Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Optics

Focusing specifically on Optics, our data science engine identified the 100 most influential universities in Japan. Our methodology evaluated 3.26M subject-specific papers and 73.93M citations to find the strongest faculties. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Optics

#1 in Asia #5 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Suita

Osaka University

For Optics

#3 in Asia #14 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

3

Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Optics

#4 in Asia #21 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

4

Sendai

Tohoku University

For Optics

#6 in Asia #25 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

5

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Optics

#15 in Asia #51 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

6

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

For Optics

#28 in Asia #83 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

7

Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Optics

#29 in Asia #84 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

8

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

For Optics

#38 in Asia #112 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

9

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

For Optics

#59 in Asia #182 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

10

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

For Optics

#64 in Asia #200 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

11

Tokyo

Keio University

For Optics

#72 in Asia #234 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

12

Tokyo

Waseda University

For Optics

#98 in Asia #345 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

13

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

For Optics

#142 in Asia #491 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

14

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Optics

#145 in Asia #497 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

15

Yokohama

Yokohama City University

For Optics

#344 in Asia #998 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1928 Founded

16

Tokyo

Otsuma Women’s University

For Optics

#1959 in Asia #4340 in the World

45% Acceptance

2,871 Enrollment

1908 Founded

17

Tokyo

Meiji University

For Optics

#547 in Asia #1380 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

18

Sapporo

Sapporo University

For Optics

#1937 in Asia #4265 in the World

30% Acceptance

813 Enrollment

1967 Founded

19

Nishitokyo

Musashino University

For Optics

#1640 in Asia #3537 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1950 Founded

20

Nagakute

Aichi Prefectural University

For Optics

#1589 in Asia #3417 in the World

19% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1950 Founded

21

Kyoto

Kyoto Seika University

For Optics

#1520 in Asia #3279 in the World

49% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

22

Kobe

Kobe Pharmaceutical University

For Optics

#1532 in Asia #3310 in the World

36% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

23

Iwaki

Iwaki Meisei University

For Optics

#1371 in Asia #2969 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1987 Founded

24

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

For Optics

#1262 in Asia #2755 in the World

31% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

25

Chita

Nihon Fukushi University

For Optics

#1991 in Asia #4416 in the World

37% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1953 Founded

26

Tsukuba

Tsukuba International University

For Optics

#2325 in Asia #5277 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

27

Tokyo

Japan Women’s University

For Optics

#1222 in Asia #2673 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,572 Enrollment

1901 Founded

28

Tama

Tama University

For Optics

#2302 in Asia #5239 in the World

40% Acceptance

6,287 Enrollment

1989 Founded

29

Saga

Saga University

For Optics

#332 in Asia #961 in the World

30% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1949 Founded

30

Narashino

Chiba Institute of Technology

For Optics

#761 in Asia #1768 in the World

38% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1942 Founded

31

Moriguchi

Kansai Medical University

For Optics

#621 in Asia #1514 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

32

Kurume

Kurume Institute of Technology

For Optics

#2175 in Asia #4927 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

33

Kitakyushu

University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

For Optics

#821 in Asia #1897 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1978 Founded

34

Hiroshima

Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University

For Optics

#2107 in Asia #4722 in the World

50% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1967 Founded

35

Fukushima

Fukushima University

For Optics

#1709 in Asia #3694 in the World

39% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Akita

Akita International University

For Optics

#2181 in Asia #4941 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

2004 Founded

37

Tokyo

Musashino Academy of Music

For Optics

#1285 in Asia #2804 in the World

32% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

38

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

For Optics

#625 in Asia #1522 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

39

Shiojiri

Matsumoto Dental University

For Optics

#1599 in Asia #3446 in the World

10% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1972 Founded

40

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

For Optics

#509 in Asia #1296 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

41

Nagoya

Nanzan University

For Optics

#1984 in Asia #4406 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,883 Enrollment

1949 Founded

42

Matsue

Shimane University

For Optics

#402 in Asia #1107 in the World

38% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

43

Koshigaya

Bunkyo University

For Optics

#1175 in Asia #2569 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1966 Founded

44

Kanda

Nishinippon Institute of Technology

For Optics

#2331 in Asia #5287 in the World

35% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1967 Founded

45

Himeji

Himeji Dokkyo University

For Optics

#2198 in Asia #4978 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1986 Founded

46

Fukaya

Saitama Institute of Technology

For Optics

#1230 in Asia #2698 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

47

Yokkaichi

Yokkaichi University

For Optics

#1997 in Asia #4435 in the World

52% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1988 Founded

48

Tokyo

Kokushikan University

For Optics

#1851 in Asia #4026 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1917 Founded

49

Tokyo

Tokai University

For Optics

#243 in Asia #769 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

50

Sapporo

Hokkai-Gakuen University

For Optics

#1572 in Asia #3389 in the World

33% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1952 Founded

51

Nishinomiya

Mukogawa Women’s University

For Optics

#1812 in Asia #3941 in the World

43% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1949 Founded

52

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

For Optics

#1106 in Asia #2428 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

53

Kyoto

Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Optics

#888 in Asia #2015 in the World

33% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1884 Founded

54

Kobe

Kobe Women’s University

For Optics

#2124 in Asia #4776 in the World

32% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1950 Founded

55

Ishinomaki

Ishinomaki Senshu University

For Optics

#1333 in Asia #2892 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1989 Founded

56

Hachioji

Tokyo University of Technology

For Optics

#865 in Asia #1975 in the World

27% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1986 Founded

57

Chiba

Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Optics

#869 in Asia #1982 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,186 Enrollment

1988 Founded

58

Tsukuba

Tsukuba University of Technology

For Optics

#1815 in Asia #3947 in the World

34% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

2005 Founded

59

Tokyo

Kogakuin University

For Optics

#692 in Asia #1642 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1887 Founded

60

Takatsuki

Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

For Optics

#1286 in Asia #2805 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

61

Otsu

Shiga University of Medical Science

For Optics

#774 in Asia #1799 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

62

Nara

Tezukayama University

For Optics

#2322 in Asia #5271 in the World

39% Acceptance

3,633 Enrollment

1964 Founded

63

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

For Optics

#571 in Asia #1418 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

64

Kurume

Kurume University

For Optics

#742 in Asia #1730 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

65

Kitakyushu

Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Optics

#224 in Asia #708 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,146 Enrollment

1907 Founded

66

Hiroshima

Hiroshima University of Economics

For Optics

#1834 in Asia #3983 in the World

31% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1907 Founded

67

Fukushima

Fukushima Medical University

For Optics

#735 in Asia #1718 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1952 Founded

68

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

For Optics

#984 in Asia #2186 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

69

Tokyo

Mejiro University

For Optics

#2250 in Asia #5129 in the World

38% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

70

Tokyo

Sophia University

For Optics

#440 in Asia #1166 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,280 Enrollment

1913 Founded

71

Shibata, Miyagi

Sendai University

For Optics

#1548 in Asia #3338 in the World

46% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1967 Founded

72

Okayama

Okayama University

For Optics

#152 in Asia #518 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

73

Nagoya

Chukyo University

For Optics

#1581 in Asia #3405 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,224 Enrollment

1927 Founded

74

Maebashi

Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences

For Optics

#1972 in Asia #4372 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

2005 Founded

75

Koryo

For Optics

#2313 in Asia #5251 in the World

56% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1946 Founded

76

Kanazawa

Hokuriku University

For Optics

#1880 in Asia #4133 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

77

Hikone

University of Shiga Prefecture

For Optics

#1160 in Asia #2538 in the World

38% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

78

Fujisawa

Shonan Institute of Technology

For Optics

#1129 in Asia #2483 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1963 Founded

79

Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi University

For Optics

#234 in Asia #748 in the World

36% Acceptance

11,098 Enrollment

1949 Founded

80

Tokyo

Kokugakuin University

For Optics

#2177 in Asia #4932 in the World

36% Acceptance

9,879 Enrollment

1882 Founded

81

Tokyo

Juntendo University

For Optics

#422 in Asia #1140 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1836 Founded

82

Sapporo

Hokkaido University of Science

For Optics

#1063 in Asia #2352 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1967 Founded

83

Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

For Optics

#842 in Asia #1934 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

84

Nagahama

Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

For Optics

#2063 in Asia #4599 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

85

Kyoto

Kyoto Women’s University

For Optics

#1857 in Asia #4052 in the World

42% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1920 Founded

86

Kobe

Kobe Gakuin University

For Optics

#1638 in Asia #3533 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1966 Founded

87

Ishikari

Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

For Optics

#1294 in Asia #2821 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1974 Founded

88

Hachioji

Chuo University

For Optics

#438 in Asia #1163 in the World

60% Acceptance

31,739 Enrollment

1885 Founded

89

Chiba

Tokyo Dental College

For Optics

#644 in Asia #1561 in the World

30% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1890 Founded

90

Tsu

Mie Prefectural College of Nursing

For Optics

#2329 in Asia #5284 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1997 Founded

91

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Optics

#933 in Asia #2091 in the World

34% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

2003 Founded

92

Takatsuki

Osaka Medical College

For Optics

#852 in Asia #1953 in the World

36% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1927 Founded

93

Otawara

International University of Health and Welfare

For Optics

#1196 in Asia #2612 in the World

38% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1995 Founded

94

Nara

Nara University of Education

For Optics

#1798 in Asia #3913 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,245 Enrollment

1949 Founded

95

Miyashiro

Nippon Institute of Technology

For Optics

#1202 in Asia #2624 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,917 Enrollment

1967 Founded

96

Kurashiki

Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts

For Optics

#1457 in Asia #3148 in the World

36% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1995 Founded

97

Kawasaki

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

For Optics

#994 in Asia #2203 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1971 Founded

98

Hiroshima

Yasuda Women’s University

For Optics

#2293 in Asia #5221 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1966 Founded

99

Fukuroi

Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology

For Optics

#1700 in Asia #3673 in the World

39% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

100

Akita

Akita University

For Optics

#439 in Asia #1165 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded