100 Best universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 874K citations received by 46.3K academic papers made by 118 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

#15 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Asia

#95 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Remote Sensing

#33 in Asia

#134 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Remote Sensing

#39 in Asia

#156 in the World

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

5. Chiba University

For Remote Sensing

#44 in Asia

#174 in the World

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

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#49 in Asia

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#56 in Asia

#203 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#64 in Asia

#233 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Remote Sensing

#76 in Asia

#276 in the World

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

10. Osaka University

For Remote Sensing

#84 in Asia

#324 in the World

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

11. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Remote Sensing

#107 in Asia

#444 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Remote Sensing

#118 in Asia

#501 in the World

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

13. Tokai University

For Remote Sensing

#119 in Asia

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

14. Kobe University

For Remote Sensing

#137 in Asia

#556 in the World

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

15. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#140 in Asia

#560 in the World

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

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#157 in Asia

#603 in the World

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

17. University of Electro-Communications

For Remote Sensing

#176 in Asia

#665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

18. Waseda University

For Remote Sensing

#187 in Asia

#693 in the World

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

19. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Remote Sensing

#201 in Asia

#727 in the World

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

20. Keio University

For Remote Sensing

#216 in Asia

#767 in the World

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

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Remote Sensing

#227 in Asia

#800 in the World

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

22. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Remote Sensing

#240 in Asia

#829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Remote Sensing

#247 in Asia

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

24. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Remote Sensing

#248 in Asia

#847 in the World

Founded: 1949

25. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#254 in Asia

#862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

26. Saga University

For Remote Sensing

#256 in Asia

#866 in the World

Founded: 1949

27. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Remote Sensing

#260 in Asia

#878 in the World

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

28. Nihon University

For Remote Sensing

#261 in Asia

#879 in the World

Founded: 1889

29. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#282 in Asia

#931 in the World

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

30. Ibaraki University

For Remote Sensing

#300 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#302 in Asia

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

32. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Remote Sensing

#304 in Asia

#999 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

33. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#307 in Asia

#1006 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

34. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Remote Sensing

#311 in Asia

#1017 in the World

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

35. Gifu University

For Remote Sensing

#314 in Asia

#1025 in the World

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

36. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Remote Sensing

#315 in Asia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

37. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Remote Sensing

#321 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

38. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Remote Sensing

#327 in Asia

#1050 in the World

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

39. Ritsumeikan University

For Remote Sensing

#337 in Asia

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

40. Osaka City University

For Remote Sensing

#340 in Asia

#1075 in the World

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

41. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Remote Sensing

#348 in Asia

#1088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Remote Sensing

#356 in Asia

#1101 in the World

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

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Remote Sensing

#371 in Asia

#1137 in the World

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

44. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#372 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Remote Sensing

#410 in Asia

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#418 in Asia

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

47. Tokyo Denki University

For Remote Sensing

#420 in Asia

#1229 in the World

Founded: 1907

48. Shimane University

For Remote Sensing

#426 in Asia

#1245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

49. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#452 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

50. University of Yamanashi

For Remote Sensing

#464 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

51. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Remote Sensing

#473 in Asia

#1342 in the World

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

52. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Remote Sensing

#475 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

53. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Remote Sensing

#487 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

54. Meiji University

For Remote Sensing

#523 in Asia

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

55. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Remote Sensing

#537 in Asia

#1466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

56. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Remote Sensing

#538 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

57. University of Fukui

For Remote Sensing

#539 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Remote Sensing

#544 in Asia

#1479 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Remote Sensing

#549 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

60. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Remote Sensing

#557 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

61. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Remote Sensing

#563 in Asia

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

62. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#582 in Asia

#1546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

63. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#583 in Asia

#1552 in the World

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

64. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#585 in Asia

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

65. Toyo University

For Remote Sensing

#595 in Asia

#1569 in the World

Founded: 1887

66. Hosei University

For Remote Sensing

#598 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

67. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Remote Sensing

#600 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Founded: 1942

68. Mie University

For Remote Sensing

#605 in Asia

#1592 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

69. University of Toyama

For Remote Sensing

#608 in Asia

#1596 in the World

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

70. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#609 in Asia

#1597 in the World

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

71. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Remote Sensing

#624 in Asia

#1625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

72. Akita University

For Remote Sensing

#625 in Asia

#1626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

73. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Remote Sensing

#626 in Asia

#1628 in the World

Founded: 1938

74. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Remote Sensing

#637 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

75. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#649 in Asia

#1676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

76. Kochi University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#659 in Asia

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

77. Meijo University

For Remote Sensing

#660 in Asia

#1691 in the World

Founded: 1926

78. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#673 in Asia

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

79. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#692 in Asia

#1757 in the World

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

80. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Remote Sensing

#696 in Asia

#1764 in the World

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

81. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Remote Sensing

#699 in Asia

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

82. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Remote Sensing

#742 in Asia

#1864 in the World

Founded: 2004

83. Nara Women's University

For Remote Sensing

#744 in Asia

#1870 in the World

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

84. Hokkaido University of Science

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#755 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Remote Sensing

#756 in Asia

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

86. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Remote Sensing

#759 in Asia

#1902 in the World

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

87. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#763 in Asia

#1906 in the World

Founded: 1934

88. University of Hyogo

For Remote Sensing

#764 in Asia

#1907 in the World

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

89. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#775 in Asia

#1929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

90. Kochi University

For Remote Sensing

#784 in Asia

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

91. Rikkyo University

For Remote Sensing

#790 in Asia

#1961 in the World

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

92. Aichi Prefectural University

Japan | Nagakute

For Remote Sensing

#791 in Asia

#1962 in the World

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

93. Doshisha University

For Remote Sensing

#796 in Asia

#1976 in the World

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

94. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#797 in Asia

#1977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

95. Kansai University

For Remote Sensing

#816 in Asia

#2011 in the World

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

96. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Remote Sensing

#817 in Asia

#2012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

97. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#825 in Asia

#2030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

98. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Remote Sensing

#835 in Asia

#2053 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,679
Founded: 1912

99. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Remote Sensing

#871 in Asia

#2120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

100. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#883 in Asia

#2144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,058
Founded: 1994

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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