Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in Japan for Virology

If you are looking to study Virology in Japan, our index highlights the top 100 domain-leading institutions. To determine these leaders, we isolated 4.14M specialized research publications which collectively generated 92.49M citations. This targeted approach bypasses general university reputation, directly revealing the strongest programs.

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1

Tokyo

University of Tokyo

#1 in Asia #19 in the World

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

2

Suita

Osaka University

#6 in Asia #88 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

3

Sapporo

Hokkaido University

#19 in Asia #186 in the World

27% Acceptance

17,770 Enrollment

1918 Founded

4

Kyoto

Kyoto University

#2 in Asia #50 in the World

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

5

Fukuoka

Kyushu University

#17 in Asia #175 in the World

14% Acceptance

18,813 Enrollment

1911 Founded

6

Nagoya

Nagoya University

#18 in Asia #176 in the World

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

7

Sendai

Tohoku University

#9 in Asia #114 in the World

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

8

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Science

#78 in Asia #515 in the World

31% Acceptance

19,768 Enrollment

1881 Founded

9

Tokyo

Keio University

#15 in Asia #162 in the World

12% Acceptance

33,518 Enrollment

1858 Founded

10

Tsukuba

University of Tsukuba

#23 in Asia #219 in the World

18% Acceptance

16,684 Enrollment

1973 Founded

11

Tokyo

Tokyo Institute of Technology

#26 in Asia #251 in the World

10% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1881 Founded

12

Hachioji

Tokyo Metropolitan University

#130 in Asia #751 in the World

21% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

2005 Founded

13

Tokyo

Waseda University

#29 in Asia #266 in the World

10% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1882 Founded

14

Fujikawaguchiko

Health Science University

#1778 in Asia #5045 in the World

33% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2003 Founded

15

Yokohama

Yokohama National University

#147 in Asia #816 in the World

33% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

16

Tokyo

Toho University

#183 in Asia #914 in the World

47% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1925 Founded

17

Osaka

Osaka City University

#132 in Asia #753 in the World

22% Acceptance

8,230 Enrollment

1928 Founded

18

Moriguchi

Kansai Medical University

#374 in Asia #1470 in the World

33% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1928 Founded

19

Kawasaki

St. Marianna University School of Medicine

#372 in Asia #1466 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1971 Founded

20

Chiba

Tokyo Dental College

#465 in Asia #1769 in the World

30% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1890 Founded

21

Urayasu

Meikai University

#786 in Asia #2676 in the World

43% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1970 Founded

22

Takatsuki

Aino University

#2315 in Asia #6185 in the World

42% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

23

Nishitokyo

Musashino University

#733 in Asia #2535 in the World

46% Acceptance

5,037 Enrollment

1950 Founded

24

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University

#839 in Asia #2811 in the World

18% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

25

Hirakata

Osaka Dental University

#814 in Asia #2761 in the World

45% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

26

Tokyo

Ochanomizu University

#326 in Asia #1331 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,075 Enrollment

1874 Founded

27

Sendai

Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

#473 in Asia #1791 in the World

20% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1939 Founded

28

Nagoya

Nagoya City University

#202 in Asia #978 in the World

22% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1950 Founded

29

Kofu

University of Yamanashi

#279 in Asia #1195 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

30

Fukushima

Fukushima Medical University

#387 in Asia #1535 in the World

10% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1952 Founded

31

Tokyo

Kitasato University

#169 in Asia #881 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

1962 Founded

32

Onna

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

#410 in Asia #1598 in the World

14% Acceptance

237 Enrollment

33

Miyazaki

University of Miyazaki

#303 in Asia #1273 in the World

17% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

34

Kasugai

Chubu University

#479 in Asia #1801 in the World

24% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1938 Founded

35

Chiba

Chiba University

#68 in Asia #485 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,983 Enrollment

1949 Founded

36

Tsu

#172 in Asia #890 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,455 Enrollment

1949 Founded

37

Takatsuki

Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

#1697 in Asia #4842 in the World

35% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

38

Nishinomiya

Mukogawa Women’s University

#622 in Asia #2235 in the World

43% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1949 Founded

39

Kyoto

Kyoto Sangyo University

#469 in Asia #1776 in the World

36% Acceptance

4,317 Enrollment

1965 Founded

40

Hikone

Shiga University

#689 in Asia #2398 in the World

36% Acceptance

3,702 Enrollment

1949 Founded

41

Tokyo

Tokyo University of the Arts

#305 in Asia #1278 in the World

29% Acceptance

3,217 Enrollment

1949 Founded

42

Sapporo

Sapporo University

#1297 in Asia #3953 in the World

30% Acceptance

813 Enrollment

1967 Founded

43

Nagasaki

Nagasaki International University

#1624 in Asia #4679 in the World

41% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

2000 Founded

44

Kochi

Kochi University

#314 in Asia #1304 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

45

Fukuoka

Daiichi University of Pharmacy

#1612 in Asia #4656 in the World

39% Acceptance

1,128 Enrollment

1960 Founded

46

Tokyo

Meiji University

#154 in Asia #841 in the World

47% Acceptance

47,094 Enrollment

1881 Founded

47

Okayama

Okayama University of Science

#436 in Asia #1675 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1962 Founded

48

Miura

Graduate University for Advanced Studies

#640 in Asia #2280 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1988 Founded

49

Kashihara

Nara Medical University

#310 in Asia #1289 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1945 Founded

50

Asahikawa

Asahikawa Medical University

#727 in Asia #2521 in the World

13% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1973 Founded

51

Toyohashi

Toyohashi University of Technology

#339 in Asia #1368 in the World

29% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

52

Takatsuki

Osaka Medical College

#677 in Asia #2370 in the World

36% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1927 Founded

53

Nishinomiya

Hyogo College of Medicine

#359 in Asia #1421 in the World

44% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

54

Kyoto

Kyoto Institute of Technology

#331 in Asia #1348 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

55

Higashiosaka

Kindai University

#97 in Asia #604 in the World

50% Acceptance

38,857 Enrollment

1949 Founded

56

Tokyo

Tokyo University of Agriculture

#300 in Asia #1262 in the World

32% Acceptance

597 Enrollment

1891 Founded

57

Sapporo

Sapporo Medical University

#290 in Asia #1235 in the World

39% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1950 Founded

58

Nagasaki

Nagasaki University

#114 in Asia #676 in the World

17% Acceptance

9,090 Enrollment

1949 Founded

59

Kobe

Kobe Pharmaceutical University

#1885 in Asia #5266 in the World

36% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1930 Founded

60

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Dental College

#904 in Asia #2987 in the World

35% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1972 Founded

61

Yokosuka

Kanagawa University of Human Services

#1678 in Asia #4789 in the World

18% Acceptance

370 Enrollment

2003 Founded

62

Tokyo

Tokai University

#106 in Asia #633 in the World

50% Acceptance

29,700 Enrollment

1946 Founded

63

Okayama

Okayama University

#64 in Asia #458 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,057 Enrollment

1922 Founded

64

Mito

Ibaraki University

#318 in Asia #1309 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,126 Enrollment

1949 Founded

65

Kanazawa

Hokuriku University

#1318 in Asia #3994 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

66

Akita

Akita Prefectural University

#1422 in Asia #4235 in the World

45% Acceptance

5,402 Enrollment

1999 Founded

67

Toyoake

Fujita Health University

#277 in Asia #1192 in the World

27% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1964 Founded

68

Takasaki

Gumma Paz College

#2579 in Asia #6730 in the World

40% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

69

Nishinomiya

Kwansei Gakuin University

#284 in Asia #1205 in the World

18% Acceptance

26,248 Enrollment

1912 Founded

70

Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

#259 in Asia #1125 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1872 Founded

71

Higashihiroshima

Hiroshima University

#35 in Asia #319 in the World

33% Acceptance

15,505 Enrollment

1949 Founded

72

Tokyo

Rikkyo University

#268 in Asia #1158 in the World

34% Acceptance

20,720 Enrollment

1922 Founded

73

Sakai

Osaka Prefecture University

#189 in Asia #939 in the World

21% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

1949 Founded

74

Nagakute

Aichi Medical University

#442 in Asia #1692 in the World

32% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1971 Founded

75

Kobe

Kobe Gakuin University

#721 in Asia #2505 in the World

33% Acceptance

6,190 Enrollment

1966 Founded

76

Fukuoka

Fukuoka University

#186 in Asia #925 in the World

36% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1934 Founded

77

Yokosuka

Kanagawa Dental University

#885 in Asia #2937 in the World

28% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1964 Founded

78

Tokyo

Juntendo University

#94 in Asia #588 in the World

31% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1836 Founded

79

Oita

Oita University

#332 in Asia #1350 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,781 Enrollment

1949 Founded

80

Mitaka

Kyorin University

#354 in Asia #1403 in the World

50% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1966 Founded

81

Kanazawa

Kanazawa University

#91 in Asia #573 in the World

30% Acceptance

10,127 Enrollment

1949 Founded

82

Akita

Akita University

#311 in Asia #1295 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1949 Founded

83

Toyama

University of Toyama

#227 in Asia #1034 in the World

30% Acceptance

9,208 Enrollment

1975 Founded

84

Takamatsu

Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences

#1660 in Asia #4751 in the World

33% Acceptance

4,685 Enrollment

2004 Founded

85

Nishihara

University of the Ryukyus

#245 in Asia #1083 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1950 Founded

86

Kyoto

Doshisha University

#177 in Asia #902 in the World

35% Acceptance

28,354 Enrollment

1920 Founded

87

Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

#406 in Asia #1590 in the World

8% Acceptance

3,106 Enrollment

1974 Founded

88

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical University

#257 in Asia #1118 in the World

8% Acceptance

981 Enrollment

1916 Founded

89

Sakado

Josai University

#773 in Asia #2638 in the World

44% Acceptance

1965 Founded

90

Nagahama

Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

#1952 in Asia #5411 in the World

40% Acceptance

2,000 Enrollment

2003 Founded

91

Kobe

University of Hyogo

#362 in Asia #1428 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,551 Enrollment

2004 Founded

92

Fukui

University of Fukui

#308 in Asia #1284 in the World

34% Acceptance

10,849 Enrollment

1949 Founded

93

Yokohama

Tsurumi University

#833 in Asia #2798 in the World

50% Acceptance

1,178 Enrollment

1924 Founded

94

Tokyo

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

#92 in Asia #579 in the World

9% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1946 Founded

95

Ogaki

Gifu Keizai University

#2660 in Asia #6889 in the World

61% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1967 Founded

96

Matsuyama

Ehime University

#146 in Asia #813 in the World

34% Acceptance

9,033 Enrollment

1949 Founded

97

Kakogawa

Hyogo University

#2038 in Asia #5592 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,198 Enrollment

1995 Founded

98

Tottori

Tottori University

#230 in Asia #1044 in the World

34% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

99

Takamatsu

Kagawa University

#275 in Asia #1180 in the World

18% Acceptance

6,179 Enrollment

1949 Founded

100

Niigata

Niigata University

#107 in Asia #635 in the World

34% Acceptance

12,068 Enrollment

1922 Founded