75 Best universities for Reliability / Quality Engineering in Japan

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Reliability and Quality Engineering. A graph of 149K citations received by 19K academic papers made by 75 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 Reliability and Quality Engineering

#29 in Asia

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

2. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#43 in Asia

#139 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#52 in Asia

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

4. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#57 in Asia

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#61 in Asia

#192 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#77 in Asia

#257 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#99 in Asia

#342 in the World

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

8. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#100 in Asia

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

9. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#112 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

10. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#131 in Asia

#447 in the World

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

11. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#152 in Asia

#505 in the World

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

12. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#155 in Asia

#512 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#160 in Asia

#532 in the World

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

14. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#170 in Asia

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

15. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#177 in Asia

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

16. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#179 in Asia

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

17. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#182 in Asia

#597 in the World

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

18. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#191 in Asia

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#202 in Asia

#639 in the World

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

20. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#204 in Asia

#646 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

21. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#207 in Asia

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

22. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#210 in Asia

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

23. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#242 in Asia

#763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#244 in Asia

#766 in the World

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

25. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#271 in Asia

#835 in the World

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

26. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#296 in Asia

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

27. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#300 in Asia

#894 in the World

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

28. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#307 in Asia

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,871
Founded: 1902

29. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#314 in Asia

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

30. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#333 in Asia

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

31. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#335 in Asia

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

32. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#339 in Asia

#985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

33. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#352 in Asia

#1016 in the World

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

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#388 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#403 in Asia

#1112 in the World

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

36. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

37. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

38. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

39. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#423 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Founded: 1907

40. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#438 in Asia

#1190 in the World

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

41. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#441 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

42. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#462 in Asia

#1239 in the World

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

43. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#476 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

44. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#480 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

45. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#496 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

46. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#499 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

47. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#505 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

48. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#509 in Asia

#1319 in the World

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

49. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#512 in Asia

#1327 in the World

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

50. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#513 in Asia

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

51. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#517 in Asia

#1337 in the World

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

52. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#525 in Asia

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

53. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#527 in Asia

#1363 in the World

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

54. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#546 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

55. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#564 in Asia

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

56. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#574 in Asia

#1462 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

57. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#585 in Asia

#1476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#600 in Asia

#1507 in the World

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

59. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#630 in Asia

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

60. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1618 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

61. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#660 in Asia

#1621 in the World

Founded: 1949

62. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#671 in Asia

#1636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

63. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#697 in Asia

#1689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

64. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#699 in Asia

#1693 in the World

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

65. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#708 in Asia

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

66. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#722 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

67. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#732 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

68. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#736 in Asia

#1748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

69. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#740 in Asia

#1754 in the World

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

70. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#796 in Asia

#1843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

71. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#818 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

72. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#828 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

73. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#840 in Asia

#1918 in the World

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

74. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#849 in Asia

#1931 in the World

Founded: 2001

75. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#858 in Asia

#1943 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

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