100 Best universities for Engineering in Japan

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 80.6M citations received by 4.71M academic papers made by 492 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: 35%
Enrollment: 28,133
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: 41%
Enrollment: 23,044
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

4. Tohoku University

For Engineering

#7 in Asia

#24 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 17,665
Founded: 1907

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#11 in Asia

#48 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#19 in Asia

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

7. Nagoya University

For Engineering

#22 in Asia

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 16,376
Founded: 1939

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Engineering

#36 in Asia

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

9. Tokyo University of Science

For Engineering

#55 in Asia

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1881

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Engineering

#62 in Asia

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

11. Keio University

For Engineering

#79 in Asia

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 33,437
Founded: 1858

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Engineering

#80 in Asia

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 15,077
Founded: 1949

13. Waseda University

For Engineering

#88 in Asia

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

14. Kobe University

For Engineering

#102 in Asia

#343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,870
Founded: 1902

15. Chiba University

For Engineering

#110 in Asia

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#121 in Asia

#432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Engineering

#128 in Asia

#452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#141 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

19. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#142 in Asia

#509 in the World

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

20. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#143 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Engineering

#147 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Engineering

#151 in Asia

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 10,111
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

23. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Engineering

#157 in Asia

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

24. University of Electro-Communications

For Engineering

#160 in Asia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

25. Nihon University

For Engineering

#164 in Asia

#579 in the World

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

26. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Engineering

#166 in Asia

#585 in the World

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

27. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Engineering

#171 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 12,289
Founded: 1922

28. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Engineering

#172 in Asia

#606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Osaka City University

For Engineering

#173 in Asia

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

30. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Engineering

#180 in Asia

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

31. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Engineering

#183 in Asia

#627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

32. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Engineering

#184 in Asia

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1976

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Engineering

#193 in Asia

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Engineering

#197 in Asia

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Engineering

#203 in Asia

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1946

36. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#207 in Asia

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

37. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Engineering

#210 in Asia

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Engineering

#212 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

39. Gifu University

For Engineering

#213 in Asia

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

40. Tokai University

For Engineering

#222 in Asia

#745 in the World

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

41. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#225 in Asia

#749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1976

42. Mie University

For Engineering

#232 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Engineering

#236 in Asia

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

44. Ritsumeikan University

For Engineering

#237 in Asia

#775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1899

45. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Engineering

#240 in Asia

#782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 9,044
Founded: 1949

46. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#248 in Asia

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1991

47. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Engineering

#269 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

48. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Engineering

#273 in Asia

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

49. University of Yamanashi

For Engineering

#277 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

50. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#281 in Asia

#882 in the World

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

51. Ibaraki University

For Engineering

#291 in Asia

#897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

52. Saga University

For Engineering

#292 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

53. Kansai University

For Engineering

#297 in Asia

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

54. University of Toyama

For Engineering

#314 in Asia

#945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 9,121
Founded: 1975

55. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Engineering

#323 in Asia

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

56. Doshisha University

For Engineering

#338 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 28,642
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

57. Meijo University

For Engineering

#361 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

58. University of Fukui

For Engineering

#370 in Asia

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

59. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Engineering

#398 in Asia

#1141 in the World

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

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Engineering

#410 in Asia

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

61. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

62. Shimane University

For Engineering

#413 in Asia

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

63. Toyota Technological Institute

For Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1981

64. Sophia University

For Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

65. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#425 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

66. Akita University

For Engineering

#428 in Asia

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

67. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

68. University of Hyogo

For Engineering

#432 in Asia

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,695
Founded: 2004

69. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Engineering

#433 in Asia

#1205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 31,376
Founded: 1885

70. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Engineering

#435 in Asia

#1208 in the World

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

71. Meiji University

For Engineering

#439 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

72. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Engineering

#454 in Asia

#1244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

73. Hosei University

For Engineering

#456 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1880

74. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#471 in Asia

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

75. Kitasato University

For Engineering

#472 in Asia

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

76. Tokyo Denki University

For Engineering

#473 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Founded: 1907

77. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Engineering

#475 in Asia

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

78. Oita University

For Engineering

#478 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

79. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Engineering

#493 in Asia

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

80. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Engineering

#499 in Asia

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 2001

81. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Engineering

#500 in Asia

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1912

82. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Engineering

#503 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1928

83. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Engineering

#511 in Asia

#1366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

84. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Engineering

#513 in Asia

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1950

85. Juntendo University

For Engineering

#525 in Asia

#1395 in the World

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

86. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Engineering

#528 in Asia

#1398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

87. Toho University

For Engineering

#530 in Asia

#1404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

88. Nagoya City University

For Engineering

#536 in Asia

#1415 in the World

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

89. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Engineering

#538 in Asia

#1417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

90. Showa University

For Engineering

#552 in Asia

#1449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1928

91. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Engineering

#561 in Asia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1938

92. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Engineering

#571 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

93. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Engineering

#572 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1965

94. Teikyo University

For Engineering

#574 in Asia

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

95. Kogakuin University

For Engineering

#586 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1887

96. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#601 in Asia

#1561 in the World

Founded: 1922

97. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Engineering

#613 in Asia

#1584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

98. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#628 in Asia

#1608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

99. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Engineering

#630 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Founded: 1972

100. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#642 in Asia

#1633 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 Engineering256

Aerospace Engineering236

Agricultural Engineering43

Applied/Engineering Physics89

Architectural Engineering87

Automation and Control engineering113

Automotive Engineering115

Biochemical Engineering21

Biomedical Engineering128

Biotechnology172

Chemical Engineering251

Civil Engineering182

Computer Engineering100

Computer Networking205

Construction Management21

Electrical Engineering268

Electronic Engineering182

Engineering Management17

Environmental Engineering113

Firefighting and Fire Science35

Geotechnical Engineering151

Human-Computer Interaction129

Industrial Engineering24

Landscape Architecture35

Marine Engineering69

Materials Science363

Mechanical Engineering290

Metallurgical Engineering299

Mining Engineering47

Nanotechnology231

Nuclear Engineering75

Operations Research61

Optical Engineering323

Petroleum Engineering67

Polymer science and Plastics engineering74

Product and Industrial Design28

Reliability and Quality Engineering66

Remote Sensing111

Renewable Energy Engineering57

Structural Engineering234

Systems Engineering138

Technical Drawing71

Telecommunications232

Transportation Engineering72