81 Best universities for Petroleum 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 Petroleum Engineering. A graph of 212K citations received by 18.3K academic papers made by 81 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

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#8 in Asia

#31 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Petroleum Engineering

#29 in Asia

#87 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#33 in Asia

#92 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Petroleum Engineering

#38 in Asia

#111 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Petroleum Engineering

#49 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#62 in Asia

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

7. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Petroleum Engineering

#68 in Asia

#188 in the World

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

8. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Petroleum Engineering

#70 in Asia

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Petroleum Engineering

#80 in Asia

#228 in the World

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

10. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#91 in Asia

#250 in the World

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

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Petroleum Engineering

#123 in Asia

#340 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Petroleum Engineering

#131 in Asia

#373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

13. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#137 in Asia

#400 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Petroleum Engineering

#152 in Asia

#454 in the World

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

15. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Petroleum Engineering

#181 in Asia

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

16. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#182 in Asia

#563 in the World

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

17. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#192 in Asia

#588 in the World

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

18. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Petroleum Engineering

#198 in Asia

#609 in the World

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

19. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Petroleum Engineering

#211 in Asia

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

20. Kanazawa Medical University

Japan | Kahoku

For Petroleum Engineering

#213 in Asia

#678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

21. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Petroleum Engineering

#216 in Asia

#685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

22. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Petroleum Engineering

#217 in Asia

#688 in the World

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

23. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#219 in Asia

#691 in the World

Founded: 1962

24. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Petroleum Engineering

#223 in Asia

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

25. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Petroleum Engineering

#233 in Asia

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

26. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Petroleum Engineering

#243 in Asia

#785 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Petroleum Engineering

#246 in Asia

#791 in the World

Founded: 1949

28. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Petroleum Engineering

#256 in Asia

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

29. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Petroleum Engineering

#258 in Asia

#829 in the World

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

30. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Petroleum Engineering

#262 in Asia

#836 in the World

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

31. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#265 in Asia

#846 in the World

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

32. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Petroleum Engineering

#267 in Asia

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

33. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Petroleum Engineering

#270 in Asia

#863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

34. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Petroleum Engineering

#283 in Asia

#904 in the World

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

35. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#290 in Asia

#914 in the World

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

36. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Petroleum Engineering

#307 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

37. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Petroleum Engineering

#320 in Asia

#972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

38. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Petroleum Engineering

#323 in Asia

#976 in the World

Founded: 1926

39. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Petroleum Engineering

#324 in Asia

#977 in the World

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

40. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Petroleum Engineering

#325 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

41. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Petroleum Engineering

#329 in Asia

#985 in the World

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

42. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Petroleum Engineering

#332 in Asia

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

43. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Petroleum Engineering

#338 in Asia

#998 in the World

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

44. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Petroleum Engineering

#363 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

45. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#367 in Asia

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

46. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#381 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

47. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Petroleum Engineering

#382 in Asia

#1077 in the World

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

48. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Petroleum Engineering

#397 in Asia

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

49. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Petroleum Engineering

#400 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Founded: 1934

50. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Petroleum Engineering

#402 in Asia

#1124 in the World

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

51. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Petroleum Engineering

#405 in Asia

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

52. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Petroleum Engineering

#410 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

53. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Petroleum Engineering

#413 in Asia

#1145 in the World

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

54. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Petroleum Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1153 in the World

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

55. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#423 in Asia

#1162 in the World

Founded: 1889

56. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Petroleum Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#435 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Founded: 1907

58. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#454 in Asia

#1214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

59. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Petroleum Engineering

#455 in Asia

#1217 in the World

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

60. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Petroleum Engineering

#458 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

61. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#460 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

62. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Petroleum Engineering

#462 in Asia

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

63. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Petroleum Engineering

#463 in Asia

#1236 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

64. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Petroleum Engineering

#476 in Asia

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

65. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Petroleum Engineering

#477 in Asia

#1262 in the World

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

66. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#490 in Asia

#1278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

67. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Petroleum Engineering

#497 in Asia

#1293 in the World

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

68. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#506 in Asia

#1310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

69. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Petroleum Engineering

#510 in Asia

#1314 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

70. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Petroleum Engineering

#515 in Asia

#1321 in the World

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

71. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Petroleum Engineering

#517 in Asia

#1323 in the World

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

72. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#519 in Asia

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

73. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Petroleum Engineering

#523 in Asia

#1336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

74. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#541 in Asia

#1362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

75. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Petroleum Engineering

#544 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

76. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Petroleum Engineering

#546 in Asia

#1372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

77. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Petroleum Engineering

#557 in Asia

#1388 in the World

Founded: 1961

78. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Petroleum Engineering

#558 in Asia

#1389 in the World

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

79. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Petroleum Engineering

#560 in Asia

#1396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

80. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Petroleum Engineering

#561 in Asia

#1397 in the World

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

81. Toyama Prefectural University

Japan | Imizu

For Petroleum Engineering

#576 in Asia

#1419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

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

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