84 Best universities for Transportation 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 Transportation Engineering. A graph of 235K citations received by 21K 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

#42 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#22 in Asia

#79 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#23 in Asia

#83 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#38 in Asia

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

5. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#67 in Asia

#238 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Transportation Engineering

#69 in Asia

#254 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#72 in Asia

#261 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#73 in Asia

#265 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Transportation Engineering

#82 in Asia

#307 in the World

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

10. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#83 in Asia

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

11. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Transportation Engineering

#91 in Asia

#332 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Transportation Engineering

#95 in Asia

#348 in the World

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

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Transportation Engineering

#103 in Asia

#380 in the World

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

14. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#115 in Asia

#414 in the World

Founded: 1889

15. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#120 in Asia

#434 in the World

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

16. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Transportation Engineering

#146 in Asia

#535 in the World

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

17. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#160 in Asia

#578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

18. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Transportation Engineering

#163 in Asia

#587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

19. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#165 in Asia

#594 in the World

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

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Transportation Engineering

#168 in Asia

#601 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#191 in Asia

#659 in the World

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

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Transportation Engineering

#220 in Asia

#747 in the World

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

23. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Transportation Engineering

#230 in Asia

#788 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

24. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#241 in Asia

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

25. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#255 in Asia

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

26. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Transportation Engineering

#262 in Asia

#856 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Transportation Engineering

#264 in Asia

#859 in the World

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

28. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#274 in Asia

#875 in the World

Founded: 1926

29. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Transportation Engineering

#289 in Asia

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

30. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Transportation Engineering

#293 in Asia

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

31. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#301 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

32. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#302 in Asia

#951 in the World

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

33. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Transportation Engineering

#314 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

34. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Transportation Engineering

#318 in Asia

#993 in the World

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

35. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Transportation Engineering

#322 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

36. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Transportation Engineering

#323 in Asia

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

37. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#338 in Asia

#1039 in the World

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

38. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#390 in Asia

#1154 in the World

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

39. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Transportation Engineering

#404 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

40. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Transportation Engineering

#417 in Asia

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

41. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#444 in Asia

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

42. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Transportation Engineering

#446 in Asia

#1257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

43. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Transportation Engineering

#459 in Asia

#1286 in the World

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

44. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Transportation Engineering

#461 in Asia

#1288 in the World

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

45. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Transportation Engineering

#467 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

46. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Transportation Engineering

#478 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

47. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Transportation Engineering

#481 in Asia

#1335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

48. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Transportation Engineering

#486 in Asia

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

49. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#491 in Asia

#1351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

50. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#495 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

51. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Transportation Engineering

#505 in Asia

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

52. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#527 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

53. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#534 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

54. Iwate Prefectural University

Japan | Iwate

For Transportation Engineering

#538 in Asia

#1443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1998

55. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Transportation Engineering

#546 in Asia

#1456 in the World

Founded: 1942

56. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Transportation Engineering

#548 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Founded: 2001

57. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#551 in Asia

#1463 in the World

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

58. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Transportation Engineering

#555 in Asia

#1476 in the World

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

59. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Transportation Engineering

#566 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

60. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#578 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

61. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Transportation Engineering

#579 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

62. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Transportation Engineering

#598 in Asia

#1555 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Transportation Engineering

#611 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Founded: 1938

64. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Transportation Engineering

#616 in Asia

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

65. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#628 in Asia

#1607 in the World

Founded: 1934

66. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#637 in Asia

#1627 in the World

Founded: 1907

67. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Transportation Engineering

#639 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

68. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Transportation Engineering

#649 in Asia

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

69. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#658 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

70. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#660 in Asia

#1664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

71. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Transportation Engineering

#664 in Asia

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#673 in Asia

#1684 in the World

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

73. Tokyo City University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#682 in Asia

#1696 in the World

Enrollment: 7,543
Founded: 1929

74. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Transportation Engineering

#689 in Asia

#1708 in the World

Founded: 1963

75. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Transportation Engineering

#690 in Asia

#1709 in the World

Founded: 1887

76. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Transportation Engineering

#697 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

77. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

Japan | Chiba

For Transportation Engineering

#701 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

78. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Transportation Engineering

#702 in Asia

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,679
Founded: 1912

79. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Transportation Engineering

#717 in Asia

#1750 in the World

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

80. Nippon Institute of Technology

Japan | Miyashiro

For Transportation Engineering

#728 in Asia

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1967

81. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Transportation Engineering

#737 in Asia

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

82. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Transportation Engineering

#751 in Asia

#1803 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

83. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Transportation Engineering

#768 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

84. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Transportation Engineering

#774 in Asia

#1838 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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