Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Engineering

If you are looking to study Engineering in Japan, our index highlights the top 100 domain-leading institutions. Our methodology evaluated 2.73M subject-specific papers and 51.99M 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 Engineering

#2 in Asia #7 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Engineering

#6 in Asia #23 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

For Engineering

#8 in Asia #29 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Engineering

#9 in Asia #33 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

5

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#17 in Asia #59 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

6

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Engineering

#31 in Asia #94 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

7

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Engineering

#35 in Asia #106 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

8

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Engineering

#43 in Asia #127 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Engineering

#69 in Asia #218 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Engineering

#75 in Asia #237 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

11

Tokyo

Keio University

For Engineering

#88 in Asia #284 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

12

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Engineering

#93 in Asia #293 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

13

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Engineering

#98 in Asia #314 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

14

Kobe

Kobe University

For Engineering

#116 in Asia #387 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

15

Chiba

Chiba University

For Engineering

#124 in Asia #427 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,983 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Okayama

Okayama University

For Engineering

#135 in Asia #471 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

17

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

For Engineering

#148 in Asia #510 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

18

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Engineering

#156 in Asia #543 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

19

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Engineering

#160 in Asia #551 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#163 in Asia #568 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

21

Fuchu

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Engineering

#165 in Asia #575 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

22

Kanazawa

Kanazawa University

For Engineering

#167 in Asia #582 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

23

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

For Engineering

#172 in Asia #591 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

24

Tokyo

Nihon University

For Engineering

#184 in Asia #626 in the World

33% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1889 Founded

25

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Engineering

#187 in Asia #632 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

26

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Engineering

#196 in Asia #653 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

27

Shizuoka

Shizuoka University

For Engineering

#199 in Asia #658 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

28

Niigata

Niigata University

For Engineering

#203 in Asia #674 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

29

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Engineering

#211 in Asia #689 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

30

Tokushima

University of Tokushima

For Engineering

#212 in Asia #693 in the World

34% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#213 in Asia #695 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

32

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Engineering

#217 in Asia #707 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

33

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Engineering

#224 in Asia #720 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

34

Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi University

For Engineering

#236 in Asia #747 in the World

36% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

35

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University of Technology

For Engineering

#246 in Asia #764 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

36

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Engineering

#247 in Asia #766 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

37

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

For Engineering

#257 in Asia #792 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

38

Gifu

Gifu University

For Engineering

#261 in Asia #803 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,227 Enrollment

1949 Founded

39

Kyoto

Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#262 in Asia #809 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

40

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Engineering

#265 in Asia #814 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

41

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Engineering

#268 in Asia #823 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

42

Yamagata

Yamagata University

For Engineering

#269 in Asia #824 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1949 Founded

43

Matsuyama

Ehime University

For Engineering

#275 in Asia #845 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

44

Nagasaki

Nagasaki University

For Engineering

#277 in Asia #848 in the World

17% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#283 in Asia #866 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

46

Tsu

For Engineering

#286 in Asia #870 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

47

Nomi

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#325 in Asia #941 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1990 Founded

48

Saitama

Saitama University

For Engineering

#328 in Asia #953 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

49

Kofu

University of Yamanashi

For Engineering

#329 in Asia #954 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

50

Kagoshima

Kagoshima University

For Engineering

#330 in Asia #957 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

51

Saga

Saga University

For Engineering

#341 in Asia #976 in the World

30% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Mito

Ibaraki University

For Engineering

#347 in Asia #988 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

53

Suita

Kansai University

For Engineering

#351 in Asia #997 in the World

35% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1922 Founded

54

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Engineering

#363 in Asia #1033 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

55

Tottori

Tottori University

For Engineering

#377 in Asia #1057 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

56

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Engineering

#391 in Asia #1093 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

57

Nagoya

Meijo University

For Engineering

#441 in Asia #1193 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1926 Founded

58

Fukui

University of Fukui

For Engineering

#444 in Asia #1200 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

59

Matsue

Shimane University

For Engineering

#477 in Asia #1268 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

60

Morioka

Iwate University

For Engineering

#486 in Asia #1283 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

61

Kobe

University of Hyogo

For Engineering

#488 in Asia #1287 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

2004 Founded

62

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

For Engineering

#490 in Asia #1291 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

63

Yokohama

Yokohama City University

For Engineering

#501 in Asia #1310 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

64

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

For Engineering

#503 in Asia #1315 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

65

Tokyo

Sophia University

For Engineering

#506 in Asia #1320 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1913 Founded

66

Akita

Akita University

For Engineering

#510 in Asia #1329 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

67

Nagoya

Toyota Technological Institute

For Engineering

#513 in Asia #1334 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1981 Founded

68

Miura

Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Engineering

#515 in Asia #1337 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1988 Founded

69

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Engineering

#519 in Asia #1342 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

70

Hachioji

Chuo University

For Engineering

#522 in Asia #1347 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1885 Founded

71

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

For Engineering

#523 in Asia #1348 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

72

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#524 in Asia #1358 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

73

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

For Engineering

#538 in Asia #1393 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

74

Tokyo

Kitasato University

For Engineering

#545 in Asia #1407 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1962 Founded

75

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

For Engineering

#546 in Asia #1408 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

76

Hirosaki

Hirosaki University

For Engineering

#549 in Asia #1412 in the World

41% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

77

Tokyo

Toho University

For Engineering

#558 in Asia #1428 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

78

Tokyo

Hosei University

For Engineering

#559 in Asia #1430 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1880 Founded

79

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

For Engineering

#560 in Asia #1432 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

80

Tokyo

Tokyo Denki University

For Engineering

#577 in Asia #1463 in the World

26% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1907 Founded

81

Tokyo

Juntendo University

For Engineering

#580 in Asia #1470 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1836 Founded

82

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

For Engineering

#586 in Asia #1484 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

83

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya University

For Engineering

#587 in Asia #1485 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

84

Oita

Oita University

For Engineering

#592 in Asia #1494 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1949 Founded

85

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#606 in Asia #1521 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

86

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Engineering

#616 in Asia #1539 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1872 Founded

87

Tochigi

Jichi Medical University

For Engineering

#626 in Asia #1556 in the World

28% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

88

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

For Engineering

#630 in Asia #1560 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

89

Nagoya

Nagoya City University

For Engineering

#631 in Asia #1561 in the World

22% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1950 Founded

90

Tokyo

Showa University

For Engineering

#637 in Asia #1575 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

91

Nonoichi

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#661 in Asia #1625 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1965 Founded

92

Tokyo

Kogakuin University

For Engineering

#662 in Asia #1628 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1887 Founded

93

Tokyo

Teikyo University

For Engineering

#671 in Asia #1645 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1966 Founded

94

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University

For Engineering

#673 in Asia #1647 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

2001 Founded

95

Kasugai

Chubu University

For Engineering

#676 in Asia #1652 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1938 Founded

96

Narashino

Chiba Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#677 in Asia #1653 in the World

38% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

97

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#734 in Asia #1766 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

98

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Engineering

#738 in Asia #1775 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

99

Tokyo

Jikei University School of Medicine

For Engineering

#741 in Asia #1780 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1881 Founded

100

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Engineering

#744 in Asia #1787 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded