80 Best universities for Operations Research 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 Operations Research. A graph of 236K citations received by 18.3K academic papers made by 80 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 Operations Research

#36 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Operations Research

#53 in Asia

#166 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Operations Research

#63 in Asia

#202 in the World

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

4. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Operations Research

#76 in Asia

#252 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#77 in Asia

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Operations Research

#106 in Asia

#354 in the World

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

7. Kobe University

For Operations Research

#114 in Asia

#385 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Operations Research

#117 in Asia

#404 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Operations Research

#132 in Asia

#460 in the World

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

10. Osaka Prefecture University

For Operations Research

#150 in Asia

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Operations Research

#161 in Asia

#525 in the World

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

12. Tohoku University

For Operations Research

#171 in Asia

#550 in the World

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

13. Nagoya University

For Operations Research

#174 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

14. Keio University

For Operations Research

#188 in Asia

#593 in the World

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

15. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Operations Research

#222 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Operations Research

#252 in Asia

#773 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Operations Research

#265 in Asia

#801 in the World

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

18. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#283 in Asia

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

19. Nihon University

For Operations Research

#322 in Asia

#939 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Operations Research

#345 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

21. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Operations Research

#349 in Asia

#991 in the World

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

22. University of Electro-Communications

For Operations Research

#385 in Asia

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

23. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#392 in Asia

#1086 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Operations Research

#396 in Asia

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Operations Research

#398 in Asia

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

26. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Operations Research

#411 in Asia

#1131 in the World

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

27. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Operations Research

#431 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

28. Doshisha University

For Operations Research

#472 in Asia

#1256 in the World

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

29. Josai University

For Operations Research

#478 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Founded: 1965

30. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Operations Research

#501 in Asia

#1309 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Operations Research

#519 in Asia

#1348 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

32. Meijo University

For Operations Research

#536 in Asia

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1926

33. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Operations Research

#543 in Asia

#1391 in the World

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

34. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Operations Research

#546 in Asia

#1397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Operations Research

#555 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Operations Research

#557 in Asia

#1409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

37. Tokai University

For Operations Research

#582 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

38. Chiba University

For Operations Research

#603 in Asia

#1479 in the World

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

39. Kansai University

For Operations Research

#604 in Asia

#1480 in the World

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

40. Ritsumeikan University

For Operations Research

#625 in Asia

#1525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

41. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#629 in Asia

#1535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

42. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Operations Research

#630 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

43. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#642 in Asia

#1565 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

44. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Operations Research

#649 in Asia

#1576 in the World

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

45. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Operations Research

#660 in Asia

#1602 in the World

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

46. Konan University

For Operations Research

#662 in Asia

#1606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

47. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Operations Research

#663 in Asia

#1607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

48. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Operations Research

#670 in Asia

#1618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

49. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Operations Research

#688 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

50. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Operations Research

#695 in Asia

#1673 in the World

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

51. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Operations Research

#699 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Operations Research

#708 in Asia

#1700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

53. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Operations Research

#717 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

54. Meiji University

For Operations Research

#743 in Asia

#1754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

55. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#747 in Asia

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

56. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#754 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

57. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Operations Research

#756 in Asia

#1780 in the World

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

58. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#799 in Asia

#1853 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

59. Gifu University

For Operations Research

#803 in Asia

#1860 in the World

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

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Operations Research

#807 in Asia

#1866 in the World

Founded: 1934

61. Tokyo Denki University

For Operations Research

#839 in Asia

#1928 in the World

Founded: 1907

62. University of Hyogo

For Operations Research

#841 in Asia

#1937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

63. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Operations Research

#850 in Asia

#1954 in the World

Founded: 1949

64. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Operations Research

#856 in Asia

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

65. Ibaraki University

For Operations Research

#868 in Asia

#1985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

66. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Operations Research

#872 in Asia

#1993 in the World

Founded: 1942

67. Sophia University

For Operations Research

#880 in Asia

#2004 in the World

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

68. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#894 in Asia

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

69. Setsunan University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Operations Research

#922 in Asia

#2079 in the World

Founded: 1975

70. Mie University

For Operations Research

#924 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

71. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Operations Research

#936 in Asia

#2108 in the World

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

72. Osaka City University

For Operations Research

#942 in Asia

#2114 in the World

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

73. Nagoya City University

For Operations Research

#955 in Asia

#2137 in the World

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

74. Hosei University

For Operations Research

#956 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

75. Hokkai-Gakuen University

Japan | Sapporo

For Operations Research

#981 in Asia

#2179 in the World

Founded: 1952

76. University of Toyama

For Operations Research

#1001 in Asia

#2211 in the World

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

77. Saga University

For Operations Research

#1009 in Asia

#2229 in the World

Founded: 1949

78. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Operations Research

#1029 in Asia

#2269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

79. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#1037 in Asia

#2286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

80. Toyo University

For Operations Research

#1040 in Asia

#2292 in the World

Founded: 1887

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

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