Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Machine Learning

We ranked the top 100 universities for Machine Learning in Japan based on strict academic metrics. Our methodology evaluated 3.45M subject-specific papers and 77.08M 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 Machine Learning

#13 in Asia #62 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Machine Learning

#43 in Asia #131 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

For Machine Learning

#58 in Asia #191 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#67 in Asia #236 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

5

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Machine Learning

#88 in Asia #303 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

6

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Machine Learning

#91 in Asia #318 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

7

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Machine Learning

#106 in Asia #372 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

8

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Machine Learning

#118 in Asia #411 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

9

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Machine Learning

#121 in Asia #423 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

10

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Machine Learning

#123 in Asia #426 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

11

Tokyo

Keio University

For Machine Learning

#142 in Asia #484 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

12

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Machine Learning

#184 in Asia #632 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

13

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Machine Learning

#337 in Asia #978 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

14

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Machine Learning

#585 in Asia #1437 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

15

Tokyo

Rissho University

For Machine Learning

#2238 in Asia #4996 in the World

35% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1924 Founded

16

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Machine Learning

#534 in Asia #1358 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

17

Sapporo

Sapporo Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1214 in Asia #2648 in the World

39% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1950 Founded

18

Neyagawa

Osaka Electro-Communication University

For Machine Learning

#1554 in Asia #3336 in the World

36% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1961 Founded

19

Mitaka

International Christian University

For Machine Learning

#2167 in Asia #4812 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,176 Enrollment

1953 Founded

20

Koshigaya

Bunkyo University

For Machine Learning

#1837 in Asia #3981 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1966 Founded

21

Kakogawa

Hyogo University

For Machine Learning

#2302 in Asia #5168 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1995 Founded

22

Hachinohe

Hachinohe Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#2324 in Asia #5227 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1972 Founded

23

Ami

Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

For Machine Learning

#2409 in Asia #5443 in the World

34% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1995 Founded

24

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya University

For Machine Learning

#1337 in Asia #2877 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

25

Tokyo

Tokyo Denki University

For Machine Learning

#631 in Asia #1520 in the World

26% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1907 Founded

26

Takasaki

Takasaki University of Health and Welfare

For Machine Learning

#2060 in Asia #4516 in the World

62% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2001 Founded

27

Osaka

Osaka University of Economics

For Machine Learning

#1678 in Asia #3625 in the World

38% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1949 Founded

28

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Machine Learning

#1688 in Asia #3647 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

29

Machida

J. F. Oberlin University

For Machine Learning

#2360 in Asia #5338 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

30

Kobe

Kobe University

For Machine Learning

#137 in Asia #467 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

31

Ibaraki

Otemon Gakuin University

For Machine Learning

#2391 in Asia #5398 in the World

41% Acceptance

1966 Founded

32

Fukuoka

Kyushu Sangyo University

For Machine Learning

#1971 in Asia #4295 in the World

42% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

33

Tokyo

Mejiro University

For Machine Learning

#2372 in Asia #5362 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

34

Tokyo

Hosei University

For Machine Learning

#609 in Asia #1480 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1880 Founded

35

Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki City University

For Machine Learning

#2319 in Asia #5209 in the World

30% Acceptance

1,979 Enrollment

1962 Founded

36

Nisshin

Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences

For Machine Learning

#2431 in Asia #5501 in the World

40% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2002 Founded

37

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#760 in Asia #1784 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

38

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Machine Learning

#606 in Asia #1476 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

39

Kashiwazaki

Niigata Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#2233 in Asia #4989 in the World

47% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

40

Hikone

Shiga University

For Machine Learning

#1509 in Asia #3236 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Machine Learning

#233 in Asia #748 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

42

Yokosuka

Kanagawa University of Human Services

For Machine Learning

#2310 in Asia #5191 in the World

18% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2003 Founded

43

Tokyo

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Machine Learning

#1207 in Asia #2633 in the World

12% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1997 Founded

44

Tokyo

Nihon University

For Machine Learning

#468 in Asia #1246 in the World

33% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1889 Founded

45

San'yo-Onoda

Sanyo-onoda City University

For Machine Learning

#2244 in Asia #5017 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1995 Founded

46

Neyagawa

Setsunan University

For Machine Learning

#2109 in Asia #4658 in the World

20% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

47

Mitaka

Kyorin University

For Machine Learning

#1550 in Asia #3329 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

48

Koryo

For Machine Learning

#2369 in Asia #5358 in the World

56% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1946 Founded

49

Kahoku

Kanazawa Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1658 in Asia #3578 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1972 Founded

50

Gifu

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University

For Machine Learning

#2341 in Asia #5274 in the World

40% Acceptance

1,979 Enrollment

1972 Founded

51

Akita

Akita International University

For Machine Learning

#2414 in Asia #5454 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

2004 Founded

52

Uenohara

Teikyo University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#2408 in Asia #5438 in the World

50% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1989 Founded

53

Tokyo

Gakushuin University

For Machine Learning

#1794 in Asia #3875 in the World

33% Acceptance

9,240 Enrollment

1877 Founded

54

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

For Machine Learning

#972 in Asia #2176 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#1189 in Asia #2601 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

56

Nagoya

Meijo University

For Machine Learning

#1288 in Asia #2778 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1926 Founded

57

Machida

Tamagawa University

For Machine Learning

#1610 in Asia #3464 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

58

Kiyose

Meiji Pharmaceutical University

For Machine Learning

#2053 in Asia #4503 in the World

48% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1902 Founded

59

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University

For Machine Learning

#2411 in Asia #5449 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1967 Founded

60

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

For Machine Learning

#898 in Asia #2059 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

61

Tokyo

Tokyo Kasei University

For Machine Learning

#2430 in Asia #5495 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,871 Enrollment

1881 Founded

62

Tokyo

Jikei University School of Medicine

For Machine Learning

#925 in Asia #2106 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1881 Founded

63

Sendai

Miyagi University

For Machine Learning

#2398 in Asia #5418 in the World

31% Acceptance

1997 Founded

64

Nisshin

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

For Machine Learning

#2350 in Asia #5301 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1953 Founded

65

Moroyama

Saitama Medical School

For Machine Learning

#1289 in Asia #2780 in the World

23% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

66

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Machine Learning

#401 in Asia #1095 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

67

Kashiwara

Kansai University of Welfare Sciences

For Machine Learning

#2423 in Asia #5482 in the World

47% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1997 Founded

68

Higashiosaka

Osaka University of Commerce

For Machine Learning

#2242 in Asia #5008 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,888 Enrollment

1949 Founded

69

Chitose

Chitose Institute of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#2288 in Asia #5132 in the World

36% Acceptance

1,046 Enrollment

1998 Founded

70

Yokosuka

Kanagawa Dental University

For Machine Learning

#2309 in Asia #5188 in the World

28% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1964 Founded

71

Tokyo

Komazawa University

For Machine Learning

#2147 in Asia #4767 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,144 Enrollment

1592 Founded

72

Tokushima

Tokushima Bunri University

For Machine Learning

#2047 in Asia #4485 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1895 Founded

73

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

For Machine Learning

#157 in Asia #563 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

74

Naruto

Naruto University of Education

For Machine Learning

#2343 in Asia #5278 in the World

38% Acceptance

1,327 Enrollment

1981 Founded

75

Minamiuonuma

International University of Japan

For Machine Learning

#1742 in Asia #3774 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1982 Founded

76

Koganei

Tokyo Gakugei University

For Machine Learning

#2078 in Asia #4572 in the World

21% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1949 Founded

77

Kagoshima

Kagoshima University

For Machine Learning

#684 in Asia #1624 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

78

Gifu

Asahi University

For Machine Learning

#2019 in Asia #4425 in the World

51% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1972 Founded

79

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

For Machine Learning

#1615 in Asia #3471 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

80

Tsukuba

Tsukuba International University

For Machine Learning

#2312 in Asia #5194 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

81

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#990 in Asia #2207 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

82

Takahashi

Kibi International University

For Machine Learning

#2382 in Asia #5382 in the World

60% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

1990 Founded

83

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Machine Learning

#635 in Asia #1528 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

84

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#439 in Asia #1180 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

85

Kyoto

Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Machine Learning

#999 in Asia #2221 in the World

41% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2004 Founded

86

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#1131 in Asia #2476 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded

87

Hiroshima

Hiroshima University of Economics

For Machine Learning

#1911 in Asia #4152 in the World

31% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1907 Founded

88

Fukui

Fukui University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#1849 in Asia #4004 in the World

31% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1965 Founded

89

Tokyo

Daito Bunka University

For Machine Learning

#2205 in Asia #4909 in the World

31% Acceptance

11,421 Enrollment

1923 Founded

90

Tokyo

Nippon Medical School

For Machine Learning

#1168 in Asia #2539 in the World

29% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1904 Founded

91

Sendai

Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#2206 in Asia #4914 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1964 Founded

92

Nisshin

Aichi Gakuin University

For Machine Learning

#1712 in Asia #3692 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1953 Founded

93

Morioka

Iwate Medical University

For Machine Learning

#1258 in Asia #2720 in the World

32% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1928 Founded

94

Kurume

Kurume University

For Machine Learning

#906 in Asia #2078 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

95

Kashiwara

Osaka Kyoiku University

For Machine Learning

#1772 in Asia #3831 in the World

43% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1874 Founded

96

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

For Machine Learning

#746 in Asia #1762 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

97

Chita

Nihon Fukushi University

For Machine Learning

#2296 in Asia #5157 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

98

Yokohama

Toin University of Yokohama

For Machine Learning

#1953 in Asia #4255 in the World

47% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1988 Founded

99

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Machine Learning

#2050 in Asia #4495 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

100

Tokushima

University of Tokushima

For Machine Learning

#348 in Asia #997 in the World

34% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1949 Founded