100 Best universities for Horticulture 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 Horticulture. A graph of 2.77M citations received by 111K academic papers made by 177 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 Horticulture

#6 in Asia

#28 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Horticulture

#8 in Asia

#34 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

For Horticulture

#15 in Asia

#57 in the World

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

4. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Horticulture

#25 in Asia

#89 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Horticulture

#30 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Horticulture

#32 in Asia

#135 in the World

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

7. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Horticulture

#34 in Asia

#137 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Horticulture

#44 in Asia

#165 in the World

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

9. Chiba University

For Horticulture

#64 in Asia

#221 in the World

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

10. Kobe University

For Horticulture

#86 in Asia

#302 in the World

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

11. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Horticulture

#96 in Asia

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

12. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Horticulture

#99 in Asia

#334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

13. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Horticulture

#113 in Asia

#378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Horticulture

#114 in Asia

#379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Horticulture

#115 in Asia

#380 in the World

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

16. Osaka University

For Horticulture

#122 in Asia

#397 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Science

For Horticulture

#134 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

18. Gifu University

For Horticulture

#144 in Asia

#456 in the World

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

19. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Horticulture

#147 in Asia

#462 in the World

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

20. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#149 in Asia

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

21. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Horticulture

#150 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

22. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Horticulture

#156 in Asia

#482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

23. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Horticulture

#161 in Asia

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

24. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Horticulture

#179 in Asia

#551 in the World

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

25. Mie University

For Horticulture

#198 in Asia

#604 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

26. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Horticulture

#199 in Asia

#607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

27. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Horticulture

#216 in Asia

#649 in the World

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

28. Shimane University

For Horticulture

#228 in Asia

#674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

29. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Horticulture

#241 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

30. Osaka City University

For Horticulture

#247 in Asia

#711 in the World

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

31. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Horticulture

#257 in Asia

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Nihon University

For Horticulture

#260 in Asia

#743 in the World

Founded: 1889

33. Saga University

For Horticulture

#278 in Asia

#792 in the World

Founded: 1949

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Horticulture

#281 in Asia

#801 in the World

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

35. Kochi University

For Horticulture

#297 in Asia

#839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Horticulture

#298 in Asia

#842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Horticulture

#302 in Asia

#851 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Horticulture

#308 in Asia

#862 in the World

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

39. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Horticulture

#318 in Asia

#883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

40. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Horticulture

#325 in Asia

#903 in the World

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

41. Ibaraki University

For Horticulture

#326 in Asia

#910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Horticulture

#334 in Asia

#924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

43. Ochanomizu University

For Horticulture

#345 in Asia

#949 in the World

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

44. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Horticulture

#348 in Asia

#954 in the World

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

45. Kyoto Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#367 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

46. Keio University

For Horticulture

#374 in Asia

#1009 in the World

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

47. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Horticulture

#377 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

48. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Horticulture

#380 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

49. Meijo University

For Horticulture

#408 in Asia

#1077 in the World

Founded: 1926

50. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Horticulture

#411 in Asia

#1080 in the World

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

51. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Horticulture

#416 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Teikyo University

For Horticulture

#420 in Asia

#1102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

53. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Horticulture

#431 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

54. Kitasato University

For Horticulture

#435 in Asia

#1126 in the World

Founded: 1962

55. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Horticulture

#443 in Asia

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

56. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Horticulture

#453 in Asia

#1154 in the World

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

57. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Horticulture

#477 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Meiji University

For Horticulture

#481 in Asia

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

59. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Horticulture

#485 in Asia

#1216 in the World

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

60. Akita Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#553 in Asia

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

61. Toho University

For Horticulture

#559 in Asia

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

62. Tokai University

For Horticulture

#561 in Asia

#1385 in the World

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

63. Minami Kyushu University

Japan | Miyazaki

For Horticulture

#583 in Asia

#1433 in the World

Enrollment: 996
Founded: 1965

64. University of Toyama

For Horticulture

#585 in Asia

#1436 in the World

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

65. University of Yamanashi

For Horticulture

#603 in Asia

#1479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

66. Ishikawa Prefectural University

Japan | Nonoichi

For Horticulture

#604 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 597
Founded: 2005

67. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Horticulture

#609 in Asia

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

68. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#612 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

69. Nara Women's University

For Horticulture

#633 in Asia

#1538 in the World

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

70. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Horticulture

#644 in Asia

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

71. Toyo University

For Horticulture

#648 in Asia

#1568 in the World

Founded: 1887

72. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Horticulture

#650 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

73. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Horticulture

#651 in Asia

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

74. Nagoya City University

For Horticulture

#681 in Asia

#1630 in the World

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

75. Waseda University

For Horticulture

#690 in Asia

#1649 in the World

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

76. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Horticulture

#710 in Asia

#1684 in the World

Founded: 1938

77. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Horticulture

#711 in Asia

#1685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

78. Joetsu University of Education

For Horticulture

#716 in Asia

#1706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,327
Founded: 1978

79. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Horticulture

#717 in Asia

#1712 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

80. Ritsumeikan University

For Horticulture

#718 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

81. Fukui Prefectural University

Japan | Eiheiji

For Horticulture

#734 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1992

82. Hoshi University

For Horticulture

#754 in Asia

#1788 in the World

Founded: 1911

83. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Horticulture

#772 in Asia

#1821 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Horticulture

#789 in Asia

#1852 in the World

Founded: 1904

85. Mukogawa Women's University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Horticulture

#807 in Asia

#1884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

86. Kobe Gakuin University

For Horticulture

#830 in Asia

#1926 in the World

Founded: 1966

87. Showa University

For Horticulture

#846 in Asia

#1961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

88. Japan Women's University

For Horticulture

#875 in Asia

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,572
Founded: 1901

89. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Horticulture

#893 in Asia

#2054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

90. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Horticulture

#898 in Asia

#2060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

91. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Horticulture

#908 in Asia

#2077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

92. Juntendo University

For Horticulture

#915 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

93. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Horticulture

#919 in Asia

#2099 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

94. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Horticulture

#928 in Asia

#2119 in the World

Founded: 1933

95. University of Electro-Communications

For Horticulture

#946 in Asia

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

96. Toyama Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#948 in Asia

#2163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

97. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Horticulture

#953 in Asia

#2173 in the World

Founded: 1949

98. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Horticulture

#959 in Asia

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

99. Nippon Medical School

For Horticulture

#973 in Asia

#2222 in the World

Founded: 1904

100. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Horticulture

#986 in Asia

#2240 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

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