Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Management

Focusing specifically on Management, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Japan. To determine these leaders, we isolated 3.18M specialized research publications which collectively generated 69.89M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Management

#17 in Asia #79 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Management

#31 in Asia #132 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Management

#39 in Asia #170 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

4

Suita

Osaka University

For Management

#48 in Asia #206 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

5

Tokyo

Keio University

For Management

#80 in Asia #330 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

6

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Management

#88 in Asia #367 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Management

#91 in Asia #372 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

8

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Management

#95 in Asia #381 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

9

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Management

#98 in Asia #388 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

10

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Management

#119 in Asia #474 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

11

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Management

#136 in Asia #570 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

12

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Management

#227 in Asia #853 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Management

#228 in Asia #864 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

14

Tokyo

Tokyo Denki University

For Management

#231 in Asia #875 in the World

26% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1907 Founded

15

Naha

Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing

For Management

#2053 in Asia #4885 in the World

40% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

16

Kobe

Konan University

For Management

#1425 in Asia #3419 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1919 Founded

17

Fukuoka

Cyber University

For Management

#2361 in Asia #5573 in the World

59% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

2007 Founded

18

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

For Management

#731 in Asia #1976 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

19

Suita

Kansai University

For Management

#635 in Asia #1757 in the World

35% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1922 Founded

20

Musashino

Seikei University

For Management

#1114 in Asia #2759 in the World

60% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1949 Founded

21

Kameoka

Kyoto Gakuen University

For Management

#2143 in Asia #5094 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1969 Founded

22

Atsugi

Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Management

#986 in Asia #2493 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1975 Founded

23

Tokyo

Otsuma Women’s University

For Management

#2291 in Asia #5427 in the World

45% Acceptance

2,871 Enrollment

1908 Founded

24

Osaka

Osaka University of Economics

For Management

#1234 in Asia #3029 in the World

38% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1949 Founded

25

Kyoto

Kyoto Seika University

For Management

#2042 in Asia #4870 in the World

49% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

26

Hikone

Shiga University

For Management

#1759 in Asia #4226 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

27

Tokyo

Gakushuin University

For Management

#1352 in Asia #3256 in the World

33% Acceptance

9,240 Enrollment

1877 Founded

28

Nagoya

Daido University

For Management

#1921 in Asia #4594 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1964 Founded

29

Kobe

Kobe University

For Management

#134 in Asia #555 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

30

Fukuoka

Seinan Gakuin University

For Management

#1997 in Asia #4776 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,796 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Wakayama

Wakayama University

For Management

#804 in Asia #2132 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

Soja

Okayama Prefectural University

For Management

#1021 in Asia #2553 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1993 Founded

33

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Management

#836 in Asia #2190 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

34

Iwate

Iwate Prefectural University

For Management

#1529 in Asia #3677 in the World

33% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1998 Founded

35

Ashikaga

Ashikaga Institute of Technology

For Management

#969 in Asia #2449 in the World

31% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1967 Founded

36

Tokyo

Kokushikan University

For Management

#2038 in Asia #4864 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1917 Founded

37

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Management

#806 in Asia #2134 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

38

Kyoto

Kyoto Sangyo University

For Management

#1351 in Asia #3252 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1965 Founded

39

Higashiosaka

Osaka University of Commerce

For Management

#2190 in Asia #5205 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,888 Enrollment

1949 Founded

40

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Management

#445 in Asia #1395 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Nagoya

Sugiyama Jogakuen University

For Management

#2337 in Asia #5526 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1905 Founded

42

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Management

#634 in Asia #1756 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded

43

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

For Management

#850 in Asia #2219 in the World

48% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1963 Founded

44

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya University

For Management

#809 in Asia #2137 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Sendai

Miyagi University

For Management

#2299 in Asia #5444 in the World

31% Acceptance

1997 Founded

46

Moriguchi

Osaka International University

For Management

#2063 in Asia #4906 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1988 Founded

47

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#306 in Asia #1041 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

48

Akita

Akita International University

For Management

#2274 in Asia #5393 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

2004 Founded

49

Tokyo

Rissho University

For Management

#2249 in Asia #5344 in the World

35% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1924 Founded

50

Nonoichi

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Management

#1046 in Asia #2608 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1965 Founded

51

Kyoto

Ryukoku University

For Management

#1232 in Asia #3026 in the World

50% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1639 Founded

52

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Management

#131 in Asia #545 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

53

Tokyo

Toyo University

For Management

#1026 in Asia #2563 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

54

Nagoya

Aichi University

For Management

#1590 in Asia #3813 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1946 Founded

55

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Kyoritsu University

For Management

#2189 in Asia #5203 in the World

42% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1965 Founded

56

Fukuoka

Kyushu Sangyo University

For Management

#1428 in Asia #3430 in the World

42% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

57

Toyota

Aichi Institute of Technology

For Management

#1256 in Asia #3068 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

58

Sendai

Tohoku Gakuin University

For Management

#1253 in Asia #3064 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

59

Miyashiro

Nippon Institute of Technology

For Management

#1552 in Asia #3722 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1967 Founded

60

Ibaraki

Otemon Gakuin University

For Management

#2266 in Asia #5379 in the World

41% Acceptance

1966 Founded

61

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

For Management

#1187 in Asia #2920 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

62

Tokyo

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Management

#1222 in Asia #3008 in the World

12% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1997 Founded

63

Nomi

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Management

#310 in Asia #1052 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1990 Founded

64

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Management

#363 in Asia #1185 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

65

Hakodate

Future University Hakodate

For Management

#1530 in Asia #3678 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2000 Founded

66

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

For Management

#434 in Asia #1372 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

67

Nagoya

Nanzan University

For Management

#1245 in Asia #3047 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1949 Founded

68

Kitakyushu

University of Kitakyushu

For Management

#1126 in Asia #2785 in the World

21% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1946 Founded

69

Ebetsu

Hokkaido Information University

For Management

#1814 in Asia #4337 in the World

47% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1989 Founded

70

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Management

#403 in Asia #1297 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

71

Sapporo

Hokusei Gakuen University

For Management

#2318 in Asia #5494 in the World

55% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1887 Founded

72

Mito

Ibaraki University

For Management

#472 in Asia #1439 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

73

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University

For Management

#2243 in Asia #5329 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1967 Founded

74

Aizuwakamatsu

University of Aizu

For Management

#683 in Asia #1867 in the World

35% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1993 Founded

75

Tokyo

Komazawa University

For Management

#1733 in Asia #4163 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,144 Enrollment

1592 Founded

76

Nisshin

Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration

For Management

#1986 in Asia #4758 in the World

50% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1953 Founded

77

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Management

#186 in Asia #741 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

78

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Technology

For Management

#663 in Asia #1818 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1986 Founded

79

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

For Management

#1367 in Asia #3285 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

80

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Management

#1276 in Asia #3112 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

81

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Management

#181 in Asia #726 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

82

Daito

Osaka Sangyo University

For Management

#1385 in Asia #3331 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1928 Founded

83

Tokyo

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Management

#1515 in Asia #3637 in the World

36% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

2006 Founded

84

Sapporo

Hokkai-Gakuen University

For Management

#2287 in Asia #5420 in the World

33% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1952 Founded

85

Mitaka

International Christian University

For Management

#1850 in Asia #4421 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,176 Enrollment

1953 Founded

86

Hiroshima

Hiroshima University of Economics

For Management

#1728 in Asia #4158 in the World

31% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1907 Founded

87

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Management

#1300 in Asia #3154 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

88

Nishitokyo

Musashino University

For Management

#2034 in Asia #4851 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1950 Founded

89

Kunitachi

Hitotsubashi University

For Management

#233 in Asia #880 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1875 Founded

90

Hachioji

Chuo University

For Management

#575 in Asia #1653 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1885 Founded

91

Tokyo

Sophia University

For Management

#388 in Asia #1260 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1913 Founded

92

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Management

#204 in Asia #783 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

93

Kawagoe

Tokyo International University

For Management

#2010 in Asia #4807 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,421 Enrollment

1965 Founded

94

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Management

#179 in Asia #720 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

95

Tokyo

Mejiro University

For Management

#2199 in Asia #5231 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

96

Sapporo

Hokkaido University of Science

For Management

#1703 in Asia #4084 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1967 Founded

97

Minamiuonuma

International University of Japan

For Management

#1211 in Asia #2981 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1982 Founded

98

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Shudo University

For Management

#1832 in Asia #4379 in the World

38% Acceptance

1,979 Enrollment

1952 Founded

99

Tokyo

Meiji Gakuin University

For Management

#2051 in Asia #4882 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,176 Enrollment

1877 Founded

100

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

For Management

#883 in Asia #2284 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded