Japanese universities ranked by research funding and supercomputing power

New rankings released by University Power Ranking highlight the leading Japanese universities in terms of supercomputing capabilities and total research funding acquisition.

In the supercomputing performance rankings for 2026, Institute of Science Tokyo holds the top position with a theoretical peak performance of 66.8 PFLOPS, driven by its TSUBAME 4.0 system equipped with 960 NVIDIA H100 units. The University of Tokyo ranks second at 40.4 PFLOPS, while Tohoku University follows in third with 31.3 PFLOPS. Other notable institutions include University of Tsukuba (20.0 PFLOPS) and Osaka University (18.9 PFLOPS).

Regarding research funding, the University of Tokyo leads the nation among 987 institutions with a total of 132.43 billion yen, ranking first in both KAKENHI grants and industry-academic collaboration. Kyoto University ranks second with 65.8 billion yen, and Osaka University is third with 60.98 billion yen. Among private universities, Keio University ranks highest in Japan, securing 24.77 billion yen, followed by Waseda University in tenth place overall.