100 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 1.78M citations received by 115K 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 Cyber Security

#11 in Asia

#63 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Cyber Security

#35 in Asia

#124 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Cyber Security

#47 in Asia

#166 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Cyber Security

#53 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#58 in Asia

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#69 in Asia

#270 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

For Cyber Security

#84 in Asia

#340 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Cyber Security

#95 in Asia

#378 in the World

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

9. Nagoya University

For Cyber Security

#99 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Cyber Security

#115 in Asia

#450 in the World

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

11. University of Electro-Communications

For Cyber Security

#129 in Asia

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Cyber Security

#158 in Asia

#586 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Cyber Security

#164 in Asia

#598 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Cyber Security

#171 in Asia

#618 in the World

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

15. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#209 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

16. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#224 in Asia

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

17. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#230 in Asia

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

18. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Cyber Security

#246 in Asia

#820 in the World

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

19. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Cyber Security

#255 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

20. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Cyber Security

#268 in Asia

#872 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#284 in Asia

#912 in the World

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

22. Ibaraki University

For Cyber Security

#299 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Cyber Security

#305 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

24. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#314 in Asia

#982 in the World

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

25. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#324 in Asia

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

26. Ritsumeikan University

For Cyber Security

#344 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

27. Chiba University

For Cyber Security

#360 in Asia

#1092 in the World

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

28. Hosei University

For Cyber Security

#368 in Asia

#1109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

29. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Cyber Security

#424 in Asia

#1210 in the World

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

30. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Cyber Security

#432 in Asia

#1226 in the World

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

31. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Cyber Security

#446 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Nihon University

For Cyber Security

#464 in Asia

#1301 in the World

Founded: 1889

33. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#474 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Founded: 1963

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Cyber Security

#482 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Cyber Security

#499 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

36. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Cyber Security

#508 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

37. Osaka Prefecture University

For Cyber Security

#527 in Asia

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Tokyo Denki University

For Cyber Security

#541 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Founded: 1907

39. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Cyber Security

#566 in Asia

#1513 in the World

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

40. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#573 in Asia

#1528 in the World

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

41. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Cyber Security

#577 in Asia

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

42. Osaka City University

For Cyber Security

#582 in Asia

#1550 in the World

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

43. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Cyber Security

#596 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

44. Kansai University

For Cyber Security

#608 in Asia

#1595 in the World

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

45. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Cyber Security

#614 in Asia

#1602 in the World

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

46. Tokai University

For Cyber Security

#623 in Asia

#1618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

47. Doshisha University

For Cyber Security

#627 in Asia

#1624 in the World

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

48. Gifu University

For Cyber Security

#629 in Asia

#1627 in the World

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

49. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Cyber Security

#638 in Asia

#1652 in the World

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

50. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Cyber Security

#644 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

51. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Cyber Security

#666 in Asia

#1702 in the World

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

52. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#672 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

53. Future University Hakodate

Japan | Hakodate

For Cyber Security

#678 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

54. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Cyber Security

#681 in Asia

#1738 in the World

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

55. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Cyber Security

#717 in Asia

#1829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

56. Iwate Prefectural University

For Cyber Security

#721 in Asia

#1837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

57. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Cyber Security

#731 in Asia

#1847 in the World

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

58. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Cyber Security

#735 in Asia

#1856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

59. University of Hyogo

For Cyber Security

#742 in Asia

#1877 in the World

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

60. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Cyber Security

#743 in Asia

#1878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

61. Meiji University

For Cyber Security

#748 in Asia

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

62. Meijo University

For Cyber Security

#760 in Asia

#1911 in the World

Founded: 1926

63. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Cyber Security

#765 in Asia

#1918 in the World

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

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#767 in Asia

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Kogakuin University

For Cyber Security

#779 in Asia

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

66. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Cyber Security

#784 in Asia

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

67. University of Fukui

For Cyber Security

#796 in Asia

#1970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Cyber Security

#813 in Asia

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#822 in Asia

#2012 in the World

Founded: 1934

70. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Cyber Security

#828 in Asia

#2033 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

71. Saga University

For Cyber Security

#833 in Asia

#2041 in the World

Founded: 1949

72. Mie University

For Cyber Security

#834 in Asia

#2042 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

73. Ochanomizu University

For Cyber Security

#860 in Asia

#2094 in the World

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

74. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#863 in Asia

#2099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

75. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Cyber Security

#868 in Asia

#2111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

76. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Cyber Security

#869 in Asia

#2113 in the World

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

77. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Cyber Security

#879 in Asia

#2127 in the World

Founded: 2004

78. Rikkyo University

For Cyber Security

#932 in Asia

#2220 in the World

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

79. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Cyber Security

#947 in Asia

#2257 in the World

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

80. Sophia University

For Cyber Security

#961 in Asia

#2279 in the World

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

81. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Cyber Security

#969 in Asia

#2292 in the World

Founded: 1942

82. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#971 in Asia

#2296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

83. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Cyber Security

#982 in Asia

#2321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

84. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Cyber Security

#1009 in Asia

#2385 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

85. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Cyber Security

#1014 in Asia

#2392 in the World

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

86. University of Toyama

For Cyber Security

#1015 in Asia

#2394 in the World

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

87. Shimane University

For Cyber Security

#1018 in Asia

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Cyber Security

#1043 in Asia

#2441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

89. Toyota Technological Institute

For Cyber Security

#1076 in Asia

#2517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

90. University of Yamanashi

For Cyber Security

#1094 in Asia

#2555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

91. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Cyber Security

#1095 in Asia

#2558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

92. Toho University

For Cyber Security

#1097 in Asia

#2561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

93. Toyo University

For Cyber Security

#1113 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Founded: 1887

94. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Cyber Security

#1115 in Asia

#2607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

95. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#1119 in Asia

#2613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

96. Kochi University of Technology

For Cyber Security

#1126 in Asia

#2622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

97. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Cyber Security

#1131 in Asia

#2632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

98. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Cyber Security

#1137 in Asia

#2640 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

99. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Cyber Security

#1149 in Asia

#2661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

100. Tokyo City University

For Cyber Security

#1175 in Asia

#2714 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.