Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Biochemistry

Focusing specifically on Biochemistry, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Japan. To determine these leaders, we isolated 3.2M specialized research publications which collectively generated 73.34M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Biochemistry

#1 in Asia #10 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Biochemistry

#2 in Asia #13 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

For Biochemistry

#3 in Asia #23 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Biochemistry

#9 in Asia #68 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

5

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Biochemistry

#11 in Asia #73 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Biochemistry

#12 in Asia #74 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

7

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Biochemistry

#14 in Asia #85 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

8

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

#31 in Asia #174 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Biochemistry

#35 in Asia #190 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Biochemistry

#39 in Asia #203 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

11

Tokyo

Keio University

For Biochemistry

#40 in Asia #210 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

12

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Biochemistry

#155 in Asia #534 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

13

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Biochemistry

#176 in Asia #600 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

14

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Biochemistry

#320 in Asia #913 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

15

Fujikawaguchiko

Health Science University

For Biochemistry

#1141 in Asia #2485 in the World

33% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2003 Founded

16

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Biochemistry

#473 in Asia #1203 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

17

Tokyo

Tokyo City University

For Biochemistry

#1891 in Asia #4143 in the World

47% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1929 Founded

18

Tochigi

Dokkyo Medical University

For Biochemistry

#789 in Asia #1822 in the World

37% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

19

Sendai

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Biochemistry

#195 in Asia #635 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

20

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

For Biochemistry

#406 in Asia #1082 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

21

Nara

Nara Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#626 in Asia #1513 in the World

17% Acceptance

2,631 Enrollment

1908 Founded

22

Morioka

Iwate University

For Biochemistry

#434 in Asia #1135 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

23

Kyoto

Kyoto City University of Arts

For Biochemistry

#2381 in Asia #5468 in the World

33% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1880 Founded

24

Kodaira

Tsuda University

For Biochemistry

#2319 in Asia #5300 in the World

21% Acceptance

3,249 Enrollment

1899 Founded

25

Kanzaki

Nishikyushu University

For Biochemistry

#2141 in Asia #4818 in the World

52% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1968 Founded

26

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Jogakuin University

For Biochemistry

#2325 in Asia #5317 in the World

70% Acceptance

6,572 Enrollment

1932 Founded

27

Gifu

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University

For Biochemistry

#2485 in Asia #5778 in the World

40% Acceptance

1,979 Enrollment

1972 Founded

28

Chitose

Chitose Institute of Science and Technology

For Biochemistry

#1851 in Asia #4050 in the World

36% Acceptance

1,046 Enrollment

1998 Founded

29

Yokohama

Tsurumi University

For Biochemistry

#1010 in Asia #2214 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1924 Founded

30

Tokyo

Musashino Academy of Music

For Biochemistry

#2416 in Asia #5585 in the World

32% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

31

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

For Biochemistry

#907 in Asia #2044 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

32

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

For Biochemistry

#233 in Asia #724 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

33

Sakado

Josai University

For Biochemistry

#644 in Asia #1551 in the World

44% Acceptance

1965 Founded

34

Nisshin

Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences

For Biochemistry

#2185 in Asia #4962 in the World

40% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2002 Founded

35

Nagoya

Nanzan University

For Biochemistry

#2441 in Asia #5662 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Mitaka

Kyorin University

For Biochemistry

#374 in Asia #1014 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

37

Kyotanabe

Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts

For Biochemistry

#1326 in Asia #2861 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1949 Founded

38

Kobe

Kobe Gakuin University

For Biochemistry

#668 in Asia #1595 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1966 Founded

39

Kaizuka

Osaka Kawasaki Rehabilitation University

For Biochemistry

#2574 in Asia #5963 in the World

44% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1997 Founded

40

Hino

Jissen Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#2063 in Asia #4618 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,871 Enrollment

1899 Founded

41

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#1645 in Asia #3588 in the World

41% Acceptance

5,749 Enrollment

1923 Founded

42

Asahikawa

Asahikawa University

For Biochemistry

#2280 in Asia #5185 in the World

37% Acceptance

813 Enrollment

1968 Founded

43

Urayasu

Meikai University

For Biochemistry

#777 in Asia #1800 in the World

43% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1970 Founded

44

Tokyo

Otsuma Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#1529 in Asia #3298 in the World

45% Acceptance

2,871 Enrollment

1908 Founded

45

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Biochemistry

#548 in Asia #1359 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

46

Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki City University

For Biochemistry

#2571 in Asia #5956 in the World

30% Acceptance

1,979 Enrollment

1962 Founded

47

Osaka

Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences

For Biochemistry

#2304 in Asia #5251 in the World

43% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

2007 Founded

48

Niigata

Niigata University of Health and Welfare

For Biochemistry

#1793 in Asia #3924 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

2001 Founded

49

Nagakute

Aichi Prefectural University

For Biochemistry

#1952 in Asia #4302 in the World

19% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1950 Founded

50

Maebashi

Maebashi Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

#1820 in Asia #3977 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1997 Founded

51

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

For Biochemistry

#55 in Asia #267 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

#417 in Asia #1110 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

53

Isesaki

Jobu University

For Biochemistry

#1966 in Asia #4323 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1957 Founded

54

Hamamatsu

Tokoha University

For Biochemistry

#2461 in Asia #5711 in the World

43% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

1988 Founded

55

Eniwa

Hokkaido Bunkyo University

For Biochemistry

#2518 in Asia #5856 in the World

64% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

1999 Founded

56

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

For Biochemistry

#292 in Asia #847 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

57

Tokyo

Japan Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#909 in Asia #2046 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,572 Enrollment

1901 Founded

58

Tochigi

Jichi Medical University

For Biochemistry

#160 in Asia #550 in the World

28% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

59

Seki

Gifu University of Medical Science

For Biochemistry

#2022 in Asia #4490 in the World

46% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

2006 Founded

60

Okayama

Okayama University

For Biochemistry

#45 in Asia #231 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

61

Naha

Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing

For Biochemistry

#2034 in Asia #4539 in the World

40% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

62

Moriguchi

Osaka International University

For Biochemistry

#734 in Asia #1715 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1988 Founded

63

Kyoto

Kyoto Seika University

For Biochemistry

#1838 in Asia #4018 in the World

49% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

64

Kodaira

Musashino Art University

For Biochemistry

#2261 in Asia #5146 in the World

13% Acceptance

1,327 Enrollment

1929 Founded

65

Kanoya

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

For Biochemistry

#1829 in Asia #3997 in the World

34% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1981 Founded

66

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Bunkyo Women’s University

For Biochemistry

#2121 in Asia #4760 in the World

67% Acceptance

6,572 Enrollment

1966 Founded

67

Gifu

Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Biochemistry

#353 in Asia #975 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1932 Founded

68

Chita

Nihon Fukushi University

For Biochemistry

#2353 in Asia #5398 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

69

Yokohama

Kanto Gakuin University

For Biochemistry

#1660 in Asia #3617 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1884 Founded

70

Tokyo

Mejiro University

For Biochemistry

#2452 in Asia #5687 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

71

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

For Biochemistry

#871 in Asia #1975 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

72

Takahashi

Kibi International University

For Biochemistry

#2117 in Asia #4752 in the World

60% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

1990 Founded

73

Saitama

University of Human Arts and Sciences

For Biochemistry

#2431 in Asia #5624 in the World

34% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

2000 Founded

74

Nisshin

Aichi Gakuin University

For Biochemistry

#649 in Asia #1560 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1953 Founded

75

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Biochemistry

#1877 in Asia #4109 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

76

Minoh

Osaka Aoyama University

For Biochemistry

#2537 in Asia #5891 in the World

42% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

2005 Founded

77

Kurume

Kurume Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

#2464 in Asia #5721 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

78

Kobe

Konan University

For Biochemistry

#758 in Asia #1768 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1919 Founded

79

Kahoku

Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing University

For Biochemistry

#2360 in Asia #5411 in the World

33% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2000 Founded

80

Hino

Meisei University

For Biochemistry

#1170 in Asia #2527 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1964 Founded

81

Fukuoka

Nakamura Gakuen University

For Biochemistry

#1508 in Asia #3245 in the World

42% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1965 Founded

82

Asahikawa

Asahikawa Medical University

For Biochemistry

#816 in Asia #1874 in the World

13% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1973 Founded

83

Uenohara

Teikyo University of Science and Technology

For Biochemistry

#1294 in Asia #2782 in the World

50% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1989 Founded

84

Tokyo

Kokushikan University

For Biochemistry

#2322 in Asia #5307 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1917 Founded

85

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Biochemistry

#173 in Asia #592 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

86

Shimonoseki

University of East Asia

For Biochemistry

#1911 in Asia #4200 in the World

40% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1974 Founded

87

Osaka

Osaka University of Human Sciences

For Biochemistry

#1925 in Asia #4230 in the World

34% Acceptance

2001 Founded

88

Niigata

Niigata University

For Biochemistry

#99 in Asia #410 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

89

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

For Biochemistry

#481 in Asia #1216 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

90

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Biochemistry

#97 in Asia #403 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

91

Koshigaya

Saitama Prefectural University

For Biochemistry

#2018 in Asia #4475 in the World

45% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

92

Kawasaki

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

For Biochemistry

#407 in Asia #1083 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1971 Founded

93

Inazawa

Nagoya Bunri University

For Biochemistry

#2071 in Asia #4638 in the World

39% Acceptance

6,572 Enrollment

1941 Founded

94

Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

For Biochemistry

#258 in Asia #777 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

95

Eiheiji

Fukui Prefectural University

For Biochemistry

#824 in Asia #1891 in the World

45% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1992 Founded

96

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Biochemistry

#230 in Asia #712 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

97

Tokyo

Kogakuin University

For Biochemistry

#953 in Asia #2119 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1887 Founded

98

Tenri

Tenri University

For Biochemistry

#2245 in Asia #5112 in the World

43% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1925 Founded

99

Seki

Chubu Gakuin University

For Biochemistry

#2425 in Asia #5602 in the World

51% Acceptance

5,462 Enrollment

1997 Founded

100

Oita

Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences

For Biochemistry

#2091 in Asia #4694 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1998 Founded