100 Best universities for Computer 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 Computer Science. A graph of 35.5M citations received by 1.92M academic papers made by 515 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 Computer Science

#2 in Asia

#33 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Computer Science

#9 in Asia

#69 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Computer Science

#15 in Asia

#93 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Computer Science

#35 in Asia

#153 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

#45 in Asia

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Nagoya University

For Computer Science

#48 in Asia

#207 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Computer Science

#49 in Asia

#211 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Computer Science

#59 in Asia

#288 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Computer Science

#62 in Asia

#294 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Computer Science

#65 in Asia

#317 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

For Computer Science

#88 in Asia

#415 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Computer Science

#95 in Asia

#444 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Computer Science

#98 in Asia

#458 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Computer Science

#106 in Asia

#485 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Computer Science

#118 in Asia

#527 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Computer Science

#140 in Asia

#602 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Computer Science

#154 in Asia

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Computer Science

#164 in Asia

#666 in the World

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

19. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Computer Science

#165 in Asia

#667 in the World

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

20. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Computer Science

#180 in Asia

#714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

21. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Computer Science

#182 in Asia

#717 in the World

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

22. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Computer Science

#187 in Asia

#734 in the World

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

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Computer Science

#191 in Asia

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Computer Science

#192 in Asia

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Computer Science

#200 in Asia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Computer Science

#201 in Asia

#787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

27. Nihon University

For Computer Science

#205 in Asia

#797 in the World

Founded: 1889

28. Ritsumeikan University

For Computer Science

#226 in Asia

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

29. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Computer Science

#232 in Asia

#859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

30. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

#242 in Asia

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

31. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Computer Science

#273 in Asia

#942 in the World

Founded: 1949

32. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Computer Science

#277 in Asia

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

33. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Computer Science

#280 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

34. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Computer Science

#287 in Asia

#969 in the World

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

35. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Computer Science

#293 in Asia

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

36. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Computer Science

#296 in Asia

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

37. Tokai University

For Computer Science

#297 in Asia

#993 in the World

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

38. Gifu University

For Computer Science

#302 in Asia

#1003 in the World

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

39. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Computer Science

#303 in Asia

#1009 in the World

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

40. Osaka City University

For Computer Science

#308 in Asia

#1028 in the World

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

41. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Computer Science

#310 in Asia

#1031 in the World

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

42. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Computer Science

#311 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Founded: 1972

43. Juntendo University

For Computer Science

#316 in Asia

#1045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

44. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Computer Science

#325 in Asia

#1066 in the World

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

45. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Computer Science

#342 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

46. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Computer Science

#349 in Asia

#1119 in the World

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

47. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Computer Science

#376 in Asia

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

48. Mie University

For Computer Science

#383 in Asia

#1195 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

49. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Computer Science

#394 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

50. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Computer Science

#399 in Asia

#1227 in the World

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

51. Hosei University

For Computer Science

#408 in Asia

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

52. Kitasato University

For Computer Science

#411 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1962

53. University of Fukui

For Computer Science

#414 in Asia

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

54. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Computer Science

#415 in Asia

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

55. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Computer Science

#422 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Computer Science

#424 in Asia

#1268 in the World

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

57. University of Toyama

For Computer Science

#426 in Asia

#1273 in the World

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

58. University of Yamanashi

For Computer Science

#432 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Computer Science

#442 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

60. Ibaraki University

For Computer Science

#469 in Asia

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Doshisha University

For Computer Science

#471 in Asia

#1355 in the World

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

62. Shimane University

For Computer Science

#473 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

63. Tokyo Denki University

For Computer Science

#482 in Asia

#1380 in the World

Founded: 1907

64. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Computer Science

#483 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

65. Nagoya City University

For Computer Science

#490 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

66. Meiji University

For Computer Science

#494 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

67. Toho University

For Computer Science

#510 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

68. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Computer Science

#512 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1934

69. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Computer Science

#520 in Asia

#1446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

70. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

#542 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

71. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Computer Science

#550 in Asia

#1504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

72. Showa University

For Computer Science

#553 in Asia

#1509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

73. Nippon Medical School

For Computer Science

#554 in Asia

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1904

74. Kansai University

For Computer Science

#563 in Asia

#1533 in the World

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

75. Teikyo University

For Computer Science

#566 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

76. Kurume University

For Computer Science

#583 in Asia

#1567 in the World

Founded: 1928

77. Saga University

For Computer Science

#584 in Asia

#1570 in the World

Founded: 1949

78. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Computer Science

#593 in Asia

#1594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

79. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Computer Science

#619 in Asia

#1648 in the World

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

80. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Computer Science

#623 in Asia

#1654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

81. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Computer Science

#624 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

82. Akita University

For Computer Science

#625 in Asia

#1656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

83. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

#628 in Asia

#1665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

84. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Computer Science

#651 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

85. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Computer Science

#652 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

86. Oita University

For Computer Science

#657 in Asia

#1725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

87. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Computer Science

#669 in Asia

#1756 in the World

Founded: 1978

88. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Computer Science

#678 in Asia

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

89. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Computer Science

#696 in Asia

#1805 in the World

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

90. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Computer Science

#697 in Asia

#1808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

91. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Computer Science

#700 in Asia

#1813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

92. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Computer Science

#702 in Asia

#1821 in the World

Founded: 1971

93. Tokyo Medical University

For Computer Science

#706 in Asia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

94. Sophia University

For Computer Science

#713 in Asia

#1838 in the World

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

95. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Computer Science

#716 in Asia

#1842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

96. Meijo University

For Computer Science

#718 in Asia

#1844 in the World

Founded: 1926

97. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Computer Science

#727 in Asia

#1866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

98. Toyota Technological Institute

For Computer Science

#733 in Asia

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

99. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Computer Science

#734 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Founded: 1972

100. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Computer Science

#747 in Asia

#1905 in the World

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

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