100 Best universities for Demography in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Demography. A graph of 4.71M citations received by 180K academic papers made by 284 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 Demography

#5 in Asia

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Demography

#7 in Asia

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Founded: 1897

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#23 in Asia

#251 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Demography

#24 in Asia

#254 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

For Demography

#26 in Asia

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Founded: 1931

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#30 in Asia

#301 in the World

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

7. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Demography

#34 in Asia

#328 in the World

Founded: 2003

8. Nagoya University

For Demography

#35 in Asia

#329 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Demography

#46 in Asia

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Founded: 1973

10. Keio University

For Demography

#59 in Asia

#425 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Demography

#83 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Demography

#86 in Asia

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1902

13. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Demography

#99 in Asia

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Demography

#103 in Asia

#599 in the World

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

15. Chiba University

For Demography

#108 in Asia

#619 in the World

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

16. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Demography

#115 in Asia

#644 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Demography

#123 in Asia

#672 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Demography

#135 in Asia

#706 in the World

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

19. Juntendo University

For Demography

#149 in Asia

#762 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

20. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Demography

#160 in Asia

#798 in the World

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

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Demography

#167 in Asia

#819 in the World

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

22. Gifu University

For Demography

#174 in Asia

#850 in the World

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

23. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Demography

#175 in Asia

#851 in the World

Founded: 1972

24. Osaka City University

For Demography

#182 in Asia

#865 in the World

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

25. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Demography

#183 in Asia

#871 in the World

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

26. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Demography

#185 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

27. Waseda University

For Demography

#194 in Asia

#899 in the World

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

28. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Demography

#198 in Asia

#909 in the World

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

29. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Demography

#201 in Asia

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

30. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Demography

#202 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

31. Tokyo University of Science

For Demography

#206 in Asia

#933 in the World

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

32. Nagoya City University

For Demography

#215 in Asia

#958 in the World

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

33. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#221 in Asia

#971 in the World

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

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Demography

#230 in Asia

#991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokai University

For Demography

#232 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

36. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Demography

#243 in Asia

#1020 in the World

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

37. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Demography

#247 in Asia

#1035 in the World

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

38. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Demography

#249 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Founded: 1978

39. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Demography

#250 in Asia

#1039 in the World

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

40. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Demography

#259 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Kurume University

For Demography

#262 in Asia

#1075 in the World

Founded: 1928

42. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Demography

#269 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

43. Kitasato University

For Demography

#271 in Asia

#1103 in the World

Founded: 1962

44. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#277 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

45. Shimane University

For Demography

#280 in Asia

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

46. University of Toyama

For Demography

#285 in Asia

#1133 in the World

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

47. Teikyo University

For Demography

#288 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

48. Nippon Medical School

For Demography

#289 in Asia

#1142 in the World

Founded: 1904

49. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Demography

#304 in Asia

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

50. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Demography

#313 in Asia

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

51. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Demography

#316 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Demography

#321 in Asia

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

53. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Demography

#327 in Asia

#1218 in the World

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

54. Toho University

For Demography

#332 in Asia

#1227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

55. Mie University

For Demography

#342 in Asia

#1256 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

56. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Demography

#354 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

57. Showa University

For Demography

#357 in Asia

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

58. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Demography

#362 in Asia

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

59. University of Yamanashi

For Demography

#368 in Asia

#1320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

60. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#369 in Asia

#1329 in the World

Founded: 1928

61. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Demography

#390 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

62. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Demography

#416 in Asia

#1419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

63. Osaka Prefecture University

For Demography

#422 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

64. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Demography

#424 in Asia

#1438 in the World

Founded: 1949

65. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Demography

#436 in Asia

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

66. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Demography

#437 in Asia

#1459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

67. Akita University

For Demography

#450 in Asia

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

68. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#451 in Asia

#1506 in the World

Founded: 1934

69. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Demography

#452 in Asia

#1509 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

70. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Demography

#453 in Asia

#1510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

71. Kanazawa Medical University

For Demography

#454 in Asia

#1513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

72. Saga University

For Demography

#459 in Asia

#1528 in the World

Founded: 1949

73. Tokyo Medical University

For Demography

#463 in Asia

#1537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

74. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Demography

#471 in Asia

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

75. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Demography

#474 in Asia

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

76. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Demography

#515 in Asia

#1655 in the World

Founded: 1972

77. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Demography

#521 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Founded: 1971

78. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Demography

#531 in Asia

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

79. Kyorin University

For Demography

#552 in Asia

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

80. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Demography

#554 in Asia

#1738 in the World

Founded: 1971

81. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#560 in Asia

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

82. Kochi University

For Demography

#569 in Asia

#1772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Ritsumeikan University

For Demography

#570 in Asia

#1773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

84. Oita University

For Demography

#571 in Asia

#1776 in the World

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

85. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Demography

#572 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

86. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Demography

#583 in Asia

#1798 in the World

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

87. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Demography

#584 in Asia

#1802 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

88. University of Fukui

For Demography

#610 in Asia

#1852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

89. Nara Women's University

For Demography

#623 in Asia

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

90. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Demography

#646 in Asia

#1953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

91. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Demography

#688 in Asia

#2058 in the World

Founded: 1928

92. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#711 in Asia

#2105 in the World

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

93. Ibaraki University

For Demography

#712 in Asia

#2109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

94. Kansai University

For Demography

#717 in Asia

#2118 in the World

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

95. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Demography

#718 in Asia

#2120 in the World

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

96. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Demography

#719 in Asia

#2122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

97. Meiji University

For Demography

#738 in Asia

#2171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

98. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Demography

#746 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Founded: 1927

99. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Demography

#750 in Asia

#2194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

100. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Demography

#766 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Founded: 1995

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Japan

Anthropology158

Broadcast Journalism9

Classics and Ancient History89

Communications and Public Relations49

Criminology and Criminal Justice10

Early Childhood Education7

Education Majors170

Forensic Science26

Gender Studies33

Human Rights Law2

Intellectual Property and Patent Law16

International Law10

International Relations and Diplomacy17

Journalism and Digital Media24

Law Enforcement7

Library and Information science143

Media Studies16

Military science9

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution17

Occupational Safety and Health27

Political Economy19

Political Science426

Public Policy / Administration29

Radio and Television broadcasting15

Special Education15

Sports / Exercise science56

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies146

Urban and Regional planning33