100 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 1.86M citations received by 117K academic papers made by 205 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 Cyber Security

#13 in Asia

#66 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Cyber Security

#36 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Cyber Security

#48 in Asia

#173 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Cyber Security

#54 in Asia

#200 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#61 in Asia

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#74 in Asia

#280 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

For Cyber Security

#89 in Asia

#348 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Cyber Security

#100 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

9. Nagoya University

For Cyber Security

#103 in Asia

#396 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Cyber Security

#116 in Asia

#456 in the World

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

11. University of Electro-Communications

For Cyber Security

#134 in Asia

#511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Cyber Security

#166 in Asia

#600 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Cyber Security

#176 in Asia

#626 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Cyber Security

#178 in Asia

#636 in the World

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

15. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#224 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

16. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#236 in Asia

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

17. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#243 in Asia

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

18. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Cyber Security

#261 in Asia

#842 in the World

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

19. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Cyber Security

#271 in Asia

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

20. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Cyber Security

#272 in Asia

#874 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#304 in Asia

#943 in the World

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

22. Ibaraki University

For Cyber Security

#315 in Asia

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Cyber Security

#322 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

24. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#330 in Asia

#1008 in the World

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

25. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#344 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

26. Ritsumeikan University

For Cyber Security

#350 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

27. Chiba University

For Cyber Security

#397 in Asia

#1146 in the World

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

28. Hosei University

For Cyber Security

#405 in Asia

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

29. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Cyber Security

#436 in Asia

#1235 in the World

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

30. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Cyber Security

#450 in Asia

#1258 in the World

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

31. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Cyber Security

#473 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Nihon University

For Cyber Security

#483 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Founded: 1889

33. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#502 in Asia

#1379 in the World

Founded: 1963

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Cyber Security

#503 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Cyber Security

#518 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

36. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Cyber Security

#521 in Asia

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

37. Osaka Prefecture University

For Cyber Security

#557 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Tokyo Denki University

For Cyber Security

#574 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1907

39. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Cyber Security

#593 in Asia

#1562 in the World

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

40. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#599 in Asia

#1572 in the World

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

41. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Cyber Security

#603 in Asia

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

42. Osaka City University

For Cyber Security

#614 in Asia

#1602 in the World

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

43. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Cyber Security

#619 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

44. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Cyber Security

#630 in Asia

#1631 in the World

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

45. Kansai University

For Cyber Security

#635 in Asia

#1641 in the World

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

46. Tokai University

For Cyber Security

#651 in Asia

#1665 in the World

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

47. Doshisha University

For Cyber Security

#655 in Asia

#1672 in the World

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

48. Gifu University

For Cyber Security

#661 in Asia

#1689 in the World

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

49. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Cyber Security

#676 in Asia

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

50. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Cyber Security

#677 in Asia

#1713 in the World

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

51. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#680 in Asia

#1720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

52. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Cyber Security

#692 in Asia

#1754 in the World

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

53. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Cyber Security

#696 in Asia

#1765 in the World

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

54. Future University Hakodate

Japan | Hakodate

For Cyber Security

#700 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

55. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Cyber Security

#751 in Asia

#1883 in the World

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

56. University of Hyogo

For Cyber Security

#753 in Asia

#1887 in the World

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

57. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Cyber Security

#754 in Asia

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

58. Iwate Prefectural University

For Cyber Security

#760 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

59. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Cyber Security

#762 in Asia

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

60. Meiji University

For Cyber Security

#772 in Asia

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

61. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Cyber Security

#773 in Asia

#1923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

62. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Cyber Security

#791 in Asia

#1957 in the World

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

63. Meijo University

For Cyber Security

#794 in Asia

#1962 in the World

Founded: 1926

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#803 in Asia

#1973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Kogakuin University

For Cyber Security

#810 in Asia

#1986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

66. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Cyber Security

#831 in Asia

#2016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

67. University of Fukui

For Cyber Security

#835 in Asia

#2024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#845 in Asia

#2049 in the World

Founded: 1934

69. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Cyber Security

#846 in Asia

#2053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

70. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Cyber Security

#862 in Asia

#2084 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

71. Saga University

For Cyber Security

#871 in Asia

#2105 in the World

Founded: 1949

72. Mie University

For Cyber Security

#875 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

73. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#884 in Asia

#2124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

74. Ochanomizu University

For Cyber Security

#890 in Asia

#2135 in the World

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

75. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Cyber Security

#908 in Asia

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

76. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Cyber Security

#911 in Asia

#2177 in the World

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

77. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Cyber Security

#917 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Founded: 2004

78. Rikkyo University

For Cyber Security

#951 in Asia

#2253 in the World

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

79. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Cyber Security

#974 in Asia

#2293 in the World

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

80. Sophia University

For Cyber Security

#986 in Asia

#2312 in the World

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

81. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Cyber Security

#990 in Asia

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1942

82. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Cyber Security

#999 in Asia

#2343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

83. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#1011 in Asia

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

84. University of Toyama

For Cyber Security

#1044 in Asia

#2431 in the World

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

85. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Cyber Security

#1051 in Asia

#2443 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

86. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Cyber Security

#1052 in Asia

#2445 in the World

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

87. Shimane University

For Cyber Security

#1062 in Asia

#2470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Cyber Security

#1087 in Asia

#2519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

89. Toyota Technological Institute

For Cyber Security

#1106 in Asia

#2566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

90. University of Yamanashi

For Cyber Security

#1114 in Asia

#2590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

91. Toyo University

For Cyber Security

#1127 in Asia

#2611 in the World

Founded: 1887

92. Toho University

For Cyber Security

#1134 in Asia

#2621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

93. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Cyber Security

#1140 in Asia

#2640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

94. Kochi University of Technology

For Cyber Security

#1146 in Asia

#2652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

95. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#1148 in Asia

#2655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

96. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Cyber Security

#1149 in Asia

#2656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

97. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Cyber Security

#1161 in Asia

#2679 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

98. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Cyber Security

#1169 in Asia

#2695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

99. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Cyber Security

#1180 in Asia

#2719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

100. Tokyo City University

For Cyber Security

#1189 in Asia

#2740 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

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