100 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 2.97M citations received by 253K academic papers made by 292 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

#17 in Asia

#79 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Management

#31 in Asia

#132 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Management

#39 in Asia

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Osaka University

For Management

#48 in Asia

#206 in the World

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

5. Keio University

For Management

#80 in Asia

#330 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Management

#88 in Asia

#367 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

For Management

#91 in Asia

#372 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Management

#95 in Asia

#381 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#98 in Asia

#388 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Management

#119 in Asia

#474 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Management

#131 in Asia

#545 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Management

#134 in Asia

#555 in the World

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

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Management

#136 in Asia

#570 in the World

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

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Management

#139 in Asia

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#172 in Asia

#703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#175 in Asia

#713 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Management

#179 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#181 in Asia

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

19. Ritsumeikan University

For Management

#186 in Asia

#741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

20. Tokyo University of Science

For Management

#202 in Asia

#777 in the World

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

21. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Management

#204 in Asia

#783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#227 in Asia

#853 in the World

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

23. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#228 in Asia

#864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo Denki University

For Management

#231 in Asia

#875 in the World

Founded: 1907

25. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Management

#233 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

26. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Management

#263 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

27. Chiba University

For Management

#267 in Asia

#967 in the World

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

28. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Management

#288 in Asia

#1014 in the World

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

29. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#306 in Asia

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

30. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#310 in Asia

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

31. Meiji University

For Management

#316 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Management

#336 in Asia

#1112 in the World

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

33. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#343 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Founded: 2001

34. Nihon University

For Management

#347 in Asia

#1147 in the World

Founded: 1889

35. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Management

#356 in Asia

#1171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Management

#362 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Doshisha University

For Management

#363 in Asia

#1185 in the World

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

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Management

#370 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Sophia University

For Management

#388 in Asia

#1260 in the World

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

40. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Management

#401 in Asia

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Management

#403 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

42. Hosei University

For Management

#428 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

43. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Management

#434 in Asia

#1372 in the World

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

44. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Management

#445 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

45. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Management

#448 in Asia

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

46. Ibaraki University

For Management

#472 in Asia

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Saga University

For Management

#477 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Mie University

For Management

#502 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

49. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Management

#516 in Asia

#1535 in the World

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

50. Tokai University

For Management

#520 in Asia

#1542 in the World

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

51. Gifu University

For Management

#523 in Asia

#1545 in the World

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

52. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Management

#567 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

53. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#575 in Asia

#1653 in the World

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

54. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Management

#613 in Asia

#1719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

55. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Management

#634 in Asia

#1756 in the World

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

56. Kansai University

For Management

#635 in Asia

#1757 in the World

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

57. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Management

#648 in Asia

#1782 in the World

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

58. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Management

#650 in Asia

#1793 in the World

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

59. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Management

#660 in Asia

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

60. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Management

#662 in Asia

#1817 in the World

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

61. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#663 in Asia

#1818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

62. Osaka City University

For Management

#681 in Asia

#1864 in the World

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

63. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Management

#683 in Asia

#1867 in the World

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

64. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Management

#686 in Asia

#1870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

65. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Management

#689 in Asia

#1876 in the World

Founded: 1942

66. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#731 in Asia

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

67. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Management

#766 in Asia

#2064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

68. Toyota Technological Institute

For Management

#775 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

69. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Management

#792 in Asia

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

70. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Management

#794 in Asia

#2119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

71. University of Toyama

For Management

#795 in Asia

#2120 in the World

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

72. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Management

#804 in Asia

#2132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

73. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Management

#806 in Asia

#2134 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

74. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Management

#809 in Asia

#2137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Management

#836 in Asia

#2190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

76. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#850 in Asia

#2219 in the World

Founded: 1963

77. Shimane University

For Management

#871 in Asia

#2260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

78. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Management

#883 in Asia

#2284 in the World

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

79. Meijo University

For Management

#901 in Asia

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1926

80. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Management

#905 in Asia

#2324 in the World

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

81. Kogakuin University

For Management

#925 in Asia

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

82. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Management

#930 in Asia

#2371 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

83. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#944 in Asia

#2395 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. University of Hyogo

For Management

#948 in Asia

#2401 in the World

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

85. Juntendo University

For Management

#965 in Asia

#2442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

86. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Management

#969 in Asia

#2449 in the World

Founded: 1967

87. University of Yamanashi

For Management

#970 in Asia

#2454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

88. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#975 in Asia

#2465 in the World

Founded: 1978

89. University of Fukui

For Management

#976 in Asia

#2466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

90. Oita University

For Management

#981 in Asia

#2479 in the World

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

91. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Management

#986 in Asia

#2493 in the World

Founded: 1975

92. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#989 in Asia

#2496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

93. Tokyo City University

For Management

#999 in Asia

#2514 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

94. Musashi University

For Management

#1000 in Asia

#2515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

95. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Management

#1010 in Asia

#2539 in the World

Founded: 2004

96. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#1017 in Asia

#2549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

97. Kochi University of Technology

For Management

#1020 in Asia

#2552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

98. Okayama Prefectural University

For Management

#1021 in Asia

#2553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

99. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#1022 in Asia

#2556 in the World

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

100. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Management

#1024 in Asia

#2561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

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