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Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in 2022-now (#150 worldwide), followed by National Institute for Materials Science and RIKEN.

Japan's world rank
#16
of 86 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
24k
Top-10% rate
5.1%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #15034.87.2%1,120
2National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba #18332.28.4%436
3RIKENWako #23229.19.6%225
4Kyoto UniversityKyoto #25627.97.0%727
5Nagoya UniversityNagoya #33024.57.3%546
6The University of OsakaOsaka #34923.86.9%720
7Tohoku UniversitySendai #35823.57.2%805
8Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #36223.36.7%717
9Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #37522.95.2%774
10NTT (Japan)Tokyo #39222.39.0%677
11National Institutes of Natural SciencesTokyo #56417.67.9%84
12National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #60116.76.3%739
13National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo #63216.15.5%367
14Waseda UniversityTokyo #66215.55.9%448
15Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya #68115.13.3%304
16High Energy Accelerator Research OrganizationTsukuba #71714.45.9%82
17Korea UniversityTokyo #71914.413.5%73
18Keio UniversityTokyo #73914.15.4%340
19NEC (Japan)Tokyo #78213.37.3%114
20University of TsukubaTsukuba #80712.95.9%301
21Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #81812.74.2%335
22Sumitomo Electric Industries (Japan)Osaka #85412.210.1%83
23Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #88011.83.6%376
24University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #88511.76.0%309
25KDDI Research (Japan)Fujimino #99310.25.6%163
26Tokyo University of Information SciencesChiba #1,0639.37.2%67
27NTT Basic Research LaboratoriesAtsugi #1,0699.24.1%66
28Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo #1,1188.72.9%385
29Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #1,1228.65.1%168
30Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Tokyo #1,1897.93.6%338
31Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #1,2377.37.8%78
32Shinshu UniversityMatsumoto #1,2906.83.8%122
33Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)Nagakute-shi #1,2986.73.8%86
34Toyota Technological InstituteNagoya #1,3056.75.2%85
35Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #1,3166.53.6%211
36Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #1,3206.54.1%185
37Saitama UniversitySaitama #1,3336.44.8%91
38National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyChiba #1,3376.35.3%83
39Panasonic (Japan)Kadoma #1,3556.23.0%78
40University of AizuFukushima #1,3736.07.2%71
41Chiba UniversityChiba #1,3775.94.5%207
42Toshiba (Japan)Tokyo #1,3975.82.5%196
43Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo #1,4265.54.4%148
44Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #1,4545.23.2%73
45Toyohashi University of TechnologyToyohashi #1,4675.13.6%127
46Kobe UniversityKobe #1,4904.94.3%146
47Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryTokyo #1,4924.93.6%94
48Fujitsu (Japan)Kawasaki #1,4934.99.0%85
49Yokohama National UniversityYokohama #1,5414.53.8%345
50Hosei UniversityTokyo #1,5824.25.8%114
51Okayama UniversityOkayama #1,5854.12.4%188
52Japan Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyNomi Shi #1,6443.74.6%119
53Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu #1,6923.34.1%250
54Yamagata UniversityYamagata #1,7043.23.3%124
55Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyIkoma #1,7402.94.7%147
56University of YamanashiKofu #1,7672.74.1%92
57Shibaura Institute of TechnologyTokyo #1,7742.73.5%151
58Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka #1,7902.52.3%172
59Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #1,8032.51.9%179
60Furukawa Electric (Japan)Tokyo #1,8172.36.1%73

Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Electrical and Electronic Engineering researchers in Japan?

Haoshen S. Zhou, Chihaya Adachi and Yusuke Yamauchi rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Haoshen S. Zhou#1,003 worldwide overall220.9 of 383 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Chihaya Adachi#52,538 worldwide overall169.6 of 597 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yusuke Yamauchi#4,088 worldwide overall119.0 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Kenji Watanabe#25,990 worldwide overall151.4 of 697 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Takashi Taniguchi#29,739 worldwide overall143.6 of 658 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Atsuo Yamada#13,780 worldwide overall76.3 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Shinichi Komaba#21,653 worldwide overall78.6 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Yabing Qi#7,961 worldwide overall65.9 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Yoshio Bando#41,011 worldwide overall70.2 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Akitoshi Hayashi#101,159 worldwide overall77.2 of 209 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Liyuan Han#28,209 worldwide overall62.3 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Junji Kido#160,900 worldwide overall68.5 of 269 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Hideo Hosono#204,690 worldwide overall65.5 of 251 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Masahiro Tatsumisago#287,405 worldwide overall69.1 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Luis K. Ono#6,663 worldwide overall47.2 of 82 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Electrical and Electronic Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Japan compares with other countries in Electrical and Electronic Engineering