100 Best universities for Remote Sensing in Japan

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 80.6M citations received by 4.71M academic papers made by 111 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

#19 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,133
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Asia

#91 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Remote Sensing

#27 in Asia

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 17,665
Founded: 1907

4. Nagoya University

For Remote Sensing

#28 in Asia

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 16,376
Founded: 1939

5. Chiba University

For Remote Sensing

#43 in Asia

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#50 in Asia

#206 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#53 in Asia

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#54 in Asia

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Remote Sensing

#65 in Asia

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

10. Osaka University

For Remote Sensing

#76 in Asia

#301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 23,044
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

11. University of Electro-Communications

For Remote Sensing

#82 in Asia

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Remote Sensing

#85 in Asia

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1881

13. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Remote Sensing

#89 in Asia

#378 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 12,289
Founded: 1922

14. Tokai University

For Remote Sensing

#126 in Asia

#542 in the World

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

15. Kobe University

For Remote Sensing

#128 in Asia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,870
Founded: 1902

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#131 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

17. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#146 in Asia

#595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 15,077
Founded: 1949

18. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Remote Sensing

#152 in Asia

#607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

19. Waseda University

For Remote Sensing

#166 in Asia

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

20. Keio University

For Remote Sensing

#201 in Asia

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 33,437
Founded: 1858

21. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Remote Sensing

#203 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

22. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Remote Sensing

#212 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Remote Sensing

#218 in Asia

#809 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

24. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#220 in Asia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

25. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Remote Sensing

#223 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 10,111
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

26. Nihon University

For Remote Sensing

#227 in Asia

#832 in the World

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

27. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#228 in Asia

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 2003

28. Ibaraki University

For Remote Sensing

#234 in Asia

#850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

29. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Remote Sensing

#236 in Asia

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1949

30. Ritsumeikan University

For Remote Sensing

#246 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1899

31. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Remote Sensing

#248 in Asia

#883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 98%
Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

32. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#255 in Asia

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

33. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#258 in Asia

#916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

34. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Remote Sensing

#260 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

35. Gifu University

For Remote Sensing

#262 in Asia

#925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

36. Osaka City University

For Remote Sensing

#270 in Asia

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

37. Saga University

For Remote Sensing

#272 in Asia

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

38. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Remote Sensing

#274 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 9,044
Founded: 1949

39. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Remote Sensing

#275 in Asia

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

40. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Remote Sensing

#280 in Asia

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Remote Sensing

#299 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1976

42. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Remote Sensing

#302 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

43. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Remote Sensing

#305 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

44. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#319 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

45. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Remote Sensing

#332 in Asia

#1069 in the World

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

46. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Remote Sensing

#341 in Asia

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

47. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#347 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1949

48. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Remote Sensing

#350 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1965

49. Tokyo Denki University

For Remote Sensing

#360 in Asia

#1124 in the World

Founded: 1907

50. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Remote Sensing

#381 in Asia

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

51. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Remote Sensing

#403 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

52. University of Yamanashi

For Remote Sensing

#407 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

53. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Remote Sensing

#409 in Asia

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

54. Hokkaido University of Science

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#416 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Founded: 1967

55. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#421 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

56. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Remote Sensing

#424 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#428 in Asia

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1991

58. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Remote Sensing

#441 in Asia

#1300 in the World

Enrollment: 5,403
Founded: 1961

59. Shimane University

For Remote Sensing

#442 in Asia

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#445 in Asia

#1309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

61. Hosei University

For Remote Sensing

#479 in Asia

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1880

62. Meiji University

For Remote Sensing

#480 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

63. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Remote Sensing

#492 in Asia

#1420 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

64. University of Fukui

For Remote Sensing

#497 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

65. Mie University

For Remote Sensing

#504 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

66. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Remote Sensing

#508 in Asia

#1448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

67. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Remote Sensing

#514 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1938

68. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Remote Sensing

#521 in Asia

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

69. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#523 in Asia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

70. Kochi University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#529 in Asia

#1481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

71. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#538 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1993

72. Akita University

For Remote Sensing

#555 in Asia

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

73. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#567 in Asia

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

74. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#579 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

75. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#580 in Asia

#1582 in the World

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

76. University of Toyama

For Remote Sensing

#582 in Asia

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 9,121
Founded: 1975

77. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#590 in Asia

#1599 in the World

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

78. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Remote Sensing

#592 in Asia

#1602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1912

79. Doshisha University

For Remote Sensing

#598 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 28,642
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

80. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#606 in Asia

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 31,376
Founded: 1885

81. Nara Women's University

For Remote Sensing

#610 in Asia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1908

82. Meijo University

For Remote Sensing

#630 in Asia

#1665 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

83. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Remote Sensing

#633 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Founded: 1976

84. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#651 in Asia

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

85. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Remote Sensing

#652 in Asia

#1696 in the World

Enrollment: 320
Founded: 2004

86. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Remote Sensing

#662 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

87. Rikkyo University

For Remote Sensing

#672 in Asia

#1747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

88. Kochi University

For Remote Sensing

#686 in Asia

#1769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1949

89. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#687 in Asia

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

90. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Remote Sensing

#698 in Asia

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1950

91. Aichi Prefectural University

Japan | Nagakute

For Remote Sensing

#704 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 3,300
Founded: 1950

92. Fukui University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#705 in Asia

#1806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1965

93. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Remote Sensing

#718 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

94. Kansai University

For Remote Sensing

#722 in Asia

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

95. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Remote Sensing

#731 in Asia

#1854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

96. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Remote Sensing

#732 in Asia

#1855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1891

97. Toyo University

For Remote Sensing

#734 in Asia

#1859 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

98. University of Hyogo

For Remote Sensing

#736 in Asia

#1861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,695
Founded: 2004

99. Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#749 in Asia

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1964

100. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#757 in Asia

#1898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 18,693
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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