#791 in Asia

#2252 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

80. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Business

#814 in Asia

#2297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

81. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Business

#828 in Asia

#2329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

82. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#829 in Asia

#2330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

83. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Business

#832 in Asia

#2334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

84. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Business

#837 in Asia

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

85. Shimane University

For Business

#843 in Asia

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

86. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#855 in Asia

#2370 in the World

Founded: 1978

87. Teikyo University

For Business

#880 in Asia

#2417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

88. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#889 in Asia

#2432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,050
Founded: 1962

89. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Business

#891 in Asia

#2434 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

90. University of Hyogo

For Business

#895 in Asia

#2443 in the World

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

91. Toyo University

For Business

#896 in Asia

#2445 in the World

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

92. Toho University

For Business

#898 in Asia

#2448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

93. University of Yamanashi

For Business

#905 in Asia

#2465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

94. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Business

#918 in Asia

#2490 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

95. Musashi University

For Business

#932 in Asia

#2528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

96. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#940 in Asia

#2543 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

97. University of Fukui

For Business

#959 in Asia

#2589 in the World

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

98. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#975 in Asia

#2616 in the World

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

99. Gakushuin University

For Business

#980 in Asia

#2627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 9,240
Founded: 1877

100. Kogakuin University

For Business

#983 in Asia

#2632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

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