100 Best universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 586K citations received by 40.4K academic papers made by 114 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

#4 in Asia

#16 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Asia

#98 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Remote Sensing

#28 in Asia

#123 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Remote Sensing

#36 in Asia

#152 in the World

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

5. Chiba University

For Remote Sensing

#39 in Asia

#171 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#50 in Asia

#201 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#51 in Asia

#205 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Remote Sensing

#56 in Asia

#223 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Remote Sensing

#68 in Asia

#267 in the World

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

10. Osaka University

For Remote Sensing

#78 in Asia

#316 in the World

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

11. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Remote Sensing

#95 in Asia

#405 in the World

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

12. Tokyo University of Science

For Remote Sensing

#106 in Asia

#470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

13. Kobe University

For Remote Sensing

#123 in Asia

#530 in the World

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

14. Tokai University

For Remote Sensing

#131 in Asia

#552 in the World

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

15. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#137 in Asia

#570 in the World

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

16. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#143 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Remote Sensing

#164 in Asia

#654 in the World

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

18. Waseda University

For Remote Sensing

#171 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

19. University of Electro-Communications

For Remote Sensing

#173 in Asia

#681 in the World

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

20. Keio University

For Remote Sensing

#200 in Asia

#750 in the World

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

21. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Remote Sensing

#213 in Asia

#782 in the World

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

22. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Remote Sensing

#214 in Asia

#783 in the World

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

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Remote Sensing

#222 in Asia

#802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

24. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#228 in Asia

#817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

25. Tokyo University of Information Sciences

For Remote Sensing

#231 in Asia

#824 in the World

Enrollment: 2,186
Founded: 1988

26. Osaka Prefecture University

For Remote Sensing

#234 in Asia

#833 in the World

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

27. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Remote Sensing

#240 in Asia

#853 in the World

Founded: 1949

28. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#250 in Asia

#882 in the World

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

29. Ibaraki University

For Remote Sensing

#252 in Asia

#885 in the World

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

30. Nihon University

For Remote Sensing

#254 in Asia

#888 in the World

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

31. Gifu University

For Remote Sensing

#274 in Asia

#954 in the World

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

32. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Remote Sensing

#278 in Asia

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#285 in Asia

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Osaka City University

For Remote Sensing

#286 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

35. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Remote Sensing

#290 in Asia

#986 in the World

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

36. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Remote Sensing

#293 in Asia

#992 in the World

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

37. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Remote Sensing

#305 in Asia

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

38. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#307 in Asia

#1015 in the World

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

39. Saga University

For Remote Sensing

#318 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. Ritsumeikan University

For Remote Sensing

#323 in Asia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

41. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Remote Sensing

#325 in Asia

#1053 in the World

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

42. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Remote Sensing

#329 in Asia

#1060 in the World

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

43. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#340 in Asia

#1079 in the World

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

44. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Remote Sensing

#346 in Asia

#1095 in the World

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

45. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Remote Sensing

#370 in Asia

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

46. University of Yamanashi

For Remote Sensing

#372 in Asia

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

47. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Remote Sensing

#383 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

48. Tokyo Denki University

For Remote Sensing

#392 in Asia

#1192 in the World

Founded: 1907

49. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Remote Sensing

#399 in Asia

#1203 in the World

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

50. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Remote Sensing

#407 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

51. Shimane University

For Remote Sensing

#423 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

52. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Remote Sensing

#426 in Asia

#1263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

53. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Remote Sensing

#440 in Asia

#1292 in the World

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

54. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Remote Sensing

#455 in Asia

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

55. Osaka Electro-Communication University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Remote Sensing

#465 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Enrollment: 5,403
Founded: 1961

56. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#472 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

57. Meiji University

For Remote Sensing

#480 in Asia

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

58. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Remote Sensing

#487 in Asia

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

59. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Remote Sensing

#502 in Asia

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

60. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Remote Sensing

#521 in Asia

#1469 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

61. Hosei University

For Remote Sensing

#524 in Asia

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

62. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#525 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

63. University of Fukui

For Remote Sensing

#526 in Asia

#1475 in the World

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

64. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Remote Sensing

#541 in Asia

#1500 in the World

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

65. Hokkaido University of Science

Japan | Sapporo

For Remote Sensing

#545 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Founded: 1967

66. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Remote Sensing

#546 in Asia

#1509 in the World

Founded: 1938

67. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Remote Sensing

#549 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

68. Hiroshima Institute of Technology

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#550 in Asia

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1963

69. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Remote Sensing

#553 in Asia

#1524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

70. University of Toyama

For Remote Sensing

#564 in Asia

#1542 in the World

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

71. Mie University

For Remote Sensing

#569 in Asia

#1548 in the World

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

72. Kochi University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#575 in Asia

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

73. Meijo University

For Remote Sensing

#581 in Asia

#1580 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

74. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#587 in Asia

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,025
Founded: 1960

75. Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

For Remote Sensing

#588 in Asia

#1589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 2006

76. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Remote Sensing

#590 in Asia

#1592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

77. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Remote Sensing

#603 in Asia

#1609 in the World

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

78. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Remote Sensing

#605 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

79. Akita University

For Remote Sensing

#619 in Asia

#1636 in the World

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

80. Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics

For Remote Sensing

#625 in Asia

#1649 in the World

Enrollment: 320
Founded: 2004

81. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Remote Sensing

#633 in Asia

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

82. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Remote Sensing

#641 in Asia

#1687 in the World

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

83. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#659 in Asia

#1716 in the World

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

84. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Remote Sensing

#669 in Asia

#1739 in the World

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

85. Nara Women's University

For Remote Sensing

#678 in Asia

#1754 in the World

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

86. Aichi Prefectural University

Japan | Nagakute

For Remote Sensing

#701 in Asia

#1794 in the World

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

87. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#705 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

88. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Remote Sensing

#711 in Asia

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,254
Founded: 1912

89. Toyo University

For Remote Sensing

#712 in Asia

#1823 in the World

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

90. Rikkyo University

For Remote Sensing

#713 in Asia

#1824 in the World

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

91. Kochi University

For Remote Sensing

#715 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

92. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Remote Sensing

#721 in Asia

#1841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

93. Doshisha University

For Remote Sensing

#731 in Asia

#1858 in the World

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

94. Kansai University

For Remote Sensing

#735 in Asia

#1866 in the World

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

95. University of Hyogo

For Remote Sensing

#740 in Asia

#1877 in the World

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

96. Hiroshima City University

Japan | Hiroshima

For Remote Sensing

#747 in Asia

#1891 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 2,114
Founded: 1994

97. Fukui University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#750 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1965

98. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#755 in Asia

#1910 in the World

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

99. Wakayama University

Japan | Wakayama

For Remote Sensing

#764 in Asia

#1929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

100. Tohoku Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#772 in Asia

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1964

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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