100 Best universities for Botany in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Botany. A graph of 9.78M citations received by 418K academic papers made by 339 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: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Botany

#2 in Asia

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Founded: 1897

3. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Botany

#7 in Asia

#63 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Botany

#11 in Asia

#84 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Botany

#14 in Asia

#96 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Botany

#16 in Asia

#101 in the World

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

7. Osaka University

For Botany

#22 in Asia

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Founded: 1931

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Botany

#29 in Asia

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Founded: 1973

9. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Botany

#34 in Asia

#207 in the World

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

10. Chiba University

For Botany

#41 in Asia

#236 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Botany

#42 in Asia

#240 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Botany

#62 in Asia

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1902

13. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Botany

#64 in Asia

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

14. Tokyo University of Science

For Botany

#71 in Asia

#369 in the World

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

15. Osaka City University

For Botany

#104 in Asia

#456 in the World

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

16. Keio University

For Botany

#116 in Asia

#501 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Botany

#117 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

18. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Botany

#119 in Asia

#506 in the World

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

19. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Botany

#120 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

20. Gifu University

For Botany

#124 in Asia

#526 in the World

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

21. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Botany

#134 in Asia

#555 in the World

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

22. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Botany

#145 in Asia

#581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

23. Nihon University

For Botany

#148 in Asia

#586 in the World

Founded: 1889

24. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Botany

#152 in Asia

#595 in the World

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

25. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Botany

#153 in Asia

#598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

26. Osaka Prefecture University

For Botany

#154 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

27. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Botany

#156 in Asia

#604 in the World

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

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Botany

#163 in Asia

#621 in the World

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

29. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Botany

#166 in Asia

#628 in the World

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

30. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Botany

#167 in Asia

#633 in the World

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

31. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Botany

#168 in Asia

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Botany

#169 in Asia

#641 in the World

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

33. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#173 in Asia

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

34. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Botany

#175 in Asia

#657 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

35. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Botany

#176 in Asia

#659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

36. Mie University

For Botany

#180 in Asia

#670 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

37. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Botany

#182 in Asia

#678 in the World

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

38. Kitasato University

For Botany

#185 in Asia

#686 in the World

Founded: 1962

39. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Botany

#194 in Asia

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

40. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#196 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

41. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Botany

#200 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

42. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Botany

#201 in Asia

#717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

43. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Botany

#225 in Asia

#778 in the World

Founded: 1949

44. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Botany

#231 in Asia

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

45. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Botany

#247 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

46. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Botany

#252 in Asia

#847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

47. Toho University

For Botany

#256 in Asia

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

48. Waseda University

For Botany

#275 in Asia

#887 in the World

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

49. University of Toyama

For Botany

#276 in Asia

#888 in the World

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

50. Kochi University

For Botany

#280 in Asia

#894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#281 in Asia

#895 in the World

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

52. Teikyo University

For Botany

#284 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

53. Shimane University

For Botany

#288 in Asia

#908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

54. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Botany

#297 in Asia

#929 in the World

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

55. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Botany

#314 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

56. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Botany

#337 in Asia

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

57. Nagoya City University

For Botany

#343 in Asia

#1027 in the World

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

58. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Botany

#344 in Asia

#1028 in the World

Founded: 1934

59. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Botany

#346 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

60. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Botany

#348 in Asia

#1036 in the World

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

61. Showa University

For Botany

#353 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

62. Saga University

For Botany

#357 in Asia

#1059 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Ibaraki University

For Botany

#358 in Asia

#1068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

64. Meijo University

For Botany

#359 in Asia

#1070 in the World

Founded: 1926

65. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Botany

#367 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

66. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Botany

#370 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Founded: 1972

67. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Botany

#382 in Asia

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

68. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Botany

#386 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Botany

#387 in Asia

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

70. Tokai University

For Botany

#406 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

71. Juntendo University

For Botany

#426 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

72. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Botany

#440 in Asia

#1256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

73. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Botany

#448 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Founded: 1904

74. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Botany

#452 in Asia

#1279 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

75. University of Yamanashi

For Botany

#471 in Asia

#1322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

76. Kyoto Prefectural University

For Botany

#472 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

77. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Botany

#477 in Asia

#1337 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

78. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Botany

#479 in Asia

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

79. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Botany

#488 in Asia

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

80. Ochanomizu University

For Botany

#489 in Asia

#1357 in the World

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

81. Ritsumeikan University

For Botany

#506 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

82. Akita Prefectural University

For Botany

#540 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

83. Hoshi University

For Botany

#551 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Founded: 1911

84. Nippon Medical School

For Botany

#564 in Asia

#1499 in the World

Founded: 1904

85. University of Fukui

For Botany

#576 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

86. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Botany

#578 in Asia

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

87. Meiji University

For Botany

#579 in Asia

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

88. Kurume University

For Botany

#583 in Asia

#1537 in the World

Founded: 1928

89. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Botany

#592 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Founded: 1928

90. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Botany

#622 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

91. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#628 in Asia

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

92. Oita University

For Botany

#642 in Asia

#1662 in the World

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

93. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Botany

#643 in Asia

#1663 in the World

Founded: 1972

94. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Botany

#652 in Asia

#1684 in the World

Founded: 1949

95. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Botany

#665 in Asia

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

96. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Botany

#674 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

97. Akita University

For Botany

#675 in Asia

#1730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

98. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Botany

#692 in Asia

#1762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

99. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Botany

#708 in Asia

#1808 in the World

Founded: 1928

100. Kyorin University

For Botany

#709 in Asia

#1810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

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