100 Best universities for Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning. A graph of 4.49M citations received by 279K academic papers made by 319 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 Machine Learning

#13 in Asia

#62 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Machine Learning

#43 in Asia

#131 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Machine Learning

#58 in Asia

#191 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#67 in Asia

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#88 in Asia

#303 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Machine Learning

#91 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Machine Learning

#106 in Asia

#372 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Machine Learning

#118 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Machine Learning

#121 in Asia

#423 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Machine Learning

#123 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

11. Kobe University

For Machine Learning

#137 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

12. Keio University

For Machine Learning

#142 in Asia

#484 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Machine Learning

#150 in Asia

#503 in the World

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

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Machine Learning

#157 in Asia

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Machine Learning

#184 in Asia

#632 in the World

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

16. University of Electro-Communications

For Machine Learning

#233 in Asia

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

17. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Machine Learning

#236 in Asia

#753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

18. Chiba University

For Machine Learning

#281 in Asia

#866 in the World

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

19. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#293 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Machine Learning

#305 in Asia

#910 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#337 in Asia

#978 in the World

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

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Machine Learning

#338 in Asia

#979 in the World

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

23. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#345 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

24. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Machine Learning

#346 in Asia

#995 in the World

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

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Machine Learning

#348 in Asia

#997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Machine Learning

#398 in Asia

#1092 in the World

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

27. Ritsumeikan University

For Machine Learning

#401 in Asia

#1095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

28. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Machine Learning

#436 in Asia

#1175 in the World

Founded: 1972

29. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#439 in Asia

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

30. Nihon University

For Machine Learning

#468 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1889

31. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Machine Learning

#478 in Asia

#1259 in the World

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

32. Meiji University

For Machine Learning

#523 in Asia

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

33. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Machine Learning

#534 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

34. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Machine Learning

#542 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

35. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Machine Learning

#550 in Asia

#1381 in the World

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

36. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Machine Learning

#568 in Asia

#1411 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Shimane University

For Machine Learning

#571 in Asia

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

38. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Machine Learning

#577 in Asia

#1426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

39. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Machine Learning

#585 in Asia

#1437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

40. Mie University

For Machine Learning

#594 in Asia

#1452 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

41. Doshisha University

For Machine Learning

#606 in Asia

#1476 in the World

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

42. Hosei University

For Machine Learning

#609 in Asia

#1480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

43. Gifu University

For Machine Learning

#618 in Asia

#1493 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Machine Learning

#625 in Asia

#1506 in the World

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

45. Tokyo Denki University

For Machine Learning

#631 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Founded: 1907

46. Osaka City University

For Machine Learning

#635 in Asia

#1528 in the World

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

47. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Machine Learning

#639 in Asia

#1533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

48. Kansai University

For Machine Learning

#654 in Asia

#1564 in the World

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

49. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Machine Learning

#662 in Asia

#1579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

50. University of Yamanashi

For Machine Learning

#664 in Asia

#1585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Machine Learning

#666 in Asia

#1587 in the World

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

52. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Machine Learning

#679 in Asia

#1613 in the World

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

53. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Machine Learning

#680 in Asia

#1616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

54. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Machine Learning

#684 in Asia

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Machine Learning

#692 in Asia

#1641 in the World

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

56. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Machine Learning

#694 in Asia

#1649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

57. University of Toyama

For Machine Learning

#724 in Asia

#1711 in the World

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

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Machine Learning

#746 in Asia

#1762 in the World

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

59. University of Fukui

For Machine Learning

#755 in Asia

#1778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Machine Learning

#760 in Asia

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

61. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Machine Learning

#763 in Asia

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

62. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Machine Learning

#769 in Asia

#1803 in the World

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

63. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Machine Learning

#778 in Asia

#1823 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#799 in Asia

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Juntendo University

For Machine Learning

#806 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

66. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Machine Learning

#821 in Asia

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

67. Toho University

For Machine Learning

#832 in Asia

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

68. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Machine Learning

#839 in Asia

#1947 in the World

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

69. Nagoya City University

For Machine Learning

#845 in Asia

#1956 in the World

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

70. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Machine Learning

#857 in Asia

#1984 in the World

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

71. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#861 in Asia

#1988 in the World

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

72. Saga University

For Machine Learning

#867 in Asia

#1998 in the World

Founded: 1949

73. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Machine Learning

#885 in Asia

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

74. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#898 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Founded: 1934

75. Kitasato University

For Machine Learning

#899 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Founded: 1962

76. Kurume University

For Machine Learning

#906 in Asia

#2078 in the World

Founded: 1928

77. Ibaraki University

For Machine Learning

#915 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Machine Learning

#922 in Asia

#2099 in the World

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

79. Iwate Prefectural University

For Machine Learning

#923 in Asia

#2100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

80. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Machine Learning

#925 in Asia

#2106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

81. University of Hyogo

For Machine Learning

#969 in Asia

#2173 in the World

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

82. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Machine Learning

#971 in Asia

#2175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Machine Learning

#972 in Asia

#2176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

84. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Machine Learning

#976 in Asia

#2182 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

85. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#990 in Asia

#2207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

86. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Machine Learning

#999 in Asia

#2221 in the World

Founded: 2004

87. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Machine Learning

#1010 in Asia

#2236 in the World

Founded: 1978

88. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Machine Learning

#1012 in Asia

#2240 in the World

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

89. Toyota Technological Institute

For Machine Learning

#1020 in Asia

#2257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

90. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#1030 in Asia

#2273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

91. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Machine Learning

#1032 in Asia

#2279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

92. Oita University

For Machine Learning

#1035 in Asia

#2283 in the World

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

93. Tokyo Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1036 in Asia

#2287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

94. Teikyo University

For Machine Learning

#1038 in Asia

#2290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

95. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Machine Learning

#1055 in Asia

#2329 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#1072 in Asia

#2362 in the World

Founded: 1963

97. Sophia University

For Machine Learning

#1087 in Asia

#2389 in the World

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

98. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Machine Learning

#1120 in Asia

#2458 in the World

Founded: 1971

99. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Machine Learning

#1123 in Asia

#2466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

100. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Machine Learning

#1129 in Asia

#2474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

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