100 Best universities for Education Majors 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 Education Majors. A graph of 679K citations received by 54K academic papers made by 170 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 Education Majors

#10 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Education Majors

#20 in Asia

#196 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Education Majors

#50 in Asia

#354 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Education Majors

#69 in Asia

#473 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Education Majors

#82 in Asia

#501 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Education Majors

#85 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Education Majors

#86 in Asia

#516 in the World

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

8. Tohoku University

For Education Majors

#101 in Asia

#587 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Education Majors

#106 in Asia

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Education Majors

#107 in Asia

#608 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

For Education Majors

#117 in Asia

#644 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Education Majors

#124 in Asia

#671 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Education Majors

#163 in Asia

#844 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Education Majors

#236 in Asia

#1077 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Education Majors

#258 in Asia

#1127 in the World

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

16. Ritsumeikan University

For Education Majors

#268 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Education Majors

#286 in Asia

#1202 in the World

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

18. University of Electro-Communications

For Education Majors

#305 in Asia

#1267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

19. Doshisha University

For Education Majors

#315 in Asia

#1325 in the World

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

20. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Education Majors

#318 in Asia

#1330 in the World

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

21. Nihon University

For Education Majors

#329 in Asia

#1366 in the World

Founded: 1889

22. Kansai University

For Education Majors

#333 in Asia

#1379 in the World

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

23. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Education Majors

#337 in Asia

#1393 in the World

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

24. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Education Majors

#346 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Education Majors

#374 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Education Majors

#377 in Asia

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

27. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Education Majors

#391 in Asia

#1526 in the World

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

28. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Education Majors

#406 in Asia

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

29. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Education Majors

#420 in Asia

#1600 in the World

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

30. Kanda University of International Studies

For Education Majors

#430 in Asia

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1987

31. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Education Majors

#431 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

32. Saga University

For Education Majors

#439 in Asia

#1642 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Education Majors

#441 in Asia

#1649 in the World

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

34. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Education Majors

#455 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

35. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Education Majors

#467 in Asia

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

36. Naruto University of Education

For Education Majors

#506 in Asia

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1981

37. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Education Majors

#516 in Asia

#1826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

38. International Christian University

For Education Majors

#529 in Asia

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

39. Sophia University

For Education Majors

#537 in Asia

#1893 in the World

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

40. Tokai University

For Education Majors

#548 in Asia

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

41. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Education Majors

#567 in Asia

#1958 in the World

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

42. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Education Majors

#571 in Asia

#1969 in the World

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

43. Osaka Prefecture University

For Education Majors

#581 in Asia

#1992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

44. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Education Majors

#597 in Asia

#2021 in the World

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

45. Tokyo Denki University

For Education Majors

#604 in Asia

#2031 in the World

Founded: 1907

46. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Education Majors

#618 in Asia

#2066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

47. Osaka City University

For Education Majors

#630 in Asia

#2090 in the World

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

48. Gifu University

For Education Majors

#638 in Asia

#2112 in the World

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

49. Meiji University

For Education Majors

#653 in Asia

#2150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

50. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Education Majors

#664 in Asia

#2171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

51. Ibaraki University

For Education Majors

#679 in Asia

#2203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Education Majors

#686 in Asia

#2218 in the World

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

53. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Education Majors

#690 in Asia

#2229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

54. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Education Majors

#694 in Asia

#2239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

55. Hosei University

For Education Majors

#705 in Asia

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

56. University of Yamanashi

For Education Majors

#713 in Asia

#2291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Rikkyo University

For Education Majors

#740 in Asia

#2347 in the World

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

58. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Education Majors

#753 in Asia

#2378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

59. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Education Majors

#757 in Asia

#2386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,058
Founded: 1994

60. Ochanomizu University

For Education Majors

#767 in Asia

#2406 in the World

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

61. University of Fukui

For Education Majors

#772 in Asia

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

62. Toyo University

For Education Majors

#777 in Asia

#2427 in the World

Founded: 1887

63. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Education Majors

#807 in Asia

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

64. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Education Majors

#814 in Asia

#2501 in the World

Founded: 1949

65. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Education Majors

#829 in Asia

#2527 in the World

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

66. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Education Majors

#848 in Asia

#2581 in the World

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

67. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Education Majors

#849 in Asia

#2584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

68. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Education Majors

#852 in Asia

#2592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

69. Hyogo University of Teacher Education

For Education Majors

#875 in Asia

#2635 in the World

Founded: 1978

70. Kochi University of Technology

For Education Majors

#884 in Asia

#2659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

71. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Education Majors

#894 in Asia

#2691 in the World

Founded: 1934

72. University of Toyama

For Education Majors

#899 in Asia

#2702 in the World

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

73. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Education Majors

#905 in Asia

#2714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

74. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Education Majors

#921 in Asia

#2747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Nara Women's University

For Education Majors

#926 in Asia

#2756 in the World

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

76. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Education Majors

#934 in Asia

#2770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

77. Mie University

For Education Majors

#961 in Asia

#2832 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

78. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Education Majors

#964 in Asia

#2838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

79. Akita International University

For Education Majors

#965 in Asia

#2839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2004

80. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Education Majors

#970 in Asia

#2846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

81. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Education Majors

#974 in Asia

#2859 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

82. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Education Majors

#988 in Asia

#2896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Shimane University

For Education Majors

#991 in Asia

#2906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

84. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Education Majors

#1008 in Asia

#2948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

85. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Education Majors

#1023 in Asia

#2993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

86. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Education Majors

#1029 in Asia

#3007 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

87. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Education Majors

#1030 in Asia

#3008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

88. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Education Majors

#1044 in Asia

#3033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

89. Teikyo University

For Education Majors

#1052 in Asia

#3049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

90. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Education Majors

#1054 in Asia

#3057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

91. Akita University

For Education Majors

#1059 in Asia

#3064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

92. Ryukoku University

For Education Majors

#1066 in Asia

#3076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

93. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Education Majors

#1068 in Asia

#3081 in the World

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

94. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Education Majors

#1072 in Asia

#3093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

95. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

Japan | Nisshin

For Education Majors

#1089 in Asia

#3130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1953

96. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Education Majors

#1103 in Asia

#3162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

97. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Education Majors

#1131 in Asia

#3236 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

98. Kitasato University

For Education Majors

#1140 in Asia

#3252 in the World

Founded: 1962

99. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Education Majors

#1145 in Asia

#3268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

100. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Education Majors

#1147 in Asia

#3272 in the World

Founded: 1963

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Japan

Anthropology158

Broadcast Journalism9

Classics and Ancient History89

Communications and Public Relations49

Criminology and Criminal Justice10

Early Childhood Education7

Forensic Science26

Gender Studies33

Human Rights Law2

Intellectual Property and Patent Law16

International Law10

International Relations and Diplomacy17

Journalism and Digital Media24

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science143

Media Studies16

Military science9

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution17

Occupational Safety and Health27

Political Economy19

Political Science426

Public Policy / Administration29

Radio and Television broadcasting15

Special Education15

Sports / Exercise science56

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies146

Urban and Regional planning33