100 Best universities for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 23.9M citations received by 1.16M academic papers made by 430 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 Geology

#1 in Asia

#12 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Geology

#3 in Asia

#27 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Geology

#9 in Asia

#76 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Geology

#13 in Asia

#95 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Geology

#17 in Asia

#107 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Geology

#19 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Geology

#23 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Geology

#31 in Asia

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Geology

#62 in Asia

#297 in the World

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

10. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Geology

#69 in Asia

#329 in the World

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

11. Tokyo University of Science

For Geology

#82 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Geology

#95 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Geology

#99 in Asia

#443 in the World

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

14. Chiba University

For Geology

#101 in Asia

#461 in the World

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

15. Keio University

For Geology

#107 in Asia

#479 in the World

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

16. Waseda University

For Geology

#132 in Asia

#538 in the World

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

17. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Geology

#150 in Asia

#589 in the World

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

18. Nihon University

For Geology

#154 in Asia

#606 in the World

Founded: 1889

19. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Geology

#164 in Asia

#626 in the World

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

20. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Geology

#166 in Asia

#630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Geology

#172 in Asia

#660 in the World

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

22. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Geology

#179 in Asia

#680 in the World

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

23. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Geology

#186 in Asia

#699 in the World

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

24. Osaka Prefecture University

For Geology

#189 in Asia

#705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

25. Gifu University

For Geology

#192 in Asia

#708 in the World

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

26. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Geology

#200 in Asia

#738 in the World

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

27. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Geology

#201 in Asia

#740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

28. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Geology

#203 in Asia

#747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

29. Osaka City University

For Geology

#210 in Asia

#761 in the World

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

30. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Geology

#212 in Asia

#763 in the World

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

31. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Geology

#223 in Asia

#797 in the World

Founded: 1949

32. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Geology

#226 in Asia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Geology

#228 in Asia

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

34. Tokai University

For Geology

#234 in Asia

#827 in the World

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

35. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Geology

#238 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

36. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Geology

#241 in Asia

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

37. Kitasato University

For Geology

#249 in Asia

#870 in the World

Founded: 1962

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Geology

#255 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

39. Juntendo University

For Geology

#269 in Asia

#914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

40. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Geology

#270 in Asia

#916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

41. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Geology

#274 in Asia

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

42. Mie University

For Geology

#289 in Asia

#972 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

43. Kochi University

For Geology

#291 in Asia

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Geology

#301 in Asia

#995 in the World

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

45. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Geology

#309 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

46. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Geology

#313 in Asia

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

47. Ibaraki University

For Geology

#316 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

48. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Geology

#319 in Asia

#1045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

49. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Geology

#329 in Asia

#1076 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

50. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Geology

#333 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Geology

#340 in Asia

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

52. Shimane University

For Geology

#342 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

53. Ritsumeikan University

For Geology

#345 in Asia

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

54. Saga University

For Geology

#352 in Asia

#1133 in the World

Founded: 1949

55. University of Electro-Communications

For Geology

#356 in Asia

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

56. University of Yamanashi

For Geology

#375 in Asia

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Geology

#379 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

58. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Geology

#380 in Asia

#1188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

59. University of Toyama

For Geology

#381 in Asia

#1191 in the World

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

60. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Geology

#388 in Asia

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

61. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Geology

#389 in Asia

#1210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

62. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Geology

#390 in Asia

#1213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

63. Akita University

For Geology

#392 in Asia

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

64. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Geology

#419 in Asia

#1269 in the World

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

65. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Geology

#420 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

66. Toho University

For Geology

#424 in Asia

#1287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

67. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Geology

#469 in Asia

#1384 in the World

Founded: 1934

68. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Geology

#473 in Asia

#1388 in the World

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

69. Meijo University

For Geology

#474 in Asia

#1391 in the World

Founded: 1926

70. University of Fukui

For Geology

#480 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Teikyo University

For Geology

#483 in Asia

#1411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

72. Doshisha University

For Geology

#523 in Asia

#1505 in the World

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

73. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Geology

#529 in Asia

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

74. Kansai University

For Geology

#538 in Asia

#1530 in the World

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

75. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Geology

#546 in Asia

#1551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

76. Meiji University

For Geology

#548 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

77. Showa University

For Geology

#550 in Asia

#1558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

78. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Geology

#564 in Asia

#1587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

79. Nagoya City University

For Geology

#574 in Asia

#1609 in the World

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

80. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Geology

#578 in Asia

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

81. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Geology

#582 in Asia

#1626 in the World

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

82. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Geology

#586 in Asia

#1630 in the World

Founded: 1938

83. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Geology

#599 in Asia

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

84. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Geology

#614 in Asia

#1675 in the World

Founded: 1972

85. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Geology

#626 in Asia

#1698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

86. University of Hyogo

For Geology

#629 in Asia

#1701 in the World

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

87. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Geology

#637 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Oita University

For Geology

#648 in Asia

#1731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Founded: 1949

89. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Geology

#649 in Asia

#1732 in the World

Founded: 1978

90. Sophia University

For Geology

#688 in Asia

#1803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

91. Kurume University

For Geology

#694 in Asia

#1813 in the World

Founded: 1928

92. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Geology

#718 in Asia

#1875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

93. Nippon Medical School

For Geology

#734 in Asia

#1912 in the World

Founded: 1904

94. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Geology

#735 in Asia

#1913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

95. Tokyo Dental College

For Geology

#737 in Asia

#1925 in the World

Founded: 1890

96. Toyo University

For Geology

#750 in Asia

#1942 in the World

Founded: 1887

97. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Geology

#752 in Asia

#1944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

98. Toyota Technological Institute

For Geology

#753 in Asia

#1945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

99. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Geology

#757 in Asia

#1951 in the World

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

100. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Geology

#761 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

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

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