Ranking of Faculty /Graduate School of Economics and Internationalizing Kobe University

• 7th in Japan: (QS World University Rankings for Economics and Econometrics 2026)

Ranking of Education

• 2nd in Japan: Number of Ph.D. Awarded (MEXT Website Social Science 2022)
• 3rd in Japan: Number of Ph.D. Awarded (MEXT Website Social Science 1991-2023)
• 3rd in Japan: Number of Master of Economics Awarded (MEXT Website Social Science 2022)
• 3rd in Japan: Number of Master of Economics Awarded (MEXT Website Social Science 1991-2023)

Ranking of Research

• 4th in Japan: Number of papers written (Web of Science Clarivate Analytics Article Database Economics 2016-2025)
• 4th in Japan: Number of citations in papers (Web of Science Clarivate Analytics Article Database Economics 2016-2025)