100 Best universities for Biology 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 Biology. A graph of 88.7M citations received by 3.74M academic papers made by 527 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 Biology

#1 in Asia

#15 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Biology

#2 in Asia

#21 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Biology

#3 in Asia

#33 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Biology

#11 in Asia

#79 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Biology

#12 in Asia

#82 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Biology

#16 in Asia

#98 in the World

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

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Biology

#17 in Asia

#99 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Biology

#33 in Asia

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Biology

#35 in Asia

#225 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Biology

#39 in Asia

#239 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Biology

#44 in Asia

#260 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Biology

#50 in Asia

#280 in the World

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

13. Chiba University

For Biology

#51 in Asia

#282 in the World

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

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Biology

#53 in Asia

#286 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Biology

#54 in Asia

#289 in the World

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

16. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Biology

#66 in Asia

#334 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Biology

#67 in Asia

#336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

18. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Biology

#70 in Asia

#344 in the World

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

19. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Biology

#102 in Asia

#436 in the World

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

20. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Biology

#106 in Asia

#442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

21. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Biology

#114 in Asia

#459 in the World

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

22. Osaka City University

For Biology

#116 in Asia

#469 in the World

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

23. Juntendo University

For Biology

#119 in Asia

#477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

24. Gifu University

For Biology

#124 in Asia

#495 in the World

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

25. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Biology

#125 in Asia

#497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Biology

#128 in Asia

#505 in the World

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

27. Nihon University

For Biology

#129 in Asia

#507 in the World

Founded: 1889

28. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Biology

#134 in Asia

#525 in the World

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

29. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Biology

#139 in Asia

#531 in the World

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

30. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Biology

#141 in Asia

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

31. Kitasato University

For Biology

#144 in Asia

#549 in the World

Founded: 1962

32. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Biology

#151 in Asia

#581 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Waseda University

For Biology

#154 in Asia

#586 in the World

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

34. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Biology

#158 in Asia

#591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

35. Mie University

For Biology

#159 in Asia

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

36. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Biology

#160 in Asia

#596 in the World

Founded: 1972

37. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Biology

#161 in Asia

#598 in the World

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

38. Nagoya City University

For Biology

#168 in Asia

#620 in the World

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

39. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Biology

#171 in Asia

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

40. Tokai University

For Biology

#172 in Asia

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

41. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Biology

#180 in Asia

#649 in the World

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

42. Showa University

For Biology

#191 in Asia

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

43. Osaka Prefecture University

For Biology

#193 in Asia

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

44. Kurume University

For Biology

#194 in Asia

#672 in the World

Founded: 1928

45. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Biology

#198 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

46. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Biology

#199 in Asia

#684 in the World

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

47. Nippon Medical School

For Biology

#213 in Asia

#728 in the World

Founded: 1904

48. Teikyo University

For Biology

#216 in Asia

#733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

49. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Biology

#228 in Asia

#762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

50. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Biology

#234 in Asia

#776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Biology

#235 in Asia

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

52. Toho University

For Biology

#238 in Asia

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

53. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Biology

#244 in Asia

#808 in the World

Founded: 1934

54. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Biology

#246 in Asia

#811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

55. Shimane University

For Biology

#247 in Asia

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

56. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Biology

#256 in Asia

#831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

57. University of Toyama

For Biology

#270 in Asia

#862 in the World

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

58. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Biology

#277 in Asia

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

59. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Biology

#278 in Asia

#879 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

60. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Biology

#281 in Asia

#882 in the World

Founded: 1928

61. University of Yamanashi

For Biology

#283 in Asia

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Biology

#284 in Asia

#886 in the World

Founded: 1972

63. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Biology

#287 in Asia

#889 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Biology

#290 in Asia

#896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

65. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Biology

#292 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

66. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Biology

#294 in Asia

#913 in the World

Founded: 1978

67. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Biology

#295 in Asia

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

68. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Biology

#298 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

69. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Biology

#306 in Asia

#939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

70. Akita University

For Biology

#311 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

71. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Biology

#313 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

72. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Biology

#314 in Asia

#954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

73. University of Fukui

For Biology

#321 in Asia

#964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

74. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Biology

#322 in Asia

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

75. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Biology

#333 in Asia

#992 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

76. Tokyo Medical University

For Biology

#336 in Asia

#1001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

77. Kochi University

For Biology

#340 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Biology

#345 in Asia

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

79. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Biology

#349 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

80. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Biology

#351 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

81. Oita University

For Biology

#358 in Asia

#1049 in the World

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

82. Saga University

For Biology

#360 in Asia

#1053 in the World

Founded: 1949

83. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Biology

#384 in Asia

#1106 in the World

Founded: 1927

84. Kyorin University

For Biology

#389 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

85. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Biology

#396 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

86. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Biology

#398 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

87. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Biology

#401 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1928

88. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Biology

#415 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

89. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Biology

#416 in Asia

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

90. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Biology

#421 in Asia

#1189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

91. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Biology

#442 in Asia

#1247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

92. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Biology

#443 in Asia

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

93. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Biology

#450 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

94. Kanazawa Medical University

For Biology

#452 in Asia

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

95. Meijo University

For Biology

#468 in Asia

#1287 in the World

Founded: 1926

96. Ritsumeikan University

For Biology

#487 in Asia

#1323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

97. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Biology

#495 in Asia

#1338 in the World

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

98. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Biology

#498 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

99. Ibaraki University

For Biology

#499 in Asia

#1344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

100. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Biology

#503 in Asia

#1354 in the World

Founded: 1971

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