100 Best universities for Automotive Engineering in Japan

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Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Automotive Engineering. A graph of 328K citations received by 37.6K academic papers made by 121 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 Automotive Engineering

#16 in Asia
#33 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

2. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#46 in Asia
#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

3. Hokkaido University

For Automotive Engineering

#53 in Asia
#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

4. Kyushu University

For Automotive Engineering

#64 in Asia
#189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

5. Kyoto University

For Automotive Engineering

#65 in Asia
#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

6. Waseda University

For Automotive Engineering

#71 in Asia
#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
47,094
Founded
1882

7. Tohoku University

For Automotive Engineering

#74 in Asia
#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

8. Nagoya University

For Automotive Engineering

#76 in Asia
#222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

9. Osaka University

For Automotive Engineering

#97 in Asia
#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

10. Keio University

For Automotive Engineering

#102 in Asia
#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
33,518
Founded
1858

11. Osaka Prefecture University

For Automotive Engineering

#111 in Asia
#300 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

12. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#118 in Asia
#314 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1949

13. Doshisha University

For Automotive Engineering

#127 in Asia
#346 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,354
Founded
1920

14. Nihon University

For Automotive Engineering

#128 in Asia
#349 in the World
Founded
1889

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Automotive Engineering

#146 in Asia
#408 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
19,768
Founded
1881

16. Okayama University

For Automotive Engineering

#157 in Asia
#444 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
13,057
Founded
1922

17. Kobe University

For Automotive Engineering

#169 in Asia
#487 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
15,999
Founded
1902

18. Yokohama National University

For Automotive Engineering

#171 in Asia
#489 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

19. University of Tsukuba

For Automotive Engineering

#192 in Asia
#530 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,507
Founded
1973

20. Chiba University

For Automotive Engineering

#193 in Asia
#531 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
13,983
Founded
1949

22. Hiroshima University

For Automotive Engineering

#201 in Asia
#550 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
15,066
Founded
1949

23. Sophia University

For Automotive Engineering

#224 in Asia
#596 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
13,280
Founded
1913

24. University of the Ryukyus

For Automotive Engineering

#229 in Asia
#605 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1950

25. Tokai University

For Automotive Engineering

#232 in Asia
#618 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1946

26. Ibaraki University

For Automotive Engineering

#234 in Asia
#622 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

27. Gunma University

For Automotive Engineering

#242 in Asia
#632 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

28. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#248 in Asia
#651 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Founded
1949

29. Nagasaki University

For Automotive Engineering

#265 in Asia
#722 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,090
Founded
1949

30. Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Automotive Engineering

#266 in Asia
#724 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
9,059
Founded
2005

31. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#271 in Asia
#736 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1905

32. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#284 in Asia
#762 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
2,106
Founded
1960

33. Kanazawa University

For Automotive Engineering

#287 in Asia
#767 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,127
Founded
1949

34. Musashi University

For Automotive Engineering

#297 in Asia
#792 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Founded
1949

35. Nagaoka University of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#305 in Asia
#817 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1976

36. Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#306 in Asia
#819 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1907

37. Ritsumeikan University

For Automotive Engineering

#309 in Asia
#823 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1899

39. University of Tokushima

For Automotive Engineering

#328 in Asia
#865 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

40. Meiji University

For Automotive Engineering

#349 in Asia
#926 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1881

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#351 in Asia
#934 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Founded
1976

42. Hosei University

For Automotive Engineering

#364 in Asia
#966 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1880

44. Meijo University

For Automotive Engineering

#377 in Asia
#994 in the World
Founded
1926

45. Kagoshima University

For Automotive Engineering

#406 in Asia
#1053 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

46. Yamaguchi University

For Automotive Engineering

#411 in Asia
#1061 in the World
Founded
1949

47. Kogakuin University

For Automotive Engineering

#412 in Asia
#1062 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1887

48. Mie University

For Automotive Engineering

#414 in Asia
#1067 in the World
Enrollment
8,455
Founded
1949

49. Kumamoto University

For Automotive Engineering

#418 in Asia
#1076 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
7,629
Founded
1949

50. Tokyo Denki University

For Automotive Engineering

#420 in Asia
#1081 in the World
Founded
1907

51. University of Shiga Prefecture

For Automotive Engineering

#429 in Asia
#1096 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1995

52. Tokyo City University

For Automotive Engineering

#430 in Asia
#1100 in the World
Enrollment
7,543
Founded
1929

53. Saitama University

For Automotive Engineering

#434 in Asia
#1107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

54. Chuo University

For Automotive Engineering

#437 in Asia
#1117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
31,739
Founded
1885

55. Niigata University

For Automotive Engineering

#469 in Asia
#1185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
12,068
Founded
1922

56. Kindai University

For Automotive Engineering

#503 in Asia
#1264 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
38,857
Founded
1949

57. Muroran Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#522 in Asia
#1315 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1949

58. Nagaoka University

For Automotive Engineering

#549 in Asia
#1373 in the World
Founded
2001

59. Osaka City University

For Automotive Engineering

#558 in Asia
#1387 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
8,230
Founded
1928

60. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#578 in Asia
#1426 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
2003

61. Saga University

For Automotive Engineering

#580 in Asia
#1429 in the World
Founded
1949

62. University of Electro-Communications

For Automotive Engineering

#585 in Asia
#1439 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1949

63. Iwate University

For Automotive Engineering

#587 in Asia
#1447 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
5,402
Founded
1949

64. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Automotive Engineering

#595 in Asia
#1458 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Founded
1891

65. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#600 in Asia
#1468 in the World
Enrollment
8,146
Founded
1922

66. Gifu University

For Automotive Engineering

#628 in Asia
#1513 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
7,227
Founded
1949

67. Oita University

For Automotive Engineering

#629 in Asia
#1514 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
5,781
Founded
1949

68. University of Kitakyushu

For Automotive Engineering

#634 in Asia
#1523 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1946

69. Shinshu University

For Automotive Engineering

#639 in Asia
#1535 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
10,849
Founded
1949

70. Nippon Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#659 in Asia
#1587 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1967

71. Shizuoka University

For Automotive Engineering

#666 in Asia
#1600 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Founded
1949

72. Akita Prefectural University

For Automotive Engineering

#669 in Asia
#1604 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1999

73. Tottori University

For Automotive Engineering

#685 in Asia
#1640 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
6,179
Founded
1949

74. Kansai University

For Automotive Engineering

#696 in Asia
#1655 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
29,749
Founded
1922

75. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#697 in Asia
#1656 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1965

76. Ehime University

For Automotive Engineering

#699 in Asia
#1666 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
9,033
Founded
1949

77. Seikei University

For Automotive Engineering

#712 in Asia
#1690 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

78. Tohoku Gakuin University

For Automotive Engineering

#719 in Asia
#1701 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1949

79. University of Toyama

For Automotive Engineering

#725 in Asia
#1710 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
9,208
Founded
1975

80. Utsunomiya University

For Automotive Engineering

#728 in Asia
#1715 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1949

81. Kagawa University

For Automotive Engineering

#740 in Asia
#1733 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1949

82. Kochi University of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#750 in Asia
#1743 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1997

83. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#751 in Asia
#1744 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
1959

84. Toyota Technological Institute

For Automotive Engineering

#759 in Asia
#1761 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1981

85. Chubu University

For Automotive Engineering

#786 in Asia
#1811 in the World
Founded
1938

86. Yamagata University

For Automotive Engineering

#791 in Asia
#1819 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

87. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#795 in Asia
#1827 in the World
Founded
1963

88. Shimane University

For Automotive Engineering

#810 in Asia
#1853 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1949

89. Kanagawa University

For Automotive Engineering

#811 in Asia
#1854 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1949

90. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Automotive Engineering

#831 in Asia
#1896 in the World
Enrollment
2,186
Founded
1988

91. Osaka Sangyo University

For Automotive Engineering

#870 in Asia
#1962 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1928

92. Toyo University

For Automotive Engineering

#873 in Asia
#1966 in the World
Founded
1887

93. University of Miyazaki

For Automotive Engineering

#890 in Asia
#2004 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1949

94. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#901 in Asia
#2029 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1990

95. Teikyo University

For Automotive Engineering

#906 in Asia
#2041 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1966

96. Meisei University

For Automotive Engineering

#919 in Asia
#2063 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1964

97. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#926 in Asia
#2073 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1991

98. Hokkaido University of Science

For Automotive Engineering

#927 in Asia
#2074 in the World
Founded
1967

99. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Automotive Engineering

#929 in Asia
#2076 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

100. Hirosaki University

For Automotive Engineering

#930 in Asia
#2077 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Founded
1949

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