100 Best universities for Archaeology 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 Archaeology. A graph of 3.64M citations received by 289K academic papers made by 337 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

#6 in Asia

#54 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Archaeology

#19 in Asia

#134 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Archaeology

#34 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

4. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Archaeology

#50 in Asia

#300 in the World

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

5. Nagoya University

For Archaeology

#51 in Asia

#305 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Archaeology

#55 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

7. Osaka University

For Archaeology

#61 in Asia

#357 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Archaeology

#64 in Asia

#366 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#72 in Asia

#399 in the World

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

10. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Archaeology

#109 in Asia

#551 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Archaeology

#111 in Asia

#555 in the World

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

12. Waseda University

For Archaeology

#116 in Asia

#577 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Archaeology

#125 in Asia

#622 in the World

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

14. Chiba University

For Archaeology

#148 in Asia

#704 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Archaeology

#176 in Asia

#796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

16. Nihon University

For Archaeology

#194 in Asia

#850 in the World

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

17. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Archaeology

#198 in Asia

#870 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Archaeology

#202 in Asia

#881 in the World

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

19. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Archaeology

#229 in Asia

#954 in the World

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

20. Osaka City University

For Archaeology

#250 in Asia

#1016 in the World

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

21. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Archaeology

#261 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

22. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Archaeology

#267 in Asia

#1048 in the World

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

23. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Archaeology

#272 in Asia

#1058 in the World

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

24. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Archaeology

#291 in Asia

#1101 in the World

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

25. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Archaeology

#305 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Archaeology

#306 in Asia

#1137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

27. Tokai University

For Archaeology

#312 in Asia

#1148 in the World

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

28. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Archaeology

#316 in Asia

#1156 in the World

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

29. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Archaeology

#320 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

30. Osaka Prefecture University

For Archaeology

#327 in Asia

#1193 in the World

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

31. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Archaeology

#348 in Asia

#1252 in the World

Founded: 1949

32. Ritsumeikan University

For Archaeology

#363 in Asia

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

33. Gifu University

For Archaeology

#372 in Asia

#1308 in the World

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

34. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Archaeology

#375 in Asia

#1314 in the World

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

35. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Archaeology

#390 in Asia

#1356 in the World

Founded: 1972

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Archaeology

#395 in Asia

#1365 in the World

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

37. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Archaeology

#396 in Asia

#1367 in the World

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

38. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Archaeology

#407 in Asia

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

39. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#423 in Asia

#1430 in the World

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

40. Mie University

For Archaeology

#424 in Asia

#1431 in the World

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

41. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Archaeology

#429 in Asia

#1437 in the World

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

42. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Archaeology

#431 in Asia

#1442 in the World

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

43. University of Electro-Communications

For Archaeology

#432 in Asia

#1446 in the World

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

44. Saga University

For Archaeology

#451 in Asia

#1505 in the World

Founded: 1949

45. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Archaeology

#454 in Asia

#1510 in the World

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

46. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Archaeology

#455 in Asia

#1511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

47. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Archaeology

#456 in Asia

#1512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

48. Juntendo University

For Archaeology

#466 in Asia

#1546 in the World

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

49. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Archaeology

#483 in Asia

#1587 in the World

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

50. Ibaraki University

For Archaeology

#502 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

51. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#503 in Asia

#1630 in the World

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

52. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Archaeology

#513 in Asia

#1654 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

53. Kansai University

For Archaeology

#520 in Asia

#1668 in the World

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

54. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Archaeology

#524 in Asia

#1674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

55. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Archaeology

#531 in Asia

#1698 in the World

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

56. Shimane University

For Archaeology

#550 in Asia

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

57. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Archaeology

#567 in Asia

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

58. University of Toyama

For Archaeology

#580 in Asia

#1797 in the World

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

59. University of Yamanashi

For Archaeology

#587 in Asia

#1805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

60. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Archaeology

#591 in Asia

#1816 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

61. Kitasato University

For Archaeology

#596 in Asia

#1831 in the World

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

62. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#604 in Asia

#1855 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

63. Akita University

For Archaeology

#618 in Asia

#1882 in the World

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

64. Hosei University

For Archaeology

#630 in Asia

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

65. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Archaeology

#635 in Asia

#1910 in the World

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

66. Meiji University

For Archaeology

#653 in Asia

#1940 in the World

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

67. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Archaeology

#665 in Asia

#1965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

68. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Archaeology

#671 in Asia

#1976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

69. Kurume University

For Archaeology

#685 in Asia

#2006 in the World

Founded: 1928

70. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Archaeology

#687 in Asia

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Archaeology

#689 in Asia

#2018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

72. Toho University

For Archaeology

#693 in Asia

#2023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

73. Nagoya City University

For Archaeology

#702 in Asia

#2037 in the World

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

74. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Archaeology

#706 in Asia

#2044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

75. Doshisha University

For Archaeology

#708 in Asia

#2048 in the World

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

76. Meijo University

For Archaeology

#720 in Asia

#2070 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

77. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Archaeology

#724 in Asia

#2081 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

78. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Archaeology

#736 in Asia

#2107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

79. Teikyo University

For Archaeology

#744 in Asia

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

80. Toyo University

For Archaeology

#749 in Asia

#2132 in the World

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

81. Kochi University

For Archaeology

#751 in Asia

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

82. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Archaeology

#760 in Asia

#2162 in the World

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

83. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Archaeology

#769 in Asia

#2177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

84. Nippon Medical School

For Archaeology

#782 in Asia

#2202 in the World

Founded: 1904

85. Sophia University

For Archaeology

#783 in Asia

#2203 in the World

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

86. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Archaeology

#785 in Asia

#2206 in the World

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

87. University of Fukui

For Archaeology

#792 in Asia

#2220 in the World

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

88. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Archaeology

#797 in Asia

#2229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1993

89. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#799 in Asia

#2231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

90. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Archaeology

#810 in Asia

#2255 in the World

Founded: 1972

91. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Archaeology

#821 in Asia

#2280 in the World

Founded: 1978

92. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Archaeology

#831 in Asia

#2302 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

93. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Archaeology

#834 in Asia

#2308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

94. Tokyo Denki University

For Archaeology

#839 in Asia

#2315 in the World

Founded: 1907

95. Oita University

For Archaeology

#843 in Asia

#2321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

96. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Archaeology

#847 in Asia

#2334 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

97. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Archaeology

#862 in Asia

#2368 in the World

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

98. Showa University

For Archaeology

#877 in Asia

#2396 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

99. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Archaeology

#878 in Asia

#2397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

100. Muroran Institute of Technology

Japan | Muroran

For Archaeology

#911 in Asia

#2474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Japan

Anthropology151

Broadcast Journalism10

Classics and Ancient History78

Communications and Public Relations43

Criminology and Criminal Justice10

Early Childhood Education8

Education Majors158

Forensic Science27

Gender Studies26

Human Rights Law3

Intellectual Property and Patent Law19

International Law11

International Relations and Diplomacy19

Journalism and Digital Media21

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science134

Media Studies14

Military science9

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution19

Occupational Safety and Health32

Political Economy19

Political Science404

Public Policy / Administration27

Radio and Television broadcasting17

Special Education15

Sports / Exercise science50

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies141

Urban and Regional planning27