100 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 5.65M citations received by 329K academic papers made by 359 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 Archaeology

#8 in Asia

#64 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Archaeology

#26 in Asia

#152 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Archaeology

#43 in Asia

#251 in the World

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

4. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Archaeology

#55 in Asia

#308 in the World

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

5. Nagoya University

For Archaeology

#60 in Asia

#323 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Archaeology

#63 in Asia

#337 in the World

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

7. Osaka University

For Archaeology

#69 in Asia

#367 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Archaeology

#77 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#82 in Asia

#431 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

10. Keio University

For Archaeology

#122 in Asia

#571 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Archaeology

#123 in Asia

#574 in the World

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

12. Waseda University

For Archaeology

#131 in Asia

#605 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Archaeology

#148 in Asia

#664 in the World

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

14. Chiba University

For Archaeology

#186 in Asia

#779 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Archaeology

#225 in Asia

#898 in the World

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

16. Nihon University

For Archaeology

#236 in Asia

#924 in the World

Founded: 1889

17. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Archaeology

#242 in Asia

#940 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Archaeology

#249 in Asia

#952 in the World

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

19. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Archaeology

#290 in Asia

#1065 in the World

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

20. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Archaeology

#330 in Asia

#1159 in the World

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

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Archaeology

#332 in Asia

#1162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Osaka City University

For Archaeology

#340 in Asia

#1178 in the World

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

23. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Archaeology

#342 in Asia

#1188 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Archaeology

#373 in Asia

#1247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Archaeology

#380 in Asia

#1263 in the World

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

26. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Archaeology

#394 in Asia

#1291 in the World

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

27. Tokai University

For Archaeology

#399 in Asia

#1305 in the World

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

28. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Archaeology

#403 in Asia

#1316 in the World

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

29. Ritsumeikan University

For Archaeology

#413 in Asia

#1347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

30. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Archaeology

#416 in Asia

#1352 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

31. Osaka Prefecture University

For Archaeology

#418 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

32. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Archaeology

#436 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Founded: 1972

33. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Archaeology

#454 in Asia

#1464 in the World

Founded: 1949

34. Gifu University

For Archaeology

#455 in Asia

#1471 in the World

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

35. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Archaeology

#466 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

36. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Archaeology

#478 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

37. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Archaeology

#489 in Asia

#1553 in the World

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

38. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Archaeology

#491 in Asia

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

39. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Archaeology

#497 in Asia

#1576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

40. Mie University

For Archaeology

#498 in Asia

#1578 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

41. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Archaeology

#505 in Asia

#1596 in the World

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

42. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#509 in Asia

#1601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

43. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Archaeology

#515 in Asia

#1614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

44. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Archaeology

#520 in Asia

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

45. University of Electro-Communications

For Archaeology

#543 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

46. Saga University

For Archaeology

#551 in Asia

#1676 in the World

Founded: 1949

47. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Archaeology

#562 in Asia

#1696 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

48. Juntendo University

For Archaeology

#590 in Asia

#1759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

49. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Archaeology

#597 in Asia

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

50. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#611 in Asia

#1801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

51. Ibaraki University

For Archaeology

#635 in Asia

#1862 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Kansai University

For Archaeology

#636 in Asia

#1863 in the World

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

53. Shimane University

For Archaeology

#639 in Asia

#1867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

54. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Archaeology

#663 in Asia

#1916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

55. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Archaeology

#669 in Asia

#1932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

56. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Archaeology

#670 in Asia

#1933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

57. Kitasato University

For Archaeology

#701 in Asia

#1991 in the World

Founded: 1962

58. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Archaeology

#717 in Asia

#2028 in the World

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

59. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Archaeology

#718 in Asia

#2032 in the World

Founded: 1934

60. University of Toyama

For Archaeology

#719 in Asia

#2034 in the World

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

61. University of Yamanashi

For Archaeology

#720 in Asia

#2038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#745 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

63. Akita University

For Archaeology

#753 in Asia

#2094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

64. Hosei University

For Archaeology

#757 in Asia

#2103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

65. Meiji University

For Archaeology

#758 in Asia

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

66. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#762 in Asia

#2114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

67. Doshisha University

For Archaeology

#772 in Asia

#2140 in the World

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

68. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Archaeology

#774 in Asia

#2147 in the World

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

69. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Archaeology

#784 in Asia

#2167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

70. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Archaeology

#792 in Asia

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

71. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Archaeology

#797 in Asia

#2191 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

72. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#809 in Asia

#2208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

73. Nagoya City University

For Archaeology

#810 in Asia

#2210 in the World

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

74. Teikyo University

For Archaeology

#821 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

75. Kochi University

For Archaeology

#840 in Asia

#2262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

76. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Archaeology

#841 in Asia

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

77. Kurume University

For Archaeology

#843 in Asia

#2266 in the World

Founded: 1928

78. Toho University

For Archaeology

#847 in Asia

#2271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

79. Toyo University

For Archaeology

#851 in Asia

#2282 in the World

Founded: 1887

80. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Archaeology

#862 in Asia

#2302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

81. Meijo University

For Archaeology

#872 in Asia

#2322 in the World

Founded: 1926

82. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Archaeology

#876 in Asia

#2333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

83. Sophia University

For Archaeology

#882 in Asia

#2346 in the World

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

84. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Archaeology

#896 in Asia

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Archaeology

#901 in Asia

#2379 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

86. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Archaeology

#915 in Asia

#2406 in the World

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

87. Nippon Medical School

For Archaeology

#917 in Asia

#2411 in the World

Founded: 1904

88. University of Fukui

For Archaeology

#920 in Asia

#2418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

89. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Archaeology

#956 in Asia

#2476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

90. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Archaeology

#960 in Asia

#2491 in the World

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

91. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Archaeology

#973 in Asia

#2523 in the World

Founded: 1978

92. Oita University

For Archaeology

#978 in Asia

#2535 in the World

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

93. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Archaeology

#985 in Asia

#2553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

94. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Archaeology

#993 in Asia

#2566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

95. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#995 in Asia

#2571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

96. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Archaeology

#1010 in Asia

#2605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

97. Tokyo Denki University

For Archaeology

#1032 in Asia

#2650 in the World

Founded: 1907

98. Showa University

For Archaeology

#1036 in Asia

#2665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

99. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Archaeology

#1044 in Asia

#2684 in the World

Founded: 1972

100. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Archaeology

#1055 in Asia

#2711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

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

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