Best Earth science and Geoscience Universities in Japan [2026 Rankings]

1

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1 in Asia #4 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#4 in Asia #20 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

3

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#5 in Asia #24 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

4

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#18 in Asia #76 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

5

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#19 in Asia #82 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

6

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#21 in Asia #87 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

7

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#24 in Asia #97 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

8

Suita

Osaka University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#32 in Asia #126 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Earth science and Geoscience

#63 in Asia #259 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Earth science and Geoscience

#71 in Asia #289 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

11

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#118 in Asia #439 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

12

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#140 in Asia #494 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Tokyo

Keio University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#150 in Asia #551 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

14

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#162 in Asia #591 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

15

Tokyo

Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#518 in Asia #1385 in the World

66% Acceptance

7,543 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Saitama

Saitama University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#252 in Asia #820 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

17

Nagakute

Aichi Prefectural University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1532 in Asia #3513 in the World

19% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1950 Founded

18

Kochi

University of Kochi

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1242 in Asia #2904 in the World

34% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1949 Founded

19

Hikone

Shiga University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1488 in Asia #3433 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Uenohara

Teikyo University of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1283 in Asia #2984 in the World

50% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1989 Founded

21

Tokyo

Toho University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#618 in Asia #1598 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

22

Nonoichi

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#556 in Asia #1453 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1965 Founded

23

Mitaka

Kyorin University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1034 in Asia #2467 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

24

Kato

Hyogo University of Teacher Education

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1518 in Asia #3493 in the World

38% Acceptance

1,245 Enrollment

1978 Founded

25

Fukuroi

Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1689 in Asia #3823 in the World

39% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

26

Tokyo

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1537 in Asia #3521 in the World

12% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1997 Founded

27

Shizuoka

University of Shizuoka

For Earth science and Geoscience

#916 in Asia #2232 in the World

38% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1987 Founded

28

Nara

Nara Women’s University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1236 in Asia #2888 in the World

17% Acceptance

2,631 Enrollment

1908 Founded

29

Kyoto

Doshisha University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#347 in Asia #1040 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

30

Ikoma

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#479 in Asia #1310 in the World

31% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1991 Founded

31

Chofu

University of Electro-Communications

For Earth science and Geoscience

#147 in Asia #526 in the World

25% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

Tokyo

Toyo University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#816 in Asia #2020 in the World

36% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1887 Founded

33

Sagamihara

Azabu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1544 in Asia #3530 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,353 Enrollment

1890 Founded

34

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1504 in Asia #3461 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

35

Kochi

Kochi University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#112 in Asia #423 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#416 in Asia #1191 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

37

Tsu

Mie University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#336 in Asia #1005 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

38

Tokyo

Kitasato University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#787 in Asia #1942 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1962 Founded

39

Nomi

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#494 in Asia #1341 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1990 Founded

40

Matsuyama

Ehime University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#100 in Asia #393 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Kasugai

Chubu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#679 in Asia #1729 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1938 Founded

42

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1298 in Asia #3016 in the World

48% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1963 Founded

43

Tokyo

Komazawa University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1596 in Asia #3632 in the World

60% Acceptance

4,144 Enrollment

1592 Founded

44

Shizuoka

Shizuoka University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#152 in Asia #554 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Nagoya

Daido University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1371 in Asia #3192 in the World

39% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1964 Founded

46

Kyoto

Ritsumeikan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#298 in Asia #919 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1899 Founded

47

Ichihara

Teikyo Heisei University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1300 in Asia #3018 in the World

39% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1987 Founded

48

Chiba

Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1107 in Asia #2630 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,186 Enrollment

1988 Founded

49

Tokyo

Ochanomizu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1436 in Asia #3324 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,075 Enrollment

1874 Founded

50

Saga

Saga University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#370 in Asia #1089 in the World

30% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1949 Founded

51

Musashino

Seikei University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#925 in Asia #2248 in the World

60% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Kobe

Konan University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1467 in Asia #3381 in the World

45% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1919 Founded

53

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#75 in Asia #304 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

54

Toyota

Aichi Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#490 in Asia #1332 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

55

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#526 in Asia #1397 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

56

Nisshin

Aichi Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1447 in Asia #3343 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1953 Founded

57

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#224 in Asia #751 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

58

Kashiwazaki

Niigata Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1015 in Asia #2427 in the World

47% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

59

Fukuoka

Kyushu Sangyo University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1372 in Asia #3193 in the World

42% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

60

Tokyo

Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1035 in Asia #2472 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1966 Founded

61

Sendai

Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1108 in Asia #2631 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1964 Founded

62

Nagoya

Toyota Technological Institute

For Earth science and Geoscience

#706 in Asia #1782 in the World

30% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1981 Founded

63

Kurume

Kurume University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1149 in Asia #2714 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

64

Hiroshima

Hiroshima University of Economics

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1597 in Asia #3633 in the World

31% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1907 Founded

65

Chiba

Tokyo Dental College

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1588 in Asia #3618 in the World

30% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1890 Founded

66

Yokohama

Toin University of Yokohama

For Earth science and Geoscience

#959 in Asia #2315 in the World

47% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1988 Founded

67

Tokyo

Tokyo University of the Arts

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1123 in Asia #2667 in the World

29% Acceptance

3,217 Enrollment

1949 Founded

68

Osaka

Osaka Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#725 in Asia #1816 in the World

42% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1922 Founded

69

Muroran

Muroran Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#506 in Asia #1365 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

70

Kobe

University of Hyogo

For Earth science and Geoscience

#431 in Asia #1220 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

2004 Founded

71

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1138 in Asia #2696 in the World

31% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

72

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#286 in Asia #887 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

73

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#189 in Asia #658 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

74

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1061 in Asia #2538 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

75

Matsue

Shimane University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#199 in Asia #695 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

76

Kashiwara

Osaka Kyoiku University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1072 in Asia #2568 in the World

43% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1874 Founded

77

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#399 in Asia #1153 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

78

Tokyo

Musashi University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1081 in Asia #2582 in the World

44% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1949 Founded

79

Sendai

Miyagi University of Education

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1595 in Asia #3631 in the World

31% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1965 Founded

80

Nagoya

Aichi University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1479 in Asia #3416 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1946 Founded

81

Kumamoto

Kumamoto Health Science University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1367 in Asia #3185 in the World

53% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

2003 Founded

82

Hiroshima

Prefectural University of Hiroshima

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1633 in Asia #3702 in the World

39% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

2005 Founded

83

Chiba

Chiba University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#119 in Asia #445 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,983 Enrollment

1949 Founded

84

Yokohama

Kanto Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#671 in Asia #1710 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

1884 Founded

85

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Earth science and Geoscience

#962 in Asia #2324 in the World

32% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1891 Founded

86

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#218 in Asia #738 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

87

Munakata

Fukuoka University of Education

For Earth science and Geoscience

#931 in Asia #2257 in the World

39% Acceptance

1,245 Enrollment

1943 Founded

88

Kobe

Kobe University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#105 in Asia #399 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

89

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#797 in Asia #1961 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1986 Founded

90

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Earth science and Geoscience

#246 in Asia #806 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

91

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#325 in Asia #974 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

92

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

For Earth science and Geoscience

#293 in Asia #903 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

93

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#294 in Asia #904 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

94

Kariya

Aichi University of Education

For Earth science and Geoscience

#953 in Asia #2305 in the World

19% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1873 Founded

95

Fukui

Fukui University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1308 in Asia #3032 in the World

31% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1965 Founded

96

Tokyo

Nippon Dental University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1305 in Asia #3027 in the World

43% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1907 Founded

97

Sendai

Tohoku Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#943 in Asia #2279 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,285 Enrollment

1949 Founded

98

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1696 in Asia #3833 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

99

Kumamoto

Sojo University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1553 in Asia #3547 in the World

46% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1965 Founded

100

Hiroshima

Hiroshima City University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#1460 in Asia #3370 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,058 Enrollment

1994 Founded

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