74 Best universities for Data Science 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 Data Science. A graph of 480K citations received by 20.5K academic papers made by 74 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 Data Science

#6 in Asia

#94 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Data Science

#12 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#27 in Asia

#207 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Data Science

#33 in Asia

#248 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#51 in Asia

#370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Nagoya University

For Data Science

#79 in Asia

#516 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Data Science

#99 in Asia

#577 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Data Science

#100 in Asia

#579 in the World

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

9. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Data Science

#103 in Asia

#587 in the World

Founded: 1972

10. Waseda University

For Data Science

#114 in Asia

#629 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Data Science

#130 in Asia

#675 in the World

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

12. Keio University

For Data Science

#143 in Asia

#713 in the World

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

13. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Data Science

#159 in Asia

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

14. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Data Science

#160 in Asia

#775 in the World

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

15. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Data Science

#194 in Asia

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

16. Kobe University

For Data Science

#206 in Asia

#904 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Science

For Data Science

#209 in Asia

#915 in the World

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

18. Osaka Prefecture University

For Data Science

#221 in Asia

#942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

19. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Data Science

#225 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

20. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Data Science

#256 in Asia

#1032 in the World

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

21. Chiba University

For Data Science

#296 in Asia

#1127 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Data Science

#304 in Asia

#1144 in the World

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

23. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Data Science

#310 in Asia

#1155 in the World

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

24. Ritsumeikan University

For Data Science

#349 in Asia

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

25. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Data Science

#356 in Asia

#1272 in the World

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

26. University of Electro-Communications

For Data Science

#369 in Asia

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

27. Hosei University

For Data Science

#378 in Asia

#1325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

28. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Data Science

#416 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

29. Doshisha University

For Data Science

#419 in Asia

#1405 in the World

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

30. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Data Science

#420 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

31. Maebashi Institute of Technology

Japan | Maebashi

For Data Science

#440 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1997

32. Tokai University

For Data Science

#444 in Asia

#1452 in the World

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

33. University of Hyogo

For Data Science

#453 in Asia

#1476 in the World

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

34. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Data Science

#501 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

35. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Data Science

#507 in Asia

#1581 in the World

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

36. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Data Science

#515 in Asia

#1605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

37. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Data Science

#529 in Asia

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

38. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Data Science

#543 in Asia

#1657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

39. Iwate Prefectural University

For Data Science

#550 in Asia

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

40. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Data Science

#554 in Asia

#1678 in the World

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

41. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Data Science

#560 in Asia

#1689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Meiji University

For Data Science

#584 in Asia

#1743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

43. Shimane University

For Data Science

#602 in Asia

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

44. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Data Science

#611 in Asia

#1796 in the World

Founded: 2004

45. Kansai University

For Data Science

#617 in Asia

#1805 in the World

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

46. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Data Science

#630 in Asia

#1831 in the World

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

47. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Data Science

#637 in Asia

#1843 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Mie University

For Data Science

#697 in Asia

#1957 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

49. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Data Science

#704 in Asia

#1966 in the World

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

50. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Data Science

#729 in Asia

#2014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

51. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Data Science

#748 in Asia

#2057 in the World

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

52. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Data Science

#769 in Asia

#2096 in the World

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

53. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Data Science

#780 in Asia

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

54. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Data Science

#787 in Asia

#2130 in the World

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

55. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Data Science

#834 in Asia

#2221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

56. Shiga University

For Data Science

#844 in Asia

#2237 in the World

Enrollment: 3,702
Founded: 1949

57. Gifu University

For Data Science

#852 in Asia

#2255 in the World

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

58. Saga University

For Data Science

#860 in Asia

#2266 in the World

Founded: 1949

59. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#865 in Asia

#2281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

60. Nihon University

For Data Science

#872 in Asia

#2295 in the World

Founded: 1889

61. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Data Science

#885 in Asia

#2316 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

62. Juntendo University

For Data Science

#933 in Asia

#2396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

63. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#955 in Asia

#2444 in the World

Founded: 1963

64. Tokyo Denki University

For Data Science

#957 in Asia

#2449 in the World

Founded: 1907

65. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Data Science

#986 in Asia

#2510 in the World

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

66. Ochanomizu University

For Data Science

#1019 in Asia

#2571 in the World

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

67. Toyo University

For Data Science

#1032 in Asia

#2594 in the World

Founded: 1887

68. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Data Science

#1059 in Asia

#2654 in the World

Founded: 1942

69. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Data Science

#1087 in Asia

#2703 in the World

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

70. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Data Science

#1140 in Asia

#2795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

71. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#1141 in Asia

#2796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

72. Fukushima University

Japan | Fukushima

For Data Science

#1149 in Asia

#2817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

73. Daiichi University of Pharmacy

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#1150 in Asia

#2818 in the World

Enrollment: 1,128
Founded: 1960

74. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Data Science

#1151 in Asia

#2820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

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