100 Best universities for Horticulture 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 Horticulture. A graph of 2.65M citations received by 109K academic papers made by 174 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: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Horticulture

#7 in Asia

#33 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

For Horticulture

#14 in Asia

#56 in the World

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

4. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Horticulture

#21 in Asia

#83 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Horticulture

#29 in Asia

#125 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Horticulture

#30 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

7. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Horticulture

#32 in Asia

#133 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Horticulture

#41 in Asia

#162 in the World

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

9. Chiba University

For Horticulture

#60 in Asia

#215 in the World

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

10. Kobe University

For Horticulture

#78 in Asia

#291 in the World

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

11. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Horticulture

#91 in Asia

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

12. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Horticulture

#95 in Asia

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

13. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Horticulture

#109 in Asia

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

14. Osaka Prefecture University

For Horticulture

#111 in Asia

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Horticulture

#112 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

16. Osaka University

For Horticulture

#116 in Asia

#390 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Science

For Horticulture

#124 in Asia

#403 in the World

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

18. Gifu University

For Horticulture

#139 in Asia

#452 in the World

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

19. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Horticulture

#142 in Asia

#455 in the World

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

20. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Horticulture

#144 in Asia

#458 in the World

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

21. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#147 in Asia

#469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

22. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Horticulture

#149 in Asia

#472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

23. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Horticulture

#155 in Asia

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

24. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Horticulture

#172 in Asia

#538 in the World

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

25. Mie University

For Horticulture

#192 in Asia

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

26. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Horticulture

#196 in Asia

#601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

27. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Horticulture

#210 in Asia

#640 in the World

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

28. Shimane University

For Horticulture

#219 in Asia

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

29. Osaka City University

For Horticulture

#229 in Asia

#683 in the World

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

30. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Horticulture

#230 in Asia

#684 in the World

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

31. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Horticulture

#248 in Asia

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Nihon University

For Horticulture

#255 in Asia

#734 in the World

Founded: 1889

33. Saga University

For Horticulture

#264 in Asia

#767 in the World

Founded: 1949

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Horticulture

#272 in Asia

#787 in the World

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

35. Kochi University

For Horticulture

#286 in Asia

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Horticulture

#288 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Horticulture

#297 in Asia

#838 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Horticulture

#300 in Asia

#847 in the World

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

39. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Horticulture

#303 in Asia

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

40. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Horticulture

#311 in Asia

#874 in the World

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

41. Ibaraki University

For Horticulture

#316 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

42. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Horticulture

#324 in Asia

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

43. Ochanomizu University

For Horticulture

#333 in Asia

#928 in the World

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

44. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Horticulture

#337 in Asia

#943 in the World

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

45. Kyoto Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#347 in Asia

#964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

46. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Horticulture

#356 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

47. Keio University

For Horticulture

#357 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

48. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Horticulture

#373 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

49. Meijo University

For Horticulture

#397 in Asia

#1058 in the World

Founded: 1926

50. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Horticulture

#399 in Asia

#1064 in the World

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

51. Teikyo University

For Horticulture

#403 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

52. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Horticulture

#405 in Asia

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

53. Kitasato University

For Horticulture

#407 in Asia

#1081 in the World

Founded: 1962

54. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Horticulture

#414 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

55. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Horticulture

#427 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

56. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Horticulture

#437 in Asia

#1135 in the World

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

57. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Horticulture

#454 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Horticulture

#459 in Asia

#1176 in the World

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

59. Meiji University

For Horticulture

#466 in Asia

#1188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

60. Tokai University

For Horticulture

#540 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

61. Toho University

For Horticulture

#541 in Asia

#1344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

62. Akita Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#550 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

63. Minami Kyushu University

Japan | Miyazaki

For Horticulture

#558 in Asia

#1393 in the World

Enrollment: 996
Founded: 1965

64. University of Toyama

For Horticulture

#566 in Asia

#1410 in the World

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

65. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Horticulture

#586 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

66. University of Yamanashi

For Horticulture

#587 in Asia

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

67. Ishikawa Prefectural University

Japan | Nonoichi

For Horticulture

#591 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 597
Founded: 2005

68. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Horticulture

#592 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

69. Nara Women's University

For Horticulture

#602 in Asia

#1492 in the World

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

70. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Horticulture

#608 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

71. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Horticulture

#610 in Asia

#1514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

72. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Horticulture

#618 in Asia

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

73. Toyo University

For Horticulture

#634 in Asia

#1551 in the World

Founded: 1887

74. Nagoya City University

For Horticulture

#652 in Asia

#1591 in the World

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

75. Waseda University

For Horticulture

#666 in Asia

#1621 in the World

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

76. Joetsu University of Education

For Horticulture

#688 in Asia

#1655 in the World

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

77. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Horticulture

#697 in Asia

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

78. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Horticulture

#699 in Asia

#1673 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

79. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Horticulture

#700 in Asia

#1675 in the World

Founded: 1938

80. Ritsumeikan University

For Horticulture

#714 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

81. Fukui Prefectural University

Japan | Eiheiji

For Horticulture

#718 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1992

82. Hoshi University

For Horticulture

#725 in Asia

#1736 in the World

Founded: 1911

83. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Horticulture

#739 in Asia

#1768 in the World

Founded: 1934

84. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Horticulture

#757 in Asia

#1796 in the World

Founded: 1904

85. Mukogawa Women's University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Horticulture

#772 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

86. Kobe Gakuin University

For Horticulture

#793 in Asia

#1871 in the World

Founded: 1966

87. Showa University

For Horticulture

#811 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

88. Japan Women's University

For Horticulture

#850 in Asia

#1987 in the World

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

89. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Horticulture

#863 in Asia

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

90. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Horticulture

#866 in Asia

#2013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

91. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Horticulture

#872 in Asia

#2026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

92. Juntendo University

For Horticulture

#878 in Asia

#2043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

93. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Horticulture

#883 in Asia

#2048 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

94. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Horticulture

#896 in Asia

#2071 in the World

Founded: 1933

95. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Horticulture

#922 in Asia

#2119 in the World

Founded: 1949

96. Toyama Prefectural University

For Horticulture

#929 in Asia

#2131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

97. University of Electro-Communications

For Horticulture

#936 in Asia

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

98. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Horticulture

#937 in Asia

#2150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

99. Fukuyama University

Japan | Fukuyama

For Horticulture

#952 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1975

100. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Horticulture

#961 in Asia

#2205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

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