35 Best universities for Urban and Regional planning in Japan

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Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Urban and Regional planning. A graph of 89.4K citations received by 9.06K academic papers made by 35 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 Urban and Regional planning

#12 in Asia
#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

2. University of Tsukuba

For Urban and Regional planning

#15 in Asia
#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,684
Founded
1973

3. Kyoto University

For Urban and Regional planning

#16 in Asia
#147 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

4. Hiroshima University

For Urban and Regional planning

#26 in Asia
#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
15,505
Founded
1949

5. Nagoya University

For Urban and Regional planning

#39 in Asia
#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

6. Kyushu University

For Urban and Regional planning

#57 in Asia
#378 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#68 in Asia
#425 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

8. Chiba University

For Urban and Regional planning

#106 in Asia
#568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
13,983
Founded
1949

9. Waseda University

For Urban and Regional planning

#108 in Asia
#584 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
47,094
Founded
1882

10. Hokkaido University

For Urban and Regional planning

#111 in Asia
#593 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

11. Hitotsubashi University

For Urban and Regional planning

#116 in Asia
#605 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
6,287
Founded
1875

12. Tohoku University

For Urban and Regional planning

#118 in Asia
#609 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

13. Kobe University

For Urban and Regional planning

#119 in Asia
#610 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
16,214
Founded
1902

14. Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Urban and Regional planning

#135 in Asia
#670 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
9,126
Founded
2005

15. Osaka University

For Urban and Regional planning

#138 in Asia
#687 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

16. Nihon University

For Urban and Regional planning

#166 in Asia
#801 in the World
Founded
1889

17. Tokyo University of Science

For Urban and Regional planning

#208 in Asia
#937 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
19,768
Founded
1881

18. Osaka City University

For Urban and Regional planning

#215 in Asia
#953 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
8,230
Founded
1928

19. Keio University

For Urban and Regional planning

#218 in Asia
#967 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
33,518
Founded
1858

20. Yokohama National University

For Urban and Regional planning

#226 in Asia
#989 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

21. Kanazawa University

For Urban and Regional planning

#260 in Asia
#1099 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,127
Founded
1949

22. Toyohashi University of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#285 in Asia
#1165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Founded
1976

23. Ritsumeikan University

For Urban and Regional planning

#302 in Asia
#1209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1899

24. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Urban and Regional planning

#319 in Asia
#1250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1997

25. University of Kitakyushu

For Urban and Regional planning

#328 in Asia
#1276 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1946

26. Hosei University

For Urban and Regional planning

#371 in Asia
#1371 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1880

27. Meiji University

For Urban and Regional planning

#383 in Asia
#1399 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1881

28. Yamaguchi University

For Urban and Regional planning

#393 in Asia
#1420 in the World
Founded
1949

29. Okayama University

For Urban and Regional planning

#400 in Asia
#1432 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
13,057
Founded
1922

30. Saitama University

For Urban and Regional planning

#404 in Asia
#1441 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

31. Chuo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#414 in Asia
#1464 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
31,739
Founded
1885

32. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Urban and Regional planning

#422 in Asia
#1479 in the World
Enrollment
5,796
Founded
2000

33. Nagaoka University of Technology

For Urban and Regional planning

#437 in Asia
#1503 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1976

34. Niigata University

For Urban and Regional planning

#452 in Asia
#1522 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
12,068
Founded
1922

35. Toyo University

For Urban and Regional planning

#471 in Asia
#1544 in the World
Founded
1887

The best cities to study Urban and Regional planning in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Tsukuba, Kyoto, and Higashihiroshima.