78 Best universities for Nuclear 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 Nuclear Engineering. A graph of 278K citations received by 27.2K academic papers made by 78 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: 28,918
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

#11 in Asia

#25 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Nuclear Engineering

#12 in Asia

#31 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#14 in Asia

#34 in the World

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

6. Osaka University

For Nuclear Engineering

#15 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Nuclear Engineering

#20 in Asia

#51 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Nuclear Engineering

#27 in Asia

#63 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Nuclear Engineering

#37 in Asia

#95 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Nuclear Engineering

#42 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

11. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#95 in Asia

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

12. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#105 in Asia

#282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Nuclear Engineering

#111 in Asia

#300 in the World

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

14. Tokai University

For Nuclear Engineering

#112 in Asia

#302 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Nuclear Engineering

#118 in Asia

#324 in the World

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

16. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Nuclear Engineering

#119 in Asia

#325 in the World

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

17. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#120 in Asia

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

18. Chiba University

For Nuclear Engineering

#126 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

19. Doshisha University

For Nuclear Engineering

#130 in Asia

#355 in the World

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

20. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Nuclear Engineering

#143 in Asia

#391 in the World

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

21. University of Fukui

For Nuclear Engineering

#148 in Asia

#408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

22. Ibaraki University

For Nuclear Engineering

#153 in Asia

#425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Keio University

For Nuclear Engineering

#154 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

24. Kobe University

For Nuclear Engineering

#155 in Asia

#429 in the World

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

25. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Nuclear Engineering

#163 in Asia

#454 in the World

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

26. Nihon University

For Nuclear Engineering

#165 in Asia

#458 in the World

Founded: 1889

27. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#170 in Asia

#464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

28. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Nuclear Engineering

#177 in Asia

#480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

29. Saga University

For Nuclear Engineering

#181 in Asia

#489 in the World

Founded: 1949

30. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Nuclear Engineering

#185 in Asia

#495 in the World

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

31. Tokyo City University

For Nuclear Engineering

#195 in Asia

#536 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

32. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Nuclear Engineering

#200 in Asia

#547 in the World

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

33. Musashi University

For Nuclear Engineering

#209 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

34. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Nuclear Engineering

#215 in Asia

#579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Nuclear Engineering

#218 in Asia

#591 in the World

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

36. Osaka City University

For Nuclear Engineering

#232 in Asia

#615 in the World

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

37. Osaka Prefecture University

For Nuclear Engineering

#246 in Asia

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Nuclear Engineering

#255 in Asia

#669 in the World

Founded: 1938

39. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Nuclear Engineering

#259 in Asia

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

40. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Nuclear Engineering

#269 in Asia

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

41. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Nuclear Engineering

#271 in Asia

#704 in the World

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

42. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#285 in Asia

#745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

43. University of Yamanashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#290 in Asia

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

44. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#307 in Asia

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

45. Gifu University

For Nuclear Engineering

#315 in Asia

#803 in the World

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

46. Fukushima University

Japan | Fukushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#316 in Asia

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

47. Kansai University

For Nuclear Engineering

#318 in Asia

#810 in the World

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

48. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Nuclear Engineering

#322 in Asia

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

49. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#324 in Asia

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

50. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#328 in Asia

#829 in the World

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

51. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Nuclear Engineering

#332 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

52. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Nuclear Engineering

#351 in Asia

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

53. Hosei University

For Nuclear Engineering

#371 in Asia

#937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

54. University of Toyama

For Nuclear Engineering

#372 in Asia

#941 in the World

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

55. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#374 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

56. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Nuclear Engineering

#376 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

57. Ritsumeikan University

For Nuclear Engineering

#380 in Asia

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

58. Kogakuin University

For Nuclear Engineering

#384 in Asia

#965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

59. Mie University

For Nuclear Engineering

#386 in Asia

#968 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

60. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Nuclear Engineering

#389 in Asia

#975 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

61. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Nuclear Engineering

#391 in Asia

#977 in the World

Founded: 2001

62. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Nuclear Engineering

#393 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

63. Akita University

For Nuclear Engineering

#394 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

64. Rikkyo University

For Nuclear Engineering

#397 in Asia

#991 in the World

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

65. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Nuclear Engineering

#402 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Founded: 1975

66. University of Electro-Communications

For Nuclear Engineering

#404 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

67. University of Hyogo

For Nuclear Engineering

#409 in Asia

#1017 in the World

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

68. Sophia University

For Nuclear Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1019 in the World

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

69. Tokyo Denki University

For Nuclear Engineering

#424 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Founded: 1907

70. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Nuclear Engineering

#428 in Asia

#1052 in the World

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

71. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Nuclear Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

72. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Nuclear Engineering

#434 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

73. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Nuclear Engineering

#436 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

74. Oita University

For Nuclear Engineering

#442 in Asia

#1076 in the World

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

75. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Nuclear Engineering

#450 in Asia

#1090 in the World

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

76. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Nuclear Engineering

#455 in Asia

#1097 in the World

Founded: 1942

77. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Nuclear Engineering

#456 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Founded: 1949

78. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Nuclear Engineering

#468 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

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

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

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