100 Best Business schools in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 5.85M citations received by 474K academic papers made by 392 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

#9 in Asia

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Business

#19 in Asia

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Founded: 1897

3. Osaka University

For Business

#38 in Asia

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Founded: 1931

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Business

#45 in Asia

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Tohoku University

For Business

#69 in Asia

#377 in the World

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

6. Keio University

For Business

#72 in Asia

#390 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Business

#78 in Asia

#416 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#81 in Asia

#422 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Business

#83 in Asia

#433 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Business

#93 in Asia

#467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Founded: 1973

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Business

#118 in Asia

#548 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Business

#123 in Asia

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1902

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Business

#133 in Asia

#632 in the World

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

14. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Business

#158 in Asia

#740 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Business

#159 in Asia

#745 in the World

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

16. Osaka Prefecture University

For Business

#194 in Asia

#843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#210 in Asia

#895 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#219 in Asia

#923 in the World

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

19. Ritsumeikan University

For Business

#229 in Asia

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

20. University of Electro-Communications

For Business

#245 in Asia

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

21. Chiba University

For Business

#250 in Asia

#1011 in the World

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

22. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#252 in Asia

#1013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

23. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Business

#271 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

24. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#274 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

25. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#289 in Asia

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

26. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Business

#298 in Asia

#1145 in the World

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

27. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#309 in Asia

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

28. Nihon University

For Business

#310 in Asia

#1168 in the World

Founded: 1889

29. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Business

#323 in Asia

#1202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

30. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#379 in Asia

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

31. Tokyo Denki University

For Business

#395 in Asia

#1369 in the World

Founded: 1907

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Business

#396 in Asia

#1374 in the World

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

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Business

#397 in Asia

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Meiji University

For Business

#413 in Asia

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

35. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#437 in Asia

#1459 in the World

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

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Business

#438 in Asia

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Doshisha University

For Business

#461 in Asia

#1510 in the World

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

38. Hosei University

For Business

#471 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

39. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Business

#481 in Asia

#1557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Business

#482 in Asia

#1558 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Tokai University

For Business

#500 in Asia

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

42. Ibaraki University

For Business

#518 in Asia

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

43. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Business

#525 in Asia

#1655 in the World

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

44. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Business

#527 in Asia

#1660 in the World

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

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Business

#531 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. Gifu University

For Business

#535 in Asia

#1681 in the World

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

47. Saga University

For Business

#537 in Asia

#1683 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Osaka City University

For Business

#548 in Asia

#1712 in the World

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

49. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Business

#554 in Asia

#1724 in the World

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

50. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Business

#560 in Asia

#1738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

51. Sophia University

For Business

#564 in Asia

#1746 in the World

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

52. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Business

#571 in Asia

#1758 in the World

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

53. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Business

#573 in Asia

#1764 in the World

Founded: 2001

54. Kansai University

For Business

#584 in Asia

#1781 in the World

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

55. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Business

#601 in Asia

#1812 in the World

Founded: 2003

56. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Business

#604 in Asia

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

57. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Business

#625 in Asia

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

58. Mie University

For Business

#637 in Asia

#1906 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

59. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Business

#642 in Asia

#1922 in the World

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

60. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Business

#660 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

61. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Business

#682 in Asia

#1992 in the World

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

62. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Business

#704 in Asia

#2042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

63. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Business

#711 in Asia

#2056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,679
Founded: 1912

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Business

#720 in Asia

#2070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Business

#727 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

66. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Business

#750 in Asia

#2124 in the World

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

67. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Business

#768 in Asia

#2170 in the World

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

68. University of Toyama

For Business

#789 in Asia

#2207 in the World

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

69. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#797 in Asia

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

70. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#811 in Asia

#2263 in the World

Founded: 1934

71. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Business

#814 in Asia

#2271 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

72. Nagoya City University

For Business

#815 in Asia

#2273 in the World

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

73. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Business

#824 in Asia

#2289 in the World

Founded: 1942

74. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Business

#850 in Asia

#2348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

75. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Business

#852 in Asia

#2352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

76. Osaka University of Economics

For Business

#865 in Asia

#2376 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

77. Rikkyo University

For Business

#867 in Asia

#2379 in the World

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

78. Meijo University

For Business

#897 in Asia

#2436 in the World

Founded: 1926

79. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Business

#906 in Asia

#2447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

80. Shimane University

For Business

#917 in Asia

#2472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

81. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Business

#936 in Asia

#2514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

82. Toyo University

For Business

#937 in Asia

#2518 in the World

Founded: 1887

83. Teikyo University

For Business

#942 in Asia

#2534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

84. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Business

#950 in Asia

#2547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Business

#961 in Asia

#2573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

86. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Business

#962 in Asia

#2577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

87. University of Hyogo

For Business

#981 in Asia

#2617 in the World

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

88. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Business

#987 in Asia

#2628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

89. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#995 in Asia

#2645 in the World

Founded: 1978

90. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Business

#1020 in Asia

#2693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

91. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Business

#1021 in Asia

#2696 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

92. Toho University

For Business

#1025 in Asia

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

93. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Business

#1031 in Asia

#2715 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

94. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Business

#1038 in Asia

#2734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

95. University of Yamanashi

For Business

#1049 in Asia

#2753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

96. Juntendo University

For Business

#1050 in Asia

#2755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

97. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Business

#1067 in Asia

#2782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

98. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Business

#1076 in Asia

#2803 in the World

Founded: 1963

99. Musashi University

For Business

#1086 in Asia

#2827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

100. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Business

#1093 in Asia

#2845 in the World

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

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