83 Best universities for Transportation 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 Transportation Engineering. A graph of 166K citations received by 19.1K academic papers made by 83 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 Transportation Engineering

#11 in Asia

#41 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#18 in Asia

#68 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#23 in Asia

#91 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#31 in Asia

#123 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Transportation Engineering

#56 in Asia

#213 in the World

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

6. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#58 in Asia

#218 in the World

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

7. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#62 in Asia

#229 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#68 in Asia

#255 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Transportation Engineering

#70 in Asia

#261 in the World

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

10. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#79 in Asia

#317 in the World

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

11. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Transportation Engineering

#83 in Asia

#329 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Transportation Engineering

#90 in Asia

#362 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Transportation Engineering

#96 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

14. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#99 in Asia

#385 in the World

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

15. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#107 in Asia

#404 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#126 in Asia

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

17. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#130 in Asia

#488 in the World

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

18. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#140 in Asia

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

19. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Transportation Engineering

#151 in Asia

#554 in the World

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

20. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Transportation Engineering

#158 in Asia

#585 in the World

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

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Transportation Engineering

#182 in Asia

#675 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#187 in Asia

#695 in the World

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

23. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Transportation Engineering

#220 in Asia

#787 in the World

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

24. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#224 in Asia

#794 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

25. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#226 in Asia

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

26. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Transportation Engineering

#232 in Asia

#820 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Transportation Engineering

#244 in Asia

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

28. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Transportation Engineering

#255 in Asia

#872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

29. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#256 in Asia

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

30. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#261 in Asia

#882 in the World

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

31. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#271 in Asia

#900 in the World

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

32. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Transportation Engineering

#278 in Asia

#911 in the World

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

33. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Transportation Engineering

#287 in Asia

#930 in the World

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

34. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Transportation Engineering

#296 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

35. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#299 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

36. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Transportation Engineering

#305 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

37. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Transportation Engineering

#326 in Asia

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

38. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#335 in Asia

#1043 in the World

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

39. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#351 in Asia

#1083 in the World

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

40. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#365 in Asia

#1120 in the World

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

41. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Transportation Engineering

#371 in Asia

#1129 in the World

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

42. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Transportation Engineering

#372 in Asia

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

43. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#388 in Asia

#1170 in the World

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

44. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Transportation Engineering

#389 in Asia

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

45. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Transportation Engineering

#393 in Asia

#1180 in the World

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

46. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#407 in Asia

#1206 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

47. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#415 in Asia

#1216 in the World

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

48. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

49. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Transportation Engineering

#429 in Asia

#1243 in the World

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

50. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Transportation Engineering

#430 in Asia

#1245 in the World

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

51. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Transportation Engineering

#431 in Asia

#1249 in the World

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

52. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#447 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

53. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#466 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

54. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Transportation Engineering

#469 in Asia

#1322 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

55. Iwate Prefectural University

Japan | Iwate

For Transportation Engineering

#470 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

56. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#485 in Asia

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

57. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Transportation Engineering

#487 in Asia

#1363 in the World

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

58. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#488 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

59. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Transportation Engineering

#490 in Asia

#1367 in the World

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

60. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#508 in Asia

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1907

61. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#514 in Asia

#1402 in the World

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

62. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Transportation Engineering

#520 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Transportation Engineering

#524 in Asia

#1415 in the World

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

64. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#534 in Asia

#1439 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

65. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#541 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Founded: 2001

66. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#549 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

67. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Transportation Engineering

#555 in Asia

#1465 in the World

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

68. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#565 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

69. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#582 in Asia

#1508 in the World

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

70. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#598 in Asia

#1539 in the World

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

71. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#601 in Asia

#1542 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

72. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#602 in Asia

#1543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,254
Founded: 1912

73. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#606 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

74. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Transportation Engineering

#607 in Asia

#1553 in the World

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

75. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#614 in Asia

#1562 in the World

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

76. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Transportation Engineering

#626 in Asia

#1587 in the World

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

77. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#645 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

78. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Transportation Engineering

#660 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Founded: 1938

79. Nippon Institute of Technology

Japan | Miyashiro

For Transportation Engineering

#663 in Asia

#1635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1967

80. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#684 in Asia

#1667 in the World

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

81. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Transportation Engineering

#687 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

82. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#690 in Asia

#1676 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

83. Tama University

Japan | Tama

For Transportation Engineering

#705 in Asia

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

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