77 Best universities for Nuclear 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 Nuclear Engineering. A graph of 263K citations received by 26.7K academic papers made by 77 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 Nuclear Engineering

#5 in Asia

#10 in the World

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

2. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#6 in Asia

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

3. Kyoto University

For Nuclear Engineering

#10 in Asia

#23 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Nuclear Engineering

#11 in Asia

#26 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

For Nuclear Engineering

#13 in Asia

#31 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#15 in Asia

#33 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Nuclear Engineering

#20 in Asia

#47 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Nuclear Engineering

#26 in Asia

#63 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Nuclear Engineering

#37 in Asia

#93 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Nuclear Engineering

#41 in Asia

#111 in the World

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

11. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#91 in Asia

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

12. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#96 in Asia

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

13. Tokai University

For Nuclear Engineering

#108 in Asia

#294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Nuclear Engineering

#109 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Nuclear Engineering

#112 in Asia

#307 in the World

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

16. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Nuclear Engineering

#113 in Asia

#311 in the World

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

17. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#115 in Asia

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

18. Chiba University

For Nuclear Engineering

#121 in Asia

#332 in the World

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

19. Doshisha University

For Nuclear Engineering

#124 in Asia

#343 in the World

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

20. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Nuclear Engineering

#138 in Asia

#382 in the World

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

21. University of Fukui

For Nuclear Engineering

#146 in Asia

#410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

22. Ibaraki University

For Nuclear Engineering

#149 in Asia

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Kobe University

For Nuclear Engineering

#150 in Asia

#419 in the World

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

24. Keio University

For Nuclear Engineering

#152 in Asia

#422 in the World

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

25. Nihon University

For Nuclear Engineering

#158 in Asia

#443 in the World

Founded: 1889

26. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Nuclear Engineering

#159 in Asia

#444 in the World

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

27. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#166 in Asia

#461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

28. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Nuclear Engineering

#173 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

29. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Nuclear Engineering

#174 in Asia

#472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

30. Saga University

For Nuclear Engineering

#175 in Asia

#474 in the World

Founded: 1949

31. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Nuclear Engineering

#189 in Asia

#523 in the World

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

32. Musashi University

For Nuclear Engineering

#190 in Asia

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo City University

For Nuclear Engineering

#204 in Asia

#562 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

34. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Nuclear Engineering

#209 in Asia

#576 in the World

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

35. Osaka City University

For Nuclear Engineering

#214 in Asia

#584 in the World

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

36. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Nuclear Engineering

#215 in Asia

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

37. Osaka Prefecture University

For Nuclear Engineering

#229 in Asia

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Nuclear Engineering

#241 in Asia

#644 in the World

Founded: 1938

39. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Nuclear Engineering

#243 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

40. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Nuclear Engineering

#258 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

41. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Nuclear Engineering

#270 in Asia

#712 in the World

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

42. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#272 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

43. University of Yamanashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#286 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

44. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#290 in Asia

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

45. Gifu University

For Nuclear Engineering

#299 in Asia

#783 in the World

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

46. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#305 in Asia

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#306 in Asia

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

48. Fukushima University

Japan | Fukushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#316 in Asia

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

49. Kansai University

For Nuclear Engineering

#318 in Asia

#816 in the World

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

50. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Nuclear Engineering

#322 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

51. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#323 in Asia

#828 in the World

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

52. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Nuclear Engineering

#341 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

53. Hosei University

For Nuclear Engineering

#349 in Asia

#897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

54. University of Toyama

For Nuclear Engineering

#353 in Asia

#909 in the World

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

55. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#358 in Asia

#920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

56. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#359 in Asia

#921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

57. Kogakuin University

For Nuclear Engineering

#361 in Asia

#925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

58. Ritsumeikan University

For Nuclear Engineering

#366 in Asia

#936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

59. Mie University

For Nuclear Engineering

#369 in Asia

#941 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

60. Rikkyo University

For Nuclear Engineering

#377 in Asia

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

61. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#378 in Asia

#958 in the World

Founded: 2001

62. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Nuclear Engineering

#380 in Asia

#964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

63. Akita University

For Nuclear Engineering

#382 in Asia

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

64. University of Hyogo

For Nuclear Engineering

#391 in Asia

#987 in the World

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

65. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Nuclear Engineering

#392 in Asia

#988 in the World

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

66. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#393 in Asia

#989 in the World

Founded: 1975

67. Sophia University

For Nuclear Engineering

#396 in Asia

#995 in the World

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

68. University of Electro-Communications

For Nuclear Engineering

#407 in Asia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

69. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Nuclear Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

70. Tokyo Denki University

For Nuclear Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1032 in the World

Founded: 1907

71. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Nuclear Engineering

#418 in Asia

#1035 in the World

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

72. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Nuclear Engineering

#419 in Asia

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

73. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Nuclear Engineering

#422 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

74. Oita University

For Nuclear Engineering

#427 in Asia

#1049 in the World

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

75. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Nuclear Engineering

#431 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

76. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Nuclear Engineering

#438 in Asia

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1949

77. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Nuclear Engineering

#440 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Founded: 1942

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

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

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