100 Best universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 2.21M citations received by 139K academic papers made by 241 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

#43 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Finance

#10 in Asia

#90 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Finance

#20 in Asia

#174 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Finance

#35 in Asia

#245 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Finance

#42 in Asia

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Nagoya University

For Finance

#47 in Asia

#296 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Finance

#56 in Asia

#333 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#59 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Finance

#64 in Asia

#362 in the World

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

10. Waseda University

For Finance

#73 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Finance

#76 in Asia

#419 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Finance

#90 in Asia

#484 in the World

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

13. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Finance

#94 in Asia

#491 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Finance

#101 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Finance

#125 in Asia

#612 in the World

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

16. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#227 in Asia

#953 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Finance

#228 in Asia

#957 in the World

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

18. Ritsumeikan University

For Finance

#236 in Asia

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

19. Nihon University

For Finance

#239 in Asia

#991 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Chiba University

For Finance

#244 in Asia

#1002 in the World

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

21. Osaka Prefecture University

For Finance

#250 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#254 in Asia

#1022 in the World

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

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Finance

#283 in Asia

#1114 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#289 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Finance

#308 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Finance

#325 in Asia

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

27. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Finance

#360 in Asia

#1303 in the World

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

28. Osaka City University

For Finance

#364 in Asia

#1315 in the World

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

29. Tokai University

For Finance

#372 in Asia

#1328 in the World

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

30. Kansai University

For Finance

#383 in Asia

#1352 in the World

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

31. University of Electro-Communications

For Finance

#394 in Asia

#1379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

32. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Finance

#395 in Asia

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

33. Osaka University of Economics

For Finance

#409 in Asia

#1416 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

34. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Finance

#413 in Asia

#1422 in the World

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

35. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#418 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#430 in Asia

#1456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Hosei University

For Finance

#433 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

38. Saga University

For Finance

#441 in Asia

#1475 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Finance

#442 in Asia

#1479 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#444 in Asia

#1482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

41. Meiji University

For Finance

#462 in Asia

#1530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

42. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Finance

#470 in Asia

#1548 in the World

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

43. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Finance

#482 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

44. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Finance

#492 in Asia

#1592 in the World

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

45. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Finance

#500 in Asia

#1607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

46. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Finance

#512 in Asia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

47. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Finance

#540 in Asia

#1686 in the World

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

48. Ibaraki University

For Finance

#551 in Asia

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

49. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Finance

#557 in Asia

#1725 in the World

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

50. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Finance

#559 in Asia

#1730 in the World

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

51. Rikkyo University

For Finance

#560 in Asia

#1735 in the World

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

52. Doshisha University

For Finance

#562 in Asia

#1737 in the World

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

53. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Finance

#568 in Asia

#1751 in the World

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

54. Gifu University

For Finance

#574 in Asia

#1763 in the World

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

55. University of Toyama

For Finance

#584 in Asia

#1790 in the World

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

56. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Finance

#604 in Asia

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

57. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Finance

#617 in Asia

#1858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

58. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Finance

#637 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Founded: 1934

59. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Finance

#670 in Asia

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#678 in Asia

#2001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

61. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Finance

#679 in Asia

#2005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

62. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Finance

#684 in Asia

#2013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

63. Sophia University

For Finance

#685 in Asia

#2014 in the World

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

64. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Finance

#686 in Asia

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

65. Meijo University

For Finance

#689 in Asia

#2024 in the World

Founded: 1926

66. Nagoya City University

For Finance

#708 in Asia

#2055 in the World

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

67. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Finance

#709 in Asia

#2056 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

68. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Finance

#714 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

69. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Finance

#720 in Asia

#2074 in the World

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

70. Teikyo University

For Finance

#738 in Asia

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

71. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Finance

#752 in Asia

#2128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

72. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Finance

#775 in Asia

#2165 in the World

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

73. Shimane University

For Finance

#776 in Asia

#2167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

74. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Finance

#780 in Asia

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

75. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Finance

#793 in Asia

#2190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

76. Mie University

For Finance

#797 in Asia

#2200 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

77. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Finance

#812 in Asia

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

78. Gakushuin University

For Finance

#818 in Asia

#2247 in the World

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

79. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Finance

#827 in Asia

#2274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

80. University of Hyogo

For Finance

#828 in Asia

#2275 in the World

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

81. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Finance

#835 in Asia

#2296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

82. Toho University

For Finance

#854 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

83. Tokyo Denki University

For Finance

#857 in Asia

#2349 in the World

Founded: 1907

84. Kitasato University

For Finance

#868 in Asia

#2368 in the World

Founded: 1962

85. Toyo University

For Finance

#902 in Asia

#2438 in the World

Founded: 1887

86. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Finance

#921 in Asia

#2487 in the World

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

87. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Finance

#934 in Asia

#2509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

88. Konan University

For Finance

#944 in Asia

#2528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

89. International Christian University

For Finance

#950 in Asia

#2544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

90. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Finance

#959 in Asia

#2571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

91. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#961 in Asia

#2573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

92. Hoshi University

For Finance

#977 in Asia

#2610 in the World

Founded: 1911

93. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Finance

#983 in Asia

#2620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

94. Ochanomizu University

For Finance

#993 in Asia

#2633 in the World

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

95. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Finance

#999 in Asia

#2640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

96. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Finance

#1032 in Asia

#2695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

97. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Finance

#1038 in Asia

#2702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

98. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Finance

#1041 in Asia

#2707 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

99. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Finance

#1046 in Asia

#2715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

100. Kochi University

For Finance

#1053 in Asia

#2729 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.

Economics subfields in Japan

Actuarial Science19

Agricultural Economics30

Development Studies235

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics150

Environmental Economics31

International Economics31

International Relations and Diplomacy18

International Trade41

Investment Banking and Stock trading34

Political Economy19