100 Best universities for Electronic Engineering 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 Electronic Engineering. A graph of 2.01M citations received by 150K academic papers made by 193 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

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#16 in Asia

#44 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Electronic Engineering

#25 in Asia

#75 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#26 in Asia

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Electronic Engineering

#38 in Asia

#113 in the World

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

5. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#42 in Asia

#121 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#75 in Asia

#200 in the World

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

7. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#82 in Asia

#224 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Electronic Engineering

#88 in Asia

#244 in the World

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

9. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#97 in Asia

#271 in the World

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

10. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#102 in Asia

#288 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#104 in Asia

#299 in the World

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

12. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Electronic Engineering

#109 in Asia

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

13. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Electronic Engineering

#124 in Asia

#385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Electronic Engineering

#126 in Asia

#392 in the World

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

15. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Electronic Engineering

#138 in Asia

#428 in the World

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

16. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Electronic Engineering

#148 in Asia

#457 in the World

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

17. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Electronic Engineering

#150 in Asia

#464 in the World

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

18. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#165 in Asia

#504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

19. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Electronic Engineering

#167 in Asia

#508 in the World

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

20. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Electronic Engineering

#172 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Electronic Engineering

#184 in Asia

#552 in the World

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

22. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Electronic Engineering

#189 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

23. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Electronic Engineering

#193 in Asia

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

24. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Electronic Engineering

#197 in Asia

#578 in the World

Founded: 1949

25. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#204 in Asia

#598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

26. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Electronic Engineering

#221 in Asia

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

27. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Electronic Engineering

#226 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

28. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Electronic Engineering

#254 in Asia

#714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Electronic Engineering

#261 in Asia

#740 in the World

Founded: 2001

30. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Electronic Engineering

#267 in Asia

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

31. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Electronic Engineering

#278 in Asia

#778 in the World

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

32. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Electronic Engineering

#279 in Asia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

33. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Electronic Engineering

#300 in Asia

#833 in the World

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

34. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#302 in Asia

#840 in the World

Founded: 1889

35. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Electronic Engineering

#303 in Asia

#842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Electronic Engineering

#311 in Asia

#856 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#329 in Asia

#894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

38. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#336 in Asia

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

39. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Electronic Engineering

#339 in Asia

#920 in the World

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

40. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#346 in Asia

#934 in the World

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

41. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Electronic Engineering

#348 in Asia

#939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Electronic Engineering

#357 in Asia

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

43. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Electronic Engineering

#358 in Asia

#960 in the World

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

44. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#361 in Asia

#965 in the World

Founded: 1907

45. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#367 in Asia

#978 in the World

Founded: 1963

46. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Electronic Engineering

#368 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

47. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#381 in Asia

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

48. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Electronic Engineering

#398 in Asia

#1025 in the World

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

49. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#401 in Asia

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

50. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

51. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Electronic Engineering

#419 in Asia

#1078 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

52. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#431 in Asia

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

53. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Electronic Engineering

#435 in Asia

#1108 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Electronic Engineering

#446 in Asia

#1127 in the World

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

55. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Electronic Engineering

#465 in Asia

#1158 in the World

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

56. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Electronic Engineering

#480 in Asia

#1186 in the World

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

57. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Electronic Engineering

#502 in Asia

#1227 in the World

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

58. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Electronic Engineering

#521 in Asia

#1269 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

59. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#523 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#533 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Founded: 1934

61. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Electronic Engineering

#535 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Electronic Engineering

#537 in Asia

#1294 in the World

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

63. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Electronic Engineering

#539 in Asia

#1300 in the World

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

64. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Electronic Engineering

#541 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Founded: 1949

65. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Electronic Engineering

#551 in Asia

#1320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

66. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#570 in Asia

#1352 in the World

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

67. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#572 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

68. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Electronic Engineering

#573 in Asia

#1359 in the World

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

69. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Electronic Engineering

#597 in Asia

#1408 in the World

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

70. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Electronic Engineering

#599 in Asia

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#602 in Asia

#1418 in the World

Founded: 1962

72. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Electronic Engineering

#604 in Asia

#1422 in the World

Founded: 1942

73. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Electronic Engineering

#606 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

74. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Electronic Engineering

#620 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

75. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Electronic Engineering

#628 in Asia

#1471 in the World

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

76. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Electronic Engineering

#631 in Asia

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

77. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Electronic Engineering

#643 in Asia

#1497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

78. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Electronic Engineering

#655 in Asia

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

79. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Electronic Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,058
Founded: 1994

80. Aoyama Gakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#682 in Asia

#1551 in the World

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

81. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Electronic Engineering

#701 in Asia

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

82. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#703 in Asia

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

83. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Electronic Engineering

#704 in Asia

#1600 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

84. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Electronic Engineering

#714 in Asia

#1621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

85. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Electronic Engineering

#716 in Asia

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

86. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Electronic Engineering

#717 in Asia

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

87. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Electronic Engineering

#725 in Asia

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Electronic Engineering

#728 in Asia

#1642 in the World

Founded: 1967

89. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#739 in Asia

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

90. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Electronic Engineering

#740 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Founded: 1938

91. Toyota Technological Institute

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#763 in Asia

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

92. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Electronic Engineering

#765 in Asia

#1709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

93. Tokyo University of Agriculture

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#779 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

94. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Electronic Engineering

#793 in Asia

#1755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

95. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Electronic Engineering

#801 in Asia

#1770 in the World

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

96. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Electronic Engineering

#809 in Asia

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

97. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#813 in Asia

#1788 in the World

Founded: 2004

98. Musashi University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#817 in Asia

#1796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

99. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Electronic Engineering

#831 in Asia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

100. Ryukoku University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#838 in Asia

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

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

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