100 Best universities for Botany 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 Botany. A graph of 10.2M citations received by 427K academic papers made by 342 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 Botany

#1 in Asia

#11 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Botany

#2 in Asia

#19 in the World

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

3. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Botany

#7 in Asia

#63 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Botany

#11 in Asia

#83 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Botany

#15 in Asia

#99 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Botany

#16 in Asia

#105 in the World

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

7. Osaka University

For Botany

#24 in Asia

#144 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Botany

#29 in Asia

#173 in the World

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

9. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Botany

#37 in Asia

#210 in the World

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

10. Chiba University

For Botany

#45 in Asia

#241 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Botany

#49 in Asia

#246 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Botany

#62 in Asia

#334 in the World

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

13. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Botany

#72 in Asia

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Botany

#80 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

15. Osaka City University

For Botany

#111 in Asia

#475 in the World

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

16. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Botany

#120 in Asia

#511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

17. Keio University

For Botany

#121 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

18. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Botany

#125 in Asia

#521 in the World

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

19. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Botany

#126 in Asia

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

20. Gifu University

For Botany

#132 in Asia

#539 in the World

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

21. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Botany

#144 in Asia

#571 in the World

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

22. Nihon University

For Botany

#153 in Asia

#598 in the World

Founded: 1889

23. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Botany

#154 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

24. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Botany

#158 in Asia

#608 in the World

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

25. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Botany

#159 in Asia

#610 in the World

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

26. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Botany

#162 in Asia

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

27. Osaka Prefecture University

For Botany

#163 in Asia

#619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Botany

#167 in Asia

#636 in the World

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

29. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Botany

#173 in Asia

#645 in the World

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

30. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Botany

#174 in Asia

#649 in the World

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

31. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Botany

#176 in Asia

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Botany

#177 in Asia

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

33. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Botany

#178 in Asia

#662 in the World

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

34. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Botany

#181 in Asia

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

35. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#183 in Asia

#673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

36. Mie University

For Botany

#186 in Asia

#679 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

37. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Botany

#192 in Asia

#689 in the World

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

38. Kitasato University

For Botany

#200 in Asia

#710 in the World

Founded: 1962

39. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Botany

#203 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

40. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#210 in Asia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

41. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Botany

#213 in Asia

#740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

42. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Botany

#218 in Asia

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

43. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Botany

#234 in Asia

#795 in the World

Founded: 1949

44. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Botany

#248 in Asia

#823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

45. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Botany

#264 in Asia

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

46. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Botany

#272 in Asia

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

47. Toho University

For Botany

#276 in Asia

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

48. University of Toyama

For Botany

#290 in Asia

#905 in the World

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

49. Waseda University

For Botany

#292 in Asia

#908 in the World

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

50. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#293 in Asia

#910 in the World

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

51. Kochi University

For Botany

#298 in Asia

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Teikyo University

For Botany

#299 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

53. Shimane University

For Botany

#300 in Asia

#925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

54. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Botany

#309 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

55. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Botany

#326 in Asia

#984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

56. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Botany

#340 in Asia

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

57. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Botany

#352 in Asia

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

58. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Botany

#354 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,353
Founded: 1941

59. Nagoya City University

For Botany

#355 in Asia

#1056 in the World

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

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Botany

#358 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Founded: 1934

61. Showa University

For Botany

#366 in Asia

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

62. Saga University

For Botany

#367 in Asia

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Ibaraki University

For Botany

#368 in Asia

#1087 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

64. Meijo University

For Botany

#372 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Founded: 1926

65. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Botany

#382 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

66. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Botany

#383 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Founded: 1972

67. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Botany

#394 in Asia

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

68. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Botany

#395 in Asia

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Botany

#404 in Asia

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

70. Tokai University

For Botany

#437 in Asia

#1230 in the World

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

71. Juntendo University

For Botany

#446 in Asia

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

72. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#466 in Asia

#1300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

73. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Botany

#478 in Asia

#1325 in the World

Founded: 1904

74. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Botany

#480 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

75. University of Yamanashi

For Botany

#487 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

76. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Botany

#488 in Asia

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

77. Kyoto Prefectural University

For Botany

#494 in Asia

#1357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

78. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Botany

#505 in Asia

#1377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

79. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Botany

#514 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

80. Ochanomizu University

For Botany

#518 in Asia

#1397 in the World

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

81. Ritsumeikan University

For Botany

#523 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

82. Akita Prefectural University

For Botany

#554 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

83. Hoshi University

For Botany

#580 in Asia

#1519 in the World

Founded: 1911

84. Nippon Medical School

For Botany

#586 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1904

85. Meiji University

For Botany

#591 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

86. University of Fukui

For Botany

#597 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

87. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Botany

#599 in Asia

#1558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

88. Kurume University

For Botany

#611 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Founded: 1928

89. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Botany

#617 in Asia

#1593 in the World

Founded: 1928

90. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#637 in Asia

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

91. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Botany

#645 in Asia

#1657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

92. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Botany

#667 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Founded: 1972

93. Oita University

For Botany

#669 in Asia

#1700 in the World

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

94. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Botany

#684 in Asia

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

95. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Botany

#689 in Asia

#1740 in the World

Founded: 1949

96. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Botany

#699 in Asia

#1765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

97. Akita University

For Botany

#709 in Asia

#1780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

98. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#719 in Asia

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

99. Kyorin University

For Botany

#734 in Asia

#1847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

100. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Botany

#742 in Asia

#1870 in the World

Founded: 1928

The best cities to study Botany in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Sapporo, and Nagoya.