100 Best universities for Chemistry 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 Chemistry. A graph of 70.8M citations received by 3.39M academic papers made by 499 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 Chemistry

#1 in Asia

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Chemistry

#2 in Asia

#8 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Chemistry

#3 in Asia

#20 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Chemistry

#4 in Asia

#26 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Chemistry

#11 in Asia

#54 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Chemistry

#13 in Asia

#62 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

#14 in Asia

#73 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Chemistry

#15 in Asia

#74 in the World

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

9. Tokyo University of Science

For Chemistry

#36 in Asia

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

10. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Chemistry

#39 in Asia

#181 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Chemistry

#44 in Asia

#215 in the World

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

12. Keio University

For Chemistry

#48 in Asia

#234 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Chemistry

#56 in Asia

#259 in the World

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

14. Chiba University

For Chemistry

#64 in Asia

#273 in the World

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

15. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Chemistry

#65 in Asia

#274 in the World

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

16. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Chemistry

#78 in Asia

#329 in the World

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

17. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Chemistry

#81 in Asia

#333 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Chemistry

#94 in Asia

#388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

19. Waseda University

For Chemistry

#108 in Asia

#429 in the World

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

20. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Chemistry

#110 in Asia

#434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

21. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Chemistry

#118 in Asia

#461 in the World

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

22. Osaka City University

For Chemistry

#119 in Asia

#466 in the World

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

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Chemistry

#120 in Asia

#468 in the World

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

24. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Chemistry

#126 in Asia

#481 in the World

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

25. Gifu University

For Chemistry

#127 in Asia

#482 in the World

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

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Chemistry

#130 in Asia

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

27. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Chemistry

#133 in Asia

#493 in the World

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

28. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Chemistry

#136 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

29. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Chemistry

#146 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

30. Nihon University

For Chemistry

#147 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

31. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Chemistry

#155 in Asia

#550 in the World

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

32. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Chemistry

#156 in Asia

#552 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Chemistry

#165 in Asia

#570 in the World

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

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Chemistry

#171 in Asia

#593 in the World

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

35. Juntendo University

For Chemistry

#174 in Asia

#602 in the World

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

36. Mie University

For Chemistry

#175 in Asia

#605 in the World

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

37. Kitasato University

For Chemistry

#180 in Asia

#616 in the World

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

38. Tokai University

For Chemistry

#182 in Asia

#621 in the World

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

39. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Chemistry

#184 in Asia

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

40. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Chemistry

#187 in Asia

#628 in the World

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

41. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Chemistry

#190 in Asia

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

42. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

#193 in Asia

#640 in the World

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

43. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Chemistry

#199 in Asia

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Chemistry

#200 in Asia

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

45. Nagoya City University

For Chemistry

#210 in Asia

#678 in the World

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

46. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Chemistry

#219 in Asia

#703 in the World

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

47. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Chemistry

#230 in Asia

#725 in the World

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

48. Showa University

For Chemistry

#240 in Asia

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

49. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Chemistry

#249 in Asia

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

50. University of Toyama

For Chemistry

#255 in Asia

#778 in the World

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

51. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Chemistry

#256 in Asia

#780 in the World

Founded: 1972

52. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Chemistry

#262 in Asia

#789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

53. University of Yamanashi

For Chemistry

#263 in Asia

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Chemistry

#270 in Asia

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

55. Teikyo University

For Chemistry

#272 in Asia

#829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

56. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Chemistry

#277 in Asia

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

57. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Chemistry

#278 in Asia

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

58. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Chemistry

#279 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

59. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Chemistry

#284 in Asia

#867 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

60. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Chemistry

#287 in Asia

#879 in the World

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

61. Toho University

For Chemistry

#289 in Asia

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

62. Shimane University

For Chemistry

#291 in Asia

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

63. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Chemistry

#292 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

64. Kurume University

For Chemistry

#298 in Asia

#897 in the World

Founded: 1928

65. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Chemistry

#299 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

66. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Chemistry

#304 in Asia

#912 in the World

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

67. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Chemistry

#307 in Asia

#926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

68. University of Fukui

For Chemistry

#310 in Asia

#933 in the World

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

69. Nippon Medical School

For Chemistry

#311 in Asia

#934 in the World

Founded: 1904

70. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Chemistry

#315 in Asia

#939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

71. Saga University

For Chemistry

#318 in Asia

#946 in the World

Founded: 1949

72. University of Electro-Communications

For Chemistry

#320 in Asia

#948 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

73. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Chemistry

#325 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

74. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Chemistry

#327 in Asia

#966 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

75. Akita University

For Chemistry

#338 in Asia

#986 in the World

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

76. Ibaraki University

For Chemistry

#344 in Asia

#996 in the World

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

77. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Chemistry

#355 in Asia

#1015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

78. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Chemistry

#357 in Asia

#1019 in the World

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

79. Kansai University

For Chemistry

#359 in Asia

#1028 in the World

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

80. Meijo University

For Chemistry

#363 in Asia

#1035 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

81. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Chemistry

#365 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

82. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Chemistry

#366 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

83. Ritsumeikan University

For Chemistry

#368 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

84. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Chemistry

#369 in Asia

#1049 in the World

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

85. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Chemistry

#375 in Asia

#1057 in the World

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

86. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Chemistry

#381 in Asia

#1068 in the World

Founded: 1971

87. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Chemistry

#383 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 891
Male:Female: 83:17
Founded: 1990

88. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Chemistry

#387 in Asia

#1082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

89. Kochi University

For Chemistry

#401 in Asia

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

90. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Chemistry

#408 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Founded: 1978

91. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Chemistry

#409 in Asia

#1121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

92. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Chemistry

#411 in Asia

#1125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,107
Founded: 1974

93. Oita University

For Chemistry

#419 in Asia

#1144 in the World

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

94. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Chemistry

#420 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1972

95. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Chemistry

#431 in Asia

#1165 in the World

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

96. Doshisha University

For Chemistry

#444 in Asia

#1187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

97. University of Hyogo

For Chemistry

#447 in Asia

#1190 in the World

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

98. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Chemistry

#491 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

99. Tokyo Medical University

For Chemistry

#493 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

100. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Chemistry

#497 in Asia

#1291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

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

Chemistry subfields in Japan

Biochemical Engineering23

Biochemistry437

Chemical Engineering262

Computational Chemistry134

Environmental Chemistry222

Inorganic Chemistry209

Materials Science378

Nanotechnology239

Nutrition and Food Science251

Organic Chemistry401

Petrology and Geochemistry143

Physical chemistry269

Polymer science and Plastics engineering75

Radiochemistry172