74 Best universities for Renewable Energy 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 Renewable Energy Engineering. A graph of 425K citations received by 18.8K academic papers made by 74 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

#13 in Asia

#28 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#58 in Asia

#173 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#62 in Asia

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#73 in Asia

#217 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#75 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#82 in Asia

#236 in the World

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

7. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#91 in Asia

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

8. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#107 in Asia

#296 in the World

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

9. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#108 in Asia

#298 in the World

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

10. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#153 in Asia

#425 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#155 in Asia

#435 in the World

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

12. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#157 in Asia

#438 in the World

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

13. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#166 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#214 in Asia

#593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#219 in Asia

#603 in the World

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

16. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#223 in Asia

#613 in the World

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

17. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#248 in Asia

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

18. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#305 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

19. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#320 in Asia

#838 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

20. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#336 in Asia

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

21. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#367 in Asia

#965 in the World

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

22. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#379 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#434 in Asia

#1094 in the World

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

24. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#438 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Founded: 1949

25. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#443 in Asia

#1125 in the World

Founded: 1949

26. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#448 in Asia

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

27. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#479 in Asia

#1196 in the World

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

28. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#484 in Asia

#1205 in the World

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

29. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#504 in Asia

#1241 in the World

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

30. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#505 in Asia

#1242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

31. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#534 in Asia

#1306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

32. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#539 in Asia

#1319 in the World

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

33. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#555 in Asia

#1351 in the World

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

34. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#570 in Asia

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

35. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#575 in Asia

#1391 in the World

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

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#576 in Asia

#1392 in the World

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

37. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#596 in Asia

#1425 in the World

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

38. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#655 in Asia

#1551 in the World

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

39. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1555 in the World

Founded: 1889

40. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#685 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

41. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#691 in Asia

#1621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

42. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#694 in Asia

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

43. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#709 in Asia

#1651 in the World

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

44. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#716 in Asia

#1660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

45. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#732 in Asia

#1686 in the World

Founded: 1907

46. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#750 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

47. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#752 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

48. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#759 in Asia

#1740 in the World

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

49. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#762 in Asia

#1745 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

50. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#763 in Asia

#1748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

51. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#785 in Asia

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Toyota Technological Institute

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#796 in Asia

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

53. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#802 in Asia

#1824 in the World

Founded: 1967

54. Tokyo University of Agriculture

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#803 in Asia

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

55. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#817 in Asia

#1854 in the World

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

56. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#823 in Asia

#1867 in the World

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

57. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#825 in Asia

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

58. Tohoku Gakuin University

Japan | Sendai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#827 in Asia

#1877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1949

59. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#897 in Asia

#2000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

60. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#898 in Asia

#2001 in the World

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

61. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#905 in Asia

#2012 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

62. Tokyo Polytechnic University

Japan | Tokyo

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#908 in Asia

#2017 in the World

Founded: 1966

63. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#912 in Asia

#2024 in the World

Founded: 1926

64. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#924 in Asia

#2052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

65. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#941 in Asia

#2084 in the World

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

66. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#949 in Asia

#2092 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

67. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1000 in Asia

#2173 in the World

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

68. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1005 in Asia

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

69. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1012 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

70. Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science

Japan | Nagasaki

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1023 in Asia

#2219 in the World

Founded: 1942

71. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Atsugi

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1024 in Asia

#2220 in the World

Founded: 1975

72. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1031 in Asia

#2233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

73. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1040 in Asia

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

74. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Renewable Energy Engineering

#1047 in Asia

#2264 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, Sendai, and Suita.