100 Best universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 15.2M citations received by 692K academic papers made by 395 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 Paleontology

#1 in Asia

#16 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Paleontology

#2 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Paleontology

#8 in Asia

#85 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Paleontology

#11 in Asia

#89 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Paleontology

#12 in Asia

#101 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Paleontology

#15 in Asia

#129 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Paleontology

#17 in Asia

#138 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Paleontology

#26 in Asia

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

9. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Paleontology

#47 in Asia

#291 in the World

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

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Paleontology

#49 in Asia

#293 in the World

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

11. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Paleontology

#64 in Asia

#348 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Paleontology

#76 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

13. Tokyo University of Science

For Paleontology

#77 in Asia

#399 in the World

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

14. Keio University

For Paleontology

#78 in Asia

#403 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Paleontology

#80 in Asia

#412 in the World

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

16. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Paleontology

#105 in Asia

#511 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Paleontology

#115 in Asia

#540 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Paleontology

#116 in Asia

#541 in the World

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

19. Waseda University

For Paleontology

#127 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

20. Gifu University

For Paleontology

#134 in Asia

#593 in the World

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

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Paleontology

#137 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Paleontology

#139 in Asia

#606 in the World

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

23. Osaka City University

For Paleontology

#151 in Asia

#631 in the World

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

24. Kitasato University

For Paleontology

#153 in Asia

#636 in the World

Founded: 1962

25. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Paleontology

#154 in Asia

#640 in the World

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

26. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Paleontology

#157 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

27. Juntendo University

For Paleontology

#159 in Asia

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

28. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Paleontology

#162 in Asia

#663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

29. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Paleontology

#173 in Asia

#689 in the World

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

30. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Paleontology

#183 in Asia

#708 in the World

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

31. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Paleontology

#187 in Asia

#716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

32. Osaka Prefecture University

For Paleontology

#189 in Asia

#724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

33. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Paleontology

#194 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Paleontology

#196 in Asia

#736 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Paleontology

#203 in Asia

#762 in the World

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

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Paleontology

#208 in Asia

#773 in the World

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

37. Kochi University

For Paleontology

#226 in Asia

#812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

38. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Paleontology

#232 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

39. Tokai University

For Paleontology

#238 in Asia

#842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Paleontology

#244 in Asia

#853 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

41. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Paleontology

#245 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Paleontology

#264 in Asia

#906 in the World

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

43. Mie University

For Paleontology

#273 in Asia

#931 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

44. Shimane University

For Paleontology

#278 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

45. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Paleontology

#290 in Asia

#985 in the World

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

46. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Paleontology

#293 in Asia

#989 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

47. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Paleontology

#294 in Asia

#995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

48. Toho University

For Paleontology

#296 in Asia

#997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

49. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Paleontology

#304 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

50. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Paleontology

#316 in Asia

#1059 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

51. Ibaraki University

For Paleontology

#317 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Paleontology

#318 in Asia

#1069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

53. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Paleontology

#319 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

54. Teikyo University

For Paleontology

#322 in Asia

#1081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

55. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Paleontology

#325 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Akita University

For Paleontology

#328 in Asia

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

57. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Paleontology

#343 in Asia

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

58. University of Yamanashi

For Paleontology

#352 in Asia

#1144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. University of Toyama

For Paleontology

#356 in Asia

#1152 in the World

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

60. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Paleontology

#359 in Asia

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

61. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Paleontology

#360 in Asia

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

62. Ritsumeikan University

For Paleontology

#365 in Asia

#1183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

63. Saga University

For Paleontology

#366 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Founded: 1949

64. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Paleontology

#372 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

65. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Paleontology

#378 in Asia

#1207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

66. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Paleontology

#380 in Asia

#1214 in the World

Founded: 1934

67. Showa University

For Paleontology

#385 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

68. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Paleontology

#398 in Asia

#1249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

69. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Paleontology

#402 in Asia

#1262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

70. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Paleontology

#403 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

71. Nagoya City University

For Paleontology

#413 in Asia

#1283 in the World

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

72. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Paleontology

#444 in Asia

#1334 in the World

Founded: 1978

73. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Paleontology

#447 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Founded: 1972

74. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Paleontology

#451 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

75. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Paleontology

#455 in Asia

#1363 in the World

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

76. Kurume University

For Paleontology

#458 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Founded: 1928

77. University of Fukui

For Paleontology

#468 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Paleontology

#476 in Asia

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

79. Meijo University

For Paleontology

#483 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Founded: 1926

80. University of Electro-Communications

For Paleontology

#485 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

81. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Paleontology

#497 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

82. Oita University

For Paleontology

#505 in Asia

#1471 in the World

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

83. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Paleontology

#508 in Asia

#1478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

84. Tokyo Dental College

For Paleontology

#513 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Founded: 1890

85. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Paleontology

#517 in Asia

#1489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

86. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Paleontology

#525 in Asia

#1509 in the World

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

87. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Paleontology

#535 in Asia

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

88. Nippon Medical School

For Paleontology

#539 in Asia

#1533 in the World

Founded: 1904

89. Meiji University

For Paleontology

#550 in Asia

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

90. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Paleontology

#556 in Asia

#1570 in the World

Founded: 1971

91. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Paleontology

#557 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

92. Kansai University

For Paleontology

#574 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

93. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Paleontology

#593 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

94. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Paleontology

#610 in Asia

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

95. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Paleontology

#614 in Asia

#1679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

96. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Paleontology

#616 in Asia

#1682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

97. Doshisha University

For Paleontology

#622 in Asia

#1693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Founded: 1920

98. University of Hyogo

For Paleontology

#628 in Asia

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

99. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Paleontology

#631 in Asia

#1715 in the World

Founded: 1972

100. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Paleontology

#633 in Asia

#1718 in the World

Founded: 1928

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