100 Best universities for Math Teachers 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 Math Teachers. A graph of 326K citations received by 36.5K academic papers made by 153 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

#37 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Math Teachers

#53 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#70 in Asia

#432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Math Teachers

#85 in Asia

#528 in the World

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

5. Waseda University

For Math Teachers

#86 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Math Teachers

#89 in Asia

#540 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Math Teachers

#90 in Asia

#547 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#106 in Asia

#601 in the World

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

9. Osaka University

For Math Teachers

#114 in Asia

#625 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

For Math Teachers

#120 in Asia

#654 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Math Teachers

#154 in Asia

#754 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#216 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Math Teachers

#261 in Asia

#1067 in the World

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

14. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Math Teachers

#269 in Asia

#1092 in the World

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

15. Kobe University

For Math Teachers

#277 in Asia

#1107 in the World

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

16. Nihon University

For Math Teachers

#284 in Asia

#1124 in the World

Founded: 1889

17. Kansai University

For Math Teachers

#287 in Asia

#1139 in the World

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

18. Chiba University

For Math Teachers

#307 in Asia

#1205 in the World

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

19. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Math Teachers

#312 in Asia

#1210 in the World

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

20. Osaka City University

For Math Teachers

#343 in Asia

#1313 in the World

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

21. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Math Teachers

#366 in Asia

#1389 in the World

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

22. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Math Teachers

#398 in Asia

#1474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

23. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Math Teachers

#415 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

24. Ritsumeikan University

For Math Teachers

#423 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#437 in Asia

#1565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Math Teachers

#453 in Asia

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

27. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#467 in Asia

#1638 in the World

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

28. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#468 in Asia

#1639 in the World

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

29. University of Electro-Communications

For Math Teachers

#492 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

30. Joetsu University of Education

For Math Teachers

#497 in Asia

#1722 in the World

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

31. Kanda University of International Studies

For Math Teachers

#514 in Asia

#1767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1987

32. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Math Teachers

#534 in Asia

#1827 in the World

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

33. Sophia University

For Math Teachers

#546 in Asia

#1863 in the World

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

34. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#554 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

35. Rikkyo University

For Math Teachers

#559 in Asia

#1887 in the World

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

36. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Math Teachers

#572 in Asia

#1913 in the World

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

37. Ochanomizu University

For Math Teachers

#576 in Asia

#1926 in the World

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

38. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Math Teachers

#578 in Asia

#1930 in the World

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

39. Tokai University

For Math Teachers

#587 in Asia

#1948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Doshisha University

For Math Teachers

#588 in Asia

#1952 in the World

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

41. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Math Teachers

#597 in Asia

#1974 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Math Teachers

#607 in Asia

#1992 in the World

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

43. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Math Teachers

#609 in Asia

#1995 in the World

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

44. Ibaraki University

For Math Teachers

#613 in Asia

#2004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

45. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Math Teachers

#620 in Asia

#2016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

46. Hyogo University of Teacher Education

For Math Teachers

#623 in Asia

#2033 in the World

Founded: 1978

47. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#645 in Asia

#2076 in the World

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

48. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Math Teachers

#660 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

49. Tokyo Denki University

For Math Teachers

#661 in Asia

#2110 in the World

Founded: 1907

50. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Math Teachers

#662 in Asia

#2111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

51. International Christian University

For Math Teachers

#669 in Asia

#2130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

52. Meiji University

For Math Teachers

#673 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

53. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Math Teachers

#703 in Asia

#2195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Math Teachers

#723 in Asia

#2231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

55. Toyo University

For Math Teachers

#740 in Asia

#2271 in the World

Founded: 1887

56. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Math Teachers

#754 in Asia

#2299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

57. University of Toyama

For Math Teachers

#760 in Asia

#2310 in the World

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

58. Hosei University

For Math Teachers

#768 in Asia

#2326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

59. Gifu University

For Math Teachers

#779 in Asia

#2344 in the World

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

60. Saga University

For Math Teachers

#781 in Asia

#2348 in the World

Founded: 1949

61. Meijo University

For Math Teachers

#793 in Asia

#2373 in the World

Founded: 1926

62. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Math Teachers

#802 in Asia

#2401 in the World

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

63. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#812 in Asia

#2421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

64. Ryukoku University

For Math Teachers

#820 in Asia

#2440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

65. Osaka Prefecture University

For Math Teachers

#835 in Asia

#2480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

66. Aichi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#838 in Asia

#2488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 3,967
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1873

67. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#841 in Asia

#2492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

68. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Math Teachers

#845 in Asia

#2497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

69. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#871 in Asia

#2553 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

70. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Math Teachers

#885 in Asia

#2581 in the World

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

71. Kyushu Sangyo University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#908 in Asia

#2633 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1960

72. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#910 in Asia

#2635 in the World

Founded: 1934

73. Hokkaido University of Education

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#912 in Asia

#2637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

74. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Math Teachers

#920 in Asia

#2649 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

75. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Math Teachers

#936 in Asia

#2677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

76. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Math Teachers

#946 in Asia

#2695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

77. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Math Teachers

#948 in Asia

#2700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

78. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#968 in Asia

#2741 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

79. Akita International University

For Math Teachers

#985 in Asia

#2781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2004

80. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#1000 in Asia

#2819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

81. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#1030 in Asia

#2879 in the World

Founded: 1963

82. Mie University

For Math Teachers

#1036 in Asia

#2908 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

83. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Math Teachers

#1042 in Asia

#2920 in the World

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

84. Naruto University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1046 in Asia

#2933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1981

85. Teikyo University

For Math Teachers

#1050 in Asia

#2944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

86. Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

Japan | Nisshin

For Math Teachers

#1052 in Asia

#2949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1953

87. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#1057 in Asia

#2964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

88. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Math Teachers

#1074 in Asia

#3006 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

89. Shimane University

For Math Teachers

#1075 in Asia

#3012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

90. Miyagi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1085 in Asia

#3035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1965

91. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Math Teachers

#1086 in Asia

#3036 in the World

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

92. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Math Teachers

#1094 in Asia

#3050 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

93. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Math Teachers

#1097 in Asia

#3059 in the World

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

94. University of Yamanashi

For Math Teachers

#1101 in Asia

#3068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

95. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Math Teachers

#1116 in Asia

#3096 in the World

Founded: 1972

96. Juntendo University

For Math Teachers

#1117 in Asia

#3100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

97. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Math Teachers

#1134 in Asia

#3151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

98. Nara University of Education

For Math Teachers

#1143 in Asia

#3165 in the World

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

99. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Math Teachers

#1153 in Asia

#3192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

100. Fukuoka University of Education

Japan | Munakata

For Math Teachers

#1165 in Asia

#3213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1943

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