100 Best universities for Electronic Engineering 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 Electronic Engineering. A graph of 2.09M citations received by 152K academic papers made by 194 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

#45 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Electronic Engineering

#26 in Asia

#78 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#28 in Asia

#80 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Electronic Engineering

#40 in Asia

#118 in the World

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

5. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#43 in Asia

#122 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#76 in Asia

#202 in the World

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

7. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#82 in Asia

#226 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Electronic Engineering

#90 in Asia

#248 in the World

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

9. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#100 in Asia

#276 in the World

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

10. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#102 in Asia

#290 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#107 in Asia

#302 in the World

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

12. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Electronic Engineering

#114 in Asia

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

13. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Electronic Engineering

#127 in Asia

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Electronic Engineering

#130 in Asia

#401 in the World

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

15. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Electronic Engineering

#139 in Asia

#433 in the World

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

16. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Electronic Engineering

#150 in Asia

#458 in the World

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

17. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Electronic Engineering

#154 in Asia

#469 in the World

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

18. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Electronic Engineering

#174 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

19. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#176 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

20. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Electronic Engineering

#181 in Asia

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Electronic Engineering

#190 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

22. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Electronic Engineering

#198 in Asia

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

23. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Electronic Engineering

#201 in Asia

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

24. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Electronic Engineering

#205 in Asia

#593 in the World

Founded: 1949

25. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#213 in Asia

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

26. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Electronic Engineering

#226 in Asia

#645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

27. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Electronic Engineering

#238 in Asia

#666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

28. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Electronic Engineering

#264 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Electronic Engineering

#272 in Asia

#762 in the World

Founded: 2001

30. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Electronic Engineering

#274 in Asia

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

31. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Electronic Engineering

#288 in Asia

#801 in the World

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

32. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Electronic Engineering

#290 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

33. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Electronic Engineering

#309 in Asia

#852 in the World

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

34. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#310 in Asia

#853 in the World

Founded: 1889

35. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Electronic Engineering

#314 in Asia

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Electronic Engineering

#327 in Asia

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#340 in Asia

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

38. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#347 in Asia

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

39. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Electronic Engineering

#355 in Asia

#946 in the World

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

40. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Electronic Engineering

#366 in Asia

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#367 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

42. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Electronic Engineering

#374 in Asia

#982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

43. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Electronic Engineering

#380 in Asia

#990 in the World

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

44. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#383 in Asia

#998 in the World

Founded: 1907

45. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Electronic Engineering

#387 in Asia

#1004 in the World

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

46. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#388 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Founded: 1963

47. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#404 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

48. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#412 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

49. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Electronic Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1049 in the World

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

50. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#434 in Asia

#1092 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

51. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Electronic Engineering

#437 in Asia

#1103 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

52. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#455 in Asia

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

53. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Electronic Engineering

#464 in Asia

#1145 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Electronic Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1153 in the World

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

55. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Electronic Engineering

#474 in Asia

#1165 in the World

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

56. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Electronic Engineering

#507 in Asia

#1222 in the World

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

57. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Electronic Engineering

#522 in Asia

#1259 in the World

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

58. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Electronic Engineering

#524 in Asia

#1262 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

59. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Electronic Engineering

#547 in Asia

#1303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

60. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#550 in Asia

#1307 in the World

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

61. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Electronic Engineering

#553 in Asia

#1311 in the World

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

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Electronic Engineering

#555 in Asia

#1316 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Electronic Engineering

#560 in Asia

#1327 in the World

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

64. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Electronic Engineering

#562 in Asia

#1331 in the World

Founded: 1949

65. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Electronic Engineering

#571 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

66. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#587 in Asia

#1377 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

67. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Electronic Engineering

#592 in Asia

#1389 in the World

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

68. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#595 in Asia

#1396 in the World

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

69. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#613 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1962

70. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Electronic Engineering

#614 in Asia

#1431 in the World

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

71. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Electronic Engineering

#615 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Electronic Engineering

#620 in Asia

#1443 in the World

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

73. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Electronic Engineering

#622 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Founded: 1942

74. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Electronic Engineering

#627 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Electronic Engineering

#645 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

76. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Electronic Engineering

#653 in Asia

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

77. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Electronic Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

78. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Electronic Engineering

#677 in Asia

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

79. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Electronic Engineering

#683 in Asia

#1543 in the World

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

80. Aoyama Gakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#699 in Asia

#1573 in the World

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

81. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Electronic Engineering

#717 in Asia

#1606 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

82. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Electronic Engineering

#727 in Asia

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

83. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#730 in Asia

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

84. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Electronic Engineering

#735 in Asia

#1650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

85. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Electronic Engineering

#740 in Asia

#1660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

86. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Electronic Engineering

#741 in Asia

#1661 in the World

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

87. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Electronic Engineering

#742 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#749 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

89. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Electronic Engineering

#756 in Asia

#1687 in the World

Founded: 1967

90. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Electronic Engineering

#765 in Asia

#1702 in the World

Founded: 1938

91. Toyota Technological Institute

Japan | Nagoya

For Electronic Engineering

#787 in Asia

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

92. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Electronic Engineering

#802 in Asia

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

93. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Electronic Engineering

#806 in Asia

#1771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

94. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Electronic Engineering

#816 in Asia

#1788 in the World

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

95. Tokyo University of Agriculture

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#819 in Asia

#1793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

96. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#828 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Founded: 2004

97. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Electronic Engineering

#831 in Asia

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

98. Musashi University

Japan | Tokyo

For Electronic Engineering

#843 in Asia

#1842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

99. Ryukoku University

Japan | Kyoto

For Electronic Engineering

#849 in Asia

#1858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

100. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Electronic Engineering

#850 in Asia

#1859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

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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Agricultural Engineering35

Applied/Engineering Physics96

Architectural Engineering103

Architecture34

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