100 Best universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 2.11M citations received by 229K academic papers made by 275 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

#13 in Asia

#72 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Management

#27 in Asia

#123 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Management

#33 in Asia

#141 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Management

#43 in Asia

#185 in the World

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

5. Keio University

For Management

#67 in Asia

#299 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

For Management

#82 in Asia

#336 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Management

#85 in Asia

#345 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Management

#89 in Asia

#358 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#91 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Management

#107 in Asia

#452 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Management

#118 in Asia

#513 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Management

#125 in Asia

#536 in the World

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

13. Osaka Prefecture University

For Management

#127 in Asia

#540 in the World

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

14. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Management

#130 in Asia

#552 in the World

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

15. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#150 in Asia

#650 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#152 in Asia

#656 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Management

#153 in Asia

#662 in the World

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

18. Tokyo University of Science

For Management

#157 in Asia

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

19. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Management

#170 in Asia

#717 in the World

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

20. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#175 in Asia

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

21. Ritsumeikan University

For Management

#176 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#191 in Asia

#776 in the World

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

23. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#192 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo Denki University

For Management

#207 in Asia

#809 in the World

Founded: 1907

25. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Management

#209 in Asia

#812 in the World

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

26. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Management

#211 in Asia

#833 in the World

Founded: 2001

27. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Management

#212 in Asia

#839 in the World

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

28. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Management

#216 in Asia

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Chiba University

For Management

#224 in Asia

#893 in the World

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

30. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#236 in Asia

#932 in the World

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

31. Meiji University

For Management

#244 in Asia

#950 in the World

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

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Management

#259 in Asia

#979 in the World

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

33. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#264 in Asia

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

34. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Management

#293 in Asia

#1060 in the World

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

35. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Management

#306 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

36. Nihon University

For Management

#309 in Asia

#1099 in the World

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

37. Doshisha University

For Management

#324 in Asia

#1138 in the World

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

38. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Management

#333 in Asia

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

39. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Management

#338 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Management

#350 in Asia

#1194 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Hosei University

For Management

#356 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

42. Sophia University

For Management

#357 in Asia

#1215 in the World

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

43. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Management

#366 in Asia

#1234 in the World

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

44. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Management

#373 in Asia

#1254 in the World

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

45. Ibaraki University

For Management

#375 in Asia

#1260 in the World

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

46. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Management

#379 in Asia

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

47. Saga University

For Management

#382 in Asia

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Mie University

For Management

#397 in Asia

#1321 in the World

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

49. Gifu University

For Management

#401 in Asia

#1333 in the World

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

50. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Management

#410 in Asia

#1348 in the World

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

51. Tokai University

For Management

#426 in Asia

#1389 in the World

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

52. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Management

#486 in Asia

#1521 in the World

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

53. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Management

#487 in Asia

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

54. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Management

#496 in Asia

#1539 in the World

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

55. Kansai University

For Management

#508 in Asia

#1563 in the World

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

56. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Management

#510 in Asia

#1567 in the World

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

57. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#513 in Asia

#1575 in the World

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

58. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Management

#534 in Asia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

59. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Management

#548 in Asia

#1638 in the World

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

60. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Management

#550 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

61. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Management

#558 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

62. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Management

#576 in Asia

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

63. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Management

#579 in Asia

#1705 in the World

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

64. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Management

#593 in Asia

#1728 in the World

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

65. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Management

#604 in Asia

#1757 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

66. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Management

#619 in Asia

#1782 in the World

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

67. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Management

#634 in Asia

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Management

#637 in Asia

#1818 in the World

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

69. Osaka City University

For Management

#648 in Asia

#1844 in the World

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

70. Toyota Technological Institute

For Management

#651 in Asia

#1857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

71. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Management

#666 in Asia

#1895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

72. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Management

#668 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

73. University of Toyama

For Management

#683 in Asia

#1931 in the World

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

74. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Management

#687 in Asia

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#705 in Asia

#1977 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

76. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Management

#710 in Asia

#1985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

77. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Management

#718 in Asia

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

78. Kogakuin University

For Management

#727 in Asia

#2013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

79. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Management

#757 in Asia

#2076 in the World

Enrollment: 320
Founded: 2004

80. Shimane University

For Management

#760 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

81. Meijo University

For Management

#773 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

82. Musashi University

For Management

#779 in Asia

#2116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

83. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Management

#787 in Asia

#2130 in the World

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

84. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Management

#790 in Asia

#2135 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

85. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Management

#791 in Asia

#2138 in the World

Enrollment: 1,268
Founded: 1967

86. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#806 in Asia

#2160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,651
Male:Female: 32:68
Founded: 2005

87. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Management

#814 in Asia

#2180 in the World

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

88. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Management

#817 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Founded: 1978

89. Juntendo University

For Management

#821 in Asia

#2194 in the World

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

90. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Management

#822 in Asia

#2196 in the World

Enrollment: 5,243
Male:Female: 88:12
Founded: 1975

91. University of Fukui

For Management

#832 in Asia

#2216 in the World

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

92. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Management

#844 in Asia

#2240 in the World

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

93. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Management

#846 in Asia

#2244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

94. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Management

#847 in Asia

#2247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

95. University of Hyogo

For Management

#848 in Asia

#2249 in the World

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

96. University of Yamanashi

For Management

#853 in Asia

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

97. Kochi University of Technology

For Management

#855 in Asia

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

98. Oita University

For Management

#867 in Asia

#2289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

99. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Management

#882 in Asia

#2318 in the World

Founded: 1938

100. Okayama Prefectural University

For Management

#891 in Asia

#2331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 1,862
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1993

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