100 Best universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 4.46M citations received by 288K academic papers made by 260 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 Oceanography

#1 in Asia

#3 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Oceanography

#3 in Asia

#29 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Oceanography

#4 in Asia

#38 in the World

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

4. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Oceanography

#9 in Asia

#66 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Oceanography

#15 in Asia

#94 in the World

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

6. Osaka University

For Oceanography

#16 in Asia

#96 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Oceanography

#19 in Asia

#106 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#22 in Asia

#115 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Oceanography

#51 in Asia

#221 in the World

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

10. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Oceanography

#58 in Asia

#246 in the World

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

11. Tokyo University of Science

For Oceanography

#64 in Asia

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

12. Kobe University

For Oceanography

#86 in Asia

#357 in the World

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

13. Keio University

For Oceanography

#105 in Asia

#447 in the World

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

14. Waseda University

For Oceanography

#106 in Asia

#449 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Oceanography

#114 in Asia

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

16. Osaka Prefecture University

For Oceanography

#119 in Asia

#490 in the World

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

17. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Oceanography

#120 in Asia

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

18. Chiba University

For Oceanography

#124 in Asia

#508 in the World

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

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Oceanography

#133 in Asia

#531 in the World

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

20. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Oceanography

#135 in Asia

#537 in the World

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

21. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Oceanography

#136 in Asia

#543 in the World

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

22. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Oceanography

#140 in Asia

#557 in the World

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

23. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Oceanography

#145 in Asia

#576 in the World

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

24. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Oceanography

#152 in Asia

#589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

25. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Oceanography

#154 in Asia

#591 in the World

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

26. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#163 in Asia

#614 in the World

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

27. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Oceanography

#168 in Asia

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

28. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Oceanography

#169 in Asia

#636 in the World

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

29. Nihon University

For Oceanography

#170 in Asia

#646 in the World

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

30. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Oceanography

#171 in Asia

#647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

31. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Oceanography

#173 in Asia

#651 in the World

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

32. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Oceanography

#186 in Asia

#686 in the World

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

33. Tokai University

For Oceanography

#193 in Asia

#703 in the World

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

34. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Oceanography

#197 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

35. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Oceanography

#209 in Asia

#759 in the World

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

36. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Oceanography

#211 in Asia

#762 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Oceanography

#216 in Asia

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

38. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Oceanography

#219 in Asia

#784 in the World

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

39. Mie University

For Oceanography

#221 in Asia

#793 in the World

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

40. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Oceanography

#223 in Asia

#796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Gifu University

For Oceanography

#226 in Asia

#810 in the World

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

42. Osaka City University

For Oceanography

#231 in Asia

#827 in the World

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

43. Ibaraki University

For Oceanography

#236 in Asia

#838 in the World

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

44. Ritsumeikan University

For Oceanography

#243 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

45. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Oceanography

#244 in Asia

#857 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

46. Meijo University

For Oceanography

#249 in Asia

#871 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

47. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Oceanography

#253 in Asia

#883 in the World

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

48. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#256 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

49. University of Electro-Communications

For Oceanography

#258 in Asia

#892 in the World

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

50. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Oceanography

#259 in Asia

#895 in the World

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

51. Saga University

For Oceanography

#265 in Asia

#906 in the World

Founded: 1949

52. Kochi University

For Oceanography

#273 in Asia

#930 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

53. University of Toyama

For Oceanography

#293 in Asia

#982 in the World

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

54. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Oceanography

#296 in Asia

#987 in the World

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

55. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Oceanography

#297 in Asia

#990 in the World

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

56. Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Japan | Nonoichi

For Oceanography

#308 in Asia

#1019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1965

57. Doshisha University

For Oceanography

#309 in Asia

#1020 in the World

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

58. University of Yamanashi

For Oceanography

#317 in Asia

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Sophia University

For Oceanography

#332 in Asia

#1074 in the World

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

60. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Oceanography

#343 in Asia

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

61. University of Fukui

For Oceanography

#346 in Asia

#1111 in the World

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

62. Kansai University

For Oceanography

#353 in Asia

#1130 in the World

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

63. Shimane University

For Oceanography

#358 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

64. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#373 in Asia

#1180 in the World

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

65. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Oceanography

#374 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

66. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Oceanography

#375 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

67. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Oceanography

#377 in Asia

#1189 in the World

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

68. University of Hyogo

For Oceanography

#382 in Asia

#1198 in the World

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

69. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Oceanography

#395 in Asia

#1224 in the World

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

70. Tokyo Denki University

For Oceanography

#422 in Asia

#1295 in the World

Founded: 1907

71. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#431 in Asia

#1315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

72. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Oceanography

#433 in Asia

#1319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

73. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Oceanography

#434 in Asia

#1322 in the World

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

74. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Oceanography

#455 in Asia

#1376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

75. Kitasato University

For Oceanography

#457 in Asia

#1379 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

76. Nagaoka University

Japan | Nagaoka

For Oceanography

#463 in Asia

#1392 in the World

Founded: 2001

77. Akita University

For Oceanography

#481 in Asia

#1426 in the World

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

78. Meiji University

For Oceanography

#485 in Asia

#1432 in the World

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

79. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Oceanography

#490 in Asia

#1438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

80. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Oceanography

#518 in Asia

#1492 in the World

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

81. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Oceanography

#531 in Asia

#1517 in the World

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

82. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Oceanography

#534 in Asia

#1525 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

83. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Oceanography

#536 in Asia

#1529 in the World

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

84. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Oceanography

#542 in Asia

#1543 in the World

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

85. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Oceanography

#547 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

86. Chiba Institute of Technology

Japan | Narashino

For Oceanography

#553 in Asia

#1564 in the World

Enrollment: 9,853
Founded: 1942

87. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Oceanography

#554 in Asia

#1565 in the World

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

88. Kogakuin University

For Oceanography

#562 in Asia

#1586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

89. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Oceanography

#566 in Asia

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

90. Toyota Technological Institute

For Oceanography

#569 in Asia

#1597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1981

91. Aichi Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#570 in Asia

#1599 in the World

Enrollment: 5,000
Founded: 1959

92. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Oceanography

#579 in Asia

#1621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

93. University of Shiga Prefecture

For Oceanography

#595 in Asia

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 2,806
Founded: 1995

94. Hosei University

For Oceanography

#598 in Asia

#1652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

95. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Oceanography

#601 in Asia

#1656 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Osaka Institute of Technology

For Oceanography

#604 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

97. Toho University

For Oceanography

#623 in Asia

#1695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

98. Toyama Prefectural University

For Oceanography

#627 in Asia

#1702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1990

99. Toyo University

For Oceanography

#643 in Asia

#1727 in the World

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

100. Tokyo Polytechnic University

For Oceanography

#658 in Asia

#1757 in the World

Founded: 1966

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

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Environmental Chemistry222

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Environmental Management178

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