100 Best universities for Statistics 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 Statistics. A graph of 11.3M citations received by 604K academic papers made by 425 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

#60 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Statistics

#16 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Statistics

#35 in Asia

#173 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Statistics

#47 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

5. Nagoya University

For Statistics

#53 in Asia

#271 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Statistics

#57 in Asia

#288 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#59 in Asia

#299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

8. Keio University

For Statistics

#64 in Asia

#330 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Statistics

#72 in Asia

#364 in the World

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

10. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Statistics

#86 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Statistics

#101 in Asia

#460 in the World

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

12. Waseda University

For Statistics

#105 in Asia

#476 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Statistics

#126 in Asia

#524 in the World

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

14. Kobe University

For Statistics

#129 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Statistics

#172 in Asia

#683 in the World

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

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Statistics

#188 in Asia

#729 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Statistics

#198 in Asia

#769 in the World

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

18. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Statistics

#202 in Asia

#777 in the World

Founded: 1972

19. University of Electro-Communications

For Statistics

#208 in Asia

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

20. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Statistics

#224 in Asia

#842 in the World

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

21. Osaka Prefecture University

For Statistics

#239 in Asia

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Statistics

#240 in Asia

#886 in the World

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

23. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Statistics

#242 in Asia

#891 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Statistics

#254 in Asia

#912 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Statistics

#261 in Asia

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Statistics

#265 in Asia

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

27. Osaka City University

For Statistics

#266 in Asia

#942 in the World

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

28. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Statistics

#303 in Asia

#1040 in the World

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

29. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#311 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

30. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Statistics

#325 in Asia

#1090 in the World

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

31. Kitasato University

For Statistics

#334 in Asia

#1110 in the World

Founded: 1962

32. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Statistics

#343 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

33. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Statistics

#346 in Asia

#1145 in the World

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

34. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Statistics

#348 in Asia

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

35. Juntendo University

For Statistics

#350 in Asia

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

36. Gifu University

For Statistics

#352 in Asia

#1164 in the World

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

37. Ritsumeikan University

For Statistics

#354 in Asia

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

38. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Statistics

#355 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

39. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Statistics

#359 in Asia

#1183 in the World

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

40. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Statistics

#363 in Asia

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

41. Tokai University

For Statistics

#364 in Asia

#1191 in the World

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

42. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Statistics

#371 in Asia

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

43. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Statistics

#385 in Asia

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1949

44. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Statistics

#401 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

45. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Statistics

#407 in Asia

#1260 in the World

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

46. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Statistics

#415 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

47. Mie University

For Statistics

#417 in Asia

#1275 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

48. Nagoya City University

For Statistics

#425 in Asia

#1303 in the World

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

49. Shimane University

For Statistics

#426 in Asia

#1305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

50. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Statistics

#444 in Asia

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

51. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Statistics

#453 in Asia

#1357 in the World

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

52. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Statistics

#457 in Asia

#1367 in the World

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

53. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Statistics

#460 in Asia

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

54. University of Yamanashi

For Statistics

#473 in Asia

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

55. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Statistics

#493 in Asia

#1425 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

56. Saga University

For Statistics

#495 in Asia

#1429 in the World

Founded: 1949

57. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Statistics

#497 in Asia

#1431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

58. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Statistics

#502 in Asia

#1439 in the World

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

59. Nippon Medical School

For Statistics

#505 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Founded: 1904

60. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Statistics

#522 in Asia

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

61. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Statistics

#523 in Asia

#1479 in the World

Founded: 1978

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Statistics

#525 in Asia

#1489 in the World

Founded: 1934

63. Kurume University

For Statistics

#530 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Founded: 1928

64. Teikyo University

For Statistics

#532 in Asia

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

65. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Statistics

#537 in Asia

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

66. Meiji University

For Statistics

#543 in Asia

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

67. Toho University

For Statistics

#561 in Asia

#1569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

68. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Statistics

#568 in Asia

#1580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Statistics

#570 in Asia

#1584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

70. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Statistics

#572 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

71. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Statistics

#574 in Asia

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

72. Tokyo Medical University

For Statistics

#579 in Asia

#1598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

73. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Statistics

#584 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

74. University of Toyama

For Statistics

#589 in Asia

#1619 in the World

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

75. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Statistics

#604 in Asia

#1657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

76. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Statistics

#608 in Asia

#1665 in the World

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

77. Showa University

For Statistics

#609 in Asia

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

78. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Statistics

#617 in Asia

#1686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

79. Doshisha University

For Statistics

#628 in Asia

#1709 in the World

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

80. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Statistics

#635 in Asia

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

81. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Statistics

#650 in Asia

#1754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

82. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Statistics

#655 in Asia

#1762 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. Ibaraki University

For Statistics

#663 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

84. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Statistics

#667 in Asia

#1785 in the World

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

85. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Statistics

#671 in Asia

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

86. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Statistics

#693 in Asia

#1829 in the World

Founded: 1971

87. Hosei University

For Statistics

#699 in Asia

#1838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

88. Kansai University

For Statistics

#702 in Asia

#1842 in the World

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

89. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Statistics

#707 in Asia

#1848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

90. University of Fukui

For Statistics

#722 in Asia

#1872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

91. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Statistics

#730 in Asia

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

92. Oita University

For Statistics

#756 in Asia

#1933 in the World

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

93. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Statistics

#763 in Asia

#1945 in the World

Founded: 1928

94. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Statistics

#782 in Asia

#1977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

95. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Statistics

#790 in Asia

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

96. Akita University

For Statistics

#807 in Asia

#2013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

97. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Statistics

#815 in Asia

#2029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

98. Tokyo Denki University

For Statistics

#825 in Asia

#2047 in the World

Founded: 1907

99. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Statistics

#860 in Asia

#2119 in the World

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

100. Sophia University

For Statistics

#868 in Asia

#2141 in the World

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

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

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