100 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 56.2M citations received by 3.11M academic papers made by 517 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 Engineering

#2 in Asia

#7 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Engineering

#4 in Asia

#21 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Engineering

#7 in Asia

#27 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Engineering

#9 in Asia

#31 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#16 in Asia

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#24 in Asia

#86 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Engineering

#34 in Asia

#102 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Engineering

#42 in Asia

#124 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Engineering

#65 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

10. Tokyo University of Science

For Engineering

#70 in Asia

#228 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Engineering

#84 in Asia

#277 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Engineering

#85 in Asia

#279 in the World

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

13. Waseda University

For Engineering

#95 in Asia

#309 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Engineering

#109 in Asia

#374 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Engineering

#121 in Asia

#418 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#131 in Asia

#464 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Engineering

#140 in Asia

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#152 in Asia

#537 in the World

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

19. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#154 in Asia

#543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#157 in Asia

#554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Engineering

#160 in Asia

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Engineering

#161 in Asia

#571 in the World

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

23. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Engineering

#165 in Asia

#583 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Engineering

#179 in Asia

#615 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. University of Electro-Communications

For Engineering

#180 in Asia

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Engineering

#187 in Asia

#642 in the World

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

27. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Engineering

#188 in Asia

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Engineering

#194 in Asia

#656 in the World

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

29. Osaka City University

For Engineering

#196 in Asia

#663 in the World

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

30. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Engineering

#199 in Asia

#670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Engineering

#202 in Asia

#675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

32. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Engineering

#210 in Asia

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Engineering

#213 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Engineering

#220 in Asia

#724 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#228 in Asia

#743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

36. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Engineering

#234 in Asia

#750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

37. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Engineering

#246 in Asia

#775 in the World

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

38. Gifu University

For Engineering

#248 in Asia

#781 in the World

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

39. Tokai University

For Engineering

#249 in Asia

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#251 in Asia

#788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

41. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Engineering

#259 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. Ritsumeikan University

For Engineering

#262 in Asia

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Engineering

#266 in Asia

#828 in the World

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

44. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Engineering

#268 in Asia

#832 in the World

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

45. Mie University

For Engineering

#276 in Asia

#851 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

46. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#277 in Asia

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

47. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#309 in Asia

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

48. University of Yamanashi

For Engineering

#316 in Asia

#936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

49. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Engineering

#318 in Asia

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

50. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Engineering

#321 in Asia

#942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. Saga University

For Engineering

#331 in Asia

#961 in the World

Founded: 1949

52. Ibaraki University

For Engineering

#332 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

53. Kansai University

For Engineering

#336 in Asia

#974 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

For Engineering

#348 in Asia

#1010 in the World

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

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Engineering

#359 in Asia

#1035 in the World

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

56. Doshisha University

For Engineering

#367 in Asia

#1052 in the World

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

57. Meijo University

For Engineering

#418 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Founded: 1926

58. University of Fukui

For Engineering

#421 in Asia

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

59. Shimane University

For Engineering

#456 in Asia

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

60. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Engineering

#459 in Asia

#1246 in the World

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

61. University of Hyogo

For Engineering

#467 in Asia

#1261 in the World

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

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Sophia University

For Engineering

#479 in Asia

#1280 in the World

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

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Engineering

#484 in Asia

#1289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

65. Akita University

For Engineering

#485 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

66. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#486 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

67. Toyota Technological Institute

For Engineering

#493 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

68. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#495 in Asia

#1305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

69. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#498 in Asia

#1312 in the World

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

70. Meiji University

For Engineering

#499 in Asia

#1313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

71. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Engineering

#500 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

72. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#510 in Asia

#1337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

73. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Engineering

#516 in Asia

#1359 in the World

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

74. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#517 in Asia

#1363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

75. Kitasato University

For Engineering

#522 in Asia

#1374 in the World

Founded: 1962

76. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Engineering

#532 in Asia

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

77. Toho University

For Engineering

#533 in Asia

#1391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

78. Hosei University

For Engineering

#537 in Asia

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

79. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Engineering

#549 in Asia

#1418 in the World

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

80. Tokyo Denki University

For Engineering

#553 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Founded: 1907

81. Juntendo University

For Engineering

#567 in Asia

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

82. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Engineering

#571 in Asia

#1457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

83. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Engineering

#573 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

84. Oita University

For Engineering

#576 in Asia

#1467 in the World

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

85. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Engineering

#589 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

86. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Engineering

#596 in Asia

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

87. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Engineering

#600 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Founded: 1972

88. Nagoya City University

For Engineering

#603 in Asia

#1521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

89. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Engineering

#604 in Asia

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

90. Showa University

For Engineering

#607 in Asia

#1530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

91. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Engineering

#627 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

92. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#629 in Asia

#1580 in the World

Founded: 2001

93. Kogakuin University

For Engineering

#634 in Asia

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

94. Teikyo University

For Engineering

#641 in Asia

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

95. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Engineering

#646 in Asia

#1610 in the World

Founded: 1942

96. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Engineering

#651 in Asia

#1617 in the World

Founded: 1938

97. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#704 in Asia

#1723 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

98. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#714 in Asia

#1742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

99. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Engineering

#716 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

100. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#719 in Asia

#1748 in the World

Founded: 1966

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

Engineering subfields in Japan

Acoustical Engineering280

Aerospace Engineering266

Agricultural Engineering37

Applied/Engineering Physics96

Architectural Engineering100

Automation and Control engineering121

Automotive Engineering121

Biochemical Engineering26

Biomedical Engineering140

Biotechnology183

Chemical Engineering263

Civil Engineering207

Computer Engineering109

Computer Networking223

Construction Management25

Electrical Engineering289

Electronic Engineering193

Engineering Management26

Environmental Engineering127

Firefighting and Fire Science34

Geotechnical Engineering172

Human-Computer Interaction149

Industrial Engineering22

Landscape Architecture30

Marine Engineering69

Materials Science388

Mechanical Engineering322

Metallurgical Engineering313

Mining Engineering39

Nanotechnology246

Nuclear Engineering77

Operations Research80

Optical Engineering353

Petroleum Engineering81

Polymer science and Plastics engineering71

Product and Industrial Design26

Reliability and Quality Engineering79

Remote Sensing118

Renewable Energy Engineering74

Structural Engineering245

Systems Engineering156

Technical Drawing65

Telecommunications262

Transportation Engineering84