100 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 2.85M citations received by 248K academic papers made by 288 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 Management

#14 in Asia

#75 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Management

#27 in Asia

#124 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Management

#35 in Asia

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Osaka University

For Management

#45 in Asia

#198 in the World

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

5. Keio University

For Management

#76 in Asia

#324 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Management

#86 in Asia

#363 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

For Management

#88 in Asia

#369 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Management

#90 in Asia

#371 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#94 in Asia

#382 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Management

#113 in Asia

#463 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Management

#129 in Asia

#540 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Management

#134 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Management

#135 in Asia

#560 in the World

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

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Management

#136 in Asia

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#163 in Asia

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#168 in Asia

#699 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Management

#173 in Asia

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#176 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

19. Ritsumeikan University

For Management

#182 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Management

#190 in Asia

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

21. Tokyo University of Science

For Management

#191 in Asia

#759 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#218 in Asia

#827 in the World

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

23. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#223 in Asia

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo Denki University

For Management

#225 in Asia

#851 in the World

Founded: 1907

25. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Management

#230 in Asia

#871 in the World

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

26. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Management

#245 in Asia

#928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

27. Chiba University

For Management

#250 in Asia

#940 in the World

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

28. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Management

#271 in Asia

#985 in the World

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

29. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#293 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

30. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#295 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

31. Meiji University

For Management

#304 in Asia

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Management

#315 in Asia

#1082 in the World

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

33. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#326 in Asia

#1100 in the World

Founded: 2001

34. Nihon University

For Management

#340 in Asia

#1135 in the World

Founded: 1889

35. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Management

#347 in Asia

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Management

#349 in Asia

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Doshisha University

For Management

#352 in Asia

#1168 in the World

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

38. Sophia University

For Management

#375 in Asia

#1235 in the World

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

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Management

#383 in Asia

#1262 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Management

#385 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Management

#386 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

42. Hosei University

For Management

#405 in Asia

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

43. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Management

#428 in Asia

#1361 in the World

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

44. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Management

#434 in Asia

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

45. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Management

#435 in Asia

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

46. Ibaraki University

For Management

#440 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Saga University

For Management

#443 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Mie University

For Management

#471 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

49. Tokai University

For Management

#494 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

50. Gifu University

For Management

#498 in Asia

#1502 in the World

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

51. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Management

#502 in Asia

#1508 in the World

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

52. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Management

#544 in Asia

#1600 in the World

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

53. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#564 in Asia

#1638 in the World

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

54. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Management

#570 in Asia

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

55. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Management

#596 in Asia

#1698 in the World

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

56. Kansai University

For Management

#602 in Asia

#1712 in the World

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

57. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Management

#614 in Asia

#1733 in the World

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

58. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Management

#623 in Asia

#1750 in the World

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

59. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Management

#634 in Asia

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

60. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Management

#638 in Asia

#1780 in the World

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

61. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#651 in Asia

#1803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

62. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Management

#656 in Asia

#1814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

63. Osaka City University

For Management

#661 in Asia

#1825 in the World

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

64. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Management

#663 in Asia

#1833 in the World

Founded: 1942

65. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Management

#670 in Asia

#1849 in the World

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

66. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#707 in Asia

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

67. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Management

#740 in Asia

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

68. Toyota Technological Institute

For Management

#750 in Asia

#2040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

69. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Management

#764 in Asia

#2072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

70. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Management

#769 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

71. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Management

#773 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

72. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Management

#776 in Asia

#2093 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

73. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Management

#778 in Asia

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

74. University of Toyama

For Management

#782 in Asia

#2104 in the World

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

75. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Management

#809 in Asia

#2155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

76. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#816 in Asia

#2167 in the World

Founded: 1963

77. Shimane University

For Management

#840 in Asia

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

78. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Management

#857 in Asia

#2242 in the World

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

79. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Management

#867 in Asia

#2270 in the World

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

80. Meijo University

For Management

#876 in Asia

#2289 in the World

Founded: 1926

81. Kogakuin University

For Management

#899 in Asia

#2328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

82. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Management

#903 in Asia

#2337 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

83. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#907 in Asia

#2347 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Management

#929 in Asia

#2379 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. University of Hyogo

For Management

#932 in Asia

#2385 in the World

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

86. University of Fukui

For Management

#942 in Asia

#2403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

87. University of Yamanashi

For Management

#946 in Asia

#2411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

88. Oita University

For Management

#951 in Asia

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

89. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#952 in Asia

#2431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

90. Musashi University

For Management

#954 in Asia

#2433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

91. Juntendo University

For Management

#958 in Asia

#2445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

92. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Management

#964 in Asia

#2455 in the World

Founded: 1975

93. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#965 in Asia

#2457 in the World

Founded: 1978

94. Okayama Prefectural University

For Management

#981 in Asia

#2485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

95. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#984 in Asia

#2492 in the World

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

96. Kochi University of Technology

For Management

#998 in Asia

#2522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

97. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#1002 in Asia

#2526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

98. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Management

#1003 in Asia

#2530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

99. Tokyo City University

For Management

#1005 in Asia

#2535 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

100. Toyo University

For Management

#1008 in Asia

#2539 in the World

Founded: 1887

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