Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Business

We ranked the top 100 universities for Business in Japan based on strict academic metrics. Our methodology evaluated 329.2K subject-specific papers and 4.45M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Business

#9 in Asia #76 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Business

#20 in Asia #148 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

For Business

#42 in Asia #240 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Business

#52 in Asia #273 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

5

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Business

#71 in Asia #380 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Tokyo

Keio University

For Business

#75 in Asia #400 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

7

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Business

#81 in Asia #421 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

8

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Business

#82 in Asia #424 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

9

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Business

#85 in Asia #437 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

10

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Business

#97 in Asia #472 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

11

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Business

#122 in Asia #559 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

12

Kobe

Kobe University

For Business

#127 in Asia #588 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

13

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Business

#133 in Asia #632 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

14

Kunitachi

Hitotsubashi University

For Business

#163 in Asia #761 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1875 Founded

15

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

For Business

#210 in Asia #874 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Business

#226 in Asia #931 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

17

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Business

#232 in Asia #948 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

18

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Business

#259 in Asia #1026 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

19

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Business

#264 in Asia #1038 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Business

#288 in Asia #1094 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

21

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Business

#290 in Asia #1101 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

22

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University of Technology

For Business

#306 in Asia #1147 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

23

Nomi

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#328 in Asia #1194 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1990 Founded

24

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Business

#396 in Asia #1367 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

25

Tokyo

Tokyo Denki University

For Business

#416 in Asia #1407 in the World

26% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1907 Founded

26

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Business

#427 in Asia #1433 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

27

Hachioji

Chuo University

For Business

#459 in Asia #1488 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1885 Founded

28

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Business

#480 in Asia #1534 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

29

Tokyo

Hosei University

For Business

#492 in Asia #1566 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1880 Founded

30

Saitama

Saitama University

For Business

#501 in Asia #1589 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

For Business

#540 in Asia #1679 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

32

Mito

Ibaraki University

For Business

#546 in Asia #1697 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

33

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Business

#555 in Asia #1713 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

34

Tokyo

Sophia University

For Business

#587 in Asia #1777 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1913 Founded

35

Suita

Kansai University

For Business

#604 in Asia #1810 in the World

35% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1922 Founded

36

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University

For Business

#618 in Asia #1833 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

2001 Founded

37

Tokyo

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Business

#626 in Asia #1852 in the World

12% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1997 Founded

38

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Business

#630 in Asia #1871 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

39

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

For Business

#732 in Asia #2081 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

40

Aizuwakamatsu

University of Aizu

For Business

#771 in Asia #2151 in the World

35% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1993 Founded

41

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

For Business

#823 in Asia #2266 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

42

Beppu

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Business

#832 in Asia #2289 in the World

25% Acceptance

5,796 Enrollment

2000 Founded

43

Narashino

Chiba Institute of Technology

For Business

#855 in Asia #2340 in the World

38% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

44

Osaka

Osaka University of Economics

For Business

#885 in Asia #2394 in the World

38% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Business

#887 in Asia #2397 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded

46

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

For Business

#889 in Asia #2399 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

47

Wakayama

Wakayama University

For Business

#937 in Asia #2498 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1949 Founded

48

Tokyo

Toyo University

For Business

#954 in Asia #2539 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

49

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya University

For Business

#986 in Asia #2607 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

50

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Technology

For Business

#996 in Asia #2622 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1986 Founded

51

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Business

#1002 in Asia #2639 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Chiba

Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Business

#1053 in Asia #2744 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,186 Enrollment

1988 Founded

53

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Business

#1065 in Asia #2768 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

54

Kitakyushu

University of Kitakyushu

For Business

#1071 in Asia #2780 in the World

21% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1946 Founded

55

Minamiuonuma

International University of Japan

For Business

#1077 in Asia #2795 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1982 Founded

56

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

For Business

#1108 in Asia #2857 in the World

48% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1963 Founded

57

Tokyo

Musashi University

For Business

#1131 in Asia #2912 in the World

44% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

58

Tokyo

Kogakuin University

For Business

#1168 in Asia #2988 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1887 Founded

59

Tokyo

Gakushuin University

For Business

#1192 in Asia #3023 in the World

33% Acceptance

9,240 Enrollment

1877 Founded

60

Kami

Kochi University of Technology

For Business

#1203 in Asia #3051 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1997 Founded

61

Atsugi

Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Business

#1221 in Asia #3094 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1975 Founded

62

Musashino

Seikei University

For Business

#1226 in Asia #3108 in the World

60% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1949 Founded

63

Tokyo

Tokyo City University

For Business

#1234 in Asia #3121 in the World

47% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1929 Founded

64

Hiroshima

Hiroshima City University

For Business

#1266 in Asia #3195 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1994 Founded

65

Nagoya

Nanzan University

For Business

#1268 in Asia #3199 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1949 Founded

66

Kyoto

Ryukoku University

For Business

#1272 in Asia #3204 in the World

50% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1639 Founded

67

Ashikaga

Ashikaga Institute of Technology

For Business

#1287 in Asia #3237 in the World

31% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1967 Founded

68

Kyoto

Kyoto Sangyo University

For Business

#1311 in Asia #3308 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1965 Founded

69

Nonoichi

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Business

#1321 in Asia #3333 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1965 Founded

70

Kyoto

Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Business

#1345 in Asia #3377 in the World

41% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2004 Founded

71

Kobe

Konan University

For Business

#1354 in Asia #3396 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1919 Founded

72

Iwate

Iwate Prefectural University

For Business

#1366 in Asia #3425 in the World

33% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1998 Founded

73

Koshigaya

Bunkyo University

For Business

#1371 in Asia #3434 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1966 Founded

74

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Business

#1442 in Asia #3571 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

75

Nagoya

Aichi University

For Business

#1457 in Asia #3604 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1946 Founded

76

Tama

Tama University

For Business

#1475 in Asia #3635 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1989 Founded

77

Soja

Okayama Prefectural University

For Business

#1482 in Asia #3652 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1993 Founded

78

Toyota

Aichi Institute of Technology

For Business

#1487 in Asia #3670 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

79

Hiroshima

Prefectural University of Hiroshima

For Business

#1492 in Asia #3677 in the World

39% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

2005 Founded

80

Sendai

Tohoku Gakuin University

For Business

#1517 in Asia #3733 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

81

Mitaka

International Christian University

For Business

#1519 in Asia #3739 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,176 Enrollment

1953 Founded

82

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

For Business

#1520 in Asia #3744 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

83

Machida

Tamagawa University

For Business

#1545 in Asia #3811 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

84

Osaka

Osaka University of Human Sciences

For Business

#1558 in Asia #3836 in the World

34% Acceptance

2001 Founded

85

Tokyo

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Business

#1585 in Asia #3908 in the World

36% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

2006 Founded

86

Kashiwara

Osaka Kyoiku University

For Business

#1604 in Asia #3947 in the World

43% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1874 Founded

87

Fukuoka

Kyushu Sangyo University

For Business

#1610 in Asia #3963 in the World

42% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

88

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Institute of Technology

For Business

#1619 in Asia #3985 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1963 Founded

89

Daito

Osaka Sangyo University

For Business

#1628 in Asia #4002 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1928 Founded

90

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Business

#1633 in Asia #4015 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

91

Moriguchi

Osaka International University

For Business

#1652 in Asia #4052 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1988 Founded

92

Hikone

Shiga University

For Business

#1654 in Asia #4060 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

93

Hakodate

Future University Hakodate

For Business

#1655 in Asia #4064 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2000 Founded

94

Fukushima

Fukushima University

For Business

#1680 in Asia #4120 in the World

39% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1949 Founded

95

Miyashiro

Nippon Institute of Technology

For Business

#1698 in Asia #4156 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1967 Founded

96

Hiroshima

Hiroshima University of Economics

For Business

#1706 in Asia #4169 in the World

31% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1907 Founded

97

Tokyo

Takushoku University

For Business

#1736 in Asia #4239 in the World

47% Acceptance

2,186 Enrollment

1922 Founded

98

Nisshin

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

For Business

#1768 in Asia #4326 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1953 Founded

99

Tokyo

Komazawa University

For Business

#1773 in Asia #4337 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,144 Enrollment

1592 Founded

100

Tokyo

Meiji Gakuin University

For Business

#1809 in Asia #4403 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,176 Enrollment

1877 Founded