100 Best universities for Aerospace Engineering in Japan

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Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Aerospace Engineering. A graph of 5.66M citations received by 328K academic papers made by 268 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 Aerospace Engineering

#1 in Asia
#7 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

2. Tohoku University

For Aerospace Engineering

#7 in Asia
#37 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

3. Kyoto University

For Aerospace Engineering

#10 in Asia
#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

4. Osaka University

For Aerospace Engineering

#22 in Asia
#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

5. Kyushu University

For Aerospace Engineering

#27 in Asia
#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#30 in Asia
#118 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

7. Nagoya University

For Aerospace Engineering

#32 in Asia
#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

8. Hokkaido University

For Aerospace Engineering

#51 in Asia
#181 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

9. University of Tsukuba

For Aerospace Engineering

#68 in Asia
#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,684
Founded
1973

10. Keio University

For Aerospace Engineering

#75 in Asia
#268 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
33,518
Founded
1858

11. Tokyo University of Science

For Aerospace Engineering

#80 in Asia
#289 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
19,768
Founded
1881

12. Hiroshima University

For Aerospace Engineering

#91 in Asia
#348 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
15,505
Founded
1949

13. Waseda University

For Aerospace Engineering

#94 in Asia
#362 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
47,094
Founded
1882

14. Kobe University

For Aerospace Engineering

#100 in Asia
#387 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
16,214
Founded
1902

15. Chiba University

For Aerospace Engineering

#113 in Asia
#432 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
13,983
Founded
1949

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Aerospace Engineering

#117 in Asia
#452 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
9,126
Founded
2005

17. Nihon University

For Aerospace Engineering

#125 in Asia
#486 in the World
Founded
1889

18. Osaka Prefecture University

For Aerospace Engineering

#133 in Asia
#534 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

19. Tokai University

For Aerospace Engineering

#138 in Asia
#556 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
29,700
Founded
1946

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#139 in Asia
#564 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1905

21. Yokohama National University

For Aerospace Engineering

#141 in Asia
#571 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

22. Okayama University

For Aerospace Engineering

#146 in Asia
#588 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
13,057
Founded
1922

23. Kumamoto University

For Aerospace Engineering

#150 in Asia
#596 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
11,098
Founded
1949

24. Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#152 in Asia
#603 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1907

25. Niigata University

For Aerospace Engineering

#159 in Asia
#621 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
12,068
Founded
1922

26. Kanazawa University

For Aerospace Engineering

#165 in Asia
#638 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,127
Founded
1949

27. University of Electro-Communications

For Aerospace Engineering

#167 in Asia
#642 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1949

28. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#170 in Asia
#651 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1949

29. Osaka City University

For Aerospace Engineering

#185 in Asia
#699 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
8,230
Founded
1928

30. Kindai University

For Aerospace Engineering

#200 in Asia
#735 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
38,857
Founded
1949

31. Shizuoka University

For Aerospace Engineering

#202 in Asia
#746 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1949

32. Mie University

For Aerospace Engineering

#203 in Asia
#750 in the World
Enrollment
8,455
Founded
1949

33. University of Tokushima

For Aerospace Engineering

#204 in Asia
#752 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

34. Saga University

For Aerospace Engineering

#214 in Asia
#783 in the World
Founded
1949

35. Gunma University

For Aerospace Engineering

#215 in Asia
#785 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

36. Shinshu University

For Aerospace Engineering

#223 in Asia
#811 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
10,849
Founded
1949

37. Ehime University

For Aerospace Engineering

#227 in Asia
#820 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
9,033
Founded
1949

38. Gifu University

For Aerospace Engineering

#228 in Asia
#821 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
7,227
Founded
1949

39. Yamaguchi University

For Aerospace Engineering

#233 in Asia
#835 in the World
Founded
1949

40. Toyohashi University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#241 in Asia
#852 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Founded
1976

41. Ritsumeikan University

For Aerospace Engineering

#243 in Asia
#855 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1899

42. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Aerospace Engineering

#252 in Asia
#880 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1946

43. University of Toyama

For Aerospace Engineering

#257 in Asia
#887 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
9,208
Founded
1975

44. Doshisha University

For Aerospace Engineering

#272 in Asia
#923 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,354
Founded
1920

45. Kagoshima University

For Aerospace Engineering

#273 in Asia
#926 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

46. Saitama University

For Aerospace Engineering

#281 in Asia
#948 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

47. Nagaoka University of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#282 in Asia
#950 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1976

48. Ibaraki University

For Aerospace Engineering

#288 in Asia
#962 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

49. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#293 in Asia
#972 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

50. Nagasaki University

For Aerospace Engineering

#302 in Asia
#989 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,090
Founded
1949

51. Tokyo Denki University

For Aerospace Engineering

#324 in Asia
#1034 in the World
Founded
1907

52. Yamagata University

For Aerospace Engineering

#341 in Asia
#1070 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

53. Iwate University

For Aerospace Engineering

#348 in Asia
#1086 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
5,402
Founded
1949

54. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Aerospace Engineering

#349 in Asia
#1087 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
20,285
Founded
1874

55. Chuo University

For Aerospace Engineering

#354 in Asia
#1096 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
31,739
Founded
1885

56. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#357 in Asia
#1106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
2,106
Founded
1960

57. Hirosaki University

For Aerospace Engineering

#367 in Asia
#1126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Founded
1949

58. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Aerospace Engineering

#370 in Asia
#1133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
981
Founded
1881

59. Tottori University

For Aerospace Engineering

#375 in Asia
#1138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
6,179
Founded
1949

60. University of Fukui

For Aerospace Engineering

#389 in Asia
#1167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

61. Nagaoka University

For Aerospace Engineering

#392 in Asia
#1174 in the World
Founded
2001

62. Shimane University

For Aerospace Engineering

#395 in Asia
#1177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1949

63. Fukuoka University

For Aerospace Engineering

#398 in Asia
#1182 in the World
Founded
1934

64. Nippon Medical School

For Aerospace Engineering

#401 in Asia
#1188 in the World
Founded
1904

65. University of the Ryukyus

For Aerospace Engineering

#405 in Asia
#1195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1950

66. Meijo University

For Aerospace Engineering

#414 in Asia
#1213 in the World
Founded
1926

67. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#423 in Asia
#1233 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Founded
1949

68. University of Yamanashi

For Aerospace Engineering

#432 in Asia
#1246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

69. Jichi Medical University

For Aerospace Engineering

#435 in Asia
#1250 in the World
Founded
1972

70. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#439 in Asia
#1259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
2003

71. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Aerospace Engineering

#447 in Asia
#1287 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1988

72. Sophia University

For Aerospace Engineering

#449 in Asia
#1290 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,280
Founded
1913

73. Muroran Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#457 in Asia
#1306 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1949

74. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#458 in Asia
#1308 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1991

75. Meiji University

For Aerospace Engineering

#477 in Asia
#1344 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1881

76. Juntendo University

For Aerospace Engineering

#480 in Asia
#1350 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1836

77. Akita University

For Aerospace Engineering

#506 in Asia
#1394 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Founded
1949

78. Okayama University of Science

For Aerospace Engineering

#516 in Asia
#1416 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1962

79. Hosei University

For Aerospace Engineering

#517 in Asia
#1417 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1880

80. Kansai University

For Aerospace Engineering

#518 in Asia
#1420 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
29,749
Founded
1922

81. Toho University

For Aerospace Engineering

#522 in Asia
#1428 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1925

82. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#530 in Asia
#1440 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1990

83. Oita University

For Aerospace Engineering

#531 in Asia
#1444 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
5,781
Founded
1949

84. Kogakuin University

For Aerospace Engineering

#532 in Asia
#1447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1887

86. Yokohama City University

For Aerospace Engineering

#539 in Asia
#1459 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
5,198
Founded
1928

87. University of Hyogo

For Aerospace Engineering

#547 in Asia
#1472 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
6,551
Founded
2004

89. University of Miyazaki

For Aerospace Engineering

#552 in Asia
#1482 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1949

90. Saitama Medical School

For Aerospace Engineering

#554 in Asia
#1484 in the World
Founded
1972

91. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Aerospace Engineering

#562 in Asia
#1501 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1872

92. Kagawa University

For Aerospace Engineering

#566 in Asia
#1507 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1949

93. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#579 in Asia
#1534 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
5,917
Founded
1965

94. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Aerospace Engineering

#586 in Asia
#1545 in the World
Founded
1966

95. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Aerospace Engineering

#593 in Asia
#1554 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1974

96. Toyota Technological Institute

For Aerospace Engineering

#598 in Asia
#1564 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

97. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Aerospace Engineering

#608 in Asia
#1590 in the World
Enrollment
8,146
Founded
1922

98. Kitasato University

For Aerospace Engineering

#617 in Asia
#1603 in the World
Founded
1962

100. Iwate Medical University

For Aerospace Engineering

#649 in Asia
#1667 in the World
Founded
1928

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