100 Best universities for Machine Learning in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 4.28M citations received by 273K academic papers made by 314 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

#12 in Asia

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Machine Learning

#41 in Asia

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Founded: 1897

3. Osaka University

For Machine Learning

#57 in Asia

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Founded: 1931

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#63 in Asia

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#86 in Asia

#296 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Machine Learning

#89 in Asia

#314 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Machine Learning

#100 in Asia

#360 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Machine Learning

#111 in Asia

#397 in the World

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

9. Kobe University

For Machine Learning

#113 in Asia

#404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1902

10. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Machine Learning

#117 in Asia

#414 in the World

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

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Machine Learning

#120 in Asia

#420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Founded: 1973

12. Keio University

For Machine Learning

#137 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Machine Learning

#144 in Asia

#487 in the World

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

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Machine Learning

#155 in Asia

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Machine Learning

#173 in Asia

#612 in the World

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

16. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Machine Learning

#226 in Asia

#730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Machine Learning

#227 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Chiba University

For Machine Learning

#269 in Asia

#840 in the World

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

19. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#272 in Asia

#850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Machine Learning

#293 in Asia

#892 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#320 in Asia

#945 in the World

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

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Machine Learning

#323 in Asia

#951 in the World

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

23. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Machine Learning

#325 in Asia

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

24. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Machine Learning

#328 in Asia

#966 in the World

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

25. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#331 in Asia

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

26. Ritsumeikan University

For Machine Learning

#387 in Asia

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

27. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Machine Learning

#388 in Asia

#1079 in the World

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

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#401 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

29. Nihon University

For Machine Learning

#439 in Asia

#1206 in the World

Founded: 1889

30. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Machine Learning

#443 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Founded: 1972

31. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Machine Learning

#449 in Asia

#1221 in the World

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

32. Meiji University

For Machine Learning

#500 in Asia

#1305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

33. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Machine Learning

#512 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

34. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Machine Learning

#516 in Asia

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

35. Shimane University

For Machine Learning

#529 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

36. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Machine Learning

#530 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Machine Learning

#533 in Asia

#1362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

38. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Machine Learning

#534 in Asia

#1365 in the World

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

39. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Machine Learning

#570 in Asia

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

40. Mie University

For Machine Learning

#573 in Asia

#1422 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

41. Doshisha University

For Machine Learning

#575 in Asia

#1427 in the World

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

42. Hosei University

For Machine Learning

#585 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

43. Gifu University

For Machine Learning

#593 in Asia

#1461 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Machine Learning

#596 in Asia

#1467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

45. Tokyo Denki University

For Machine Learning

#599 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Founded: 1907

46. Osaka City University

For Machine Learning

#605 in Asia

#1481 in the World

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

47. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Machine Learning

#607 in Asia

#1485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

48. Kansai University

For Machine Learning

#626 in Asia

#1522 in the World

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

49. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Machine Learning

#639 in Asia

#1546 in the World

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

50. University of Yamanashi

For Machine Learning

#643 in Asia

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Machine Learning

#644 in Asia

#1556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

52. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Machine Learning

#654 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

53. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Machine Learning

#658 in Asia

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Machine Learning

#665 in Asia

#1593 in the World

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

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Machine Learning

#673 in Asia

#1614 in the World

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

56. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Machine Learning

#681 in Asia

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

57. University of Toyama

For Machine Learning

#708 in Asia

#1698 in the World

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

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Machine Learning

#722 in Asia

#1726 in the World

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

59. University of Fukui

For Machine Learning

#725 in Asia

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Machine Learning

#737 in Asia

#1751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

61. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Machine Learning

#740 in Asia

#1758 in the World

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

62. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Machine Learning

#741 in Asia

#1760 in the World

Founded: 1967

63. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Machine Learning

#748 in Asia

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#757 in Asia

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Juntendo University

For Machine Learning

#784 in Asia

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

66. Toho University

For Machine Learning

#799 in Asia

#1878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

67. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Machine Learning

#800 in Asia

#1879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

68. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#829 in Asia

#1937 in the World

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

69. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Machine Learning

#833 in Asia

#1942 in the World

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

70. Saga University

For Machine Learning

#840 in Asia

#1951 in the World

Founded: 1949

71. Nagoya City University

For Machine Learning

#845 in Asia

#1963 in the World

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

72. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Machine Learning

#853 in Asia

#1984 in the World

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

73. Ibaraki University

For Machine Learning

#865 in Asia

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

74. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#867 in Asia

#2012 in the World

Founded: 1934

75. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Machine Learning

#869 in Asia

#2015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

76. Kitasato University

For Machine Learning

#876 in Asia

#2028 in the World

Founded: 1962

77. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Machine Learning

#894 in Asia

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,679
Founded: 1912

78. Kurume University

For Machine Learning

#895 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Founded: 1928

79. Iwate Prefectural University

For Machine Learning

#898 in Asia

#2069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

80. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Machine Learning

#903 in Asia

#2076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

81. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Machine Learning

#926 in Asia

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

82. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Machine Learning

#954 in Asia

#2152 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

83. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Machine Learning

#955 in Asia

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

84. University of Hyogo

For Machine Learning

#959 in Asia

#2158 in the World

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

85. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#965 in Asia

#2168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

86. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Machine Learning

#967 in Asia

#2172 in the World

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

87. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Machine Learning

#981 in Asia

#2199 in the World

Founded: 1978

88. Oita University

For Machine Learning

#984 in Asia

#2204 in the World

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

89. Toyota Technological Institute

For Machine Learning

#988 in Asia

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

90. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Machine Learning

#994 in Asia

#2218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

91. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Machine Learning

#995 in Asia

#2221 in the World

Founded: 2004

92. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Machine Learning

#1004 in Asia

#2236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

93. Tokyo Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1021 in Asia

#2269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

94. Teikyo University

For Machine Learning

#1030 in Asia

#2285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

95. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Machine Learning

#1036 in Asia

#2301 in the World

Founded: 1963

96. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Machine Learning

#1043 in Asia

#2318 in the World

Founded: 1938

97. Sophia University

For Machine Learning

#1050 in Asia

#2332 in the World

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

98. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Machine Learning

#1084 in Asia

#2397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

99. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Machine Learning

#1092 in Asia

#2416 in the World

Founded: 1971

100. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Machine Learning

#1103 in Asia

#2438 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.