79 Best universities for Reliability / Quality 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 Reliability and Quality Engineering. A graph of 198K citations received by 20.7K academic papers made by 79 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

#32 in Asia

#104 in the World

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

2. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#53 in Asia

#162 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#55 in Asia

#174 in the World

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

4. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#63 in Asia

#191 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#72 in Asia

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#83 in Asia

#276 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#106 in Asia

#364 in the World

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

8. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#113 in Asia

#387 in the World

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

9. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#116 in Asia

#403 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

10. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#121 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

11. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#142 in Asia

#474 in the World

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

12. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#173 in Asia

#552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

13. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#186 in Asia

#592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

14. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#188 in Asia

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

15. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#191 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

16. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#196 in Asia

#612 in the World

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

17. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#202 in Asia

#634 in the World

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

18. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#205 in Asia

#651 in the World

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

19. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#206 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#225 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

21. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#226 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

22. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#252 in Asia

#776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

23. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#261 in Asia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#294 in Asia

#877 in the World

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

25. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#297 in Asia

#881 in the World

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

26. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#298 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

27. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#299 in Asia

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

28. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#312 in Asia

#919 in the World

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

29. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#317 in Asia

#931 in the World

Founded: 1926

30. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#339 in Asia

#979 in the World

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

31. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#356 in Asia

#1023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

32. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#397 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#399 in Asia

#1111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#402 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#408 in Asia

#1128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

36. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#441 in Asia

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

37. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#443 in Asia

#1198 in the World

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

38. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#452 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

39. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#465 in Asia

#1238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

40. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#497 in Asia

#1296 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

41. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#505 in Asia

#1307 in the World

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

42. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#517 in Asia

#1328 in the World

Founded: 1889

43. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#534 in Asia

#1356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

44. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#537 in Asia

#1362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

45. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#539 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

46. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#540 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Founded: 1907

47. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#551 in Asia

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

48. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#564 in Asia

#1422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

49. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#569 in Asia

#1429 in the World

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

50. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#570 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Founded: 1887

51. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#574 in Asia

#1437 in the World

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

52. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#576 in Asia

#1441 in the World

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

53. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#587 in Asia

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

54. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#589 in Asia

#1478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,058
Founded: 1994

55. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#595 in Asia

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#615 in Asia

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

57. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#634 in Asia

#1566 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1611 in the World

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

59. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#684 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

60. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#705 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Founded: 1963

61. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#719 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

62. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#737 in Asia

#1754 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#742 in Asia

#1766 in the World

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

64. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#754 in Asia

#1779 in the World

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

65. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#760 in Asia

#1789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

66. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#786 in Asia

#1845 in the World

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

67. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#809 in Asia

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

68. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#814 in Asia

#1896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#817 in Asia

#1902 in the World

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

70. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#822 in Asia

#1916 in the World

Founded: 1942

71. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#825 in Asia

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

72. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#844 in Asia

#1952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

73. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#864 in Asia

#1990 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

74. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#869 in Asia

#2003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

75. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#892 in Asia

#2044 in the World

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

76. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#914 in Asia

#2077 in the World

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

77. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#922 in Asia

#2087 in the World

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

78. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#926 in Asia

#2092 in the World

Founded: 2001

79. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Reliability and Quality Engineering

#942 in Asia

#2117 in the World

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, Suita, and Kyoto.