100 Best universities for Aesthetics 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 Aesthetics. A graph of 594K citations received by 51.4K academic papers made by 164 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 Aesthetics

#1 in Asia

#48 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

For Aesthetics

#6 in Asia

#96 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

For Aesthetics

#8 in Asia

#102 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Aesthetics

#12 in Asia

#160 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Aesthetics

#16 in Asia

#191 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Aesthetics

#18 in Asia

#197 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Aesthetics

#22 in Asia

#202 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Aesthetics

#26 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#27 in Asia

#234 in the World

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

10. Kobe University

For Aesthetics

#45 in Asia

#321 in the World

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

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Aesthetics

#46 in Asia

#327 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Aesthetics

#62 in Asia

#420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

13. Keio University

For Aesthetics

#67 in Asia

#449 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Aesthetics

#72 in Asia

#477 in the World

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

15. Nihon University

For Aesthetics

#102 in Asia

#637 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Aesthetics

#107 in Asia

#658 in the World

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

17. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Aesthetics

#110 in Asia

#664 in the World

Founded: 1949

18. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Aesthetics

#120 in Asia

#708 in the World

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

19. University of Electro-Communications

For Aesthetics

#134 in Asia

#766 in the World

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

20. Chiba University

For Aesthetics

#139 in Asia

#780 in the World

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

21. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Aesthetics

#145 in Asia

#790 in the World

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

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Aesthetics

#154 in Asia

#822 in the World

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

23. Ritsumeikan University

For Aesthetics

#160 in Asia

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Aesthetics

#165 in Asia

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Aesthetics

#166 in Asia

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

26. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Aesthetics

#173 in Asia

#873 in the World

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

27. Osaka City University

For Aesthetics

#177 in Asia

#903 in the World

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

28. Osaka Prefecture University

For Aesthetics

#182 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

29. Mie University

For Aesthetics

#187 in Asia

#934 in the World

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

30. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Aesthetics

#191 in Asia

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Aesthetics

#204 in Asia

#985 in the World

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

32. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Aesthetics

#236 in Asia

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Aesthetics

#240 in Asia

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Doshisha University

For Aesthetics

#244 in Asia

#1096 in the World

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

35. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Aesthetics

#248 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

36. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Aesthetics

#256 in Asia

#1128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

37. Meiji University

For Aesthetics

#258 in Asia

#1136 in the World

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

38. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Aesthetics

#272 in Asia

#1188 in the World

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

39. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Aesthetics

#277 in Asia

#1199 in the World

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

40. Ibaraki University

For Aesthetics

#278 in Asia

#1202 in the World

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

41. Tokai University

For Aesthetics

#281 in Asia

#1209 in the World

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

42. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#284 in Asia

#1221 in the World

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

43. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Aesthetics

#288 in Asia

#1232 in the World

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

44. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Aesthetics

#291 in Asia

#1239 in the World

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

45. Sophia University

For Aesthetics

#297 in Asia

#1256 in the World

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

46. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#299 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

47. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Aesthetics

#309 in Asia

#1304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

48. Kansai University

For Aesthetics

#312 in Asia

#1312 in the World

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

49. Akita University

For Aesthetics

#315 in Asia

#1318 in the World

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

50. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Aesthetics

#325 in Asia

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

51. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Aesthetics

#327 in Asia

#1345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

52. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Aesthetics

#337 in Asia

#1369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

53. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Aesthetics

#351 in Asia

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

54. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Aesthetics

#354 in Asia

#1422 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

55. Teikyo University

For Aesthetics

#361 in Asia

#1436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

56. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Aesthetics

#369 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

57. Hosei University

For Aesthetics

#372 in Asia

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

58. University of Fukui

For Aesthetics

#374 in Asia

#1466 in the World

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

59. Juntendo University

For Aesthetics

#394 in Asia

#1514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

60. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Aesthetics

#395 in Asia

#1515 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

61. Gifu University

For Aesthetics

#396 in Asia

#1516 in the World

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

62. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Aesthetics

#397 in Asia

#1517 in the World

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

63. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Aesthetics

#398 in Asia

#1521 in the World

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

64. Tokyo Denki University

For Aesthetics

#400 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1907

65. Showa University

For Aesthetics

#410 in Asia

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

66. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Aesthetics

#442 in Asia

#1639 in the World

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

67. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Aesthetics

#453 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

68. University of Yamanashi

For Aesthetics

#455 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Aesthetics

#457 in Asia

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

70. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Aesthetics

#461 in Asia

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

71. Nagoya City University

For Aesthetics

#465 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

72. Toho University

For Aesthetics

#467 in Asia

#1702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

73. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#479 in Asia

#1731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

74. Saga University

For Aesthetics

#482 in Asia

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. Nippon Medical School

For Aesthetics

#488 in Asia

#1756 in the World

Founded: 1904

76. University of Toyama

For Aesthetics

#497 in Asia

#1772 in the World

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

77. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Aesthetics

#499 in Asia

#1776 in the World

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

78. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Aesthetics

#502 in Asia

#1782 in the World

Founded: 1972

79. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Aesthetics

#503 in Asia

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

80. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Aesthetics

#505 in Asia

#1799 in the World

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

81. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Aesthetics

#512 in Asia

#1816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,107
Founded: 1974

82. Kochi University of Technology

For Aesthetics

#517 in Asia

#1825 in the World

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

83. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Aesthetics

#521 in Asia

#1839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

84. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Aesthetics

#536 in Asia

#1874 in the World

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

85. Nara Women's University

For Aesthetics

#537 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

86. Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Aesthetics

#544 in Asia

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1964

87. Okayama Prefectural University

For Aesthetics

#547 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 1,862
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1993

88. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Aesthetics

#563 in Asia

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

89. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Aesthetics

#575 in Asia

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

90. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Aesthetics

#583 in Asia

#1987 in the World

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

91. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Aesthetics

#585 in Asia

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

92. Rikkyo University

For Aesthetics

#589 in Asia

#2001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

93. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Aesthetics

#598 in Asia

#2016 in the World

Founded: 2001

94. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Aesthetics

#601 in Asia

#2023 in the World

Founded: 1938

95. Ochanomizu University

For Aesthetics

#615 in Asia

#2050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

96. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Aesthetics

#631 in Asia

#2078 in the World

Founded: 1972

97. Kitasato University

For Aesthetics

#633 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

98. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Aesthetics

#637 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Founded: 1978

99. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Aesthetics

#645 in Asia

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

100. Dokkyo University

For Aesthetics

#674 in Asia

#2169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 8,675
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1964

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Japan

Anthropology151

Broadcast Journalism10

Classics and Ancient History78

Communications and Public Relations43

Criminology and Criminal Justice10

Early Childhood Education8

Education Majors158

Forensic Science27

Gender Studies26

Human Rights Law3

Intellectual Property and Patent Law19

International Law11

International Relations and Diplomacy19

Journalism and Digital Media21

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science134

Media Studies14

Military science9

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution19

Occupational Safety and Health32

Political Economy19

Political Science404

Public Policy / Administration27

Radio and Television broadcasting17

Special Education15

Sports / Exercise science50

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies141

Urban and Regional planning27