100 Best universities for Cyber Security 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 Cyber Security. A graph of 1.22M citations received by 104K academic papers made by 191 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

#10 in Asia

#59 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Cyber Security

#31 in Asia

#114 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Cyber Security

#40 in Asia

#141 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Cyber Security

#51 in Asia

#182 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#53 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#68 in Asia

#286 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

For Cyber Security

#82 in Asia

#330 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Cyber Security

#88 in Asia

#353 in the World

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

9. Keio University

For Cyber Security

#90 in Asia

#363 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Cyber Security

#104 in Asia

#413 in the World

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

11. University of Electro-Communications

For Cyber Security

#119 in Asia

#472 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Cyber Security

#129 in Asia

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

13. Kobe University

For Cyber Security

#152 in Asia

#588 in the World

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

14. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Cyber Security

#154 in Asia

#591 in the World

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

15. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#192 in Asia

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

16. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#198 in Asia

#718 in the World

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

17. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Cyber Security

#209 in Asia

#751 in the World

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

18. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Cyber Security

#218 in Asia

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

19. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Cyber Security

#230 in Asia

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

20. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Cyber Security

#231 in Asia

#812 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#248 in Asia

#857 in the World

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

22. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Cyber Security

#266 in Asia

#907 in the World

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

23. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#271 in Asia

#922 in the World

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

24. Ibaraki University

For Cyber Security

#274 in Asia

#928 in the World

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

25. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#278 in Asia

#935 in the World

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

26. Ritsumeikan University

For Cyber Security

#312 in Asia

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

27. Hosei University

For Cyber Security

#314 in Asia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

28. Chiba University

For Cyber Security

#333 in Asia

#1066 in the World

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

29. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Cyber Security

#350 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

30. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Cyber Security

#367 in Asia

#1132 in the World

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

31. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#378 in Asia

#1152 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

32. Nihon University

For Cyber Security

#384 in Asia

#1166 in the World

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

33. Osaka Prefecture University

For Cyber Security

#417 in Asia

#1247 in the World

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

34. Tokyo Denki University

For Cyber Security

#426 in Asia

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1907

35. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Cyber Security

#428 in Asia

#1267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

36. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Cyber Security

#442 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Cyber Security

#445 in Asia

#1293 in the World

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

38. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#460 in Asia

#1324 in the World

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

39. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Cyber Security

#466 in Asia

#1334 in the World

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

40. Osaka City University

For Cyber Security

#470 in Asia

#1339 in the World

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

41. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Cyber Security

#492 in Asia

#1386 in the World

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

42. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Cyber Security

#510 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

43. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Cyber Security

#524 in Asia

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

44. Tokai University

For Cyber Security

#527 in Asia

#1452 in the World

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

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Cyber Security

#532 in Asia

#1468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Cyber Security

#536 in Asia

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

47. Doshisha University

For Cyber Security

#537 in Asia

#1475 in the World

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

48. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#554 in Asia

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

49. Gifu University

For Cyber Security

#564 in Asia

#1529 in the World

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

50. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Cyber Security

#568 in Asia

#1545 in the World

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

51. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Cyber Security

#572 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Enrollment: 320
Founded: 2004

52. Kansai University

For Cyber Security

#573 in Asia

#1554 in the World

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

53. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Cyber Security

#588 in Asia

#1581 in the World

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

54. Future University Hakodate

Japan | Hakodate

For Cyber Security

#610 in Asia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

55. Iwate Prefectural University

For Cyber Security

#616 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

56. Meiji University

For Cyber Security

#631 in Asia

#1685 in the World

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

57. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Cyber Security

#648 in Asia

#1720 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

58. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Cyber Security

#654 in Asia

#1730 in the World

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

59. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Cyber Security

#656 in Asia

#1733 in the World

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

60. Meijo University

For Cyber Security

#661 in Asia

#1738 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

61. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Cyber Security

#674 in Asia

#1757 in the World

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

62. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Cyber Security

#676 in Asia

#1762 in the World

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

63. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Cyber Security

#677 in Asia

#1764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

64. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Cyber Security

#682 in Asia

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

65. University of Fukui

For Cyber Security

#686 in Asia

#1778 in the World

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

66. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Cyber Security

#695 in Asia

#1796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

67. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Cyber Security

#697 in Asia

#1798 in the World

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

68. University of Hyogo

For Cyber Security

#706 in Asia

#1814 in the World

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

69. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Cyber Security

#719 in Asia

#1838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

70. Mie University

For Cyber Security

#738 in Asia

#1876 in the World

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

71. Kogakuin University

For Cyber Security

#752 in Asia

#1907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

72. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cyber Security

#763 in Asia

#1937 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

73. Ochanomizu University

For Cyber Security

#778 in Asia

#1965 in the World

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

74. Saga University

For Cyber Security

#794 in Asia

#1993 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. Sophia University

For Cyber Security

#797 in Asia

#1998 in the World

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

76. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cyber Security

#813 in Asia

#2026 in the World

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

77. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Cyber Security

#829 in Asia

#2067 in the World

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

78. Rikkyo University

For Cyber Security

#837 in Asia

#2083 in the World

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

79. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Cyber Security

#844 in Asia

#2092 in the World

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

80. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Cyber Security

#847 in Asia

#2095 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

81. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Cyber Security

#849 in Asia

#2099 in the World

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

82. University of Toyama

For Cyber Security

#851 in Asia

#2101 in the World

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

83. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Cyber Security

#852 in Asia

#2106 in the World

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

84. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Cyber Security

#857 in Asia

#2116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

85. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Cyber Security

#863 in Asia

#2123 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

86. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Cyber Security

#869 in Asia

#2133 in the World

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

87. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Cyber Security

#888 in Asia

#2169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

88. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Cyber Security

#928 in Asia

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

89. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Cyber Security

#932 in Asia

#2258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

90. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Cyber Security

#960 in Asia

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

91. Shimane University

For Cyber Security

#974 in Asia

#2330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

92. Kochi University of Technology

For Cyber Security

#986 in Asia

#2357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

93. Toyota Technological Institute

For Cyber Security

#999 in Asia

#2395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

94. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Cyber Security

#1000 in Asia

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

95. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Cyber Security

#1013 in Asia

#2428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 4,317
Founded: 1874

96. University of Yamanashi

For Cyber Security

#1015 in Asia

#2434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

97. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Cyber Security

#1024 in Asia

#2452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

98. Toyo University

For Cyber Security

#1055 in Asia

#2518 in the World

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

99. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Cyber Security

#1059 in Asia

#2524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

100. Toho University

For Cyber Security

#1060 in Asia

#2526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

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