84 Best universities for Transportation Engineering 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 Transportation Engineering. A graph of 248K citations received by 21.5K academic papers made by 84 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

#43 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#22 in Asia

#82 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#24 in Asia

#85 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#40 in Asia

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#67 in Asia

#239 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Transportation Engineering

#71 in Asia

#255 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#74 in Asia

#268 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#75 in Asia

#271 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Transportation Engineering

#85 in Asia

#312 in the World

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

10. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#89 in Asia

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

11. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Transportation Engineering

#93 in Asia

#338 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Transportation Engineering

#95 in Asia

#342 in the World

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

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Transportation Engineering

#111 in Asia

#396 in the World

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

14. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#117 in Asia

#412 in the World

Founded: 1889

15. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#124 in Asia

#443 in the World

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

16. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#152 in Asia

#549 in the World

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

17. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#162 in Asia

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

18. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Transportation Engineering

#167 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

19. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#170 in Asia

#603 in the World

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

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Transportation Engineering

#174 in Asia

#618 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#200 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Transportation Engineering

#220 in Asia

#748 in the World

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

23. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Transportation Engineering

#239 in Asia

#801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

24. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#251 in Asia

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

25. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#266 in Asia

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

26. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Transportation Engineering

#277 in Asia

#877 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Transportation Engineering

#282 in Asia

#885 in the World

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

28. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#284 in Asia

#894 in the World

Founded: 1926

29. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#304 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

30. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#306 in Asia

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

31. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Transportation Engineering

#307 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

32. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#308 in Asia

#966 in the World

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

33. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Transportation Engineering

#326 in Asia

#1006 in the World

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

34. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Transportation Engineering

#330 in Asia

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Transportation Engineering

#339 in Asia

#1035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

36. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Transportation Engineering

#341 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

37. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#367 in Asia

#1091 in the World

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

38. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Transportation Engineering

#415 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

39. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#426 in Asia

#1212 in the World

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

40. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Transportation Engineering

#434 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

41. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#460 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

42. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Transportation Engineering

#466 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

43. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#482 in Asia

#1322 in the World

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

44. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Transportation Engineering

#487 in Asia

#1335 in the World

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

45. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#489 in Asia

#1340 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

46. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#498 in Asia

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

47. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Transportation Engineering

#499 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

48. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Transportation Engineering

#502 in Asia

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

49. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Transportation Engineering

#506 in Asia

#1375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

50. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#507 in Asia

#1377 in the World

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

51. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Transportation Engineering

#523 in Asia

#1409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

52. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#536 in Asia

#1430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

53. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#543 in Asia

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

54. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#562 in Asia

#1479 in the World

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

55. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Transportation Engineering

#569 in Asia

#1497 in the World

Founded: 1942

56. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Transportation Engineering

#571 in Asia

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

57. Iwate Prefectural University

Japan | Iwate

For Transportation Engineering

#573 in Asia

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Transportation Engineering

#576 in Asia

#1508 in the World

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

59. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#577 in Asia

#1510 in the World

Founded: 2001

60. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#598 in Asia

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

61. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Transportation Engineering

#612 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

62. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Transportation Engineering

#630 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Transportation Engineering

#639 in Asia

#1627 in the World

Founded: 1938

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#646 in Asia

#1638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#649 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Founded: 1934

66. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#656 in Asia

#1658 in the World

Founded: 1907

67. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#667 in Asia

#1680 in the World

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

68. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#673 in Asia

#1690 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

69. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#674 in Asia

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

70. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Transportation Engineering

#679 in Asia

#1700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

71. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Transportation Engineering

#683 in Asia

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#689 in Asia

#1715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

73. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#694 in Asia

#1721 in the World

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

74. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#709 in Asia

#1743 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

75. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#717 in Asia

#1756 in the World

Founded: 1887

76. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#720 in Asia

#1762 in the World

Founded: 1963

77. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#725 in Asia

#1772 in the World

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

78. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Transportation Engineering

#730 in Asia

#1780 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

79. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Transportation Engineering

#734 in Asia

#1789 in the World

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

80. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Transportation Engineering

#745 in Asia

#1807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

81. Nippon Institute of Technology

Japan | Miyashiro

For Transportation Engineering

#750 in Asia

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1967

82. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#783 in Asia

#1866 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

83. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Transportation Engineering

#787 in Asia

#1870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

84. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#790 in Asia

#1876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

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

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