100 Best universities for Mathematics 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 Mathematics. A graph of 12.9M citations received by 733K academic papers made by 460 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 Mathematics

#6 in Asia

#61 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Mathematics

#18 in Asia

#122 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Mathematics

#38 in Asia

#184 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Mathematics

#48 in Asia

#243 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#57 in Asia

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Mathematics

#58 in Asia

#287 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Mathematics

#64 in Asia

#308 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Mathematics

#74 in Asia

#366 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Mathematics

#77 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

10. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Mathematics

#91 in Asia

#431 in the World

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

11. Waseda University

For Mathematics

#107 in Asia

#477 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Mathematics

#109 in Asia

#481 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Mathematics

#135 in Asia

#550 in the World

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

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Mathematics

#140 in Asia

#572 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Mathematics

#195 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Mathematics

#210 in Asia

#801 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Mathematics

#214 in Asia

#812 in the World

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

18. University of Electro-Communications

For Mathematics

#215 in Asia

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

19. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Mathematics

#253 in Asia

#909 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Mathematics

#279 in Asia

#970 in the World

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

21. Nihon University

For Mathematics

#284 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 1889

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Mathematics

#286 in Asia

#988 in the World

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

23. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Mathematics

#288 in Asia

#996 in the World

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

24. Osaka Prefecture University

For Mathematics

#290 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Mathematics

#293 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Osaka City University

For Mathematics

#311 in Asia

#1037 in the World

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

27. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Mathematics

#323 in Asia

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#352 in Asia

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

29. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Mathematics

#362 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

30. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Mathematics

#363 in Asia

#1171 in the World

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

31. Ritsumeikan University

For Mathematics

#367 in Asia

#1180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

32. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Mathematics

#375 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

33. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Mathematics

#383 in Asia

#1211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Mathematics

#387 in Asia

#1217 in the World

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

35. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Mathematics

#391 in Asia

#1224 in the World

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

36. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Mathematics

#396 in Asia

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

37. Kitasato University

For Mathematics

#415 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Founded: 1962

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Mathematics

#420 in Asia

#1283 in the World

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

39. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Mathematics

#425 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Mathematics

#426 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Tokai University

For Mathematics

#427 in Asia

#1293 in the World

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

42. Gifu University

For Mathematics

#438 in Asia

#1316 in the World

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

43. Juntendo University

For Mathematics

#447 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

44. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Mathematics

#452 in Asia

#1354 in the World

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

45. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Mathematics

#468 in Asia

#1390 in the World

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

46. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Mathematics

#482 in Asia

#1418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

47. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Mathematics

#493 in Asia

#1437 in the World

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

48. Mie University

For Mathematics

#500 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

49. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Mathematics

#503 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

50. Shimane University

For Mathematics

#527 in Asia

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

51. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Mathematics

#538 in Asia

#1525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

52. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Mathematics

#546 in Asia

#1540 in the World

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

53. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Mathematics

#548 in Asia

#1544 in the World

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

54. Nagoya City University

For Mathematics

#551 in Asia

#1547 in the World

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

55. University of Yamanashi

For Mathematics

#576 in Asia

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Mathematics

#579 in Asia

#1605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

57. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Mathematics

#583 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Founded: 1934

58. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Mathematics

#591 in Asia

#1626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

59. Saga University

For Mathematics

#593 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Founded: 1949

60. Ibaraki University

For Mathematics

#606 in Asia

#1652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Mathematics

#609 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Meiji University

For Mathematics

#616 in Asia

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

63. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Mathematics

#617 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

64. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Mathematics

#621 in Asia

#1683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

65. Nippon Medical School

For Mathematics

#622 in Asia

#1684 in the World

Founded: 1904

66. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Mathematics

#623 in Asia

#1688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

67. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Mathematics

#629 in Asia

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

68. Toho University

For Mathematics

#643 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

69. Kurume University

For Mathematics

#645 in Asia

#1731 in the World

Founded: 1928

70. Teikyo University

For Mathematics

#652 in Asia

#1748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

71. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Mathematics

#661 in Asia

#1764 in the World

Founded: 1978

72. Hosei University

For Mathematics

#671 in Asia

#1781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

73. University of Toyama

For Mathematics

#678 in Asia

#1794 in the World

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

74. Doshisha University

For Mathematics

#683 in Asia

#1802 in the World

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

75. Kansai University

For Mathematics

#698 in Asia

#1829 in the World

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

76. Tokyo Medical University

For Mathematics

#712 in Asia

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

77. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Mathematics

#716 in Asia

#1867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

78. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Mathematics

#718 in Asia

#1873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

79. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Mathematics

#736 in Asia

#1909 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

80. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Mathematics

#741 in Asia

#1918 in the World

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

81. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Mathematics

#748 in Asia

#1926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

82. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Mathematics

#755 in Asia

#1935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

83. Showa University

For Mathematics

#762 in Asia

#1950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

84. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Mathematics

#764 in Asia

#1955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

85. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Mathematics

#779 in Asia

#1982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

86. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Mathematics

#784 in Asia

#1994 in the World

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

87. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Mathematics

#789 in Asia

#2003 in the World

Founded: 1972

88. Tokyo Denki University

For Mathematics

#794 in Asia

#2009 in the World

Founded: 1907

89. University of Fukui

For Mathematics

#818 in Asia

#2061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

90. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Mathematics

#819 in Asia

#2065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

91. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Mathematics

#827 in Asia

#2085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

92. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Mathematics

#828 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

93. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Mathematics

#837 in Asia

#2101 in the World

Founded: 1971

94. Sophia University

For Mathematics

#867 in Asia

#2172 in the World

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

95. Oita University

For Mathematics

#874 in Asia

#2182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

96. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Mathematics

#883 in Asia

#2196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

97. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Mathematics

#891 in Asia

#2207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

98. Akita University

For Mathematics

#905 in Asia

#2237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

99. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Mathematics

#907 in Asia

#2240 in the World

Founded: 1928

100. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Mathematics

#911 in Asia

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

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

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