100 Best universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 1.04M citations received by 83.6K academic papers made by 209 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

#10 in Asia

#117 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Marketing

#22 in Asia

#165 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Marketing

#39 in Asia

#256 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#79 in Asia

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Tohoku University

For Marketing

#80 in Asia

#448 in the World

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

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Marketing

#83 in Asia

#463 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Marketing

#85 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#94 in Asia

#500 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Marketing

#99 in Asia

#519 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

For Marketing

#100 in Asia

#521 in the World

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

11. Kobe University

For Marketing

#105 in Asia

#533 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Marketing

#139 in Asia

#656 in the World

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

13. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Marketing

#166 in Asia

#757 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Marketing

#167 in Asia

#759 in the World

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

15. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#181 in Asia

#800 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Marketing

#220 in Asia

#912 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#248 in Asia

#989 in the World

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

18. Chiba University

For Marketing

#281 in Asia

#1070 in the World

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

19. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#347 in Asia

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

20. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#379 in Asia

#1299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

21. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#388 in Asia

#1316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

22. Ritsumeikan University

For Marketing

#409 in Asia

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Marketing

#415 in Asia

#1373 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Marketing

#430 in Asia

#1416 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Marketing

#449 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagoya City University

For Marketing

#492 in Asia

#1567 in the World

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

27. Osaka Prefecture University

For Marketing

#503 in Asia

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

28. University of Electro-Communications

For Marketing

#504 in Asia

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

29. Gifu University

For Marketing

#516 in Asia

#1620 in the World

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

30. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Marketing

#530 in Asia

#1653 in the World

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

31. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Marketing

#552 in Asia

#1701 in the World

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

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Marketing

#557 in Asia

#1710 in the World

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

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Marketing

#562 in Asia

#1718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Marketing

#566 in Asia

#1725 in the World

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

35. Hosei University

For Marketing

#584 in Asia

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

36. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Marketing

#605 in Asia

#1819 in the World

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

37. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Marketing

#609 in Asia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

38. Osaka City University

For Marketing

#610 in Asia

#1828 in the World

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

39. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Marketing

#618 in Asia

#1839 in the World

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

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Marketing

#619 in Asia

#1841 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#638 in Asia

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Marketing

#651 in Asia

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

43. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Marketing

#652 in Asia

#1932 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Marketing

#655 in Asia

#1936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

45. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#659 in Asia

#1944 in the World

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

46. Ibaraki University

For Marketing

#663 in Asia

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Kansai University

For Marketing

#674 in Asia

#1968 in the World

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

48. Doshisha University

For Marketing

#697 in Asia

#2017 in the World

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

49. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#705 in Asia

#2032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

50. Kitasato University

For Marketing

#749 in Asia

#2120 in the World

Founded: 1962

51. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#758 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

52. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Marketing

#762 in Asia

#2144 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

53. Meiji University

For Marketing

#764 in Asia

#2146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

54. Osaka University of Economics

For Marketing

#781 in Asia

#2181 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

55. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Marketing

#787 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. University of Toyama

For Marketing

#788 in Asia

#2201 in the World

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

57. Saga University

For Marketing

#790 in Asia

#2203 in the World

Founded: 1949

58. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Marketing

#818 in Asia

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1966

59. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#824 in Asia

#2267 in the World

Founded: 1934

60. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Marketing

#828 in Asia

#2275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

61. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Marketing

#831 in Asia

#2281 in the World

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

62. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Marketing

#841 in Asia

#2295 in the World

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

63. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Marketing

#854 in Asia

#2322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

64. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Marketing

#870 in Asia

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

65. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Marketing

#887 in Asia

#2378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

66. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#888 in Asia

#2382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

67. Gakushuin University

For Marketing

#892 in Asia

#2390 in the World

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

68. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Marketing

#931 in Asia

#2453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. Teikyo University

For Marketing

#932 in Asia

#2454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

70. Rikkyo University

For Marketing

#962 in Asia

#2535 in the World

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

71. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Marketing

#967 in Asia

#2541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

72. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Marketing

#969 in Asia

#2543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

73. Sophia University

For Marketing

#984 in Asia

#2581 in the World

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

74. Showa University

For Marketing

#993 in Asia

#2598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

75. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Marketing

#1003 in Asia

#2618 in the World

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

76. Mie University

For Marketing

#1007 in Asia

#2622 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

77. Shimane University

For Marketing

#1014 in Asia

#2638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

78. Toyo University

For Marketing

#1021 in Asia

#2658 in the World

Founded: 1887

79. Tama University

For Marketing

#1055 in Asia

#2724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

80. Toho University

For Marketing

#1078 in Asia

#2763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

81. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Marketing

#1085 in Asia

#2783 in the World

Founded: 1942

82. Juntendo University

For Marketing

#1098 in Asia

#2812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

83. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Marketing

#1099 in Asia

#2813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

84. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#1120 in Asia

#2855 in the World

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

85. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#1124 in Asia

#2867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

86. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Marketing

#1135 in Asia

#2891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

87. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Marketing

#1137 in Asia

#2896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Marketing

#1143 in Asia

#2907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

89. Meijo University

For Marketing

#1145 in Asia

#2914 in the World

Founded: 1926

90. Tokyo Denki University

For Marketing

#1147 in Asia

#2917 in the World

Founded: 1907

91. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Marketing

#1161 in Asia

#2946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

92. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Marketing

#1164 in Asia

#2952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

93. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#1171 in Asia

#2977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

94. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Marketing

#1189 in Asia

#3023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

95. University of Hyogo

For Marketing

#1227 in Asia

#3110 in the World

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

96. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#1229 in Asia

#3113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

97. University of Yamanashi

For Marketing

#1242 in Asia

#3138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

98. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#1245 in Asia

#3142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

99. Kochi University

For Marketing

#1247 in Asia

#3146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

100. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Marketing

#1254 in Asia

#3166 in the World

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

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