100 Best universities for Cardiology 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 Cardiology. A graph of 3.94M citations received by 242K academic papers made by 209 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. Osaka University

For Cardiology

#3 in Asia

#74 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Cardiology

#5 in Asia

#78 in the World

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

3. University of Tokyo

For Cardiology

#6 in Asia

#79 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Cardiology

#8 in Asia

#103 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cardiology

#11 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Cardiology

#16 in Asia

#140 in the World

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

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Cardiology

#24 in Asia

#165 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Cardiology

#25 in Asia

#167 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Cardiology

#26 in Asia

#184 in the World

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

10. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Cardiology

#27 in Asia

#186 in the World

Founded: 1972

11. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Cardiology

#29 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

12. Chiba University

For Cardiology

#30 in Asia

#196 in the World

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

13. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Cardiology

#33 in Asia

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Cardiology

#34 in Asia

#212 in the World

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

15. Kobe University

For Cardiology

#36 in Asia

#216 in the World

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

16. Nippon Medical School

For Cardiology

#38 in Asia

#221 in the World

Founded: 1904

17. Osaka City University

For Cardiology

#40 in Asia

#239 in the World

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

18. Juntendo University

For Cardiology

#44 in Asia

#247 in the World

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

19. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Cardiology

#45 in Asia

#256 in the World

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

20. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Cardiology

#46 in Asia

#258 in the World

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

21. Kurume University

For Cardiology

#47 in Asia

#259 in the World

Founded: 1928

22. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Cardiology

#49 in Asia

#265 in the World

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

23. Toho University

For Cardiology

#50 in Asia

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

24. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Cardiology

#51 in Asia

#271 in the World

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

25. Nihon University

For Cardiology

#53 in Asia

#273 in the World

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

26. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Cardiology

#56 in Asia

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

27. Kitasato University

For Cardiology

#61 in Asia

#308 in the World

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

28. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Cardiology

#63 in Asia

#312 in the World

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

29. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Cardiology

#65 in Asia

#318 in the World

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

30. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Cardiology

#66 in Asia

#323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

31. Mie University

For Cardiology

#68 in Asia

#331 in the World

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

32. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Cardiology

#69 in Asia

#332 in the World

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

33. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Cardiology

#70 in Asia

#333 in the World

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

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Cardiology

#71 in Asia

#335 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Cardiology

#72 in Asia

#339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

36. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Cardiology

#73 in Asia

#341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

37. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Cardiology

#74 in Asia

#351 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

38. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Cardiology

#75 in Asia

#352 in the World

Founded: 1928

39. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Cardiology

#78 in Asia

#360 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

40. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Cardiology

#79 in Asia

#362 in the World

Founded: 1972

41. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Cardiology

#80 in Asia

#363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

42. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Cardiology

#82 in Asia

#367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

43. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Cardiology

#83 in Asia

#369 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Cardiology

#87 in Asia

#374 in the World

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

45. Gifu University

For Cardiology

#89 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

46. Tokyo Medical University

For Cardiology

#90 in Asia

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

47. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Cardiology

#94 in Asia

#401 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

48. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Cardiology

#96 in Asia

#404 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

49. Teikyo University

For Cardiology

#97 in Asia

#405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

50. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Cardiology

#99 in Asia

#410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Cardiology

#101 in Asia

#413 in the World

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

52. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Cardiology

#102 in Asia

#414 in the World

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

53. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Cardiology

#104 in Asia

#417 in the World

Founded: 1971

54. Nagoya City University

For Cardiology

#105 in Asia

#418 in the World

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

55. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Cardiology

#106 in Asia

#422 in the World

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

56. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Cardiology

#107 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

57. Showa University

For Cardiology

#108 in Asia

#437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

58. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Cardiology

#113 in Asia

#444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

59. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Cardiology

#115 in Asia

#453 in the World

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

60. University of Toyama

For Cardiology

#121 in Asia

#465 in the World

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

61. Akita University

For Cardiology

#123 in Asia

#468 in the World

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

62. Oita University

For Cardiology

#124 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

63. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Cardiology

#125 in Asia

#472 in the World

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

64. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Cardiology

#127 in Asia

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

65. Shimane University

For Cardiology

#130 in Asia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

66. Kyorin University

For Cardiology

#131 in Asia

#486 in the World

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

67. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Cardiology

#132 in Asia

#487 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

68. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Cardiology

#133 in Asia

#490 in the World

Founded: 1978

69. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Cardiology

#142 in Asia

#524 in the World

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

70. Dokkyo University

For Cardiology

#146 in Asia

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 8,675
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1964

71. University of Yamanashi

For Cardiology

#153 in Asia

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

72. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Cardiology

#161 in Asia

#576 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

73. University of Fukui

For Cardiology

#163 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

74. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Cardiology

#171 in Asia

#608 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

75. Waseda University

For Cardiology

#174 in Asia

#616 in the World

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

76. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Cardiology

#179 in Asia

#628 in the World

Founded: 1972

77. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Cardiology

#181 in Asia

#633 in the World

Founded: 2003

78. Kanazawa Medical University

For Cardiology

#182 in Asia

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

79. Saga University

For Cardiology

#191 in Asia

#665 in the World

Founded: 1949

80. Tokyo University of Science

For Cardiology

#233 in Asia

#778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

81. Kochi University

For Cardiology

#240 in Asia

#797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

82. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Cardiology

#242 in Asia

#803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 1,132
Male:Female: 56:44
Founded: 1973

83. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Cardiology

#254 in Asia

#829 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

84. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Cardiology

#256 in Asia

#831 in the World

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

85. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Cardiology

#269 in Asia

#861 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

86. Hoshi University

For Cardiology

#270 in Asia

#862 in the World

Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

87. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Cardiology

#280 in Asia

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

88. Shiga University

For Cardiology

#284 in Asia

#895 in the World

Enrollment: 3,702
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1949

89. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Cardiology

#290 in Asia

#904 in the World

Founded: 1904

90. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Cardiology

#301 in Asia

#932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

91. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Cardiology

#339 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

92. Ritsumeikan University

For Cardiology

#341 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

93. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Cardiology

#365 in Asia

#1091 in the World

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

94. Kobe Gakuin University

For Cardiology

#372 in Asia

#1134 in the World

Enrollment: 10,177
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1966

95. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Cardiology

#374 in Asia

#1143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

96. Kyoto Women's University

For Cardiology

#382 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1920

97. Toyo University

For Cardiology

#394 in Asia

#1182 in the World

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

98. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Cardiology

#396 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

99. Mukogawa Women's University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Cardiology

#400 in Asia

#1203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

100. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Japan | Kurashiki

For Cardiology

#417 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Enrollment: 3,810
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1991

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

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