100 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 44.7M citations received by 2.83M academic papers made by 505 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

#1 in Asia

#5 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Engineering

#3 in Asia

#17 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Engineering

#6 in Asia

#23 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Engineering

#7 in Asia

#24 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#15 in Asia

#55 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#21 in Asia

#79 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Engineering

#25 in Asia

#87 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Engineering

#38 in Asia

#114 in the World

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

9. Tokyo University of Science

For Engineering

#58 in Asia

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Engineering

#61 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Engineering

#77 in Asia

#257 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Engineering

#78 in Asia

#263 in the World

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

13. Waseda University

For Engineering

#89 in Asia

#298 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Engineering

#103 in Asia

#354 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Engineering

#112 in Asia

#402 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#123 in Asia

#442 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Engineering

#132 in Asia

#466 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#144 in Asia

#511 in the World

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

19. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#145 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

20. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#148 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Engineering

#152 in Asia

#540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Engineering

#156 in Asia

#557 in the World

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

23. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Engineering

#158 in Asia

#565 in the World

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

24. University of Electro-Communications

For Engineering

#163 in Asia

#587 in the World

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

25. Nihon University

For Engineering

#167 in Asia

#592 in the World

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

26. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Engineering

#168 in Asia

#594 in the World

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

27. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Engineering

#177 in Asia

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Engineering

#181 in Asia

#629 in the World

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

29. Osaka City University

For Engineering

#183 in Asia

#632 in the World

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

30. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Engineering

#190 in Asia

#645 in the World

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

31. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Engineering

#191 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

32. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Engineering

#193 in Asia

#650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Engineering

#196 in Asia

#660 in the World

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

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Engineering

#201 in Asia

#679 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#210 in Asia

#712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

36. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Engineering

#214 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#216 in Asia

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

38. Gifu University

For Engineering

#219 in Asia

#733 in the World

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

39. Tokai University

For Engineering

#229 in Asia

#752 in the World

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

40. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Engineering

#230 in Asia

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

41. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Engineering

#231 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

42. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Engineering

#245 in Asia

#791 in the World

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

43. Mie University

For Engineering

#249 in Asia

#799 in the World

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

44. Ritsumeikan University

For Engineering

#253 in Asia

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

45. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Engineering

#255 in Asia

#813 in the World

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

46. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#257 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

47. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#277 in Asia

#867 in the World

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

48. University of Yamanashi

For Engineering

#282 in Asia

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

49. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Engineering

#285 in Asia

#886 in the World

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

50. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Engineering

#287 in Asia

#890 in the World

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

51. Ibaraki University

For Engineering

#294 in Asia

#904 in the World

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

52. Saga University

For Engineering

#305 in Asia

#923 in the World

Founded: 1949

53. Kansai University

For Engineering

#309 in Asia

#930 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

For Engineering

#324 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Engineering

#335 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

56. Doshisha University

For Engineering

#345 in Asia

#1020 in the World

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

57. Meijo University

For Engineering

#366 in Asia

#1070 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

58. University of Fukui

For Engineering

#384 in Asia

#1104 in the World

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

59. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1162 in the World

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

60. Shimane University

For Engineering

#426 in Asia

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

61. University of Hyogo

For Engineering

#427 in Asia

#1191 in the World

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

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1197 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

63. Sophia University

For Engineering

#434 in Asia

#1205 in the World

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

64. Toyota Technological Institute

For Engineering

#444 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

65. Akita University

For Engineering

#447 in Asia

#1228 in the World

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

66. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Engineering

#448 in Asia

#1229 in the World

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

67. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#449 in Asia

#1230 in the World

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

68. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Engineering

#452 in Asia

#1236 in the World

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

69. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#454 in Asia

#1240 in the World

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

70. Meiji University

For Engineering

#458 in Asia

#1248 in the World

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

71. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Engineering

#463 in Asia

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

72. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#466 in Asia

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

73. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

74. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#471 in Asia

#1274 in the World

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

75. Tokyo Denki University

For Engineering

#485 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Founded: 1907

76. Hosei University

For Engineering

#494 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

77. Kitasato University

For Engineering

#495 in Asia

#1314 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

78. Toho University

For Engineering

#496 in Asia

#1316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

79. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Engineering

#501 in Asia

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

80. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Engineering

#506 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,254
Founded: 1912

81. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Engineering

#519 in Asia

#1371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

82. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#522 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Founded: 2001

83. Oita University

For Engineering

#530 in Asia

#1402 in the World

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

84. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Engineering

#533 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

85. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Engineering

#542 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

86. Juntendo University

For Engineering

#552 in Asia

#1445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

87. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Engineering

#554 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

88. Nagoya City University

For Engineering

#561 in Asia

#1459 in the World

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

89. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Engineering

#562 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

90. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Engineering

#566 in Asia

#1468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

91. Kogakuin University

For Engineering

#584 in Asia

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

92. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Engineering

#586 in Asia

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

93. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Engineering

#588 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1972

94. Showa University

For Engineering

#593 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

95. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Engineering

#603 in Asia

#1541 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Teikyo University

For Engineering

#608 in Asia

#1549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

97. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#626 in Asia

#1602 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

98. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#643 in Asia

#1635 in the World

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

99. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Engineering

#645 in Asia

#1637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

100. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#673 in Asia

#1688 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 Engineering269

Aerospace Engineering256

Agricultural Engineering44

Applied/Engineering Physics89

Architectural Engineering92

Automation and Control engineering118

Automotive Engineering119

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

Structural Engineering240

Systems Engineering147

Technical Drawing64

Telecommunications246

Transportation Engineering83