100 Best universities for Demography 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 Demography. A graph of 3.76M citations received by 171K academic papers made by 275 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

#3 in Asia

#98 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Demography

#7 in Asia

#135 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Demography

#20 in Asia

#246 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#21 in Asia

#248 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

For Demography

#25 in Asia

#261 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#26 in Asia

#280 in the World

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

7. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Demography

#29 in Asia

#294 in the World

Founded: 2003

8. Nagoya University

For Demography

#33 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Demography

#41 in Asia

#363 in the World

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

10. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Demography

#47 in Asia

#393 in the World

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

11. Keio University

For Demography

#50 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Demography

#74 in Asia

#501 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Demography

#75 in Asia

#502 in the World

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

14. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Demography

#88 in Asia

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

15. Chiba University

For Demography

#92 in Asia

#588 in the World

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

16. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Demography

#94 in Asia

#597 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Demography

#104 in Asia

#635 in the World

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

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Demography

#109 in Asia

#647 in the World

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

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Demography

#136 in Asia

#736 in the World

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

20. Juntendo University

For Demography

#137 in Asia

#742 in the World

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

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Demography

#145 in Asia

#770 in the World

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

22. Gifu University

For Demography

#146 in Asia

#773 in the World

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

23. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Demography

#148 in Asia

#783 in the World

Founded: 1972

24. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Demography

#151 in Asia

#791 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

25. Osaka City University

For Demography

#155 in Asia

#805 in the World

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

26. Tokyo University of Science

For Demography

#164 in Asia

#832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

27. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Demography

#165 in Asia

#833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,107
Founded: 1974

28. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Demography

#168 in Asia

#841 in the World

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

29. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Demography

#169 in Asia

#843 in the World

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

30. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Demography

#171 in Asia

#849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

31. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#176 in Asia

#867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

32. Waseda University

For Demography

#183 in Asia

#887 in the World

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

33. Nagoya City University

For Demography

#184 in Asia

#889 in the World

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

34. Tokai University

For Demography

#191 in Asia

#908 in the World

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

35. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Demography

#199 in Asia

#932 in the World

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

36. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Demography

#201 in Asia

#935 in the World

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

37. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Demography

#204 in Asia

#947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Demography

#210 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

39. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Demography

#211 in Asia

#964 in the World

Founded: 1978

40. Kurume University

For Demography

#216 in Asia

#980 in the World

Founded: 1928

41. Showa University

For Demography

#218 in Asia

#985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Demography

#220 in Asia

#988 in the World

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

43. Kitasato University

For Demography

#224 in Asia

#1006 in the World

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

44. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Demography

#225 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

45. Teikyo University

For Demography

#233 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

46. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Demography

#238 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

47. Shimane University

For Demography

#243 in Asia

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

48. University of Toyama

For Demography

#247 in Asia

#1054 in the World

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

49. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Demography

#252 in Asia

#1080 in the World

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

50. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Demography

#258 in Asia

#1098 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Nippon Medical School

For Demography

#264 in Asia

#1115 in the World

Founded: 1904

52. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Demography

#268 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,095
Founded: 1952

53. Mie University

For Demography

#270 in Asia

#1132 in the World

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

54. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Demography

#271 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

55. Toho University

For Demography

#273 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

56. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Demography

#275 in Asia

#1147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

57. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Demography

#285 in Asia

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

58. University of Yamanashi

For Demography

#299 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Demography

#314 in Asia

#1233 in the World

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

60. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Demography

#318 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Enrollment: 3,065
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1964

61. Osaka Prefecture University

For Demography

#329 in Asia

#1278 in the World

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

62. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Demography

#331 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

63. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#337 in Asia

#1293 in the World

Founded: 1928

64. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Demography

#349 in Asia

#1316 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

65. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Demography

#353 in Asia

#1327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

66. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Demography

#361 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Founded: 1949

67. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Demography

#364 in Asia

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

68. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Demography

#373 in Asia

#1363 in the World

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

69. Kanazawa Medical University

For Demography

#376 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

70. Akita University

For Demography

#393 in Asia

#1399 in the World

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

71. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Demography

#397 in Asia

#1410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

72. Tokyo Medical University

For Demography

#406 in Asia

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

73. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Demography

#410 in Asia

#1434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

74. Saga University

For Demography

#412 in Asia

#1437 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Demography

#434 in Asia

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

76. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Demography

#443 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

77. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Demography

#454 in Asia

#1544 in the World

Founded: 1972

78. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Demography

#458 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

79. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Demography

#459 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Founded: 1971

80. Kyorin University

For Demography

#465 in Asia

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 4,820
Founded: 1966

81. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Demography

#469 in Asia

#1573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

82. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Demography

#475 in Asia

#1580 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

83. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Demography

#480 in Asia

#1604 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

84. Oita University

For Demography

#485 in Asia

#1616 in the World

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

85. Kochi University

For Demography

#486 in Asia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

86. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Demography

#491 in Asia

#1629 in the World

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

87. University of Fukui

For Demography

#509 in Asia

#1685 in the World

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

88. Ritsumeikan University

For Demography

#512 in Asia

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

89. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Demography

#550 in Asia

#1777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,337
Founded: 1941

90. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Demography

#554 in Asia

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

91. Nara Women's University

For Demography

#566 in Asia

#1811 in the World

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

92. Ibaraki University

For Demography

#634 in Asia

#1965 in the World

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

93. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Demography

#641 in Asia

#1990 in the World

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

94. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Demography

#651 in Asia

#2002 in the World

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

95. Kansai University

For Demography

#658 in Asia

#2029 in the World

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

96. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Demography

#676 in Asia

#2064 in the World

Enrollment: 1,195
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1927

97. Doshisha University

For Demography

#681 in Asia

#2077 in the World

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

98. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Demography

#687 in Asia

#2092 in the World

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

99. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Demography

#691 in Asia

#2104 in the World

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

100. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Demography

#695 in Asia

#2114 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

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

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