100 Best universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 1.11M citations received by 84.9K academic papers made by 211 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 Marketing

#11 in Asia

#120 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Marketing

#23 in Asia

#177 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Marketing

#43 in Asia

#262 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Marketing

#81 in Asia

#455 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#82 in Asia

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Marketing

#87 in Asia

#477 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Marketing

#88 in Asia

#481 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#97 in Asia

#511 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Marketing

#100 in Asia

#515 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

For Marketing

#104 in Asia

#527 in the World

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

11. Kobe University

For Marketing

#112 in Asia

#548 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Marketing

#146 in Asia

#669 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Marketing

#174 in Asia

#777 in the World

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

14. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Marketing

#176 in Asia

#779 in the World

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

15. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#178 in Asia

#792 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Marketing

#223 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#263 in Asia

#1020 in the World

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

18. Chiba University

For Marketing

#293 in Asia

#1087 in the World

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

19. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#368 in Asia

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

20. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#393 in Asia

#1322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

21. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#410 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

22. Ritsumeikan University

For Marketing

#413 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Marketing

#434 in Asia

#1415 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Marketing

#451 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Marketing

#477 in Asia

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagoya City University

For Marketing

#523 in Asia

#1623 in the World

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

27. University of Electro-Communications

For Marketing

#529 in Asia

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

28. Osaka Prefecture University

For Marketing

#538 in Asia

#1660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

29. Gifu University

For Marketing

#540 in Asia

#1665 in the World

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

30. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Marketing

#550 in Asia

#1684 in the World

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

31. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Marketing

#571 in Asia

#1735 in the World

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

32. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Marketing

#577 in Asia

#1745 in the World

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

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Marketing

#580 in Asia

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Marketing

#586 in Asia

#1765 in the World

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

35. Hosei University

For Marketing

#601 in Asia

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

36. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Marketing

#632 in Asia

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

37. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Marketing

#633 in Asia

#1866 in the World

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

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Marketing

#636 in Asia

#1873 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Marketing

#641 in Asia

#1887 in the World

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

40. Osaka City University

For Marketing

#643 in Asia

#1891 in the World

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

41. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#661 in Asia

#1929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Kansai University

For Marketing

#672 in Asia

#1955 in the World

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

43. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Marketing

#681 in Asia

#1969 in the World

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

44. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#684 in Asia

#1975 in the World

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

45. Tokai University

For Marketing

#686 in Asia

#1981 in the World

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

46. Ibaraki University

For Marketing

#695 in Asia

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Marketing

#696 in Asia

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

48. Doshisha University

For Marketing

#719 in Asia

#2044 in the World

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

49. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#732 in Asia

#2077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

50. Meiji University

For Marketing

#771 in Asia

#2156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

51. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Marketing

#785 in Asia

#2177 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

52. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#790 in Asia

#2189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

53. Kitasato University

For Marketing

#791 in Asia

#2191 in the World

Founded: 1962

54. Osaka University of Economics

For Marketing

#796 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

55. Saga University

For Marketing

#823 in Asia

#2248 in the World

Founded: 1949

56. University of Toyama

For Marketing

#828 in Asia

#2258 in the World

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

57. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Marketing

#839 in Asia

#2282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

58. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Marketing

#852 in Asia

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

59. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#858 in Asia

#2317 in the World

Founded: 1934

60. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Marketing

#866 in Asia

#2331 in the World

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

61. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Marketing

#875 in Asia

#2341 in the World

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

62. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Marketing

#880 in Asia

#2351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1966

63. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Marketing

#891 in Asia

#2369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

64. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Marketing

#907 in Asia

#2401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

65. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#910 in Asia

#2405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

66. Gakushuin University

For Marketing

#919 in Asia

#2419 in the World

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

67. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Marketing

#937 in Asia

#2448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

68. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Marketing

#960 in Asia

#2509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. Teikyo University

For Marketing

#962 in Asia

#2513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

70. Rikkyo University

For Marketing

#982 in Asia

#2557 in the World

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

71. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Marketing

#1006 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

72. Sophia University

For Marketing

#1007 in Asia

#2603 in the World

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

73. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Marketing

#1011 in Asia

#2612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

74. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Marketing

#1023 in Asia

#2639 in the World

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

75. Toyo University

For Marketing

#1037 in Asia

#2668 in the World

Founded: 1887

76. Shimane University

For Marketing

#1051 in Asia

#2694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

77. Showa University

For Marketing

#1057 in Asia

#2705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

78. Mie University

For Marketing

#1060 in Asia

#2711 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

79. Tama University

For Marketing

#1081 in Asia

#2758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

80. Juntendo University

For Marketing

#1113 in Asia

#2828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

81. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Marketing

#1118 in Asia

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

82. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Marketing

#1120 in Asia

#2844 in the World

Founded: 1942

83. Toho University

For Marketing

#1122 in Asia

#2847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

84. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#1132 in Asia

#2873 in the World

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

85. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Marketing

#1159 in Asia

#2923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

86. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Marketing

#1161 in Asia

#2925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

87. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#1168 in Asia

#2941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

88. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Marketing

#1171 in Asia

#2947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

89. Meijo University

For Marketing

#1177 in Asia

#2967 in the World

Founded: 1926

90. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Marketing

#1180 in Asia

#2979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

91. Tokyo Denki University

For Marketing

#1183 in Asia

#2984 in the World

Founded: 1907

92. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Marketing

#1208 in Asia

#3046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

93. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#1209 in Asia

#3047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

94. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Marketing

#1228 in Asia

#3091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

95. University of Hyogo

For Marketing

#1229 in Asia

#3092 in the World

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

96. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#1262 in Asia

#3168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

97. University of Yamanashi

For Marketing

#1267 in Asia

#3179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

98. Kochi University

For Marketing

#1269 in Asia

#3184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

99. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Marketing

#1288 in Asia

#3225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

100. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#1290 in Asia

#3231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

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