Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Evolutionary

We ranked the top 100 universities for Evolutionary in Japan based on strict academic metrics. To determine these leaders, we isolated 4.22M specialized research publications which collectively generated 92.53M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Evolutionary

#1 in Asia #31 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Evolutionary

#2 in Asia #39 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

For Evolutionary

#6 in Asia #99 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Evolutionary

#14 in Asia #151 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

5

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Evolutionary

#20 in Asia #198 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Evolutionary

#21 in Asia #201 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

7

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#22 in Asia #204 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

8

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Evolutionary

#25 in Asia #227 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Evolutionary

#33 in Asia #284 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Evolutionary

#38 in Asia #305 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

11

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Evolutionary

#51 in Asia #344 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

12

Tokyo

Keio University

For Evolutionary

#67 in Asia #399 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

13

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Evolutionary

#108 in Asia #579 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

14

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Evolutionary

#386 in Asia #1311 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

15

Tokyo

Gakushuin University

For Evolutionary

#898 in Asia #2325 in the World

33% Acceptance

9,240 Enrollment

1877 Founded

16

Shizuoka

Shizuoka University

For Evolutionary

#310 in Asia #1129 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

17

Nagoya

Meijo University

For Evolutionary

#934 in Asia #2415 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1926 Founded

18

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Evolutionary

#589 in Asia #1753 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1872 Founded

19

Hikone

Shiga University

For Evolutionary

#1243 in Asia #3020 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Tokyo

Jikei University School of Medicine

For Evolutionary

#615 in Asia #1807 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1881 Founded

21

Osaka

Osaka University of Economics

For Evolutionary

#1320 in Asia #3161 in the World

38% Acceptance

7,337 Enrollment

1949 Founded

22

Moroyama

Saitama Medical School

For Evolutionary

#860 in Asia #2255 in the World

23% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

23

Kobe

Kobe University

For Evolutionary

#53 in Asia #349 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

24

Fukushima

Fukushima Medical University

For Evolutionary

#918 in Asia #2378 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1952 Founded

25

Tsu

For Evolutionary

#286 in Asia #1066 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

26

Tokushima

Tokushima Bunri University

For Evolutionary

#1013 in Asia #2578 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1895 Founded

27

Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

For Evolutionary

#586 in Asia #1743 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

28

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Evolutionary

#262 in Asia #1009 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

29

Kahoku

Kanazawa Medical University

For Evolutionary

#755 in Asia #2070 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1972 Founded

30

Atsugi

Kanagawa Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#1241 in Asia #3016 in the World

38% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1975 Founded

31

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#817 in Asia #2176 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

Sendai

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Evolutionary

#959 in Asia #2460 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

33

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#272 in Asia #1031 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

34

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Evolutionary

#472 in Asia #1518 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

35

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

For Evolutionary

#226 in Asia #919 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Tokyo

Nippon Medical School

For Evolutionary

#716 in Asia #1991 in the World

29% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1904 Founded

37

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#884 in Asia #2298 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

38

Morioka

Iwate Medical University

For Evolutionary

#641 in Asia #1846 in the World

32% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1928 Founded

39

Kitami

Kitami Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#1340 in Asia #3197 in the World

39% Acceptance

2,106 Enrollment

1960 Founded

40

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#902 in Asia #2340 in the World

48% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1963 Founded

41

Toyota

Aichi Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#1156 in Asia #2862 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

42

Tokushima

University of Tokushima

For Evolutionary

#172 in Asia #770 in the World

34% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1949 Founded

43

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

For Evolutionary

#545 in Asia #1662 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

44

Matsue

Shimane University

For Evolutionary

#361 in Asia #1259 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Kagoshima

Kagoshima University

For Evolutionary

#240 in Asia #956 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

46

Asahikawa

Asahikawa Medical University

For Evolutionary

#1122 in Asia #2794 in the World

13% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1973 Founded

47

Tokyo

Toyo University

For Evolutionary

#735 in Asia #2026 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

48

Sapporo

Hokkaido University of Science

For Evolutionary

#1363 in Asia #3239 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1967 Founded

49

Nagoya

Nagoya City University

For Evolutionary

#403 in Asia #1354 in the World

22% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1950 Founded

50

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Evolutionary

#311 in Asia #1135 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

51

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Evolutionary

#70 in Asia #428 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Tokyo

Teikyo University

For Evolutionary

#475 in Asia #1526 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1966 Founded

53

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Evolutionary

#206 in Asia #863 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

54

Morioka

Iwate University

For Evolutionary

#500 in Asia #1575 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Kitakyushu

University of Kitakyushu

For Evolutionary

#1406 in Asia #3314 in the World

21% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1946 Founded

56

Fukuoka

Kyushu Sangyo University

For Evolutionary

#1432 in Asia #3359 in the World

42% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

57

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#479 in Asia #1531 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

58

Tochigi

Dokkyo Medical University

For Evolutionary

#1407 in Asia #3317 in the World

37% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

59

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

For Evolutionary

#198 in Asia #843 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

60

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Evolutionary

#241 in Asia #957 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

61

Iwate

Iwate Prefectural University

For Evolutionary

#1296 in Asia #3123 in the World

33% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1998 Founded

62

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

For Evolutionary

#1135 in Asia #2821 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

63

Tokyo

Ochanomizu University

For Evolutionary

#442 in Asia #1447 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,075 Enrollment

1874 Founded

64

Sapporo

Hokkaido University of Education

For Evolutionary

#1322 in Asia #3164 in the World

39% Acceptance

1,327 Enrollment

1949 Founded

65

Nagasaki

Nagasaki University

For Evolutionary

#223 in Asia #916 in the World

17% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

66

Kurume

Kurume University

For Evolutionary

#357 in Asia #1251 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

67

Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

For Evolutionary

#793 in Asia #2130 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

68

Tokyo

Showa University

For Evolutionary

#459 in Asia #1488 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

69

Onna

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Evolutionary

#121 in Asia #619 in the World

14% Acceptance

237 Enrollment

70

Moriguchi

Osaka International University

For Evolutionary

#411 in Asia #1369 in the World

36% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1988 Founded

71

Kitakyushu

University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

For Evolutionary

#665 in Asia #1896 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1978 Founded

72

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

For Evolutionary

#305 in Asia #1110 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

73

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

For Evolutionary

#567 in Asia #1708 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

74

Tochigi

Jichi Medical University

For Evolutionary

#326 in Asia #1169 in the World

28% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

75

Niigata

Niigata University

For Evolutionary

#153 in Asia #710 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

76

Machida

Tamagawa University

For Evolutionary

#1128 in Asia #2806 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1929 Founded

77

Imizu

Toyama Prefectural University

For Evolutionary

#1155 in Asia #2861 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1990 Founded

78

Akita

Akita University

For Evolutionary

#679 in Asia #1919 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

79

Tokyo

Tokyo University of the Arts

For Evolutionary

#353 in Asia #1231 in the World

29% Acceptance

3,217 Enrollment

1949 Founded

80

Sapporo

Sapporo Medical University

For Evolutionary

#522 in Asia #1613 in the World

39% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1950 Founded

81

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University

For Evolutionary

#981 in Asia #2516 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

2001 Founded

82

Kunitachi

Hitotsubashi University

For Evolutionary

#532 in Asia #1630 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1875 Founded

83

Hakodate

Future University Hakodate

For Evolutionary

#1392 in Asia #3288 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2000 Founded

84

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

For Evolutionary

#870 in Asia #2270 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

85

Tokyo

Toho University

For Evolutionary

#439 in Asia #1442 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

86

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

For Evolutionary

#497 in Asia #1563 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

87

Moriguchi

Kansai Medical University

For Evolutionary

#761 in Asia #2080 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

88

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#156 in Asia #719 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

89

Fukui

University of Fukui

For Evolutionary

#448 in Asia #1460 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

90

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Evolutionary

#348 in Asia #1222 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

91

Takatsuki

Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

For Evolutionary

#1274 in Asia #3078 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

92

Neyagawa

Osaka Electro-Communication University

For Evolutionary

#1184 in Asia #2914 in the World

36% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1961 Founded

93

Kyoto

Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Evolutionary

#1165 in Asia #2875 in the World

41% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

2004 Founded

94

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Evolutionary

#180 in Asia #798 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

95

Aizuwakamatsu

University of Aizu

For Evolutionary

#389 in Asia #1318 in the World

35% Acceptance

1,371 Enrollment

1993 Founded

96

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Evolutionary

#328 in Asia #1173 in the World

32% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1891 Founded

97

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

For Evolutionary

#182 in Asia #802 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

98

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#671 in Asia #1909 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

99

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

For Evolutionary

#150 in Asia #691 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

100

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

For Evolutionary

#471 in Asia #1517 in the World

31% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded