100 Best universities for Robotics 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 Robotics. A graph of 630K citations received by 68.7K academic papers made by 141 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

For Robotics

#1 in Asia

#4 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

For Robotics

#4 in Asia

#15 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#12 in Asia

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Waseda University

For Robotics

#14 in Asia

#31 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Robotics

#15 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

6. Keio University

For Robotics

#17 in Asia

#40 in the World

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

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Robotics

#18 in Asia

#41 in the World

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

8. Kyoto University

For Robotics

#23 in Asia

#50 in the World

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

9. Ritsumeikan University

For Robotics

#24 in Asia

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

10. Nagoya University

For Robotics

#25 in Asia

#52 in the World

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

11. University of Electro-Communications

For Robotics

#35 in Asia

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

12. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Robotics

#48 in Asia

#126 in the World

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

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Robotics

#50 in Asia

#132 in the World

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

14. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Robotics

#56 in Asia

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Robotics

#65 in Asia

#194 in the World

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

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Robotics

#72 in Asia

#219 in the World

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

17. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Robotics

#75 in Asia

#224 in the World

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

18. Kobe University

For Robotics

#83 in Asia

#241 in the World

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

19. Saga University

For Robotics

#84 in Asia

#243 in the World

Founded: 1949

20. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Robotics

#90 in Asia

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

21. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#92 in Asia

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

22. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Robotics

#99 in Asia

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

23. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Robotics

#102 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Robotics

#103 in Asia

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Gifu University

For Robotics

#106 in Asia

#301 in the World

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

26. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#109 in Asia

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

27. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Robotics

#111 in Asia

#311 in the World

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

28. Tokyo Denki University

For Robotics

#112 in Asia

#323 in the World

Founded: 1907

29. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Robotics

#114 in Asia

#331 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

30. Chiba University

For Robotics

#115 in Asia

#334 in the World

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

31. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Robotics

#118 in Asia

#346 in the World

Founded: 1942

32. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Robotics

#121 in Asia

#349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

33. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Robotics

#126 in Asia

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

34. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Robotics

#132 in Asia

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

35. Ibaraki University

For Robotics

#134 in Asia

#385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. Ryukoku University

For Robotics

#140 in Asia

#406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

37. Doshisha University

For Robotics

#141 in Asia

#408 in the World

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

38. Tokai University

For Robotics

#148 in Asia

#418 in the World

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

39. Meiji University

For Robotics

#149 in Asia

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

40. Hosei University

For Robotics

#151 in Asia

#427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

41. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Robotics

#159 in Asia

#463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

42. Osaka Prefecture University

For Robotics

#168 in Asia

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

43. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Robotics

#174 in Asia

#511 in the World

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

44. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Robotics

#176 in Asia

#516 in the World

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

45. University of Fukui

For Robotics

#179 in Asia

#519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

46. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Robotics

#184 in Asia

#529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

47. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Robotics

#185 in Asia

#530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

48. Toyo University

For Robotics

#189 in Asia

#548 in the World

Founded: 1887

49. Mie University

For Robotics

#193 in Asia

#556 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

50. Nihon University

For Robotics

#206 in Asia

#580 in the World

Founded: 1889

51. Toyota Technological Institute

For Robotics

#215 in Asia

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

52. Meijo University

For Robotics

#216 in Asia

#610 in the World

Founded: 1926

53. Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#217 in Asia

#612 in the World

Founded: 1975

54. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Robotics

#230 in Asia

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

55. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Robotics

#231 in Asia

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

56. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Robotics

#232 in Asia

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

57. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Robotics

#239 in Asia

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

58. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#242 in Asia

#664 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

59. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Robotics

#256 in Asia

#695 in the World

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

60. University of Yamanashi

For Robotics

#258 in Asia

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

61. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Robotics

#264 in Asia

#717 in the World

Founded: 1961

62. Okayama Prefectural University

For Robotics

#269 in Asia

#730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

63. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Robotics

#271 in Asia

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

64. Future University Hakodate

Japan | Hakodate

For Robotics

#280 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2000

65. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Robotics

#282 in Asia

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

66. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Robotics

#284 in Asia

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

67. Kogakuin University

For Robotics

#287 in Asia

#770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

68. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Robotics

#291 in Asia

#778 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

69. Kansai University

For Robotics

#301 in Asia

#797 in the World

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

70. Chukyo University

For Robotics

#327 in Asia

#856 in the World

Founded: 1927

71. Kochi University of Technology

For Robotics

#333 in Asia

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

72. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Robotics

#338 in Asia

#886 in the World

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

73. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Robotics

#339 in Asia

#889 in the World

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

74. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Robotics

#341 in Asia

#893 in the World

Founded: 2001

75. Akita Prefectural University

For Robotics

#345 in Asia

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

76. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#358 in Asia

#919 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

77. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Robotics

#361 in Asia

#926 in the World

Founded: 1949

78. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Robotics

#364 in Asia

#934 in the World

Founded: 1934

79. Osaka City University

For Robotics

#370 in Asia

#947 in the World

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

80. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Robotics

#378 in Asia

#964 in the World

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

81. University of Toyama

For Robotics

#379 in Asia

#966 in the World

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

82. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Robotics

#390 in Asia

#986 in the World

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

83. Tokyo City University

For Robotics

#394 in Asia

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

84. Tohoku Gakuin University

For Robotics

#403 in Asia

#1023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1949

85. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Robotics

#407 in Asia

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

86. Osaka University of Human Sciences

For Robotics

#411 in Asia

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

87. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Robotics

#415 in Asia

#1048 in the World

Founded: 1963

88. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#417 in Asia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

89. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Robotics

#419 in Asia

#1053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

90. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Robotics

#421 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1966

91. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Robotics

#429 in Asia

#1067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

92. Toyama Prefectural University

For Robotics

#430 in Asia

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

93. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Robotics

#436 in Asia

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

94. Nippon Institute of Technology

Japan | Miyashiro

For Robotics

#440 in Asia

#1087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1967

95. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#442 in Asia

#1092 in the World

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

96. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Robotics

#456 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

97. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Robotics

#457 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

98. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Robotics

#460 in Asia

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

99. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Robotics

#471 in Asia

#1155 in the World

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

100. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Robotics

#479 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

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

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