71 Best universities for Marine 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 Marine Engineering. A graph of 172K citations received by 17.3K academic papers made by 71 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 Marine Engineering

#7 in Asia

#16 in the World

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

2. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Marine Engineering

#17 in Asia

#34 in the World

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

3. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marine Engineering

#25 in Asia

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

4. Osaka University

For Marine Engineering

#36 in Asia

#94 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Marine Engineering

#40 in Asia

#114 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Marine Engineering

#41 in Asia

#121 in the World

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

7. Kyoto University

For Marine Engineering

#49 in Asia

#153 in the World

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

8. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Marine Engineering

#52 in Asia

#162 in the World

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

9. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Marine Engineering

#68 in Asia

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

10. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Marine Engineering

#70 in Asia

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

11. Kobe University

For Marine Engineering

#71 in Asia

#215 in the World

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

12. Nihon University

For Marine Engineering

#88 in Asia

#271 in the World

Founded: 1889

13. Tokai University

For Marine Engineering

#89 in Asia

#273 in the World

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

14. Saga University

For Marine Engineering

#93 in Asia

#287 in the World

Founded: 1949

15. Osaka Prefecture University

For Marine Engineering

#97 in Asia

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Marine Engineering

#103 in Asia

#326 in the World

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

17. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Marine Engineering

#110 in Asia

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

18. Nagoya University

For Marine Engineering

#112 in Asia

#354 in the World

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

19. Waseda University

For Marine Engineering

#137 in Asia

#448 in the World

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

20. Mie University

For Marine Engineering

#140 in Asia

#453 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

21. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Marine Engineering

#168 in Asia

#534 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Marine Engineering

#174 in Asia

#551 in the World

Founded: 1966

23. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Marine Engineering

#176 in Asia

#555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

24. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Marine Engineering

#186 in Asia

#574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

25. Chiba University

For Marine Engineering

#190 in Asia

#582 in the World

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

26. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Marine Engineering

#192 in Asia

#589 in the World

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

27. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marine Engineering

#195 in Asia

#594 in the World

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

28. Ibaraki University

For Marine Engineering

#196 in Asia

#596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Ritsumeikan University

For Marine Engineering

#200 in Asia

#607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

30. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Marine Engineering

#210 in Asia

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

31. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Marine Engineering

#212 in Asia

#642 in the World

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

32. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Marine Engineering

#220 in Asia

#667 in the World

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

33. Keio University

For Marine Engineering

#229 in Asia

#689 in the World

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

34. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Marine Engineering

#235 in Asia

#706 in the World

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

35. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Marine Engineering

#239 in Asia

#712 in the World

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

36. Osaka City University

For Marine Engineering

#250 in Asia

#741 in the World

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

37. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Marine Engineering

#254 in Asia

#750 in the World

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

38. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Marine Engineering

#255 in Asia

#751 in the World

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

39. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Marine Engineering

#256 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

40. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Marine Engineering

#263 in Asia

#765 in the World

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

41. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Marine Engineering

#266 in Asia

#771 in the World

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

42. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Marine Engineering

#272 in Asia

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

43. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Marine Engineering

#274 in Asia

#788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

44. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Marine Engineering

#286 in Asia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

45. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Marine Engineering

#306 in Asia

#861 in the World

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

46. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Marine Engineering

#330 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

47. Tokyo Denki University

For Marine Engineering

#332 in Asia

#907 in the World

Founded: 1907

48. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Marine Engineering

#339 in Asia

#925 in the World

Founded: 1949

49. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Marine Engineering

#342 in Asia

#936 in the World

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

50. University of Toyama

For Marine Engineering

#355 in Asia

#959 in the World

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

51. Doshisha University

For Marine Engineering

#358 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

52. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Marine Engineering

#364 in Asia

#972 in the World

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

53. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Marine Engineering

#366 in Asia

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

54. University of Fukui

For Marine Engineering

#377 in Asia

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

55. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Marine Engineering

#384 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

56. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Marine Engineering

#391 in Asia

#1019 in the World

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

57. Akita University

For Marine Engineering

#397 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

58. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Marine Engineering

#403 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

59. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Marine Engineering

#407 in Asia

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

60. Kansai University

For Marine Engineering

#408 in Asia

#1045 in the World

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

61. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Marine Engineering

#409 in Asia

#1047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

62. Kogakuin University

For Marine Engineering

#410 in Asia

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

63. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Marine Engineering

#413 in Asia

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

64. University of Electro-Communications

For Marine Engineering

#416 in Asia

#1058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

65. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Marine Engineering

#419 in Asia

#1061 in the World

Founded: 1967

66. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Marine Engineering

#428 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

67. Nippon Institute of Technology

Japan | Miyashiro

For Marine Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1967

68. Toyo University

For Marine Engineering

#436 in Asia

#1087 in the World

Founded: 1887

69. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Marine Engineering

#439 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Founded: 1938

70. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Marine Engineering

#441 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

71. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Marine Engineering

#442 in Asia

#1095 in the World

Founded: 1942

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

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

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