100 Best universities for Astrobiology in Japan

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Astrobiology. A graph of 700K citations received by 35.6K academic papers made by 116 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

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Astrobiology

#2 in Asia

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

3. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#3 in Asia

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

4. Tohoku University

For Astrobiology

#7 in Asia

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,591
Founded: 1907

5. Osaka University

For Astrobiology

#9 in Asia

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

6. Nagoya University

For Astrobiology

#10 in Asia

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,834
Founded: 1939

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Astrobiology

#12 in Asia

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Astrobiology

#13 in Asia

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

9. Kobe University

For Astrobiology

#15 in Asia

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,871
Founded: 1902

10. Tokyo University of Science

For Astrobiology

#18 in Asia

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Astrobiology

#34 in Asia

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

12. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Astrobiology

#43 in Asia

#273 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Astrobiology

#44 in Asia

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,066
Founded: 1949

14. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Astrobiology

#55 in Asia

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

15. Keio University

For Astrobiology

#66 in Asia

#360 in the World

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

16. Chiba University

For Astrobiology

#68 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Astrobiology

#72 in Asia

#392 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#82 in Asia

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,059
Founded: 2005

19. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Astrobiology

#84 in Asia

#450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

20. Osaka City University

For Astrobiology

#85 in Asia

#453 in the World

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

21. Waseda University

For Astrobiology

#88 in Asia

#459 in the World

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

22. Ibaraki University

For Astrobiology

#89 in Asia

#460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Astrobiology

#104 in Asia

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

24. University of Toyama

For Astrobiology

#108 in Asia

#524 in the World

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

25. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Astrobiology

#110 in Asia

#534 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

26. Nihon University

For Astrobiology

#113 in Asia

#539 in the World

Enrollment: 77,651
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1889

27. Tokai University

For Astrobiology

#118 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,535
Founded: 1946

28. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Astrobiology

#124 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

29. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Astrobiology

#126 in Asia

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

30. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Astrobiology

#127 in Asia

#584 in the World

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

31. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Astrobiology

#129 in Asia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

32. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Astrobiology

#130 in Asia

#587 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

33. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Astrobiology

#132 in Asia

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

34. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Astrobiology

#134 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

35. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Astrobiology

#135 in Asia

#600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Astrobiology

#136 in Asia

#601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

37. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Astrobiology

#139 in Asia

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

38. Saga University

For Astrobiology

#140 in Asia

#624 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Oita University

For Astrobiology

#141 in Asia

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

40. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Astrobiology

#149 in Asia

#664 in the World

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

41. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Astrobiology

#150 in Asia

#665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

42. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#152 in Asia

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

43. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Astrobiology

#164 in Asia

#697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Astrobiology

#166 in Asia

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Astrobiology

#167 in Asia

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Astrobiology

#174 in Asia

#720 in the World

Founded: 1978

47. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Astrobiology

#175 in Asia

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,050
Founded: 1962

48. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Astrobiology

#178 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

49. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Astrobiology

#181 in Asia

#732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

50. Kyoto Sangyo University

For Astrobiology

#184 in Asia

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 13,207
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1965

51. Gifu University

For Astrobiology

#189 in Asia

#760 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

52. Juntendo University

For Astrobiology

#190 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

53. University of Hyogo

For Astrobiology

#194 in Asia

#772 in the World

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

54. Mie University

For Astrobiology

#198 in Asia

#781 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

55. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Astrobiology

#200 in Asia

#789 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

56. Nagoya City University

For Astrobiology

#201 in Asia

#792 in the World

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

57. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#204 in Asia

#803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

58. Kitasato University

For Astrobiology

#206 in Asia

#805 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

59. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#207 in Asia

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

60. University of Electro-Communications

For Astrobiology

#212 in Asia

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

61. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Astrobiology

#220 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 10,090
Founded: 1949

62. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Astrobiology

#224 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

63. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Astrobiology

#233 in Asia

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

64. Meijo University

For Astrobiology

#235 in Asia

#897 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

65. Rikkyo University

For Astrobiology

#242 in Asia

#916 in the World

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

66. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Astrobiology

#245 in Asia

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

67. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Astrobiology

#246 in Asia

#924 in the World

Founded: 1972

68. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Astrobiology

#251 in Asia

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

69. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Astrobiology

#257 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

70. Kochi University

For Astrobiology

#262 in Asia

#965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Astrobiology

#270 in Asia

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

72. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Astrobiology

#274 in Asia

#995 in the World

Founded: 1949

73. Kyorin University

For Astrobiology

#289 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 4,820
Founded: 1966

74. Ritsumeikan University

For Astrobiology

#293 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

75. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Astrobiology

#294 in Asia

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

76. Nara Women's University

For Astrobiology

#300 in Asia

#1052 in the World

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

77. Toho University

For Astrobiology

#303 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

78. University of Yamanashi

For Astrobiology

#304 in Asia

#1056 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

79. Kurume University

For Astrobiology

#309 in Asia

#1071 in the World

Founded: 1928

80. Meiji University

For Astrobiology

#313 in Asia

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

81. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Astrobiology

#314 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Founded: 1972

82. Shimane University

For Astrobiology

#317 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

83. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Astrobiology

#320 in Asia

#1102 in the World

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

84. Showa University

For Astrobiology

#323 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

85. Akita University

For Astrobiology

#325 in Asia

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

86. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Astrobiology

#327 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

87. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Astrobiology

#328 in Asia

#1122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

88. University of Fukui

For Astrobiology

#329 in Asia

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

89. Nippon Medical School

For Astrobiology

#334 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Founded: 1904

90. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Astrobiology

#337 in Asia

#1148 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Teikyo University

For Astrobiology

#350 in Asia

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

92. Doshisha University

For Astrobiology

#352 in Asia

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

93. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Astrobiology

#353 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

94. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Astrobiology

#356 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

95. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Astrobiology

#371 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

96. Tokyo Medical University

For Astrobiology

#376 in Asia

#1231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

97. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Astrobiology

#378 in Asia

#1238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

98. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#384 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

99. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Astrobiology

#390 in Asia

#1262 in the World

Enrollment: 1,195
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1927

100. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Astrobiology

#391 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

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