100 Best universities for Math Teachers 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 Math Teachers. A graph of 211K citations received by 32K academic papers made by 140 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

#25 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Math Teachers

#41 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#49 in Asia

#363 in the World

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

4. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Math Teachers

#67 in Asia

#497 in the World

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

5. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Math Teachers

#71 in Asia

#508 in the World

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

6. Waseda University

For Math Teachers

#76 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Math Teachers

#77 in Asia

#525 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Math Teachers

#79 in Asia

#533 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#83 in Asia

#564 in the World

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

10. Osaka University

For Math Teachers

#90 in Asia

#590 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Math Teachers

#126 in Asia

#724 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#151 in Asia

#797 in the World

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

13. Nihon University

For Math Teachers

#192 in Asia

#952 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Math Teachers

#204 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

15. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Math Teachers

#216 in Asia

#1018 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Math Teachers

#225 in Asia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

17. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Math Teachers

#229 in Asia

#1065 in the World

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

18. Kansai University

For Math Teachers

#234 in Asia

#1079 in the World

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

19. Chiba University

For Math Teachers

#267 in Asia

#1193 in the World

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

20. University of Electro-Communications

For Math Teachers

#301 in Asia

#1303 in the World

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

21. Joetsu University of Education

For Math Teachers

#312 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,327
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1978

22. Osaka City University

For Math Teachers

#322 in Asia

#1360 in the World

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

23. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#329 in Asia

#1378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

24. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Math Teachers

#333 in Asia

#1387 in the World

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

25. Ritsumeikan University

For Math Teachers

#337 in Asia

#1396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

26. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Math Teachers

#340 in Asia

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

27. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Math Teachers

#351 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

28. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#352 in Asia

#1438 in the World

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

29. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#375 in Asia

#1503 in the World

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

30. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Math Teachers

#379 in Asia

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

31. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Math Teachers

#405 in Asia

#1597 in the World

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

32. Kanda University of International Studies

For Math Teachers

#420 in Asia

#1642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 3,819
Male:Female: 25:75
Founded: 1987

33. Sophia University

For Math Teachers

#423 in Asia

#1650 in the World

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

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Math Teachers

#431 in Asia

#1667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokai University

For Math Teachers

#432 in Asia

#1668 in the World

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

36. Doshisha University

For Math Teachers

#435 in Asia

#1676 in the World

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

37. Ibaraki University

For Math Teachers

#436 in Asia

#1677 in the World

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

38. Meijo University

For Math Teachers

#438 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

39. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#444 in Asia

#1690 in the World

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

40. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Math Teachers

#445 in Asia

#1692 in the World

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

41. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Math Teachers

#452 in Asia

#1708 in the World

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

42. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Math Teachers

#457 in Asia

#1724 in the World

Founded: 1949

43. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Math Teachers

#487 in Asia

#1799 in the World

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

44. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Math Teachers

#488 in Asia

#1800 in the World

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

45. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Math Teachers

#499 in Asia

#1824 in the World

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

46. Rikkyo University

For Math Teachers

#504 in Asia

#1839 in the World

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

47. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#520 in Asia

#1870 in the World

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

48. Hyogo University of Teacher Education

For Math Teachers

#529 in Asia

#1887 in the World

Enrollment: 1,573
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1978

49. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Math Teachers

#535 in Asia

#1894 in the World

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

50. Gifu University

For Math Teachers

#544 in Asia

#1920 in the World

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

51. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Math Teachers

#546 in Asia

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

52. Hokkaido University of Education

Japan | Sapporo

For Math Teachers

#550 in Asia

#1930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 5,640
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1949

53. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Math Teachers

#551 in Asia

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

54. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Math Teachers

#553 in Asia

#1941 in the World

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

55. Ochanomizu University

For Math Teachers

#555 in Asia

#1943 in the World

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

56. Tokyo Denki University

For Math Teachers

#569 in Asia

#1978 in the World

Founded: 1907

57. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Math Teachers

#570 in Asia

#1979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

58. Osaka Prefecture University

For Math Teachers

#573 in Asia

#1984 in the World

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

59. Hosei University

For Math Teachers

#617 in Asia

#2085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

60. Saga University

For Math Teachers

#638 in Asia

#2129 in the World

Founded: 1949

61. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#645 in Asia

#2140 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#670 in Asia

#2199 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

63. Meiji University

For Math Teachers

#681 in Asia

#2222 in the World

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

64. Aichi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#683 in Asia

#2224 in the World

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

65. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Math Teachers

#691 in Asia

#2238 in the World

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

66. University of Toyama

For Math Teachers

#699 in Asia

#2255 in the World

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

67. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Math Teachers

#717 in Asia

#2292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

68. Kyushu Sangyo University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#732 in Asia

#2323 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1960

69. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Math Teachers

#743 in Asia

#2356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

70. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Math Teachers

#750 in Asia

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

71. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Math Teachers

#764 in Asia

#2405 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

72. Toyo University

For Math Teachers

#767 in Asia

#2422 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

73. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Math Teachers

#769 in Asia

#2424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

74. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Math Teachers

#805 in Asia

#2499 in the World

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

75. Teikyo University

For Math Teachers

#813 in Asia

#2519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

76. University of Yamanashi

For Math Teachers

#818 in Asia

#2525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

77. Mie University

For Math Teachers

#822 in Asia

#2532 in the World

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

78. Shimane University

For Math Teachers

#849 in Asia

#2589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

79. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Math Teachers

#858 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 13,207
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1965

80. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Math Teachers

#860 in Asia

#2605 in the World

Enrollment: 4,460
Founded: 1963

81. Ryukoku University

For Math Teachers

#871 in Asia

#2625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

82. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Math Teachers

#879 in Asia

#2641 in the World

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

83. Naruto University of Education

For Math Teachers

#890 in Asia

#2663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1981

84. International Christian University

For Math Teachers

#892 in Asia

#2667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,134
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1953

85. Fukuoka University of Education

Japan | Munakata

For Math Teachers

#895 in Asia

#2670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 3,056
Founded: 1943

86. Akita International University

For Math Teachers

#913 in Asia

#2708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2004

87. Nagoya City University

For Math Teachers

#926 in Asia

#2746 in the World

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

88. University of Fukui

For Math Teachers

#930 in Asia

#2755 in the World

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

89. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Math Teachers

#945 in Asia

#2789 in the World

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

90. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Math Teachers

#959 in Asia

#2820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

91. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Math Teachers

#962 in Asia

#2825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,050
Founded: 1962

92. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Math Teachers

#964 in Asia

#2828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

93. Miyagi University of Education

For Math Teachers

#965 in Asia

#2832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1965

94. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Math Teachers

#969 in Asia

#2842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

95. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Math Teachers

#976 in Asia

#2853 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

96. Nara University of Education

For Math Teachers

#981 in Asia

#2868 in the World

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

97. Akita University

For Math Teachers

#982 in Asia

#2870 in the World

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

98. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Math Teachers

#995 in Asia

#2900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

99. Toho University

For Math Teachers

#997 in Asia

#2904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

100. Nanzan University

For Math Teachers

#998 in Asia

#2909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1949

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

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