100 Best universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 2.08M citations received by 137K academic papers made by 240 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

#42 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Finance

#10 in Asia

#87 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Finance

#19 in Asia

#167 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Finance

#31 in Asia

#237 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Finance

#38 in Asia

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Nagoya University

For Finance

#43 in Asia

#285 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Finance

#52 in Asia

#322 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#57 in Asia

#336 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Finance

#60 in Asia

#353 in the World

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

10. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Finance

#70 in Asia

#405 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

For Finance

#71 in Asia

#407 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Finance

#87 in Asia

#482 in the World

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

13. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Finance

#91 in Asia

#488 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Finance

#95 in Asia

#500 in the World

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

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Finance

#123 in Asia

#607 in the World

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

16. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#219 in Asia

#933 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#220 in Asia

#938 in the World

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

18. Ritsumeikan University

For Finance

#227 in Asia

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

19. Nihon University

For Finance

#231 in Asia

#976 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Chiba University

For Finance

#237 in Asia

#987 in the World

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

21. Osaka Prefecture University

For Finance

#238 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#245 in Asia

#1001 in the World

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

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Finance

#277 in Asia

#1102 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#281 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Finance

#303 in Asia

#1167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Finance

#308 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

27. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Finance

#349 in Asia

#1278 in the World

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

28. Osaka City University

For Finance

#352 in Asia

#1288 in the World

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

29. Tokai University

For Finance

#359 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

30. Kansai University

For Finance

#370 in Asia

#1327 in the World

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

31. University of Electro-Communications

For Finance

#384 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

32. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Finance

#390 in Asia

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

33. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Finance

#394 in Asia

#1385 in the World

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

34. Osaka University of Economics

For Finance

#399 in Asia

#1398 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

35. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#400 in Asia

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#407 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Hosei University

For Finance

#418 in Asia

#1438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

38. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#421 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Finance

#422 in Asia

#1450 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. Saga University

For Finance

#424 in Asia

#1455 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Meiji University

For Finance

#443 in Asia

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

42. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Finance

#449 in Asia

#1512 in the World

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

43. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Finance

#460 in Asia

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

44. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Finance

#467 in Asia

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

45. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Finance

#469 in Asia

#1565 in the World

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

46. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Finance

#483 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

47. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Finance

#513 in Asia

#1642 in the World

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

48. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Finance

#535 in Asia

#1687 in the World

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

49. Ibaraki University

For Finance

#539 in Asia

#1694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

50. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Finance

#542 in Asia

#1699 in the World

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

51. Rikkyo University

For Finance

#544 in Asia

#1701 in the World

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

52. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Finance

#550 in Asia

#1709 in the World

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

53. Gifu University

For Finance

#552 in Asia

#1719 in the World

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

54. Doshisha University

For Finance

#554 in Asia

#1731 in the World

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

55. University of Toyama

For Finance

#571 in Asia

#1767 in the World

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

56. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#583 in Asia

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

57. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#612 in Asia

#1867 in the World

Founded: 1934

58. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Finance

#613 in Asia

#1868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

59. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Finance

#640 in Asia

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#649 in Asia

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

61. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Finance

#651 in Asia

#1952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

62. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Finance

#653 in Asia

#1954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

63. Meijo University

For Finance

#659 in Asia

#1968 in the World

Founded: 1926

64. Sophia University

For Finance

#660 in Asia

#1973 in the World

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

65. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Finance

#671 in Asia

#1992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

66. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Finance

#673 in Asia

#2002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

67. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Finance

#687 in Asia

#2029 in the World

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

68. Nagoya City University

For Finance

#695 in Asia

#2039 in the World

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

69. Teikyo University

For Finance

#700 in Asia

#2048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

70. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Finance

#704 in Asia

#2059 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

71. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Finance

#726 in Asia

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

72. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Finance

#731 in Asia

#2105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

73. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#748 in Asia

#2132 in the World

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

74. Mie University

For Finance

#752 in Asia

#2140 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

75. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Finance

#754 in Asia

#2143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

76. Shimane University

For Finance

#757 in Asia

#2147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

77. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#763 in Asia

#2155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

78. Gakushuin University

For Finance

#787 in Asia

#2204 in the World

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

79. University of Hyogo

For Finance

#808 in Asia

#2243 in the World

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

80. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Finance

#809 in Asia

#2244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

81. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Finance

#823 in Asia

#2271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

82. Tokyo Denki University

For Finance

#831 in Asia

#2305 in the World

Founded: 1907

83. Toho University

For Finance

#834 in Asia

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

84. Kitasato University

For Finance

#843 in Asia

#2330 in the World

Founded: 1962

85. Toyo University

For Finance

#881 in Asia

#2416 in the World

Founded: 1887

86. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Finance

#901 in Asia

#2455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

87. Konan University

For Finance

#911 in Asia

#2483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

88. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#917 in Asia

#2493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

89. International Christian University

For Finance

#928 in Asia

#2512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

90. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Finance

#929 in Asia

#2514 in the World

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

91. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#933 in Asia

#2518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

92. Hoshi University

For Finance

#943 in Asia

#2546 in the World

Founded: 1911

93. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#950 in Asia

#2565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

94. Ochanomizu University

For Finance

#956 in Asia

#2578 in the World

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

95. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Finance

#973 in Asia

#2610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

96. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Finance

#994 in Asia

#2647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

97. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Finance

#1004 in Asia

#2661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

98. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#1009 in Asia

#2667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

99. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Finance

#1014 in Asia

#2675 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

100. Kochi University

For Finance

#1016 in Asia

#2677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

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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