Sendai's 8 best Materials Science schools [2026 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Sendai ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 2.7M citations received by 129K academic papers made by 8 universities in Sendai 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. Tohoku University

For Materials Science

#2 in Japan

#3 in Asia

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

2. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Materials Science

#101 in Japan

#726 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

3. Tohoku Gakuin University

For Materials Science

#140 in Japan

#1047 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1949

4. Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Materials Science

#178 in Japan

#1258 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1964

5. Miyagi University of Education

For Materials Science

#266 in Japan

#2019 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1965

6. Miyagi University

For Materials Science

#300 in Japan

#2197 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1997

7. Tohoku Fukushi University

For Materials Science

#343 in Japan

#2425 in Asia

Enrollment: 5,462
Founded: 1962

8. Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

For Materials Science

#373 in Japan

#2538 in Asia

Founded: 1999

Universities for Materials Science near Sendai

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
26	Sendai University	185	Shibata
46	Yamagata University	29	Yamagata
73	Fukushima Medical University	182	Fukushima
116	University of Aizu	151	Aizuwakamatsu
139	Iwaki Meisei University	192	Iwaki
174	Niigata University	32	Niigata
174	Akita University	64	Akita
174	Akita Prefectural University	110	Akita
198	Nagaoka University	92	Nagaoka
206	Nagaoka University of Technology	33	Nagaoka

Chemistry subfields in Sendai

Biochemistry9

Environmental Chemistry5

Inorganic Chemistry5

Organic Chemistry9

Physical chemistry5