100 Best universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 1.56M citations received by 125K academic papers made by 221 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 Finance

#3 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Finance

#8 in Asia

#81 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Finance

#18 in Asia

#158 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Finance

#25 in Asia

#214 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Finance

#32 in Asia

#234 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Finance

#38 in Asia

#268 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Finance

#45 in Asia

#299 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#46 in Asia

#306 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Finance

#49 in Asia

#317 in the World

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

10. Waseda University

For Finance

#61 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Finance

#62 in Asia

#379 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Finance

#72 in Asia

#428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

13. Kobe University

For Finance

#79 in Asia

#468 in the World

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

14. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Finance

#93 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Finance

#103 in Asia

#559 in the World

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

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#189 in Asia

#853 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Finance

#193 in Asia

#868 in the World

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

18. Nihon University

For Finance

#194 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

19. Chiba University

For Finance

#202 in Asia

#897 in the World

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

20. Ritsumeikan University

For Finance

#203 in Asia

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

21. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#208 in Asia

#926 in the World

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

22. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#217 in Asia

#943 in the World

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

23. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#238 in Asia

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

24. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Finance

#251 in Asia

#1044 in the World

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

25. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Finance

#269 in Asia

#1102 in the World

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

26. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Finance

#276 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

27. Osaka City University

For Finance

#280 in Asia

#1138 in the World

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

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Finance

#289 in Asia

#1158 in the World

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

29. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Finance

#309 in Asia

#1225 in the World

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

30. Osaka University of Economics

For Finance

#315 in Asia

#1241 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

31. University of Electro-Communications

For Finance

#316 in Asia

#1242 in the World

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

32. Tokai University

For Finance

#321 in Asia

#1257 in the World

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

33. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#325 in Asia

#1267 in the World

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

34. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Finance

#327 in Asia

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

35. Kansai University

For Finance

#332 in Asia

#1279 in the World

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

36. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#334 in Asia

#1282 in the World

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

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Finance

#343 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Saga University

For Finance

#345 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#350 in Asia

#1332 in the World

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

40. Hosei University

For Finance

#353 in Asia

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

41. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Finance

#358 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

42. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Finance

#362 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

43. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Finance

#399 in Asia

#1432 in the World

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

44. Meiji University

For Finance

#400 in Asia

#1434 in the World

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

45. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Finance

#401 in Asia

#1437 in the World

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

46. Ibaraki University

For Finance

#413 in Asia

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

47. Rikkyo University

For Finance

#416 in Asia

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

48. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Finance

#433 in Asia

#1515 in the World

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

49. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Finance

#436 in Asia

#1519 in the World

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

50. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Finance

#438 in Asia

#1523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

51. Gifu University

For Finance

#441 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

52. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Finance

#459 in Asia

#1561 in the World

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

53. University of Toyama

For Finance

#470 in Asia

#1589 in the World

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

54. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Finance

#483 in Asia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

55. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Finance

#497 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

56. Doshisha University

For Finance

#512 in Asia

#1670 in the World

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

57. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#522 in Asia

#1703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

58. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#525 in Asia

#1711 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

59. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Finance

#530 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

60. Meijo University

For Finance

#533 in Asia

#1725 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

61. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Finance

#536 in Asia

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

62. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Finance

#543 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

63. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#556 in Asia

#1774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

64. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Finance

#570 in Asia

#1808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

65. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Finance

#572 in Asia

#1814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

66. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Finance

#574 in Asia

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

67. Sophia University

For Finance

#598 in Asia

#1863 in the World

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

68. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Finance

#602 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

69. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Finance

#604 in Asia

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

70. Mie University

For Finance

#614 in Asia

#1899 in the World

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

71. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#627 in Asia

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

72. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#632 in Asia

#1942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,050
Founded: 1962

73. Nagoya City University

For Finance

#642 in Asia

#1963 in the World

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

74. Teikyo University

For Finance

#647 in Asia

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

75. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Finance

#651 in Asia

#1982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

76. Shimane University

For Finance

#671 in Asia

#2019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

77. University of Hyogo

For Finance

#677 in Asia

#2029 in the World

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

78. Gakushuin University

For Finance

#694 in Asia

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 9,240
Founded: 1877

79. Tokyo Denki University

For Finance

#717 in Asia

#2113 in the World

Founded: 1907

80. Toho University

For Finance

#751 in Asia

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

81. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Finance

#753 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

82. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Finance

#756 in Asia

#2188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 4,317
Founded: 1874

83. Ryukoku University

For Finance

#760 in Asia

#2193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

84. Kitasato University

For Finance

#768 in Asia

#2207 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

85. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Finance

#770 in Asia

#2209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

86. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Finance

#784 in Asia

#2232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

87. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#792 in Asia

#2243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

88. Konan University

For Finance

#795 in Asia

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

89. Toyo University

For Finance

#798 in Asia

#2255 in the World

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

90. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Finance

#813 in Asia

#2287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

91. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#826 in Asia

#2313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

92. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Finance

#841 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

93. University of Yamanashi

For Finance

#844 in Asia

#2346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

94. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#852 in Asia

#2364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

95. International Christian University

For Finance

#859 in Asia

#2378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,134
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1953

96. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Finance

#860 in Asia

#2380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

97. Ochanomizu University

For Finance

#869 in Asia

#2395 in the World

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

98. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#878 in Asia

#2420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

99. Kochi University

For Finance

#881 in Asia

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

100. Hoshi University

For Finance

#888 in Asia

#2445 in the World

Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

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

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Agricultural Economics28

Development Studies224

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics132

Environmental Economics26

International Economics28

International Relations and Diplomacy19

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Political Economy19