100 Best universities for Astrobiology in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Astrobiology. A graph of 952K citations received by 41.6K academic papers made by 129 universities in Japan was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Tokyo

For Astrobiology

#1 in Asia

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Astrobiology

#2 in Asia

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#3 in Asia

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

4. Tohoku University

For Astrobiology

#7 in Asia

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

5. Osaka University

For Astrobiology

#9 in Asia

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

6. Nagoya University

For Astrobiology

#10 in Asia

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Astrobiology

#13 in Asia

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Astrobiology

#14 in Asia

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

9. Kobe University

For Astrobiology

#19 in Asia

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

10. Tokyo University of Science

For Astrobiology

#26 in Asia

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,768
Founded: 1881

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Astrobiology

#38 in Asia

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

12. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Astrobiology

#45 in Asia

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Astrobiology

#54 in Asia

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

14. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Astrobiology

#56 in Asia

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Founded: 1949

15. Keio University

For Astrobiology

#60 in Asia

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 33,518
Founded: 1858

16. Chiba University

For Astrobiology

#81 in Asia

#432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Astrobiology

#82 in Asia

#436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

18. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Astrobiology

#93 in Asia

#478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

19. Osaka City University

For Astrobiology

#94 in Asia

#482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#95 in Asia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

21. Waseda University

For Astrobiology

#96 in Asia

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

22. Ibaraki University

For Astrobiology

#99 in Asia

#493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Astrobiology

#100 in Asia

#497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

24. Nihon University

For Astrobiology

#107 in Asia

#514 in the World

Founded: 1889

25. Tokai University

For Astrobiology

#112 in Asia

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

26. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Astrobiology

#117 in Asia

#555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

27. University of Toyama

For Astrobiology

#118 in Asia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,208
Founded: 1975

28. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Astrobiology

#120 in Asia

#559 in the World

Founded: 1942

29. Osaka Prefecture University

For Astrobiology

#122 in Asia

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

30. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Astrobiology

#124 in Asia

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,068
Founded: 1922

31. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Astrobiology

#128 in Asia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

32. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Astrobiology

#138 in Asia

#610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

33. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Astrobiology

#140 in Asia

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

34. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Astrobiology

#147 in Asia

#629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

35. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Astrobiology

#150 in Asia

#645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

36. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Astrobiology

#160 in Asia

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Astrobiology

#163 in Asia

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

38. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Astrobiology

#166 in Asia

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

39. Juntendo University

For Astrobiology

#168 in Asia

#707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

40. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Astrobiology

#169 in Asia

#708 in the World

Founded: 1934

41. Saga University

For Astrobiology

#174 in Asia

#721 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Oita University

For Astrobiology

#176 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

43. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Astrobiology

#178 in Asia

#734 in the World

Founded: 1978

44. University of Hyogo

For Astrobiology

#189 in Asia

#754 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

45. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#190 in Asia

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

46. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Astrobiology

#192 in Asia

#762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

47. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Astrobiology

#194 in Asia

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

48. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Astrobiology

#195 in Asia

#775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

49. Mie University

For Astrobiology

#203 in Asia

#803 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

50. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Astrobiology

#204 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

51. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Astrobiology

#207 in Asia

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

52. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Astrobiology

#213 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

53. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Astrobiology

#217 in Asia

#829 in the World

Founded: 1928

54. Nagoya City University

For Astrobiology

#224 in Asia

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

55. Gifu University

For Astrobiology

#232 in Asia

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Founded: 1949

56. Kitasato University

For Astrobiology

#235 in Asia

#876 in the World

Founded: 1962

57. University of Electro-Communications

For Astrobiology

#238 in Asia

#888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

58. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Astrobiology

#240 in Asia

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

59. Kochi University

For Astrobiology

#250 in Asia

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#252 in Asia

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

61. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#253 in Asia

#927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

62. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Astrobiology

#257 in Asia

#937 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

63. Meijo University

For Astrobiology

#261 in Asia

#950 in the World

Founded: 1926

64. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Astrobiology

#271 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

65. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Astrobiology

#274 in Asia

#984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

66. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Astrobiology

#284 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Founded: 1972

67. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Astrobiology

#286 in Asia

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

68. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Astrobiology

#288 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

69. Rikkyo University

For Astrobiology

#289 in Asia

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

70. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Astrobiology

#299 in Asia

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

71. Toho University

For Astrobiology

#304 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

72. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Astrobiology

#305 in Asia

#1064 in the World

Founded: 1972

73. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Astrobiology

#309 in Asia

#1069 in the World

Founded: 1949

74. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Astrobiology

#318 in Asia

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

75. Nippon Medical School

For Astrobiology

#319 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Founded: 1904

76. Kyorin University

For Astrobiology

#322 in Asia

#1097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

77. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#323 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

78. Ritsumeikan University

For Astrobiology

#325 in Asia

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

79. Ochanomizu University

For Astrobiology

#328 in Asia

#1109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

80. Kurume University

For Astrobiology

#330 in Asia

#1111 in the World

Founded: 1928

81. Showa University

For Astrobiology

#332 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

82. Shimane University

For Astrobiology

#334 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

83. Nara Women's University

For Astrobiology

#341 in Asia

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

84. Meiji University

For Astrobiology

#347 in Asia

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

85. University of Yamanashi

For Astrobiology

#360 in Asia

#1188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

86. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Astrobiology

#362 in Asia

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

87. University of Fukui

For Astrobiology

#363 in Asia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

88. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Astrobiology

#372 in Asia

#1210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

89. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Astrobiology

#373 in Asia

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

90. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Astrobiology

#374 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Doshisha University

For Astrobiology

#384 in Asia

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Founded: 1920

92. Akita University

For Astrobiology

#388 in Asia

#1245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

93. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Astrobiology

#390 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

94. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Astrobiology

#395 in Asia

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

95. Tokyo Medical University

For Astrobiology

#401 in Asia

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

96. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Astrobiology

#404 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

97. Gakushuin University

For Astrobiology

#408 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 9,240
Founded: 1877

98. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Astrobiology

#409 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

99. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Astrobiology

#414 in Asia

#1297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

100. Teikyo University

For Astrobiology

#419 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

The best cities to study Astrobiology in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Sendai, and Suita.