98 Best Forestry schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 627K citations received by 34.5K academic papers made by 98 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. Kyoto University

For Forestry

#9 in Asia

#81 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

For Forestry

#10 in Asia

#89 in the World

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

3. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Forestry

#18 in Asia

#140 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Forestry

#38 in Asia

#223 in the World

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

5. Nagoya University

For Forestry

#43 in Asia

#244 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Forestry

#58 in Asia

#300 in the World

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

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Forestry

#66 in Asia

#331 in the World

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

8. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Forestry

#95 in Asia

#474 in the World

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

9. Chiba University

For Forestry

#108 in Asia

#521 in the World

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

10. Kobe University

For Forestry

#114 in Asia

#537 in the World

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

11. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Forestry

#121 in Asia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

12. Osaka University

For Forestry

#126 in Asia

#564 in the World

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

13. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Forestry

#130 in Asia

#580 in the World

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

14. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Forestry

#145 in Asia

#624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

15. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Forestry

#149 in Asia

#633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

16. Gifu University

For Forestry

#172 in Asia

#680 in the World

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

17. Osaka Prefecture University

For Forestry

#193 in Asia

#729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

18. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Forestry

#198 in Asia

#739 in the World

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

19. Osaka City University

For Forestry

#219 in Asia

#805 in the World

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

20. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Forestry

#227 in Asia

#830 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Forestry

#233 in Asia

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

22. Nihon University

For Forestry

#250 in Asia

#894 in the World

Founded: 1889

23. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Forestry

#264 in Asia

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

24. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Forestry

#269 in Asia

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,353
Founded: 1941

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Forestry

#270 in Asia

#930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Forestry

#275 in Asia

#948 in the World

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

27. Waseda University

For Forestry

#276 in Asia

#949 in the World

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

28. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Forestry

#284 in Asia

#969 in the World

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

29. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Forestry

#302 in Asia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

30. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Forestry

#315 in Asia

#1048 in the World

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

31. Tokyo University of Science

For Forestry

#317 in Asia

#1052 in the World

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

32. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Forestry

#325 in Asia

#1080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

33. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Forestry

#345 in Asia

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

34. Keio University

For Forestry

#346 in Asia

#1135 in the World

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

35. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Forestry

#354 in Asia

#1148 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Forestry

#358 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Forestry

#360 in Asia

#1161 in the World

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

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Forestry

#364 in Asia

#1170 in the World

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

39. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Forestry

#366 in Asia

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

40. Ibaraki University

For Forestry

#373 in Asia

#1189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Forestry

#383 in Asia

#1213 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Mie University

For Forestry

#384 in Asia

#1214 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

43. Toho University

For Forestry

#388 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

44. Kochi University

For Forestry

#389 in Asia

#1230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

45. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Forestry

#409 in Asia

#1292 in the World

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

46. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Forestry

#420 in Asia

#1329 in the World

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

47. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Forestry

#421 in Asia

#1330 in the World

Founded: 1933

48. Shimane University

For Forestry

#426 in Asia

#1339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

49. University of Hyogo

For Forestry

#447 in Asia

#1406 in the World

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

50. Saga University

For Forestry

#472 in Asia

#1485 in the World

Founded: 1949

51. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Forestry

#474 in Asia

#1491 in the World

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

52. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Forestry

#484 in Asia

#1511 in the World

Founded: 1904

53. Kitasato University

For Forestry

#489 in Asia

#1527 in the World

Founded: 1962

54. Tokai University

For Forestry

#525 in Asia

#1612 in the World

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

55. Meijo University

For Forestry

#543 in Asia

#1645 in the World

Founded: 1926

56. Showa University

For Forestry

#545 in Asia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

57. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Forestry

#562 in Asia

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

58. Kyoto Prefectural University

For Forestry

#584 in Asia

#1750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

59. University of Fukui

For Forestry

#587 in Asia

#1756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

60. Hoshi University

For Forestry

#595 in Asia

#1774 in the World

Founded: 1911

61. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Forestry

#611 in Asia

#1805 in the World

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

62. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Forestry

#629 in Asia

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

63. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Forestry

#633 in Asia

#1855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

64. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Forestry

#651 in Asia

#1899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

65. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Forestry

#654 in Asia

#1904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

66. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Forestry

#662 in Asia

#1920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

67. Akita Prefectural University

For Forestry

#664 in Asia

#1922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

68. University of Yamanashi

For Forestry

#675 in Asia

#1952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. University of Electro-Communications

For Forestry

#681 in Asia

#1968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

70. Meiji University

For Forestry

#728 in Asia

#2067 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

71. Ritsumeikan University

For Forestry

#736 in Asia

#2088 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

72. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Forestry

#738 in Asia

#2090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

73. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Forestry

#751 in Asia

#2117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

74. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Forestry

#754 in Asia

#2123 in the World

Founded: 1934

75. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Forestry

#760 in Asia

#2135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

76. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Forestry

#777 in Asia

#2169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

77. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Forestry

#792 in Asia

#2202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

78. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Forestry

#796 in Asia

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

79. Nagoya City University

For Forestry

#816 in Asia

#2248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 4,685
Founded: 1950

80. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Forestry

#817 in Asia

#2249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

81. Hosei University

For Forestry

#850 in Asia

#2329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

82. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Forestry

#856 in Asia

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

83. University of Toyama

For Forestry

#883 in Asia

#2387 in the World

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

84. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Forestry

#887 in Asia

#2394 in the World

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

85. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Forestry

#891 in Asia

#2401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

86. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Forestry

#892 in Asia

#2402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

87. Akita University

For Forestry

#899 in Asia

#2415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

88. Kurume University

For Forestry

#903 in Asia

#2421 in the World

Founded: 1928

89. Ryukoku University

For Forestry

#921 in Asia

#2457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

90. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Forestry

#932 in Asia

#2483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

91. Hokkaido University of Education

Japan | Sapporo

For Forestry

#957 in Asia

#2530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

92. University of Shiga Prefecture

For Forestry

#966 in Asia

#2547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1995

93. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Forestry

#1004 in Asia

#2602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

94. Fukushima University

Japan | Fukushima

For Forestry

#1009 in Asia

#2611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

95. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Forestry

#1014 in Asia

#2616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

96. Doshisha University

For Forestry

#1025 in Asia

#2632 in the World

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

97. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Forestry

#1028 in Asia

#2637 in the World

Founded: 1938

98. Juntendo University

For Forestry

#1045 in Asia

#2669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

The best cities to study Forestry in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Kyoto, Tokyo, Sapporo, and Fukuoka.

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