Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Robotics

Focusing specifically on Robotics, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Japan. Based on 4.02M scholarly articles and 87.34M peer-reviewed citations, we reveal the best research labs driving innovation in Robotics. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Robotics

#1 in Asia #4 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Suita

Osaka University

For Robotics

#4 in Asia #15 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

3

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#12 in Asia #27 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

4

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Robotics

#14 in Asia #31 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

5

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Robotics

#15 in Asia #35 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Tokyo

Keio University

For Robotics

#17 in Asia #40 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

7

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Robotics

#18 in Asia #41 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

8

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Robotics

#23 in Asia #50 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

9

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Robotics

#25 in Asia #52 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

10

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Robotics

#48 in Asia #126 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

11

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Robotics

#65 in Asia #194 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

12

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Robotics

#72 in Asia #219 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Robotics

#75 in Asia #224 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

14

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Robotics

#103 in Asia #296 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

15

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#109 in Asia #306 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Niigata

Niigata University

For Robotics

#338 in Asia #886 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

17

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

For Robotics

#378 in Asia #964 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

18

Fukui

Fukui University of Technology

For Robotics

#624 in Asia #1493 in the World

31% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1965 Founded

19

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

For Robotics

#114 in Asia #331 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University

For Robotics

#341 in Asia #893 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

2001 Founded

21

Kanazawa

Kanazawa University

For Robotics

#176 in Asia #516 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

22

Aizuwakamatsu

University of Aizu

For Robotics

#339 in Asia #889 in the World

35% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1993 Founded

23

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

For Robotics

#682 in Asia #1582 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

24

Osaka

Osaka University of Human Sciences

For Robotics

#411 in Asia #1036 in the World

34% Acceptance

2001 Founded

25

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Robotics

#174 in Asia #511 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

26

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Robotics

#102 in Asia #295 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

27

Tokyo

Toyo University

For Robotics

#189 in Asia #548 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

28

Neyagawa

Osaka Electro-Communication University

For Robotics

#264 in Asia #717 in the World

36% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1961 Founded

29

Koshigaya

Bunkyo University

For Robotics

#421 in Asia #1055 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1966 Founded

30

Fukui

University of Fukui

For Robotics

#179 in Asia #519 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Suita

Kansai University

For Robotics

#301 in Asia #797 in the World

35% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1922 Founded

32

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University of Technology

For Robotics

#159 in Asia #463 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

33

Kami

Kochi University of Technology

For Robotics

#333 in Asia #874 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1997 Founded

34

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Robotics

#379 in Asia #966 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

35

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#242 in Asia #664 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

36

Matsue

Shimane University

For Robotics

#524 in Asia #1269 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

37

Hakodate

Future University Hakodate

For Robotics

#280 in Asia #752 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2000 Founded

38

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Robotics

#581 in Asia #1394 in the World

32% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1891 Founded

39

Neyagawa

Setsunan University

For Robotics

#693 in Asia #1600 in the World

20% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

40

Kofu

University of Yamanashi

For Robotics

#258 in Asia #702 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Fukaya

Saitama Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#573 in Asia #1371 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

42

Yokohama

Kanto Gakuin University

For Robotics

#730 in Asia #1642 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1884 Founded

43

Soja

Okayama Prefectural University

For Robotics

#269 in Asia #730 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1993 Founded

44

Nagakute

Aichi Prefectural University

For Robotics

#579 in Asia #1387 in the World

19% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1950 Founded

45

Kagoshima

Kagoshima University

For Robotics

#436 in Asia #1079 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

46

Tottori

Tottori University

For Robotics

#471 in Asia #1155 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

47

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Robotics

#370 in Asia #947 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

48

Maebashi

Maebashi Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#695 in Asia #1603 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1997 Founded

49

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Technology

For Robotics

#282 in Asia #758 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1986 Founded

50

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

For Robotics

#407 in Asia #1030 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

51

Narashino

Chiba Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#118 in Asia #346 in the World

38% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

52

Kobe

Konan University

For Robotics

#653 in Asia #1539 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1919 Founded

53

Fuchu

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Robotics

#132 in Asia #381 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

54

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

For Robotics

#230 in Asia #634 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Shizuoka

Shizuoka University

For Robotics

#185 in Asia #530 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

56

Musashino

Seikei University

For Robotics

#485 in Asia #1182 in the World

60% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1949 Founded

57

Iwate

Iwate Prefectural University

For Robotics

#623 in Asia #1492 in the World

33% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1998 Founded

58

Tokyo

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Robotics

#456 in Asia #1119 in the World

36% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

2006 Founded

59

Onna

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Robotics

#627 in Asia #1497 in the World

14% Acceptance

237 Enrollment

60

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Robotics

#491 in Asia #1196 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

61

Hachioji

Chuo University

For Robotics

#111 in Asia #311 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1885 Founded

62

Tokyo

Hosei University

For Robotics

#151 in Asia #427 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1880 Founded

63

Nagoya

Daido University

For Robotics

#717 in Asia #1628 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1964 Founded

64

Kobe

University of Hyogo

For Robotics

#729 in Asia #1641 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

2004 Founded

65

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Robotics

#35 in Asia #92 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

66

Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi University

For Robotics

#361 in Asia #926 in the World

36% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

67

Sendai

Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#590 in Asia #1414 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1964 Founded

68

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#284 in Asia #767 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

69

Imizu

Toyama Prefectural University

For Robotics

#430 in Asia #1068 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1990 Founded

70

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Robotics

#636 in Asia #1514 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

71

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

For Robotics

#239 in Asia #658 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

72

Machida

Tamagawa University

For Robotics

#625 in Asia #1494 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

73

Gifu

Gifu University

For Robotics

#106 in Asia #301 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,227 Enrollment

1949 Founded

74

Tokyo

Teikyo University

For Robotics

#733 in Asia #1645 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1966 Founded

75

Nagoya

Toyota Technological Institute

For Robotics

#215 in Asia #608 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1981 Founded

76

Kobe

Kobe University

For Robotics

#83 in Asia #241 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

77

Chitose

Chitose Institute of Science and Technology

For Robotics

#650 in Asia #1535 in the World

36% Acceptance

1,046 Enrollment

1998 Founded

78

Yamagata

Yamagata University

For Robotics

#231 in Asia #635 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1949 Founded

79

Sendai

Tohoku Gakuin University

For Robotics

#403 in Asia #1023 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

80

Morioka

Iwate University

For Robotics

#591 in Asia #1415 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

81

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Robotics

#90 in Asia #257 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

82

Tokyo

Musashi University

For Robotics

#613 in Asia #1469 in the World

44% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

83

Okayama

Okayama University

For Robotics

#50 in Asia #132 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

84

Kyoto

Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Robotics

#512 in Asia #1236 in the World

41% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2004 Founded

85

Fukushima

Fukushima University

For Robotics

#546 in Asia #1315 in the World

39% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1949 Founded

86

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Robotics

#149 in Asia #419 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

87

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Robotics

#327 in Asia #856 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

88

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Robotics

#442 in Asia #1092 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded

89

Chiba

Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Robotics

#291 in Asia #778 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,186 Enrollment

1988 Founded

90

Wakayama

Wakayama University

For Robotics

#184 in Asia #529 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1949 Founded

91

Sapporo

Hokkaido University of Science

For Robotics

#716 in Asia #1627 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1967 Founded

92

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

For Robotics

#419 in Asia #1053 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

93

Hiroshima

Hiroshima City University

For Robotics

#483 in Asia #1178 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1994 Founded

94

Tokyo

Tokyo City University

For Robotics

#394 in Asia #992 in the World

47% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1929 Founded

95

Oita

Oita University

For Robotics

#558 in Asia #1341 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1949 Founded

96

Kyoto

Ryukoku University

For Robotics

#140 in Asia #406 in the World

50% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1639 Founded

97

Fukuroi

Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology

For Robotics

#679 in Asia #1579 in the World

39% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

98

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Robotics

#148 in Asia #418 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

99

Nagoya

Meijo University

For Robotics

#216 in Asia #610 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1926 Founded

100

Kitakyushu

University of Kitakyushu

For Robotics

#606 in Asia #1457 in the World

21% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1946 Founded