Academic Index Last updated: June 07, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan

Discover the top 100 universities in Japan with our comprehensive academic index. By assessing 4.45M research papers and their 96.1M citations, we reveal the most impactful research centers.

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1

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

#1 in Asia #19 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

#2 in Asia #50 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Suita

Osaka University

#6 in Asia #88 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

4

Sendai

Tohoku University

#9 in Asia #114 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

5

Tokyo

Keio University

#15 in Asia #162 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

6

Nagoya

Nagoya University

#18 in Asia #176 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

7

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

#19 in Asia #186 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

8

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

#23 in Asia #219 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

9

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

#26 in Asia #251 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

10

Tokyo

Waseda University

#29 in Asia #266 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

11

Kobe

Kobe University

#41 in Asia #360 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

12

Tokyo

Nihon University

#48 in Asia #398 in the World

33% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1889 Founded

13

Okayama

Okayama University

#64 in Asia #458 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

14

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

#78 in Asia #515 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

15

Kanazawa

Kanazawa University

#91 in Asia #573 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

#92 in Asia #579 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

17

Tokyo

Juntendo University

#94 in Asia #588 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1836 Founded

18

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

#98 in Asia #607 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

19

Tokyo

Tokai University

#106 in Asia #633 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

20

Niigata

Niigata University

#107 in Asia #635 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

21

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

#109 in Asia #657 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

22

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

#111 in Asia #668 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

23

Nagasaki

Nagasaki University

#114 in Asia #676 in the World

17% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

24

Yokohama

Yokohama City University

#131 in Asia #752 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

25

Osaka

Osaka City University

#132 in Asia #753 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

26

Maebashi

Gunma University

#145 in Asia #809 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

27

Matsuyama

Ehime University

#146 in Asia #813 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

28

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

#147 in Asia #816 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

29

Tokyo

Meiji University

#154 in Asia #841 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

30

Yamagata

Yamagata University

#155 in Asia #847 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Tokushima

University of Tokushima

#158 in Asia #856 in the World

34% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi University

#159 in Asia #858 in the World

36% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

33

Tokyo

Kitasato University

#169 in Asia #881 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1962 Founded

34

Tsu

#172 in Asia #890 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

35

Kyoto

Doshisha University

#177 in Asia #902 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

36

Tokyo

Toho University

#183 in Asia #914 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

37

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

#189 in Asia #939 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

38

Tokyo

Showa University

#194 in Asia #953 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

39

Tokyo

Teikyo University

#195 in Asia #959 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1966 Founded

40

Suita

Kansai University

#199 in Asia #971 in the World

35% Acceptance

29,749 Enrollment

1922 Founded

41

Nagoya

Nagoya City University

#202 in Asia #978 in the World

22% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1950 Founded

42

Tokyo

Nippon Medical School

#203 in Asia #979 in the World

29% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1904 Founded

43

Tokyo

Jikei University School of Medicine

#204 in Asia #981 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1881 Founded

44

Shizuoka

Shizuoka University

#206 in Asia #984 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Toyama

University of Toyama

#227 in Asia #1034 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

46

Tokyo

Hosei University

#228 in Asia #1039 in the World

30% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1880 Founded

47

Nagoya

Nagoya Institute of Technology

#229 in Asia #1041 in the World

22% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

48

Tottori

Tottori University

#230 in Asia #1044 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

49

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

#245 in Asia #1083 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

50

Tochigi

Jichi Medical University

#247 in Asia #1091 in the World

28% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

51

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical University

#257 in Asia #1118 in the World

8% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1916 Founded

52

Tokyo

Sophia University

#258 in Asia #1124 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1913 Founded

53

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

#259 in Asia #1125 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1872 Founded

54

Saga

Saga University

#261 in Asia #1127 in the World

30% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Matsue

Shimane University

#262 in Asia #1129 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

56

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

#268 in Asia #1158 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

57

Saitama

Saitama University

#272 in Asia #1171 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

58

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

#275 in Asia #1180 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

59

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

#277 in Asia #1192 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

60

Kofu

University of Yamanashi

#279 in Asia #1195 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

61

Kunitachi

Hitotsubashi University

#280 in Asia #1198 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1875 Founded

62

Tokyo

Aoyama Gakuin University

#282 in Asia #1201 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1874 Founded

63

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

#284 in Asia #1205 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

64

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

#285 in Asia #1207 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

65

Sapporo

Sapporo Medical University

#290 in Asia #1235 in the World

39% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1950 Founded

66

Kurume

Kurume University

#295 in Asia #1253 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

67

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Agriculture

#300 in Asia #1262 in the World

32% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1891 Founded

68

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

#303 in Asia #1273 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

69

Tokyo

Tokyo University of the Arts

#305 in Asia #1278 in the World

29% Acceptance

3,217 Enrollment

1949 Founded

70

Kashihara

Nara Medical University

#310 in Asia #1289 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1945 Founded

71

Moroyama

Saitama Medical School

#315 in Asia #1305 in the World

23% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

72

Nomi

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

#316 in Asia #1306 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1990 Founded

73

Mito

Ibaraki University

#318 in Asia #1309 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

74

Tokyo

Ochanomizu University

#326 in Asia #1331 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,075 Enrollment

1874 Founded

75

Kyoto

Kyoto Institute of Technology

#331 in Asia #1348 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

76

Oita

Oita University

#332 in Asia #1350 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1949 Founded

77

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

#339 in Asia #1368 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

78

Tokyo

Toyo University

#341 in Asia #1370 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

79

Nagoya

Meijo University

#348 in Asia #1392 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1926 Founded

80

Mitaka

Kyorin University

#354 in Asia #1403 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

81

Morioka

Iwate University

#358 in Asia #1412 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1949 Founded

82

Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

#359 in Asia #1421 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

83

Yokohama

Kanagawa University

#360 in Asia #1423 in the World

47% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1949 Founded

84

Kobe

University of Hyogo

#362 in Asia #1428 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

2004 Founded

85

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

#365 in Asia #1436 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

86

Kawasaki

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

#372 in Asia #1466 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1971 Founded

87

Moriguchi

Kansai Medical University

#374 in Asia #1470 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

88

Otsu

Shiga University of Medical Science

#384 in Asia #1521 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

89

Tokyo

Gakushuin University

#385 in Asia #1526 in the World

33% Acceptance

9,240 Enrollment

1877 Founded

90

Kyoto

Ryukoku University

#393 in Asia #1556 in the World

50% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1639 Founded

91

Onna

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

#410 in Asia #1598 in the World

14% Acceptance

237 Enrollment

92

Tokyo

Tokyo Denki University

#411 in Asia #1599 in the World

26% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1907 Founded

93

Nagaoka

Nagaoka University of Technology

#422 in Asia #1623 in the World

31% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

94

Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya University

#423 in Asia #1626 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

95

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

#436 in Asia #1675 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

96

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

#442 in Asia #1692 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

97

Morioka

Iwate Medical University

#446 in Asia #1703 in the World

32% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1928 Founded

98

Kyoto

Kyoto Sangyo University

#469 in Asia #1776 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1965 Founded

99

Sendai

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

#473 in Asia #1791 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

100

Koganei

Tokyo Gakugei University

#475 in Asia #1793 in the World

21% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1949 Founded