70 Best universities for Renewable Energy 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 Renewable Energy Engineering. A graph of 339K citations received by 17.6K academic papers made by 70 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 Renewable Energy Engineering

#12 in Asia

#28 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#50 in Asia

#160 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#55 in Asia

#169 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#68 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#72 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#73 in Asia

#221 in the World

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

7. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#87 in Asia

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

8. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#95 in Asia

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

9. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#98 in Asia

#286 in the World

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

10. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#136 in Asia

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#140 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

12. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#141 in Asia

#391 in the World

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

13. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#159 in Asia

#466 in the World

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

14. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#189 in Asia

#551 in the World

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

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#199 in Asia

#574 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#204 in Asia

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

17. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#236 in Asia

#651 in the World

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

18. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#249 in Asia

#691 in the World

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

19. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#275 in Asia

#761 in the World

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

20. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#300 in Asia

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

21. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#320 in Asia

#871 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

22. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#332 in Asia

#897 in the World

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

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#358 in Asia

#969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

24. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#374 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Founded: 1949

25. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#377 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Founded: 1949

26. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#400 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

27. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#411 in Asia

#1084 in the World

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

28. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#414 in Asia

#1094 in the World

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

29. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#435 in Asia

#1139 in the World

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

30. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#456 in Asia

#1177 in the World

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

31. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1197 in the World

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

32. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#493 in Asia

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

33. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#503 in Asia

#1262 in the World

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

34. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#504 in Asia

#1263 in the World

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

35. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#517 in Asia

#1287 in the World

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

36. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#523 in Asia

#1299 in the World

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

37. Tokyo University of Agriculture

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#581 in Asia

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

38. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#584 in Asia

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

39. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#606 in Asia

#1475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

40. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#613 in Asia

#1483 in the World

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

41. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#640 in Asia

#1535 in the World

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

42. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#644 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Founded: 1907

43. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#650 in Asia

#1551 in the World

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

44. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#665 in Asia

#1577 in the World

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

45. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#667 in Asia

#1584 in the World

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

46. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#687 in Asia

#1618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

47. Toyota Technological Institute

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#699 in Asia

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

48. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#702 in Asia

#1652 in the World

Enrollment: 1,268
Founded: 1967

49. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#711 in Asia

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

50. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#720 in Asia

#1682 in the World

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

51. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#733 in Asia

#1704 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

52. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#734 in Asia

#1705 in the World

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

53. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#738 in Asia

#1710 in the World

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

54. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#752 in Asia

#1740 in the World

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

55. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#762 in Asia

#1759 in the World

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

56. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#770 in Asia

#1773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

57. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#787 in Asia

#1799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

58. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#800 in Asia

#1827 in the World

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

59. Tokyo Polytechnic University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#804 in Asia

#1837 in the World

Founded: 1966

60. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#815 in Asia

#1856 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

61. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#819 in Asia

#1861 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

62. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#832 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

63. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#853 in Asia

#1917 in the World

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

64. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#886 in Asia

#1974 in the World

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

65. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#937 in Asia

#2067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

66. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Atsugi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#941 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Enrollment: 5,243
Male:Female: 88:12
Founded: 1975

67. Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science

Japan | Nagasaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#953 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Founded: 1942

68. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#956 in Asia

#2098 in the World

Founded: 2001

69. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#960 in Asia

#2103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

70. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#978 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Founded: 1938

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