100 Best universities for Statistics 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 Statistics. A graph of 8.22M citations received by 546K academic papers made by 404 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 Statistics

#6 in Asia

#53 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Statistics

#15 in Asia

#105 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Statistics

#31 in Asia

#159 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Statistics

#43 in Asia

#214 in the World

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

5. Nagoya University

For Statistics

#49 in Asia

#262 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Statistics

#50 in Asia

#263 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#57 in Asia

#288 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Statistics

#60 in Asia

#298 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Statistics

#67 in Asia

#337 in the World

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

10. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Statistics

#73 in Asia

#373 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Statistics

#92 in Asia

#438 in the World

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

12. Waseda University

For Statistics

#102 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Statistics

#108 in Asia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

14. Kobe University

For Statistics

#113 in Asia

#496 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Statistics

#157 in Asia

#655 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Statistics

#170 in Asia

#691 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Statistics

#181 in Asia

#722 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Statistics

#196 in Asia

#765 in the World

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

19. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Statistics

#202 in Asia

#785 in the World

Founded: 1972

20. Osaka Prefecture University

For Statistics

#207 in Asia

#797 in the World

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

21. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Statistics

#216 in Asia

#815 in the World

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

22. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Statistics

#220 in Asia

#833 in the World

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

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Statistics

#223 in Asia

#839 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Statistics

#226 in Asia

#848 in the World

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

25. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Statistics

#237 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

26. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Statistics

#238 in Asia

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

27. Osaka City University

For Statistics

#239 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#268 in Asia

#976 in the World

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

29. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Statistics

#275 in Asia

#989 in the World

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

30. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Statistics

#282 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

31. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Statistics

#294 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Gifu University

For Statistics

#303 in Asia

#1061 in the World

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

33. Kitasato University

For Statistics

#305 in Asia

#1068 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

34. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Statistics

#307 in Asia

#1079 in the World

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

35. Juntendo University

For Statistics

#310 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

36. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Statistics

#312 in Asia

#1091 in the World

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

37. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Statistics

#314 in Asia

#1094 in the World

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

38. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Statistics

#315 in Asia

#1095 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

39. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Statistics

#316 in Asia

#1096 in the World

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

40. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Statistics

#317 in Asia

#1097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

41. Tokai University

For Statistics

#335 in Asia

#1134 in the World

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

42. Ritsumeikan University

For Statistics

#344 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

43. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Statistics

#346 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Founded: 1949

44. Mie University

For Statistics

#353 in Asia

#1186 in the World

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

45. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Statistics

#354 in Asia

#1187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

46. Shimane University

For Statistics

#356 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

47. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Statistics

#359 in Asia

#1201 in the World

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

48. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Statistics

#370 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

49. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Statistics

#374 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

50. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Statistics

#378 in Asia

#1237 in the World

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

51. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Statistics

#383 in Asia

#1252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

52. Nagoya City University

For Statistics

#388 in Asia

#1264 in the World

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

53. University of Yamanashi

For Statistics

#389 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Statistics

#394 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

55. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Statistics

#407 in Asia

#1296 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

56. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Statistics

#416 in Asia

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

57. Saga University

For Statistics

#422 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Founded: 1949

58. Teikyo University

For Statistics

#426 in Asia

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

59. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Statistics

#428 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Founded: 1978

60. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Statistics

#429 in Asia

#1341 in the World

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

61. Nippon Medical School

For Statistics

#433 in Asia

#1347 in the World

Founded: 1904

62. Kurume University

For Statistics

#440 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Founded: 1928

63. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Statistics

#451 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

64. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Statistics

#457 in Asia

#1399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

65. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Statistics

#463 in Asia

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,107
Founded: 1974

66. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Statistics

#474 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

67. Toho University

For Statistics

#482 in Asia

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

68. Meiji University

For Statistics

#488 in Asia

#1457 in the World

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

69. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Statistics

#499 in Asia

#1479 in the World

Enrollment: 3,065
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1964

70. Showa University

For Statistics

#506 in Asia

#1492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

71. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Statistics

#507 in Asia

#1493 in the World

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

72. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Statistics

#511 in Asia

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

73. University of Toyama

For Statistics

#513 in Asia

#1506 in the World

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

74. Ibaraki University

For Statistics

#524 in Asia

#1527 in the World

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

75. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Statistics

#528 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,095
Founded: 1952

76. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Statistics

#536 in Asia

#1549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

77. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Statistics

#541 in Asia

#1555 in the World

Founded: 1971

78. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Statistics

#544 in Asia

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

79. Tokyo Medical University

For Statistics

#545 in Asia

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

80. Doshisha University

For Statistics

#547 in Asia

#1565 in the World

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

81. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Statistics

#557 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

82. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Statistics

#560 in Asia

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

83. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Statistics

#561 in Asia

#1594 in the World

Founded: 1972

84. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Statistics

#562 in Asia

#1596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

85. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Statistics

#578 in Asia

#1628 in the World

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

86. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Statistics

#598 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

87. Hosei University

For Statistics

#608 in Asia

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

88. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#610 in Asia

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

89. University of Fukui

For Statistics

#621 in Asia

#1723 in the World

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

90. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Statistics

#624 in Asia

#1729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

91. Tokyo Denki University

For Statistics

#633 in Asia

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1907

92. Kansai University

For Statistics

#636 in Asia

#1747 in the World

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

93. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Statistics

#655 in Asia

#1788 in the World

Founded: 1928

94. Oita University

For Statistics

#666 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

95. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Statistics

#672 in Asia

#1819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

96. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Statistics

#689 in Asia

#1849 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

97. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Statistics

#693 in Asia

#1853 in the World

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

98. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Statistics

#721 in Asia

#1899 in the World

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

99. Akita University

For Statistics

#728 in Asia

#1911 in the World

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

100. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Statistics

#737 in Asia

#1924 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

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

Mathematics subfields in Japan

Actuarial Science18

Applied Mathematics124

Blockchain and Cryptography107

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics132

Math Teachers140

Operations Research75