92 Best universities for Architectural Engineering 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 Architectural Engineering. A graph of 141K citations received by 23.8K academic papers made by 92 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. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Architectural Engineering

#9 in Asia

#19 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#12 in Asia

#28 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#17 in Asia

#73 in the World

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

4. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Architectural Engineering

#21 in Asia

#81 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Architectural Engineering

#34 in Asia

#122 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Architectural Engineering

#42 in Asia

#154 in the World

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

7. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#60 in Asia

#214 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Architectural Engineering

#62 in Asia

#232 in the World

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

9. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Architectural Engineering

#63 in Asia

#234 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Architectural Engineering

#66 in Asia

#239 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Architectural Engineering

#71 in Asia

#255 in the World

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

12. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#73 in Asia

#259 in the World

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

13. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#87 in Asia

#298 in the World

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

14. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Architectural Engineering

#91 in Asia

#322 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#94 in Asia

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

16. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Architectural Engineering

#96 in Asia

#335 in the World

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

17. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Architectural Engineering

#105 in Asia

#364 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Architectural Engineering

#132 in Asia

#450 in the World

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

19. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#147 in Asia

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

20. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#154 in Asia

#524 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

21. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Architectural Engineering

#158 in Asia

#530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

22. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Architectural Engineering

#161 in Asia

#541 in the World

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

23. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#162 in Asia

#545 in the World

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

24. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Architectural Engineering

#165 in Asia

#565 in the World

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

25. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Architectural Engineering

#174 in Asia

#601 in the World

Founded: 1949

26. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Architectural Engineering

#176 in Asia

#605 in the World

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

27. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Architectural Engineering

#179 in Asia

#612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

28. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Architectural Engineering

#189 in Asia

#642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

29. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Architectural Engineering

#205 in Asia

#685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

30. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Architectural Engineering

#207 in Asia

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

31. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Architectural Engineering

#219 in Asia

#734 in the World

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

32. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Architectural Engineering

#220 in Asia

#737 in the World

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

33. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Architectural Engineering

#223 in Asia

#741 in the World

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

34. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Architectural Engineering

#226 in Asia

#761 in the World

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

35. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Architectural Engineering

#227 in Asia

#762 in the World

Founded: 1949

36. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Architectural Engineering

#234 in Asia

#778 in the World

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

37. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#245 in Asia

#798 in the World

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

38. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Architectural Engineering

#248 in Asia

#807 in the World

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

39. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#251 in Asia

#816 in the World

Founded: 1907

40. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Architectural Engineering

#254 in Asia

#824 in the World

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

41. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Architectural Engineering

#263 in Asia

#839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

42. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Architectural Engineering

#268 in Asia

#850 in the World

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

43. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Architectural Engineering

#270 in Asia

#857 in the World

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

44. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Architectural Engineering

#271 in Asia

#867 in the World

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

45. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Architectural Engineering

#272 in Asia

#868 in the World

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

46. Nara Women's University

Japan | Nara

For Architectural Engineering

#276 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

47. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Architectural Engineering

#302 in Asia

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

48. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Architectural Engineering

#304 in Asia

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

49. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Architectural Engineering

#311 in Asia

#969 in the World

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

50. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#323 in Asia

#995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

51. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Architectural Engineering

#330 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Architectural Engineering

#332 in Asia

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

53. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Architectural Engineering

#339 in Asia

#1034 in the World

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

54. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Architectural Engineering

#346 in Asia

#1050 in the World

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

55. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Architectural Engineering

#349 in Asia

#1053 in the World

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

56. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Architectural Engineering

#362 in Asia

#1081 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

57. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Architectural Engineering

#372 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Founded: 2001

58. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#380 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

59. Tokyo Polytechnic University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#384 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1966

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Architectural Engineering

#392 in Asia

#1127 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

61. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Architectural Engineering

#397 in Asia

#1132 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

62. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Architectural Engineering

#398 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

63. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Architectural Engineering

#415 in Asia

#1166 in the World

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

64. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Architectural Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1169 in the World

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

65. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Architectural Engineering

#419 in Asia

#1173 in the World

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

66. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Architectural Engineering

#431 in Asia

#1201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

67. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Architectural Engineering

#436 in Asia

#1206 in the World

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

68. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Architectural Engineering

#445 in Asia

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

69. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Architectural Engineering

#448 in Asia

#1223 in the World

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

70. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Architectural Engineering

#462 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

71. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Architectural Engineering

#463 in Asia

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

72. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Architectural Engineering

#474 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

73. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Architectural Engineering

#477 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

74. Toyama Prefectural University

Japan | Imizu

For Architectural Engineering

#486 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

75. Akita Prefectural University

Japan | Akita

For Architectural Engineering

#488 in Asia

#1287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 1,837
Founded: 1999

76. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Architectural Engineering

#494 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

77. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Architectural Engineering

#497 in Asia

#1301 in the World

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

78. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Architectural Engineering

#498 in Asia

#1303 in the World

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

79. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Atsugi

For Architectural Engineering

#503 in Asia

#1309 in the World

Enrollment: 5,243
Male:Female: 88:12
Founded: 1975

80. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#508 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

81. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#514 in Asia

#1329 in the World

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

82. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Architectural Engineering

#521 in Asia

#1337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

83. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Architectural Engineering

#535 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

84. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Architectural Engineering

#545 in Asia

#1378 in the World

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

85. Kyushu Sangyo University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Architectural Engineering

#564 in Asia

#1415 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1960

86. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Architectural Engineering

#570 in Asia

#1426 in the World

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

87. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Architectural Engineering

#571 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

88. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Architectural Engineering

#581 in Asia

#1441 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

89. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Architectural Engineering

#606 in Asia

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

90. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Architectural Engineering

#609 in Asia

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1938

91. Shonan Institute of Technology

Japan | Fujisawa

For Architectural Engineering

#621 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Founded: 1963

92. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Architectural Engineering

#637 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

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

Engineering subfields in Japan

Acoustical Engineering269

Aerospace Engineering256

Agricultural Engineering44

Applied/Engineering Physics89

Architecture30

Automation and Control engineering118

Automotive Engineering119

Aviation34

Biochemical Engineering23

Biomedical Engineering136

Biotechnology180

Chemical Engineering262

Civil Engineering198

Computer Engineering108

Computer Networking213

Construction Management21

Electrical Engineering279

Electronic Engineering189

Engineering Management21

Environmental Engineering124

Firefighting and Fire Science37

Geotechnical Engineering163

Human-Computer Interaction144

Industrial Engineering23

Landscape Architecture42

Marine Engineering70

Materials Science378

Mechanical Engineering306

Metallurgical Engineering307

Mining Engineering47

Nanotechnology239

Nuclear Engineering76

Operations Research75

Optical Engineering342

Petroleum Engineering77

Polymer science and Plastics engineering75

Product and Industrial Design27

Reliability and Quality Engineering75

Remote Sensing114

Renewable Energy Engineering70

Robotics137

Structural Engineering240

Systems Engineering147

Technical Drawing64

Telecommunications246

Transportation Engineering83