100 Best universities for Biology 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 Biology. A graph of 92.6M citations received by 3.83M academic papers made by 528 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: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Biology

#2 in Asia

#21 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Biology

#3 in Asia

#34 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Biology

#12 in Asia

#80 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Biology

#13 in Asia

#83 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Biology

#19 in Asia

#103 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Biology

#20 in Asia

#104 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Biology

#33 in Asia

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Biology

#38 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Biology

#42 in Asia

#242 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Biology

#48 in Asia

#266 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Biology

#51 in Asia

#282 in the World

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

13. Chiba University

For Biology

#53 in Asia

#284 in the World

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

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Biology

#57 in Asia

#291 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Biology

#59 in Asia

#300 in the World

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

16. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Biology

#69 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

17. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Biology

#71 in Asia

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

18. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Biology

#74 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

19. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Biology

#110 in Asia

#446 in the World

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

20. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Biology

#115 in Asia

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

21. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Biology

#120 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

22. Juntendo University

For Biology

#122 in Asia

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

23. Osaka City University

For Biology

#123 in Asia

#486 in the World

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

24. Gifu University

For Biology

#131 in Asia

#509 in the World

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

25. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Biology

#133 in Asia

#511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Biology

#134 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

27. Nihon University

For Biology

#135 in Asia

#516 in the World

Founded: 1889

28. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Biology

#139 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

29. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Biology

#142 in Asia

#538 in the World

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

30. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Biology

#146 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

31. Kitasato University

For Biology

#149 in Asia

#559 in the World

Founded: 1962

32. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Biology

#158 in Asia

#591 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Waseda University

For Biology

#159 in Asia

#594 in the World

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

34. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Biology

#164 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

35. Mie University

For Biology

#165 in Asia

#606 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

36. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Biology

#166 in Asia

#607 in the World

Founded: 1972

37. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Biology

#168 in Asia

#609 in the World

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

38. Nagoya City University

For Biology

#174 in Asia

#630 in the World

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

39. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Biology

#179 in Asia

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

40. Tokai University

For Biology

#186 in Asia

#655 in the World

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

41. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Biology

#193 in Asia

#664 in the World

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

42. Showa University

For Biology

#199 in Asia

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

43. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Biology

#201 in Asia

#691 in the World

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

44. Kurume University

For Biology

#202 in Asia

#692 in the World

Founded: 1928

45. Osaka Prefecture University

For Biology

#203 in Asia

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

46. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Biology

#206 in Asia

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

47. Nippon Medical School

For Biology

#223 in Asia

#743 in the World

Founded: 1904

48. Teikyo University

For Biology

#230 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

49. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Biology

#235 in Asia

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

50. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Biology

#242 in Asia

#785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

51. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Biology

#243 in Asia

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Toho University

For Biology

#250 in Asia

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

53. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Biology

#253 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

54. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Biology

#257 in Asia

#827 in the World

Founded: 1934

55. Shimane University

For Biology

#258 in Asia

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

56. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Biology

#277 in Asia

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

57. University of Toyama

For Biology

#278 in Asia

#869 in the World

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

58. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Biology

#284 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

59. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Biology

#285 in Asia

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

60. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Biology

#287 in Asia

#890 in the World

Founded: 1972

61. University of Yamanashi

For Biology

#288 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Biology

#289 in Asia

#896 in the World

Founded: 1928

63. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Biology

#294 in Asia

#907 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Biology

#297 in Asia

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

65. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Biology

#300 in Asia

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

66. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Biology

#302 in Asia

#928 in the World

Founded: 1978

67. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Biology

#303 in Asia

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

68. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Biology

#306 in Asia

#935 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

69. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Biology

#317 in Asia

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

70. Akita University

For Biology

#325 in Asia

#969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

71. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Biology

#329 in Asia

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

72. University of Fukui

For Biology

#336 in Asia

#987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

73. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Biology

#337 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

74. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Biology

#338 in Asia

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

75. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Biology

#347 in Asia

#1011 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

76. Tokyo Medical University

For Biology

#351 in Asia

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

77. Kochi University

For Biology

#356 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Biology

#359 in Asia

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

79. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Biology

#361 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

80. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Biology

#368 in Asia

#1052 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

81. Oita University

For Biology

#377 in Asia

#1072 in the World

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

82. Saga University

For Biology

#381 in Asia

#1081 in the World

Founded: 1949

83. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Biology

#404 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Founded: 1927

84. Kyorin University

For Biology

#407 in Asia

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

85. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Biology

#409 in Asia

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

86. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Biology

#410 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

87. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Biology

#416 in Asia

#1173 in the World

Founded: 1928

88. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Biology

#424 in Asia

#1189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

89. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Biology

#426 in Asia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

90. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Biology

#438 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

91. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Biology

#462 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

92. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Biology

#463 in Asia

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

93. Kanazawa Medical University

For Biology

#468 in Asia

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

94. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Biology

#472 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

95. Meijo University

For Biology

#489 in Asia

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1926

96. Ritsumeikan University

For Biology

#500 in Asia

#1334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

97. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Biology

#512 in Asia

#1364 in the World

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

98. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Biology

#513 in Asia

#1366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

99. Ibaraki University

For Biology

#518 in Asia

#1372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

100. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Biology

#519 in Asia

#1373 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.