By manufacturing an organic EL element using a material for a light emitting layer including a pyrene-based compound represented by the following formula (2) as a host material and a polycyclic aromatic compound in which a plurality of aromatic rings is linked with a boron atom and a nitrogen atom or an oxygen atom as a dopant material, an organic EL element having, for example, excellent light emission efficiency is provided. In the above formula (2), at least one hydrogen atom in a pyrene moiety may be substituted by an aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or the like. Ar represents an aryl having 14 to 40 carbon atoms or a heteroaryl having 12 to 40 carbon atoms. These groups may be substituted by an aryl having 6 to 10 carbon atoms or the like. s and p each independently represent an integer of 1 or 2. s and p do not simultaneously represent 2. One or more hydrogen atoms in a compound represented by formula (2) may be each independently substituted by a halogen atom, cyano, or a deuterium atom.