100 Best universities for Earth science / Geoscience / Geophysics in Japan

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Asia

#5 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Asia

#18 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in Asia

#23 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geophysics

#13 in Asia

#59 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#16 in Asia

#72 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Earth science and Geophysics

#21 in Asia

#88 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#22 in Asia

#89 in the World

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

8. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Earth science and Geophysics

#27 in Asia

#117 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Earth science and Geophysics

#57 in Asia

#244 in the World

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

10. Tokyo University of Science

For Earth science and Geophysics

#62 in Asia

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Earth science and Geophysics

#70 in Asia

#290 in the World

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

12. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Earth science and Geophysics

#86 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Earth science and Geophysics

#87 in Asia

#356 in the World

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

14. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Earth science and Geophysics

#91 in Asia

#369 in the World

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

15. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Earth science and Geophysics

#95 in Asia

#380 in the World

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

16. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#96 in Asia

#384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

17. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Earth science and Geophysics

#99 in Asia

#395 in the World

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

18. Waseda University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#107 in Asia

#416 in the World

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

19. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Earth science and Geophysics

#117 in Asia

#439 in the World

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

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Earth science and Geophysics

#120 in Asia

#449 in the World

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

21. Keio University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#140 in Asia

#510 in the World

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

22. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#142 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

23. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#144 in Asia

#519 in the World

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

24. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Earth science and Geophysics

#145 in Asia

#532 in the World

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

25. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Earth science and Geophysics

#154 in Asia

#552 in the World

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

26. Yokohama National University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#155 in Asia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

27. Tokai University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#176 in Asia

#638 in the World

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

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geophysics

#177 in Asia

#639 in the World

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

29. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#186 in Asia

#662 in the World

Founded: 1949

30. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#187 in Asia

#663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

31. Nihon University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#190 in Asia

#677 in the World

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

32. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Earth science and Geophysics

#191 in Asia

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

33. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#192 in Asia

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

34. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#193 in Asia

#687 in the World

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

35. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Earth science and Geophysics

#198 in Asia

#693 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

36. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Earth science and Geophysics

#202 in Asia

#704 in the World

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

37. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Earth science and Geophysics

#212 in Asia

#744 in the World

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

38. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#214 in Asia

#752 in the World

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

39. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Earth science and Geophysics

#218 in Asia

#757 in the World

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

40. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Earth science and Geophysics

#227 in Asia

#772 in the World

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

41. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Earth science and Geophysics

#243 in Asia

#812 in the World

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

42. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#244 in Asia

#813 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

43. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Earth science and Geophysics

#264 in Asia

#856 in the World

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

44. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#267 in Asia

#860 in the World

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

45. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#271 in Asia

#869 in the World

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

46. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Earth science and Geophysics

#272 in Asia

#870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Earth science and Geophysics

#275 in Asia

#882 in the World

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

48. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Earth science and Geophysics

#277 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

49. Ritsumeikan University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#279 in Asia

#893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

50. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Earth science and Geophysics

#282 in Asia

#897 in the World

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

51. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#284 in Asia

#906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Earth science and Geophysics

#302 in Asia

#936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

53. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#303 in Asia

#937 in the World

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

54. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#311 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

55. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#313 in Asia

#965 in the World

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

56. Doshisha University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#317 in Asia

#974 in the World

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

57. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#322 in Asia

#988 in the World

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

58. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Earth science and Geophysics

#330 in Asia

#1012 in the World

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

59. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Earth science and Geophysics

#336 in Asia

#1031 in the World

Founded: 1949

60. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Earth science and Geophysics

#348 in Asia

#1056 in the World

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

61. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#354 in Asia

#1072 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

62. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geophysics

#357 in Asia

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

63. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#378 in Asia

#1140 in the World

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

64. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Earth science and Geophysics

#384 in Asia

#1152 in the World

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

65. Sophia University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#385 in Asia

#1155 in the World

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

66. Kitami Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitami

For Earth science and Geophysics

#390 in Asia

#1171 in the World

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

67. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Earth science and Geophysics

#401 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

68. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Earth science and Geophysics

#406 in Asia

#1197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

69. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Earth science and Geophysics

#411 in Asia

#1203 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

70. Aichi Institute of Technology

Japan | Toyota

For Earth science and Geophysics

#431 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

71. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#432 in Asia

#1253 in the World

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

72. Tokyo Denki University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#433 in Asia

#1254 in the World

Founded: 1907

73. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Earth science and Geophysics

#434 in Asia

#1255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

74. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Earth science and Geophysics

#435 in Asia

#1256 in the World

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

75. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#440 in Asia

#1267 in the World

Founded: 2001

76. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#441 in Asia

#1268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

77. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Earth science and Geophysics

#446 in Asia

#1277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

78. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geophysics

#455 in Asia

#1293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

79. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Earth science and Geophysics

#459 in Asia

#1299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

80. Meiji University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#471 in Asia

#1321 in the World

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

81. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Earth science and Geophysics

#508 in Asia

#1394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

82. Yokohama City University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#513 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

83. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#537 in Asia

#1445 in the World

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

84. Toho University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#561 in Asia

#1487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

85. Hosei University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#563 in Asia

#1493 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

86. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Earth science and Geophysics

#588 in Asia

#1542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

87. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Earth science and Geophysics

#598 in Asia

#1565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

88. Meijo University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#602 in Asia

#1570 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

89. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Earth science and Geophysics

#604 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Founded: 1938

90. Kanto Gakuin University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#613 in Asia

#1605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1884

91. Toyota Technological Institute

For Earth science and Geophysics

#616 in Asia

#1613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

92. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Earth science and Geophysics

#621 in Asia

#1626 in the World

Founded: 1972

93. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Earth science and Geophysics

#625 in Asia

#1646 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

94. Kogakuin University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#644 in Asia

#1676 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

95. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Japan | Onna

For Earth science and Geophysics

#646 in Asia

#1679 in the World

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

96. Toyama Prefectural University

Japan | Imizu

For Earth science and Geophysics

#652 in Asia

#1694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

97. Kanagawa University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#667 in Asia

#1734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

98. Juntendo University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#668 in Asia

#1736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

99. Gakushuin University