100 Best universities for Zoology in Japan

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Zoology. A graph of 1.79M citations received by 105K academic papers made by 194 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

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

2. University of Tokyo

For Zoology

#2 in Asia

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
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

#102 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Zoology

#13 in Asia

#184 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Zoology

#14 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

7. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Zoology

#17 in Asia

#242 in the World

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

8. Osaka University

For Zoology

#19 in Asia

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

9. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Zoology

#28 in Asia

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Zoology

#30 in Asia

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

11. Kobe University

For Zoology

#34 in Asia

#332 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,871
Founded: 1902

12. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#38 in Asia

#368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

13. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Zoology

#39 in Asia

#373 in the World

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

14. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Zoology

#40 in Asia

#375 in the World

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

15. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Zoology

#50 in Asia

#417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

16. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Zoology

#57 in Asia

#433 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Zoology

#58 in Asia

#434 in the World

Enrollment: 77,651
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1889

18. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Zoology

#60 in Asia

#440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

19. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Zoology

#61 in Asia

#443 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

20. Gifu University

For Zoology

#66 in Asia

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo University of Science

For Zoology

#75 in Asia

#489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

22. Osaka City University

For Zoology

#80 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Zoology

#93 in Asia

#545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

24. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Zoology

#95 in Asia

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

25. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Zoology

#98 in Asia

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

26. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Zoology

#99 in Asia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

27. Keio University

For Zoology

#101 in Asia

#568 in the World

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

28. Chiba University

For Zoology

#104 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

29. Mie University

For Zoology

#106 in Asia

#591 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

30. Kochi University

For Zoology

#109 in Asia

#600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Kitasato University

For Zoology

#111 in Asia

#618 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

32. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Zoology

#115 in Asia

#625 in the World

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

33. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Zoology

#121 in Asia

#654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,337
Founded: 1941

34. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Zoology

#131 in Asia

#714 in the World

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

35. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Zoology

#141 in Asia

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Zoology

#144 in Asia

#751 in the World

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

37. Ibaraki University

For Zoology

#146 in Asia

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Zoology

#151 in Asia

#777 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Zoology

#163 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 10,090
Founded: 1949

40. Waseda University

For Zoology

#165 in Asia

#811 in the World

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

41. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Zoology

#175 in Asia

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

42. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Zoology

#176 in Asia

#829 in the World

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

43. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Zoology

#177 in Asia

#832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Zoology

#186 in Asia

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

45. University of Toyama

For Zoology

#197 in Asia

#886 in the World

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

46. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Zoology

#198 in Asia

#891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Osaka Prefecture University

For Zoology

#200 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

48. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Zoology

#201 in Asia

#896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

49. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Zoology

#212 in Asia

#923 in the World

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

50. Toho University

For Zoology

#214 in Asia

#932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

51. Tokai University

For Zoology

#221 in Asia

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,535
Founded: 1946

52. Oita University

For Zoology

#226 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

53. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Zoology

#228 in Asia

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

54. Showa University

For Zoology

#229 in Asia

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

55. Nara Women's University

For Zoology

#232 in Asia

#973 in the World

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

56. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Zoology

#233 in Asia

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

57. Juntendo University

For Zoology

#241 in Asia

#994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

58. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#250 in Asia

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

59. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Zoology

#253 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Zoology

#267 in Asia

#1053 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

61. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Zoology

#272 in Asia

#1064 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

62. Saga University

For Zoology

#276 in Asia

#1069 in the World

Founded: 1949

63. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Zoology

#277 in Asia

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,050
Founded: 1962

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Zoology

#303 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

65. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Zoology

#307 in Asia

#1164 in the World

Enrollment: 3,552
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1933

66. Teikyo University

For Zoology

#319 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

67. Shimane University

For Zoology

#330 in Asia

#1210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

68. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Zoology

#333 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Founded: 1972

69. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Zoology

#335 in Asia

#1218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

70. Akita University

For Zoology

#336 in Asia

#1220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

71. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Zoology

#343 in Asia

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

72. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Zoology

#344 in Asia

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

73. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Zoology

#351 in Asia

#1248 in the World

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

74. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Zoology

#373 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

75. Nagoya City University

For Zoology

#379 in Asia

#1334 in the World

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

76. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Zoology

#396 in Asia

#1371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

77. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Zoology

#404 in Asia

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

78. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Zoology

#406 in Asia

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

79. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Zoology

#407 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

80. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Zoology

#417 in Asia

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

81. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Zoology

#422 in Asia

#1432 in the World

Founded: 1928

82. Tamagawa University

Japan | Machida

For Zoology

#423 in Asia

#1438 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1929

83. Ritsumeikan University

For Zoology

#430 in Asia

#1453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

84. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Zoology

#433 in Asia

#1461 in the World

Enrollment: 3,065
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1964

85. Nippon Dental University

For Zoology

#436 in Asia

#1474 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1907

86. Tokyo Dental College

For Zoology

#438 in Asia

#1477 in the World

Founded: 1890

87. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Zoology

#439 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Founded: 1971

88. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Zoology

#440 in Asia

#1483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 1,132
Male:Female: 56:44
Founded: 1973

89. University of Yamanashi

For Zoology

#441 in Asia

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

90. Meijo University

For Zoology

#454 in Asia

#1509 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

91. Rikkyo University

For Zoology

#464 in Asia

#1527 in the World

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

92. University of Fukui

For Zoology

#467 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

93. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Zoology

#470 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

94. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Zoology

#475 in Asia

#1548 in the World

Founded: 1978

95. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Zoology

#481 in Asia

#1564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

96. Kurume University

For Zoology

#489 in Asia

#1582 in the World

Founded: 1928

97. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Zoology

#492 in Asia

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

98. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Zoology

#497 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Founded: 1972

99. Osaka University of Human Sciences

For Zoology

#498 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

100. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Zoology

#509 in Asia

#1641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

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