100 Best universities for 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 Engineering. A graph of 58.6M citations received by 3.16M academic papers made by 520 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: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Engineering

#6 in Asia

#23 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Engineering

#8 in Asia

#29 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Engineering

#9 in Asia

#33 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#17 in Asia

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#31 in Asia

#94 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Engineering

#35 in Asia

#106 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Engineering

#43 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Engineering

#69 in Asia

#218 in the World

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

10. Tokyo University of Science

For Engineering

#75 in Asia

#237 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Engineering

#88 in Asia

#284 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Engineering

#93 in Asia

#293 in the World

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

13. Waseda University

For Engineering

#98 in Asia

#314 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Engineering

#116 in Asia

#387 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Engineering

#124 in Asia

#427 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#135 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Engineering

#148 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#156 in Asia

#543 in the World

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

19. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#160 in Asia

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#163 in Asia

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Engineering

#165 in Asia

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Engineering

#167 in Asia

#582 in the World

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

23. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Engineering

#172 in Asia

#591 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Engineering

#184 in Asia

#626 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. University of Electro-Communications

For Engineering

#187 in Asia

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Engineering

#196 in Asia

#653 in the World

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

27. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Engineering

#199 in Asia

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Engineering

#203 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

29. Osaka City University

For Engineering

#211 in Asia

#689 in the World

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

30. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Engineering

#212 in Asia

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Engineering

#213 in Asia

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

32. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Engineering

#217 in Asia

#707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Engineering

#224 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Engineering

#236 in Asia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#246 in Asia

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

36. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Engineering

#247 in Asia

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

37. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Engineering

#257 in Asia

#792 in the World

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

38. Gifu University

For Engineering

#261 in Asia

#803 in the World

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

39. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#262 in Asia

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

40. Tokai University

For Engineering

#265 in Asia

#814 in the World

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

41. Ritsumeikan University

For Engineering

#268 in Asia

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

42. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Engineering

#269 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Engineering

#275 in Asia

#845 in the World

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

44. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Engineering

#277 in Asia

#848 in the World

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

45. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#283 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

46. Mie University

For Engineering

#286 in Asia

#870 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

47. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#325 in Asia

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

48. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Engineering

#328 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

49. University of Yamanashi

For Engineering

#329 in Asia

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

50. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Engineering

#330 in Asia

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. Saga University

For Engineering

#341 in Asia

#976 in the World

Founded: 1949

52. Ibaraki University

For Engineering

#347 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

53. Kansai University

For Engineering

#351 in Asia

#997 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

For Engineering

#363 in Asia

#1033 in the World

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

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Engineering

#377 in Asia

#1057 in the World

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

56. Doshisha University

For Engineering

#391 in Asia

#1093 in the World

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

57. Meijo University

For Engineering

#441 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Founded: 1926

58. University of Fukui

For Engineering

#444 in Asia

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

59. Shimane University

For Engineering

#477 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

60. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Engineering

#486 in Asia

#1283 in the World

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

61. University of Hyogo

For Engineering

#488 in Asia

#1287 in the World

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

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#490 in Asia

#1291 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#501 in Asia

#1310 in the World

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

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Engineering

#503 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

65. Sophia University

For Engineering

#506 in Asia

#1320 in the World

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

66. Akita University

For Engineering

#510 in Asia

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

67. Toyota Technological Institute

For Engineering

#513 in Asia

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

68. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Engineering

#515 in Asia

#1337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

69. Meiji University

For Engineering

#519 in Asia

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

70. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#522 in Asia

#1347 in the World

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

71. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#523 in Asia

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

72. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#524 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

73. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Engineering

#538 in Asia

#1393 in the World

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

74. Kitasato University

For Engineering

#545 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Founded: 1962

75. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#546 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

76. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Engineering

#549 in Asia

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

77. Toho University

For Engineering

#558 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

78. Hosei University

For Engineering

#559 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

79. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Engineering

#560 in Asia

#1432 in the World

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

80. Tokyo Denki University

For Engineering

#577 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Founded: 1907

81. Juntendo University

For Engineering

#580 in Asia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

82. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Engineering

#586 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

83. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Engineering

#587 in Asia

#1485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

84. Oita University

For Engineering

#592 in Asia

#1494 in the World

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

85. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Engineering

#606 in Asia

#1521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

86. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Engineering

#616 in Asia

#1539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

87. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Engineering

#626 in Asia

#1556 in the World

Founded: 1972

88. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Engineering

#630 in Asia

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

89. Nagoya City University

For Engineering

#631 in Asia

#1561 in the World

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

90. Showa University

For Engineering

#637 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

91. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Engineering

#661 in Asia

#1625 in the World

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

92. Kogakuin University

For Engineering

#662 in Asia

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

93. Teikyo University

For Engineering

#671 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

94. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#673 in Asia

#1647 in the World

Founded: 2001

95. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Engineering

#676 in Asia

#1652 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Engineering

#677 in Asia

#1653 in the World

Founded: 1942

97. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#734 in Asia

#1766 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

98. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#738 in Asia

#1775 in the World

Founded: 1966

99. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Engineering

#741 in Asia

#1780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

100. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#744 in Asia

#1787 in the World

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

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 Engineering285

Aerospace Engineering268

Agricultural Engineering35

Applied/Engineering Physics96

Architectural Engineering103

Automation and Control engineering121

Automotive Engineering123

Biochemical Engineering27

Biomedical Engineering142

Biotechnology184

Chemical Engineering266

Civil Engineering210

Computer Engineering109

Computer Networking223

Construction Management25

Electrical Engineering292

Electronic Engineering194

Engineering Management27

Environmental Engineering128

Firefighting and Fire Science34

Geotechnical Engineering174

Human-Computer Interaction153

Industrial Engineering22

Landscape Architecture32

Marine Engineering71

Materials Science392

Mechanical Engineering322

Metallurgical Engineering314

Mining Engineering39

Nanotechnology248

Nuclear Engineering78

Operations Research80

Optical Engineering356

Petroleum Engineering81

Polymer science and Plastics engineering69

Product and Industrial Design25

Reliability and Quality Engineering80

Remote Sensing120

Renewable Energy Engineering75

Structural Engineering246

Systems Engineering160

Technical Drawing65

Telecommunications266

Transportation Engineering84