100 Best universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 755K citations received by 76.3K academic papers made by 202 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

#12 in Asia

#120 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Marketing

#17 in Asia

#146 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Marketing

#38 in Asia

#263 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#59 in Asia

#390 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Marketing

#68 in Asia

#432 in the World

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

6. Keio University

For Marketing

#72 in Asia

#453 in the World

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

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Marketing

#76 in Asia

#457 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Marketing

#82 in Asia

#487 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#84 in Asia

#493 in the World

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

10. Kobe University

For Marketing

#93 in Asia

#519 in the World

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

11. Nagoya University

For Marketing

#96 in Asia

#525 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Marketing

#114 in Asia

#606 in the World

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

13. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Marketing

#128 in Asia

#678 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Marketing

#141 in Asia

#711 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Marketing

#178 in Asia

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#208 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

17. Chiba University

For Marketing

#218 in Asia

#955 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#222 in Asia

#965 in the World

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

19. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#225 in Asia

#971 in the World

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

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#298 in Asia

#1154 in the World

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

21. Nihon University

For Marketing

#318 in Asia

#1202 in the World

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

22. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#320 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

23. Ritsumeikan University

For Marketing

#344 in Asia

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Marketing

#369 in Asia

#1336 in the World

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

25. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Marketing

#371 in Asia

#1338 in the World

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

26. Osaka Prefecture University

For Marketing

#392 in Asia

#1389 in the World

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

27. Gifu University

For Marketing

#415 in Asia

#1435 in the World

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

28. Nagoya City University

For Marketing

#432 in Asia

#1477 in the World

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

29. University of Electro-Communications

For Marketing

#436 in Asia

#1491 in the World

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

30. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Marketing

#441 in Asia

#1499 in the World

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

31. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Marketing

#471 in Asia

#1564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Marketing

#483 in Asia

#1600 in the World

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

33. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Marketing

#487 in Asia

#1609 in the World

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

34. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Marketing

#493 in Asia

#1625 in the World

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

35. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Marketing

#501 in Asia

#1638 in the World

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

36. Hosei University

For Marketing

#504 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

37. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#525 in Asia

#1683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

38. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Marketing

#533 in Asia

#1707 in the World

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

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Marketing

#534 in Asia

#1709 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. Osaka City University

For Marketing

#537 in Asia

#1721 in the World

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

41. Ibaraki University

For Marketing

#540 in Asia

#1727 in the World

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

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Marketing

#551 in Asia

#1758 in the World

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

43. Tokai University

For Marketing

#553 in Asia

#1760 in the World

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

44. Doshisha University

For Marketing

#576 in Asia

#1809 in the World

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

45. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#579 in Asia

#1812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

46. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#581 in Asia

#1815 in the World

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

47. Gakushuin University

For Marketing

#597 in Asia

#1844 in the World

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

48. Kansai University

For Marketing

#611 in Asia

#1876 in the World

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

49. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#618 in Asia

#1890 in the World

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

50. University of Toyama

For Marketing

#625 in Asia

#1907 in the World

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

51. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Marketing

#634 in Asia

#1925 in the World

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

52. Kitasato University

For Marketing

#666 in Asia

#1990 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

53. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Marketing

#672 in Asia

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 8,727
Founded: 1966

54. Osaka University of Economics

For Marketing

#679 in Asia

#2026 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

55. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Marketing

#680 in Asia

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

56. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Marketing

#683 in Asia

#2030 in the World

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

57. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Marketing

#689 in Asia

#2049 in the World

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

58. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Marketing

#692 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

59. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marketing

#710 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

60. Meiji University

For Marketing

#723 in Asia

#2112 in the World

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

61. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Marketing

#727 in Asia

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

62. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Marketing

#735 in Asia

#2142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

63. Saga University

For Marketing

#742 in Asia

#2154 in the World

Founded: 1949

64. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Marketing

#744 in Asia

#2159 in the World

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

65. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#764 in Asia

#2196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

66. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Marketing

#796 in Asia

#2259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

67. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Marketing

#809 in Asia

#2281 in the World

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

68. Rikkyo University

For Marketing

#824 in Asia

#2305 in the World

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

69. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Marketing

#828 in Asia

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

70. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Marketing

#844 in Asia

#2338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

71. Teikyo University

For Marketing

#858 in Asia

#2363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

72. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Marketing

#860 in Asia

#2366 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

73. Toho University

For Marketing

#871 in Asia

#2381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

74. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Marketing

#873 in Asia

#2385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

75. Mie University

For Marketing

#881 in Asia

#2405 in the World

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

76. Sophia University

For Marketing

#918 in Asia

#2481 in the World

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

77. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Marketing

#929 in Asia

#2511 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

78. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Marketing

#932 in Asia

#2515 in the World

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

79. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marketing

#935 in Asia

#2521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

80. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Marketing

#947 in Asia

#2547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

81. Tokyo Denki University

For Marketing

#948 in Asia

#2548 in the World

Founded: 1907

82. Showa University

For Marketing

#952 in Asia

#2553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

83. Toyo University

For Marketing

#961 in Asia

#2574 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

84. Shimane University

For Marketing

#963 in Asia

#2577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

85. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Marketing

#987 in Asia

#2625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

86. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Marketing

#989 in Asia

#2627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

87. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Marketing

#994 in Asia

#2638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

88. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Marketing

#996 in Asia

#2640 in the World

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

89. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Marketing

#1000 in Asia

#2649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

90. Meijo University

For Marketing

#1001 in Asia

#2652 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

91. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Marketing

#1023 in Asia

#2704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

92. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Marketing

#1026 in Asia

#2710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

93. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Marketing

#1029 in Asia

#2714 in the World

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

94. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Marketing

#1072 in Asia

#2817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 13,207
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1965

95. Kochi University

For Marketing

#1073 in Asia

#2824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

96. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Marketing

#1077 in Asia

#2834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

97. Juntendo University

For Marketing

#1084 in Asia

#2843 in the World

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

98. University of Yamanashi

For Marketing

#1086 in Asia

#2845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

99. University of Fukui

For Marketing

#1095 in Asia

#2863 in the World

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

100. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Marketing

#1098 in Asia

#2867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

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