80 Best universities for Operations Research 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 Operations Research. A graph of 247K citations received by 18.5K 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

#37 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Operations Research

#55 in Asia

#173 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Operations Research

#64 in Asia

#207 in the World

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

4. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Operations Research

#76 in Asia

#259 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#81 in Asia

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Operations Research

#108 in Asia

#360 in the World

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

7. Kobe University

For Operations Research

#116 in Asia

#394 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

For Operations Research

#121 in Asia

#409 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Operations Research

#136 in Asia

#458 in the World

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

10. Osaka Prefecture University

For Operations Research

#159 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Operations Research

#169 in Asia

#536 in the World

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

12. Tohoku University

For Operations Research

#174 in Asia

#548 in the World

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

13. Nagoya University

For Operations Research

#182 in Asia

#571 in the World

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

14. Keio University

For Operations Research

#198 in Asia

#612 in the World

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

15. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Operations Research

#226 in Asia

#689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

16. Tokyo University of Science

For Operations Research

#259 in Asia

#783 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Operations Research

#274 in Asia

#815 in the World

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

18. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#292 in Asia

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

19. Nihon University

For Operations Research

#346 in Asia

#976 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Operations Research

#351 in Asia

#984 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Operations Research

#363 in Asia

#1011 in the World

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

22. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#395 in Asia

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

23. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Operations Research

#396 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

24. University of Electro-Communications

For Operations Research

#402 in Asia

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Operations Research

#404 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Operations Research

#431 in Asia

#1169 in the World

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

27. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Operations Research

#457 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

28. Doshisha University

For Operations Research

#488 in Asia

#1275 in the World

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

29. Josai University

For Operations Research

#501 in Asia

#1293 in the World

Founded: 1965

30. Ashikaga Institute of Technology

Japan | Ashikaga

For Operations Research

#539 in Asia

#1367 in the World

Founded: 1967

31. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Operations Research

#557 in Asia

#1404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

32. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Operations Research

#572 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

33. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Operations Research

#581 in Asia

#1444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

34. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Operations Research

#583 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

35. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Operations Research

#587 in Asia

#1452 in the World

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

36. Meijo University

For Operations Research

#589 in Asia

#1454 in the World

Founded: 1926

37. Tokai University

For Operations Research

#611 in Asia

#1491 in the World

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

38. Chiba University

For Operations Research

#612 in Asia

#1492 in the World

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

39. Kansai University

For Operations Research

#629 in Asia

#1524 in the World

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

40. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Operations Research

#641 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

41. Ritsumeikan University

For Operations Research

#642 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

42. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#644 in Asia

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

43. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#660 in Asia

#1590 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

44. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Operations Research

#667 in Asia

#1605 in the World

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

45. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Operations Research

#685 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

46. Konan University

For Operations Research

#689 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

47. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Operations Research

#691 in Asia

#1657 in the World

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

48. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Operations Research

#700 in Asia

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

49. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Operations Research

#705 in Asia

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

50. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Operations Research

#724 in Asia

#1719 in the World

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

51. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Operations Research

#728 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Operations Research

#736 in Asia

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

53. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Operations Research

#758 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

54. Meiji University

For Operations Research

#760 in Asia

#1779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

55. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#763 in Asia

#1786 in the World

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

56. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Operations Research

#775 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Founded: 1934

57. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Operations Research

#787 in Asia

#1819 in the World

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

58. Gifu University

For Operations Research

#819 in Asia

#1888 in the World

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

59. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#825 in Asia

#1902 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

60. Tokyo Denki University

For Operations Research

#850 in Asia

#1949 in the World

Founded: 1907

61. University of Hyogo

For Operations Research

#854 in Asia

#1955 in the World

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

62. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Operations Research

#868 in Asia

#1979 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Operations Research

#875 in Asia

#1993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

64. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Operations Research

#885 in Asia

#2011 in the World

Founded: 1942

65. Ibaraki University

For Operations Research

#890 in Asia

#2017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

66. Sophia University

For Operations Research

#893 in Asia

#2020 in the World

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

67. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Operations Research

#916 in Asia

#2071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

68. Setsunan University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Operations Research

#947 in Asia

#2121 in the World

Founded: 1975

69. Mie University

For Operations Research

#949 in Asia

#2124 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

70. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Operations Research

#962 in Asia

#2148 in the World

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

71. Osaka City University

For Operations Research

#963 in Asia

#2149 in the World

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

72. Hosei University

For Operations Research

#966 in Asia

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

73. Nagoya City University

For Operations Research

#974 in Asia

#2166 in the World

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

74. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Operations Research

#995 in Asia

#2197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

75. Hokkai-Gakuen University

Japan | Sapporo

For Operations Research

#1003 in Asia

#2211 in the World

Founded: 1952

76. Saga University

For Operations Research

#1018 in Asia

#2242 in the World

Founded: 1949

77. University of Toyama

For Operations Research

#1020 in Asia

#2246 in the World

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

78. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Operations Research

#1050 in Asia

#2299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

79. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Operations Research

#1053 in Asia

#2307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

80. Toyo University

For Operations Research

#1060 in Asia

#2320 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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