100 Best universities for Linguistics 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 Linguistics. A graph of 4.65M citations received by 367K academic papers made by 371 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 Linguistics

#1 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Linguistics

#6 in Asia

#58 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Linguistics

#16 in Asia

#122 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#21 in Asia

#161 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Linguistics

#23 in Asia

#167 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Linguistics

#28 in Asia

#196 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Linguistics

#35 in Asia

#215 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Linguistics

#47 in Asia

#256 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Linguistics

#52 in Asia

#303 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Linguistics

#58 in Asia

#342 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Linguistics

#65 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

12. Waseda University

For Linguistics

#70 in Asia

#401 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Linguistics

#86 in Asia

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

14. Kobe University

For Linguistics

#91 in Asia

#492 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Linguistics

#97 in Asia

#528 in the World

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

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Linguistics

#99 in Asia

#532 in the World

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

17. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Linguistics

#113 in Asia

#575 in the World

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

18. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Linguistics

#115 in Asia

#580 in the World

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

19. Osaka Prefecture University

For Linguistics

#116 in Asia

#582 in the World

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

20. University of Electro-Communications

For Linguistics

#139 in Asia

#671 in the World

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

21. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Linguistics

#153 in Asia

#707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

22. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Linguistics

#156 in Asia

#722 in the World

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

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Linguistics

#157 in Asia

#724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Linguistics

#164 in Asia

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

25. Nihon University

For Linguistics

#178 in Asia

#787 in the World

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

26. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Linguistics

#179 in Asia

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

27. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Linguistics

#183 in Asia

#797 in the World

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

28. Ritsumeikan University

For Linguistics

#186 in Asia

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

29. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Linguistics

#193 in Asia

#828 in the World

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

30. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Linguistics

#210 in Asia

#873 in the World

Founded: 1949

31. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#215 in Asia

#884 in the World

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

32. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Linguistics

#218 in Asia

#897 in the World

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

33. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Linguistics

#219 in Asia

#898 in the World

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

34. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Linguistics

#233 in Asia

#927 in the World

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

35. Osaka City University

For Linguistics

#246 in Asia

#958 in the World

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

36. Tokai University

For Linguistics

#267 in Asia

#1022 in the World

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

37. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Linguistics

#286 in Asia

#1067 in the World

Founded: 1978

38. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Linguistics

#288 in Asia

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

39. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Linguistics

#292 in Asia

#1084 in the World

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

40. Juntendo University

For Linguistics

#294 in Asia

#1090 in the World

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

41. Mie University

For Linguistics

#296 in Asia

#1096 in the World

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

42. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Linguistics

#300 in Asia

#1105 in the World

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

43. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Linguistics

#306 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

44. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Linguistics

#310 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

45. Gifu University

For Linguistics

#320 in Asia

#1157 in the World

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

46. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Linguistics

#326 in Asia

#1169 in the World

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

47. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Linguistics

#327 in Asia

#1170 in the World

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

48. Nippon Medical School

For Linguistics

#333 in Asia

#1182 in the World

Founded: 1904

49. Nagoya City University

For Linguistics

#338 in Asia

#1192 in the World

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

50. University of Fukui

For Linguistics

#341 in Asia

#1198 in the World

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

51. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Linguistics

#346 in Asia

#1208 in the World

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

52. Meiji University

For Linguistics

#349 in Asia

#1214 in the World

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

53. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Linguistics

#352 in Asia

#1222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

54. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Linguistics

#357 in Asia

#1233 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

55. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Linguistics

#361 in Asia

#1243 in the World

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

56. Hosei University

For Linguistics

#365 in Asia

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

57. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Linguistics

#370 in Asia

#1261 in the World

Founded: 1972

58. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Linguistics

#371 in Asia

#1262 in the World

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

59. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Linguistics

#373 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Ibaraki University

For Linguistics

#380 in Asia

#1284 in the World

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

61. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Linguistics

#381 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

62. Toho University

For Linguistics

#384 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

63. Kurume University

For Linguistics

#389 in Asia

#1310 in the World

Founded: 1928

64. Kitasato University

For Linguistics

#393 in Asia

#1315 in the World

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

65. Showa University

For Linguistics

#397 in Asia

#1323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

66. Saga University

For Linguistics

#403 in Asia

#1344 in the World

Founded: 1949

67. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Linguistics

#406 in Asia

#1352 in the World

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

68. Kansai University

For Linguistics

#416 in Asia

#1367 in the World

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

69. Doshisha University

For Linguistics

#418 in Asia

#1373 in the World

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

70. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Linguistics

#421 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

71. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Linguistics

#428 in Asia

#1399 in the World

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

72. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Linguistics

#441 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

73. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Linguistics

#443 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

74. Teikyo University

For Linguistics

#445 in Asia

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

75. Tokyo Denki University

For Linguistics

#450 in Asia

#1439 in the World

Founded: 1907

76. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Linguistics

#457 in Asia

#1459 in the World

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

77. University of Yamanashi

For Linguistics

#459 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

78. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Linguistics

#464 in Asia

#1476 in the World

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

79. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Linguistics

#470 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

80. Sophia University

For Linguistics

#479 in Asia

#1512 in the World

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

81. University of Toyama

For Linguistics

#481 in Asia

#1518 in the World

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

82. Shimane University

For Linguistics

#489 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

83. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Linguistics

#499 in Asia

#1558 in the World

Founded: 1972

84. Oita University

For Linguistics

#509 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

85. Akita University

For Linguistics

#516 in Asia

#1594 in the World

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

86. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Linguistics

#521 in Asia

#1601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

87. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#522 in Asia

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

88. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Linguistics

#529 in Asia

#1618 in the World

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

89. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Linguistics

#530 in Asia

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

90. Tokyo Medical University

For Linguistics

#554 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

91. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Linguistics

#562 in Asia

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

92. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Linguistics

#612 in Asia

#1779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

93. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Linguistics

#617 in Asia

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,095
Founded: 1952

94. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Linguistics

#618 in Asia

#1789 in the World

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

95. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Linguistics

#622 in Asia

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

96. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Linguistics

#629 in Asia

#1808 in the World

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

97. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Linguistics

#636 in Asia

#1821 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

98. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Linguistics

#648 in Asia

#1858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

99. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Linguistics

#658 in Asia

#1885 in the World

Founded: 1971

100. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Linguistics

#675 in Asia

#1908 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

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

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