100 Best universities for Immunology 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 Immunology. A graph of 18.7M citations received by 658K academic papers made by 281 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. Osaka University

For Immunology

#1 in Asia

#23 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

For Immunology

#2 in Asia

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,479
Founded: 1877

3. Kyoto University

For Immunology

#3 in Asia

#38 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Immunology

#8 in Asia

#78 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Immunology

#16 in Asia

#113 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Immunology

#22 in Asia

#130 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Immunology

#28 in Asia

#159 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Immunology

#29 in Asia

#161 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Immunology

#30 in Asia

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

10. Juntendo University

For Immunology

#37 in Asia

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

11. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Immunology

#38 in Asia

#209 in the World

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

12. Chiba University

For Immunology

#39 in Asia

#210 in the World

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

13. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Immunology

#43 in Asia

#226 in the World

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

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Immunology

#46 in Asia

#238 in the World

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

15. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Immunology

#51 in Asia

#265 in the World

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

16. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Immunology

#54 in Asia

#279 in the World

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

17. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Immunology

#58 in Asia

#293 in the World

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

18. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Immunology

#59 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

19. Kobe University

For Immunology

#60 in Asia

#302 in the World

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

20. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Immunology

#61 in Asia

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo University of Science

For Immunology

#62 in Asia

#311 in the World

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

22. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Immunology

#63 in Asia

#312 in the World

Founded: 1972

23. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Immunology

#67 in Asia

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

24. Kurume University

For Immunology

#73 in Asia

#335 in the World

Founded: 1928

25. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Immunology

#74 in Asia

#341 in the World

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

26. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Immunology

#76 in Asia

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

27. Osaka City University

For Immunology

#80 in Asia

#357 in the World

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

28. Nihon University

For Immunology

#81 in Asia

#359 in the World

Founded: 1889

29. Kitasato University

For Immunology

#84 in Asia

#367 in the World

Founded: 1962

30. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Immunology

#86 in Asia

#370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

31. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Immunology

#87 in Asia

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

32. Tokai University

For Immunology

#88 in Asia

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

33. Nagoya City University

For Immunology

#90 in Asia

#374 in the World

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

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Immunology

#91 in Asia

#383 in the World

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

35. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Immunology

#92 in Asia

#385 in the World

Founded: 1971

36. Showa University

For Immunology

#93 in Asia

#388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

37. Mie University

For Immunology

#94 in Asia

#390 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

38. Gifu University

For Immunology

#98 in Asia

#399 in the World

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

39. Nippon Medical School

For Immunology

#100 in Asia

#405 in the World

Founded: 1904

40. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Immunology

#109 in Asia

#420 in the World

Founded: 1949

41. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Immunology

#110 in Asia

#421 in the World

Founded: 1928

42. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Immunology

#111 in Asia

#422 in the World

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

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Immunology

#119 in Asia

#442 in the World

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

44. Teikyo University

For Immunology

#120 in Asia

#443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

45. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Immunology

#121 in Asia

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

46. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Immunology

#128 in Asia

#463 in the World

Founded: 1978

47. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Immunology

#129 in Asia

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

48. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Immunology

#136 in Asia

#490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

49. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Immunology

#137 in Asia

#491 in the World

Founded: 1972

50. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Immunology

#140 in Asia

#497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

51. Tokyo Medical University

For Immunology

#142 in Asia

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

52. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Immunology

#144 in Asia

#506 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

53. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Immunology

#147 in Asia

#512 in the World

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

54. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Immunology

#155 in Asia

#531 in the World

Founded: 1934

55. Toho University

For Immunology

#156 in Asia

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

56. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Immunology

#163 in Asia

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

57. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Immunology

#166 in Asia

#558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

58. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Immunology

#169 in Asia

#576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

59. Akita University

For Immunology

#173 in Asia

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

60. University of Yamanashi

For Immunology

#174 in Asia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

61. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Immunology

#176 in Asia

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

62. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Immunology

#179 in Asia

#598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

63. Shimane University

For Immunology

#181 in Asia

#604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

64. University of Toyama

For Immunology

#182 in Asia

#610 in the World

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

65. Kyorin University

For Immunology

#184 in Asia

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

66. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Immunology

#194 in Asia

#633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

67. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Immunology

#196 in Asia

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

68. University of Fukui

For Immunology

#199 in Asia

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. Oita University

For Immunology

#200 in Asia

#645 in the World

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

70. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Immunology

#202 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

71. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Immunology

#203 in Asia

#649 in the World

Founded: 1927

72. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Immunology

#206 in Asia

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

73. Kanazawa Medical University

For Immunology

#211 in Asia

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

74. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Immunology

#213 in Asia

#675 in the World

Founded: 1928

75. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Immunology

#217 in Asia

#696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

76. Dokkyo University

For Immunology

#221 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

77. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Immunology

#229 in Asia

#725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

78. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Immunology

#230 in Asia

#729 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. Kochi University

For Immunology

#231 in Asia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

80. Saga University

For Immunology

#239 in Asia

#754 in the World

Founded: 1949

81. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Immunology

#248 in Asia

#776 in the World

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

82. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Immunology

#250 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

83. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Immunology

#260 in Asia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

84. Osaka International University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Immunology

#269 in Asia

#836 in the World

Founded: 1988

85. Osaka Prefecture University

For Immunology

#270 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

86. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Immunology

#272 in Asia

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

87. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Immunology

#302 in Asia

#915 in the World

Founded: 1972

88. Waseda University

For Immunology

#306 in Asia

#923 in the World

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

89. Tokyo Dental College

For Immunology

#319 in Asia

#950 in the World

Founded: 1890

90. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Immunology

#328 in Asia

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

91. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Immunology

#331 in Asia

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

92. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Immunology

#336 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 2003

93. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Immunology

#349 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

94. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Immunology

#353 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

95. Hoshi University

For Immunology

#406 in Asia

#1157 in the World

Founded: 1911

96. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Immunology

#417 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

97. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Immunology

#423 in Asia

#1193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

98. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Immunology

#439 in Asia

#1218 in the World

Founded: 1933

99. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Immunology

#441 in Asia

#1221 in the World

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

100. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Immunology

#444 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

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