67 Best universities for Data Science 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 Data Science. A graph of 316K citations received by 16.5K academic papers made by 67 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

#3 in Asia

#82 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Data Science

#8 in Asia

#126 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Data Science

#16 in Asia

#168 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#23 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#40 in Asia

#336 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Data Science

#61 in Asia

#443 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Data Science

#70 in Asia

#501 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Data Science

#73 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Data Science

#78 in Asia

#536 in the World

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

10. Tohoku University

For Data Science

#83 in Asia

#549 in the World

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

11. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Data Science

#109 in Asia

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

12. Waseda University

For Data Science

#112 in Asia

#665 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Data Science

#124 in Asia

#703 in the World

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

14. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Data Science

#135 in Asia

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Data Science

#138 in Asia

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

16. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Data Science

#153 in Asia

#794 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Data Science

#168 in Asia

#837 in the World

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

18. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Data Science

#206 in Asia

#944 in the World

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

19. Chiba University

For Data Science

#208 in Asia

#948 in the World

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

20. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Data Science

#216 in Asia

#977 in the World

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

21. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Data Science

#255 in Asia

#1087 in the World

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

22. Hosei University

For Data Science

#271 in Asia

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

23. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Data Science

#273 in Asia

#1128 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Data Science

#285 in Asia

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Data Science

#311 in Asia

#1226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

26. Maebashi Institute of Technology

Japan | Maebashi

For Data Science

#314 in Asia

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1997

27. Ritsumeikan University

For Data Science

#322 in Asia

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

28. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Data Science

#325 in Asia

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

29. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Data Science

#346 in Asia

#1299 in the World

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

30. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Data Science

#347 in Asia

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

31. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Data Science

#349 in Asia

#1303 in the World

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

32. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Data Science

#355 in Asia

#1317 in the World

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

33. University of Electro-Communications

For Data Science

#360 in Asia

#1325 in the World

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

34. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Data Science

#361 in Asia

#1326 in the World

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

35. University of Hyogo

For Data Science

#362 in Asia

#1327 in the World

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

36. Tokai University

For Data Science

#365 in Asia

#1338 in the World

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

37. Shimane University

For Data Science

#372 in Asia

#1356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

38. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Data Science

#381 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

39. Iwate Prefectural University

For Data Science

#389 in Asia

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

40. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Data Science

#396 in Asia

#1396 in the World

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

41. Meiji University

For Data Science

#411 in Asia

#1443 in the World

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

42. Mie University

For Data Science

#412 in Asia

#1445 in the World

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

43. Kansai University

For Data Science

#413 in Asia

#1460 in the World

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

44. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Data Science

#418 in Asia

#1476 in the World

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

45. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Data Science

#453 in Asia

#1551 in the World

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

46. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Data Science

#489 in Asia

#1627 in the World

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

47. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Data Science

#522 in Asia

#1697 in the World

Founded: 1949

48. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Data Science

#527 in Asia

#1704 in the World

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

49. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Data Science

#559 in Asia

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

50. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Data Science

#562 in Asia

#1778 in the World

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

51. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Data Science

#616 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

52. Doshisha University

For Data Science

#625 in Asia

#1901 in the World

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

53. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Data Science

#643 in Asia

#1930 in the World

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

54. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Data Science

#685 in Asia

#2008 in the World

Enrollment: 320
Founded: 2004

55. Shiga University

For Data Science

#688 in Asia

#2013 in the World

Enrollment: 3,702
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1949

56. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Data Science

#696 in Asia

#2025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

57. Nihon University

For Data Science

#710 in Asia

#2050 in the World

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

58. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Data Science

#714 in Asia

#2055 in the World

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

59. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Data Science

#742 in Asia

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

60. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Data Science

#745 in Asia

#2104 in the World

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

61. Toyo University

For Data Science

#758 in Asia

#2132 in the World

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

62. Tokyo Denki University

For Data Science

#759 in Asia

#2134 in the World

Founded: 1907

63. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Data Science

#842 in Asia

#2266 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

64. Ochanomizu University

For Data Science

#849 in Asia

#2277 in the World

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

65. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#850 in Asia

#2280 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

66. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Data Science

#878 in Asia

#2328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

67. Daiichi University of Pharmacy

Japan | Fukuoka

For Data Science

#883 in Asia

#2334 in the World

Founded: 1960

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