100 Best universities for Remote Sensing in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Remote Sensing. A graph of 920K citations received by 47.6K academic papers made by 120 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 Remote Sensing

#5 in Asia

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Remote Sensing

#25 in Asia

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Tohoku University

For Remote Sensing

#34 in Asia

#140 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Remote Sensing

#42 in Asia

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

5. Chiba University

For Remote Sensing

#48 in Asia

#182 in the World

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

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#56 in Asia

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#60 in Asia

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#69 in Asia

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Remote Sensing

#80 in Asia

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

10. Osaka University

For Remote Sensing

#85 in Asia

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

11. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Remote Sensing

#113 in Asia

#454 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Remote Sensing

#122 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

13. Tokai University

For Remote Sensing

#128 in Asia

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

14. Kobe University

For Remote Sensing

#148 in Asia

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#152 in Asia

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#164 in Asia

#622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Remote Sensing

#187 in Asia

#687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Waseda University

For Remote Sensing

#195 in Asia

#704 in the World

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

19. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Remote Sensing

#219 in Asia

#759 in the World

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

20. Keio University

For Remote Sensing

#225 in Asia

#778 in the World

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

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Remote Sensing

#237 in Asia

#816 in the World

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

22. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Remote Sensing

#241 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

23. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Remote Sensing

#262 in Asia

#864 in the World

Founded: 1949

24. Osaka Prefecture University

For Remote Sensing

#268 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

25. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#273 in Asia

#892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

26. Saga University

For Remote Sensing

#276 in Asia

#901 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Remote Sensing

#277 in Asia

#903 in the World

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

28. Nihon University

For Remote Sensing

#279 in Asia

#911 in the World

Founded: 1889

29. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#301 in Asia

#971 in the World

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

30. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#311 in Asia

#996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

31. Ibaraki University

For Remote Sensing

#313 in Asia

#1000 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#322 in Asia

#1018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

33. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Remote Sensing

#324 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

34. Gifu University

For Remote Sensing

#327 in Asia

#1033 in the World

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

35. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Remote Sensing

#330 in Asia

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

36. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Remote Sensing

#331 in Asia

#1046 in the World

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

37. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Remote Sensing

#332 in Asia

#1048 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

38. Ritsumeikan University

For Remote Sensing

#342 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

39. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Remote Sensing

#347 in Asia

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

40. Osaka City University

For Remote Sensing

#367 in Asia

#1111 in the World

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

41. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Remote Sensing

#372 in Asia

#1119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Remote Sensing

#376 in Asia

#1126 in the World

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

43. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#394 in Asia

#1167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

44. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Remote Sensing

#400 in Asia

#1173 in the World

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

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Remote Sensing

#426 in Asia

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. Tokyo Denki University

For Remote Sensing

#441 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Founded: 1907

47. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#443 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

48. Shimane University

For Remote Sensing

#451 in Asia

#1283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

49. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#456 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

50. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Remote Sensing

#506 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. University of Yamanashi

For Remote Sensing

#507 in Asia

#1391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Remote Sensing

#517 in Asia

#1408 in the World

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

53. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Remote Sensing

#521 in Asia

#1420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 5,917
Founded: 1965

54. Meiji University

For Remote Sensing

#546 in Asia

#1466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

55. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Remote Sensing

#554 in Asia

#1478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

56. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Remote Sensing

#567 in Asia

#1507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

57. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Remote Sensing

#572 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Remote Sensing

#573 in Asia

#1524 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Remote Sensing

#574 in Asia

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

60. University of Fukui

For Remote Sensing

#575 in Asia

#1527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Remote Sensing

#585 in Asia

#1548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

62. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#602 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

63. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#605 in Asia

#1582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

64. Toyo University

For Remote Sensing

#611 in Asia

#1593 in the World

Founded: 1887

65. Hosei University

For Remote Sensing

#615 in Asia

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

66. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#618 in Asia

#1605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

67. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Remote Sensing

#627 in Asia

#1620 in the World

Founded: 1942

68. Mie University

For Remote Sensing

#634 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

69. University of Toyama

For Remote Sensing

#636 in Asia

#1634 in the World

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

70. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#641 in Asia

#1647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

71. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Remote Sensing

#648 in Asia

#1660 in the World

Founded: 1938

72. Akita University

For Remote Sensing

#654 in Asia

#1672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

73. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Remote Sensing

#655 in Asia

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

74. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Remote Sensing

#656 in Asia

#1675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

75. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#675 in Asia

#1707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

76. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#676 in Asia

#1709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

77. Meijo University

For Remote Sensing

#684 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Founded: 1926

78. Kochi University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#689 in Asia

#1738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

79. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Remote Sensing

#702 in Asia

#1757 in the World

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

80. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#719 in Asia

#1794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

81. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Remote Sensing

#728 in Asia

#1811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

82. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Remote Sensing

#762 in Asia

#1896 in the World

Founded: 2004

83. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Remote Sensing

#772 in Asia

#1913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

84. Nara Women's University

For Remote Sensing

#779 in Asia

#1928 in the World

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

85. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Remote Sensing

#782 in Asia

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

86. University of Hyogo

For Remote Sensing

#788 in Asia

#1945 in the World

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

87. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#791 in Asia

#1954 in the World

Founded: 1934

88. Kochi University

For Remote Sensing

#795 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

89. Rikkyo University

For Remote Sensing

#798 in Asia

#1967 in the World

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

90. Hokkaido University of Science

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#799 in Asia

#1971 in the World

Founded: 1967

91. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#814 in Asia

#1997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

92. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#816 in Asia

#1999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

93. Doshisha University

For Remote Sensing

#822 in Asia

#2008 in the World

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

94. Aichi Prefectural University

Japan | Nagakute

For Remote Sensing

#834 in Asia

#2034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 3,224
Founded: 1950

95. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Remote Sensing

#845 in Asia

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

96. Kansai University

For Remote Sensing

#855 in Asia

#2077 in the World

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

97. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#862 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

98. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Remote Sensing

#869 in Asia

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

99. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Remote Sensing

#897 in Asia

#2163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

100. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#899 in Asia

#2167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

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

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