Best Computer Engineering universities in Japan [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Computer Engineering. A graph of 372K citations received by 37.2K academic papers made by 109 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

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#13 in Asia

#45 in the World

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

2. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Computer Engineering

#24 in Asia

#78 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#33 in Asia

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Computer Engineering

#37 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

5. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Computer Engineering

#49 in Asia

#151 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#55 in Asia

#164 in the World

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

7. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#58 in Asia

#168 in the World

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

8. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#67 in Asia

#206 in the World

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

9. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Computer Engineering

#82 in Asia

#253 in the World

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

10. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Computer Engineering

#89 in Asia

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

11. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Computer Engineering

#90 in Asia

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

12. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Computer Engineering

#91 in Asia

#275 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Computer Engineering

#108 in Asia

#356 in the World

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

14. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Computer Engineering

#111 in Asia

#363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

15. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Computer Engineering

#121 in Asia

#393 in the World

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

16. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Computer Engineering

#132 in Asia

#417 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#156 in Asia

#495 in the World

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

18. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Computer Engineering

#157 in Asia

#496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

19. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Computer Engineering

#159 in Asia

#499 in the World

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

20. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Computer Engineering

#165 in Asia

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

21. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Computer Engineering

#200 in Asia

#614 in the World

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

22. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Computer Engineering

#202 in Asia

#617 in the World

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

23. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Computer Engineering

#207 in Asia

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

24. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Computer Engineering

#209 in Asia

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

25. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#243 in Asia

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

26. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Computer Engineering

#244 in Asia

#707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

27. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Computer Engineering

#250 in Asia

#723 in the World

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

28. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#256 in Asia

#736 in the World

Founded: 1907

29. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#290 in Asia

#819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

30. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Computer Engineering

#297 in Asia

#830 in the World

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

31. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#331 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

32. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Computer Engineering

#338 in Asia

#898 in the World

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

33. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Computer Engineering

#343 in Asia

#914 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

34. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Computer Engineering

#353 in Asia

#936 in the World

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

35. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Computer Engineering

#380 in Asia

#984 in the World

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

36. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Computer Engineering

#385 in Asia

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

37. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Computer Engineering

#398 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#402 in Asia

#1020 in the World

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

39. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Computer Engineering

#415 in Asia

#1043 in the World

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

40. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Computer Engineering

#424 in Asia

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Computer Engineering

#462 in Asia

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

42. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Computer Engineering

#463 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

43. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#467 in Asia

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

44. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Computer Engineering

#473 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Founded: 1934

45. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#479 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Founded: 1887

46. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Computer Engineering

#486 in Asia

#1203 in the World

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

47. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Computer Engineering

#488 in Asia

#1207 in the World

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

48. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Computer Engineering

#490 in Asia

#1210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

49. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Computer Engineering

#493 in Asia

#1216 in the World

Founded: 1949

50. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Computer Engineering

#525 in Asia

#1279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

51. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#529 in Asia

#1287 in the World

Founded: 1889

52. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Computer Engineering

#580 in Asia

#1386 in the World

Founded: 1963

53. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#591 in Asia

#1406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

54. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Computer Engineering

#592 in Asia

#1407 in the World

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

55. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#599 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

56. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Computer Engineering

#607 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

57. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#608 in Asia

#1443 in the World

Founded: 2004

58. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Computer Engineering

#638 in Asia

#1492 in the World

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

59. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Computer Engineering

#639 in Asia

#1493 in the World

Founded: 1926

60. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Atsugi

For Computer Engineering

#652 in Asia

#1516 in the World

Founded: 1975

61. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Computer Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1529 in the World

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

62. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Computer Engineering

#665 in Asia

#1541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

63. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Computer Engineering

#666 in Asia

#1543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

64. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Computer Engineering

#673 in Asia

#1554 in the World

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

65. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Computer Engineering

#705 in Asia

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

66. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Computer Engineering

#714 in Asia

#1647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

67. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Computer Engineering

#734 in Asia

#1682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

68. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Computer Engineering

#744 in Asia

#1702 in the World

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

69. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Computer Engineering

#746 in Asia

#1704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

70. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Computer Engineering

#753 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

71. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Computer Engineering

#756 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

72. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#760 in Asia

#1734 in the World

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

73. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Computer Engineering

#770 in Asia

#1749 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

74. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Computer Engineering

#775 in Asia

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

75. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Computer Engineering

#780 in Asia

#1769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

76. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Computer Engineering

#782 in Asia

#1772 in the World

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

77. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Computer Engineering

#784 in Asia

#1774 in the World

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

78. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Computer Engineering

#785 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1966

79. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Computer Engineering

#797 in Asia

#1802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

80. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Computer Engineering

#805 in Asia

#1818 in the World

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

81. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Computer Engineering

#810 in Asia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

82. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Computer Engineering

#813 in Asia

#1829 in the World

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

83. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Computer Engineering

#831 in Asia

#1862 in the World

Founded: 1942

84. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Computer Engineering

#835 in Asia

#1867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

85. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Computer Engineering

#848 in Asia

#1886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

86. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Computer Engineering

#861 in Asia

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

87. Ochanomizu University

Japan | Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

#864 in Asia

#1909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

88. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Computer Engineering

#875 in Asia

#1924 in the World

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

89. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Computer Engineering

#881 in Asia

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

90. Ryukoku University

Japan | Kyoto

For Computer Engineering

#883 in Asia

#1934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

91. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Computer Engineering

#884 in Asia

#1937 in the World

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

92. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Computer Engineering

#885 in Asia

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

93. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Computer Engineering

#894 in Asia

#1955 in the World

Founded: 1949

94. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Computer Engineering

#897 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

95. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Computer Engineering

#899 in Asia

#1963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

96. Future University Hakodate

Japan | Hakodate

For Computer Engineering

#901 in Asia

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

97. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Computer Engineering

#904 in Asia

#1973 in the World

Founded: 2001

98. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Computer Engineering

#907 in Asia

#1977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

99. Toyama Prefectural University

Japan | Imizu

For Computer Engineering

#915 in Asia

#1988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

100. Tohoku Institute of Technology

Japan | Sendai

For Computer Engineering

#934 in Asia

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1964

Computer Science subfields in Japan