100 Best universities for Math Teachers in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Math Teachers. A graph of 349K citations received by 37.6K academic papers made by 158 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 Math Teachers

#38 in Asia

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Math Teachers

#55 in Asia

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#74 in Asia

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Waseda University

For Math Teachers

#87 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

5. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Math Teachers

#91 in Asia

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Math Teachers

#93 in Asia

#547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

7. Tohoku University

For Math Teachers

#99 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#112 in Asia

#615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

9. Osaka University

For Math Teachers

#118 in Asia

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

10. Nagoya University

For Math Teachers

#127 in Asia

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

11. Keio University

For Math Teachers

#168 in Asia

#781 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#223 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Math Teachers

#278 in Asia

#1098 in the World

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

14. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Math Teachers

#281 in Asia

#1105 in the World

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

15. Kansai University

For Math Teachers

#287 in Asia

#1125 in the World

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

16. Kobe University

For Math Teachers

#290 in Asia

#1129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

17. Nihon University

For Math Teachers

#305 in Asia

#1165 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Chiba University

For Math Teachers

#314 in Asia

#1195 in the World

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

19. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Math Teachers

#323 in Asia

#1231 in the World

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

20. Osaka City University

For Math Teachers

#367 in Asia

#1368 in the World

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

21. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Math Teachers

#375 in Asia

#1397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

22. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Math Teachers

#405 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

23. Ritsumeikan University

For Math Teachers

#418 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Math Teachers

#441 in Asia

#1558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#455 in Asia

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Math Teachers

#462 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

27. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#468 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

28. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#484 in Asia

#1667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

29. Kanda University of International Studies

For Math Teachers

#521 in Asia

#1766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1987

30. University of Electro-Communications

For Math Teachers

#523 in Asia

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

31. Joetsu University of Education

For Math Teachers

#525 in Asia

#1778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,327
Founded: 1978

32. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Math Teachers

#539 in Asia

#1804 in the World

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

33. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Math Teachers

#552 in Asia

#1844 in the World

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

34. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#573 in Asia

#1901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

35. Rikkyo University

For Math Teachers

#575 in Asia

#1903 in the World

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

36. Sophia University

For Math Teachers

#582 in Asia

#1917 in the World

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

37. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Math Teachers

#601 in Asia

#1951 in the World

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

38. Doshisha University

For Math Teachers

#608 in Asia

#1966 in the World

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

39. Tokai University

For Math Teachers

#615 in Asia

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

40. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Math Teachers

#616 in Asia

#1991 in the World

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

41. Ochanomizu University

For Math Teachers

#618 in Asia

#1995 in the World

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

42. Hyogo University of Teacher Education

For Math Teachers

#625 in Asia

#2032 in the World

Founded: 1978

43. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Math Teachers

#627 in Asia

#2034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

44. Ibaraki University

For Math Teachers

#633 in Asia

#2044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

45. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Math Teachers

#636 in Asia

#2048 in the World

Founded: 1949

46. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Math Teachers

#641 in Asia

#2057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

47. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#662 in Asia

#2096 in the World

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

48. Meiji University

For Math Teachers

#670 in Asia

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

49. Tokyo Denki University

For Math Teachers

#690 in Asia

#2148 in the World

Founded: 1907

50. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Math Teachers

#698 in Asia

#2172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

51. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Math Teachers

#705 in Asia

#2187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

52. International Christian University

For Math Teachers

#715 in Asia

#2203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

53. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Math Teachers

#724 in Asia

#2223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Math Teachers

#738 in Asia

#2250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

55. Toyo University

For Math Teachers

#753 in Asia

#2277 in the World

Founded: 1887

56. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Math Teachers

#764 in Asia

#2292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

57. University of Toyama

For Math Teachers

#778 in Asia

#2323 in the World

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

58. Hosei University

For Math Teachers

#797 in Asia

#2373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

59. Gifu University

For Math Teachers

#803 in Asia

#2385 in the World

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

60. Saga University

For Math Teachers

#811 in Asia

#2405 in the World

Founded: 1949

61. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Math Teachers

#819 in Asia

#2424 in the World

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

62. Ryukoku University

For Math Teachers

#828 in Asia

#2443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

63. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#849 in Asia

#2481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

64. Aichi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#852 in Asia

#2484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1873

65. Meijo University

For Math Teachers

#855 in Asia

#2493 in the World

Founded: 1926

66. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#866 in Asia

#2516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

67. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Math Teachers

#886 in Asia

#2562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

68. Osaka Prefecture University

For Math Teachers

#887 in Asia

#2563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

69. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Math Teachers

#899 in Asia

#2585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 4,317
Founded: 1874

70. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#923 in Asia

#2630 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

71. Kyushu Sangyo University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#934 in Asia

#2650 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1960

72. Hokkaido University of Education

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#935 in Asia

#2651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

73. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#937 in Asia

#2656 in the World

Founded: 1934

74. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Math Teachers

#947 in Asia

#2687 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

75. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Math Teachers

#969 in Asia

#2727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

76. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Math Teachers

#979 in Asia

#2741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

77. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#985 in Asia

#2750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

78. Akita International University

For Math Teachers

#986 in Asia

#2751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2004

79. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#991 in Asia

#2761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

80. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Math Teachers

#993 in Asia

#2766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

81. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Math Teachers

#1049 in Asia

#2913 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

82. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

Japan | Nisshin

For Math Teachers

#1059 in Asia

#2937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1953

83. Teikyo University

For Math Teachers

#1070 in Asia

#2964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

84. Mie University

For Math Teachers

#1078 in Asia

#2983 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

85. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#1080 in Asia

#2985 in the World

Founded: 1963

86. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Math Teachers

#1084 in Asia

#2994 in the World

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

87. Naruto University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1087 in Asia

#3011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1981

88. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#1096 in Asia

#3031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

89. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Math Teachers

#1099 in Asia

#3038 in the World

Founded: 1972

90. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Math Teachers

#1101 in Asia

#3044 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

91. Miyagi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1113 in Asia

#3076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1965

92. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Math Teachers

#1123 in Asia

#3093 in the World

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

93. University of Yamanashi

For Math Teachers

#1125 in Asia

#3097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

94. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Math Teachers

#1129 in Asia

#3103 in the World

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

95. Shimane University

For Math Teachers

#1130 in Asia

#3104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

96. Juntendo University

For Math Teachers

#1132 in Asia

#3109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

97. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

For Math Teachers

#1152 in Asia

#3154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 4,144
Founded: 1873

98. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Math Teachers

#1160 in Asia

#3181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

99. Nara University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1164 in Asia

#3196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,245
Founded: 1949

100. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Math Teachers

#1194 in Asia

#3254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

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

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