Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

85 Best Universities in Japan for Neurosurgery

Focusing specifically on Neurosurgery, our data science engine identified the 85 most influential universities in Japan. Our methodology evaluated 4.39M subject-specific papers and 97.96M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Neurosurgery

#8 in Asia #60 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

2

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Asia #69 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

3

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Asia #83 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

4

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Asia #92 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

5

Suita

Osaka University

For Neurosurgery

#25 in Asia #127 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

6

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Neurosurgery

#30 in Asia #147 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

7

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Neurosurgery

#31 in Asia #148 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

8

Tokyo

Keio University

For Neurosurgery

#45 in Asia #183 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Neurosurgery

#61 in Asia #232 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Fujikawaguchiko

Health Science University

For Neurosurgery

#198 in Asia #550 in the World

33% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2003 Founded

11

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Neurosurgery

#272 in Asia #715 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

12

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Neurosurgery

#366 in Asia #973 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Soka

Dokkyo University

For Neurosurgery

#158 in Asia #471 in the World

47% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1964 Founded

14

Kashihara

Nara Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#57 in Asia #220 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1945 Founded

15

Tsu

For Neurosurgery

#88 in Asia #319 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Niigata

Niigata University

For Neurosurgery

#28 in Asia #138 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded

17

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

For Neurosurgery

#108 in Asia #384 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

18

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Neurosurgery

#83 in Asia #304 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

19

Matsue

Shimane University

For Neurosurgery

#266 in Asia #702 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

20

Sendai

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Neurosurgery

#85 in Asia #312 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

21

Kanazawa

Kanazawa University

For Neurosurgery

#46 in Asia #184 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

22

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

For Neurosurgery

#48 in Asia #192 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

23

Nagoya

Nagoya City University

For Neurosurgery

#126 in Asia #414 in the World

22% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1950 Founded

24

Fukui

University of Fukui

For Neurosurgery

#114 in Asia #393 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

25

Tokyo

Juntendo University

For Neurosurgery

#27 in Asia #129 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1836 Founded

26

Maebashi

Gunma University

For Neurosurgery

#77 in Asia #287 in the World

21% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

27

Sapporo

Sapporo Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#75 in Asia #282 in the World

39% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1950 Founded

28

Kahoku

Kanazawa Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#241 in Asia #646 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1972 Founded

29

Toyama

University of Toyama

For Neurosurgery

#159 in Asia #472 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

30

Nagasaki

Nagasaki University

For Neurosurgery

#132 in Asia #423 in the World

17% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

31

Chiba

Chiba University

For Neurosurgery

#64 in Asia #242 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,983 Enrollment

1949 Founded

32

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Neurosurgery

#67 in Asia #253 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

33

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

#148 in Asia #450 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1872 Founded

34

Saga

Saga University

For Neurosurgery

#246 in Asia #655 in the World

30% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1949 Founded

35

Kagoshima

Kagoshima University

For Neurosurgery

#121 in Asia #407 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Tottori

Tottori University

For Neurosurgery

#169 in Asia #492 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

37

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#193 in Asia #533 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

38

Asahikawa

Asahikawa Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#290 in Asia #786 in the World

13% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1973 Founded

39

Tokyo

Nihon University

For Neurosurgery

#72 in Asia #271 in the World

33% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1889 Founded

40

Kurume

Kurume University

For Neurosurgery

#99 in Asia #352 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

41

Otsu

Shiga University of Medical Science

For Neurosurgery

#69 in Asia #261 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

42

Hirosaki

Hirosaki University

For Neurosurgery

#71 in Asia #270 in the World

41% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

43

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#120 in Asia #405 in the World

8% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1916 Founded

44

Moroyama

Saitama Medical School

For Neurosurgery

#65 in Asia #243 in the World

23% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

45

Akita

Akita University

For Neurosurgery

#143 in Asia #444 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

46

Tokushima

University of Tokushima

For Neurosurgery

#152 in Asia #462 in the World

34% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1949 Founded

47

Kumamoto

Kumamoto University

For Neurosurgery

#58 in Asia #226 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

48

Otawara

International University of Health and Welfare

For Neurosurgery

#265 in Asia #697 in the World

38% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1995 Founded

49

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

For Neurosurgery

#137 in Asia #434 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

50

Tokyo

Jikei University School of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

#33 in Asia #150 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1881 Founded

51

Morioka

Iwate Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#105 in Asia #372 in the World

32% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1928 Founded

52

Tochigi

Dokkyo Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#263 in Asia #692 in the World

37% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

53

Kofu

University of Yamanashi

For Neurosurgery

#180 in Asia #515 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

54

Osaka

Osaka City University

For Neurosurgery

#100 in Asia #365 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

55

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

For Neurosurgery

#50 in Asia #198 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

56

Tokyo

Nippon Medical School

For Neurosurgery

#82 in Asia #303 in the World

29% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1904 Founded

57

Moriguchi

Kansai Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#179 in Asia #513 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

58

Tochigi

Jichi Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#113 in Asia #391 in the World

28% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1972 Founded

59

Kochi

Kochi University

For Neurosurgery

#161 in Asia #476 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

60

Yokohama

Yokohama City University

For Neurosurgery

#211 in Asia #582 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

61

Okayama

Okayama University

For Neurosurgery

#60 in Asia #230 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

62

Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

#104 in Asia #370 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

63

Tokyo

Teikyo University

For Neurosurgery

#107 in Asia #383 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1966 Founded

64

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

For Neurosurgery

#328 in Asia #872 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

65

Takatsuki

Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

For Neurosurgery

#356 in Asia #948 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

66

Kobe

Kobe University

For Neurosurgery

#51 in Asia #201 in the World

35% Acceptance

16,214 Enrollment

1902 Founded

67

Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi University

For Neurosurgery

#80 in Asia #297 in the World

36% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

68

Oita

Oita University

For Neurosurgery

#155 in Asia #467 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1949 Founded

69

Gifu

Asahi University

For Neurosurgery

#323 in Asia #865 in the World

51% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1972 Founded

70

Tokyo

Showa University

For Neurosurgery

#163 in Asia #481 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

71

Mitaka

Kyorin University

For Neurosurgery

#117 in Asia #399 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

72

Takatsuki

Osaka Medical College

For Neurosurgery

#178 in Asia #510 in the World

36% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1927 Founded

73

Kitakyushu

University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

For Neurosurgery

#182 in Asia #517 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1978 Founded

74

Yamagata

Yamagata University

For Neurosurgery

#147 in Asia #449 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1949 Founded

75

Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

#335 in Asia #900 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

76

Gifu

Gifu University

For Neurosurgery

#91 in Asia #326 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,227 Enrollment

1949 Founded

77

Tokyo

Toho University

For Neurosurgery

#101 in Asia #366 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

78

Matsuyama

Ehime University

For Neurosurgery

#160 in Asia #475 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

79

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

For Neurosurgery

#203 in Asia #563 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

80

Kawasaki

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

#218 in Asia #598 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1971 Founded

81

Wakayama

Wakayama Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#103 in Asia #369 in the World

30% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1945 Founded

82

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

For Neurosurgery

#302 in Asia #808 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

83

Fukushima

Fukushima Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#149 in Asia #451 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1952 Founded

84

Tokyo

Kitasato University

For Neurosurgery

#96 in Asia #345 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1962 Founded

85

Matsumoto

Shinshu University

For Neurosurgery

#24 in Asia #120 in the World

36% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded