100 Best universities for Zoology 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 Zoology. A graph of 2.32M citations received by 119K academic papers made by 199 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. Kyoto University

For Zoology

#1 in Asia

#13 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

For Zoology

#2 in Asia

#25 in the World

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

3. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Zoology

#3 in Asia

#48 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Zoology

#8 in Asia

#100 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Zoology

#13 in Asia

#192 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Zoology

#14 in Asia

#198 in the World

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

7. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Zoology

#18 in Asia

#244 in the World

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

8. Osaka University

For Zoology

#24 in Asia

#269 in the World

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

9. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Zoology

#31 in Asia

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Zoology

#33 in Asia

#333 in the World

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

11. Kobe University

For Zoology

#35 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

12. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Zoology

#41 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

13. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Zoology

#47 in Asia

#400 in the World

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

14. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#49 in Asia

#408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

15. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Zoology

#54 in Asia

#418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

16. Nihon University

For Zoology

#67 in Asia

#445 in the World

Founded: 1889

17. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Zoology

#69 in Asia

#455 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

18. Gifu University

For Zoology

#70 in Asia

#457 in the World

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

19. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Zoology

#73 in Asia

#469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

20. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Zoology

#74 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

21. Tokyo University of Science

For Zoology

#93 in Asia

#546 in the World

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

22. Osaka City University

For Zoology

#96 in Asia

#555 in the World

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

23. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Zoology

#104 in Asia

#581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

24. Chiba University

For Zoology

#105 in Asia

#584 in the World

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

25. Mie University

For Zoology

#107 in Asia

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

26. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Zoology

#108 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

27. Keio University

For Zoology

#109 in Asia

#604 in the World

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

28. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Zoology

#112 in Asia

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

29. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Zoology

#113 in Asia

#615 in the World

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

30. Kitasato University

For Zoology

#116 in Asia

#638 in the World

Founded: 1962

31. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Zoology

#119 in Asia

#646 in the World

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

32. Kochi University

For Zoology

#120 in Asia

#648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

33. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Zoology

#129 in Asia

#680 in the World

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

34. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Zoology

#145 in Asia

#739 in the World

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

35. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Zoology

#150 in Asia

#758 in the World

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

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Zoology

#156 in Asia

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Zoology

#157 in Asia

#774 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Zoology

#158 in Asia

#777 in the World

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

39. Ibaraki University

For Zoology

#166 in Asia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

40. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Zoology

#177 in Asia

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

41. Waseda University

For Zoology

#181 in Asia

#835 in the World

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

42. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Zoology

#188 in Asia

#853 in the World

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

43. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Zoology

#195 in Asia

#872 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Zoology

#214 in Asia

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

45. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Zoology

#217 in Asia

#922 in the World

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

46. Toho University

For Zoology

#224 in Asia

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

47. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Zoology

#234 in Asia

#964 in the World

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

48. University of Toyama

For Zoology

#237 in Asia

#969 in the World

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

49. Tokai University

For Zoology

#238 in Asia

#970 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

50. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Zoology

#241 in Asia

#978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Zoology

#243 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

52. Osaka Prefecture University

For Zoology

#246 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

53. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Zoology

#248 in Asia

#998 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

54. Oita University

For Zoology

#265 in Asia

#1049 in the World

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

55. Juntendo University

For Zoology

#269 in Asia

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

56. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Zoology

#271 in Asia

#1061 in the World

Founded: 1934

57. Nara Women's University

For Zoology

#278 in Asia

#1083 in the World

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

58. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Zoology

#282 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

59. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#289 in Asia

#1102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

60. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Zoology

#302 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

61. Saga University

For Zoology

#304 in Asia

#1137 in the World

Founded: 1949

62. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Zoology

#313 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

63. Shimane University

For Zoology

#331 in Asia

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

64. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Zoology

#350 in Asia

#1241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

65. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Zoology

#354 in Asia

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

66. Showa University

For Zoology

#362 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

67. Teikyo University

For Zoology

#373 in Asia

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

68. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Zoology

#377 in Asia

#1300 in the World

Founded: 1933

69. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Zoology

#382 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

70. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Zoology

#384 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

71. Akita University

For Zoology

#390 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

72. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#405 in Asia

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

73. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Zoology

#418 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

74. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Zoology

#420 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Founded: 1972

75. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Zoology

#440 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

76. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Zoology

#443 in Asia

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

77. Nagoya City University

For Zoology

#445 in Asia

#1469 in the World

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

78. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Zoology

#450 in Asia

#1475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

79. Meijo University

For Zoology

#454 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Founded: 1926

80. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Zoology

#455 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

81. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Zoology

#459 in Asia

#1490 in the World

Founded: 1928

82. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Zoology

#465 in Asia

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

83. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Zoology

#477 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

84. Ritsumeikan University

For Zoology

#482 in Asia

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

85. Rikkyo University

For Zoology

#493 in Asia

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

86. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Zoology

#503 in Asia

#1603 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

87. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Zoology

#507 in Asia

#1608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

88. Tokyo Dental College

For Zoology

#508 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Founded: 1890

89. University of Yamanashi

For Zoology

#509 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

90. Nippon Dental University

For Zoology

#510 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Founded: 1907

91. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Zoology

#521 in Asia

#1644 in the World

Founded: 1971

92. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Zoology

#524 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Founded: 1978

93. University of Fukui

For Zoology

#528 in Asia

#1671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

94. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Zoology

#533 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

95. Kurume University

For Zoology

#538 in Asia

#1692 in the World

Founded: 1928

96. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Zoology

#541 in Asia

#1701 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

97. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Zoology

#546 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

98. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Zoology

#551 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

99. University of Hyogo

For Zoology

#555 in Asia

#1731 in the World

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

100. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Zoology

#560 in Asia

#1747 in the World

Founded: 1972

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