100 Best universities for Dermatology 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 Dermatology. A graph of 976K citations received by 63.7K academic papers made by 112 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. Kyoto University

For Dermatology

#6 in Asia

#70 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

For Dermatology

#8 in Asia

#77 in the World

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

3. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Dermatology

#9 in Asia

#84 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Dermatology

#12 in Asia

#102 in the World

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

5. Keio University

For Dermatology

#13 in Asia

#103 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Dermatology

#14 in Asia

#117 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Dermatology

#19 in Asia

#145 in the World

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

8. Juntendo University

For Dermatology

#20 in Asia

#168 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Dermatology

#24 in Asia

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

10. Nagoya University

For Dermatology

#27 in Asia

#188 in the World

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

11. Teikyo University

For Dermatology

#31 in Asia

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

12. Kurume University

For Dermatology

#36 in Asia

#217 in the World

Founded: 1928

13. Nippon Medical School

For Dermatology

#38 in Asia

#219 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Dermatology

#40 in Asia

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

15. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Dermatology

#44 in Asia

#250 in the World

Founded: 1972

16. Kobe University

For Dermatology

#46 in Asia

#253 in the World

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

17. Chiba University

For Dermatology

#48 in Asia

#255 in the World

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

18. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Dermatology

#49 in Asia

#256 in the World

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

19. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Dermatology

#51 in Asia

#262 in the World

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

20. Osaka City University

For Dermatology

#52 in Asia

#264 in the World

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

21. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Dermatology

#57 in Asia

#274 in the World

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

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Dermatology

#58 in Asia

#278 in the World

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

23. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Dermatology

#61 in Asia

#282 in the World

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

24. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Dermatology

#63 in Asia

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

25. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Dermatology

#64 in Asia

#290 in the World

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

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Dermatology

#69 in Asia

#307 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

27. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Dermatology

#70 in Asia

#308 in the World

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

28. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Dermatology

#72 in Asia

#316 in the World

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

29. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Dermatology

#73 in Asia

#317 in the World

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

30. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Dermatology

#75 in Asia

#321 in the World

Founded: 1978

31. Tokyo Medical University

For Dermatology

#77 in Asia

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

32. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Dermatology

#79 in Asia

#335 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

33. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Dermatology

#80 in Asia

#336 in the World

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

34. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Dermatology

#81 in Asia

#338 in the World

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

35. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Dermatology

#82 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

36. Nihon University

For Dermatology

#84 in Asia

#342 in the World

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

37. Kyorin University

For Dermatology

#85 in Asia

#344 in the World

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

38. Nagoya City University

For Dermatology

#86 in Asia

#346 in the World

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

39. Gifu University

For Dermatology

#88 in Asia

#349 in the World

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

40. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Dermatology

#92 in Asia

#362 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

41. Kitasato University

For Dermatology

#93 in Asia

#367 in the World

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

42. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Dermatology

#96 in Asia

#381 in the World

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

43. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Dermatology

#97 in Asia

#388 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

44. Mie University

For Dermatology

#98 in Asia

#394 in the World

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

45. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Dermatology

#99 in Asia

#395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

46. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Dermatology

#101 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

47. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Dermatology

#105 in Asia

#412 in the World

Founded: 1972

48. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Dermatology

#107 in Asia

#421 in the World

Founded: 1971

49. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Dermatology

#108 in Asia

#422 in the World

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

50. Toho University

For Dermatology

#113 in Asia

#434 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

51. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Dermatology

#114 in Asia

#435 in the World

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

52. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Dermatology

#117 in Asia

#438 in the World

Founded: 1949

53. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Dermatology

#119 in Asia

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

54. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Dermatology

#123 in Asia

#469 in the World

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

55. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Dermatology

#124 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

56. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Dermatology

#125 in Asia

#472 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

57. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Dermatology

#127 in Asia

#479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

58. Showa University

For Dermatology

#130 in Asia

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

59. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Dermatology

#134 in Asia

#495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

60. Shimane University

For Dermatology

#138 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

61. Tokai University

For Dermatology

#142 in Asia

#514 in the World

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

62. Kochi University

For Dermatology

#144 in Asia

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

63. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Dermatology

#146 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

64. Kanazawa Medical University

For Dermatology

#148 in Asia

#523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

65. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Dermatology

#149 in Asia

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

66. Oita University

For Dermatology

#153 in Asia

#536 in the World

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

67. University of Yamanashi

For Dermatology

#155 in Asia

#544 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

68. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Dermatology

#158 in Asia

#550 in the World

Founded: 2003

69. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Dermatology

#159 in Asia

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

70. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Dermatology

#172 in Asia

#581 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

71. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Dermatology

#176 in Asia

#588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

72. University of Fukui

For Dermatology

#182 in Asia

#609 in the World

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

73. Saga University

For Dermatology

#191 in Asia

#621 in the World

Founded: 1949

74. Akita University

For Dermatology

#192 in Asia

#624 in the World

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

75. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Dermatology

#199 in Asia

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

76. University of Toyama

For Dermatology

#201 in Asia

#639 in the World

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

77. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Dermatology

#212 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

78. Dokkyo University

For Dermatology

#220 in Asia

#687 in the World

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

79. Tokyo University of Science

For Dermatology

#222 in Asia

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

80. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Dermatology

#225 in Asia

#703 in the World

Founded: 1928

81. Tokyo Dental College

For Dermatology

#230 in Asia

#714 in the World

Founded: 1890

82. Meiji Pharmaceutical University

For Dermatology

#234 in Asia

#721 in the World

Enrollment: 2,290
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1902

83. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Dermatology

#243 in Asia

#739 in the World

Founded: 1972

84. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Dermatology

#290 in Asia

#836 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Dermatology

#337 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

86. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Dermatology

#339 in Asia

#965 in the World

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

87. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Dermatology

#360 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

88. Hoshi University

For Dermatology

#371 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

89. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Dermatology

#392 in Asia

#1101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

90. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Dermatology

#408 in Asia

#1142 in the World

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

91. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Dermatology

#420 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

92. Tsurumi University

Japan | Yokohama

For Dermatology

#426 in Asia

#1184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1924

93. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Dermatology

#428 in Asia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

94. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Dermatology

#430 in Asia

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

95. Ochanomizu University

For Dermatology

#456 in Asia

#1267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

96. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Dermatology

#473 in Asia

#1316 in the World

Founded: 1904

97. Osaka Prefecture University

For Dermatology

#482 in Asia

#1330 in the World

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

98. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Dermatology

#489 in Asia

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

99. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Dermatology

#490 in Asia

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

100. Waseda University

For Dermatology

#498 in Asia

#1374 in the World

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

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology343

Anesthesiology202

Bioethics/Medical Ethics25

Biomedical Engineering136

Clinical Psychology165

Critical Care Nursing87

Family medicine118

Forensic Science27

Gastroenterology and Hepatology152

Health Science127

Healthcare Management (MHA)95

Medical Physics81

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)98

Occupational Therapy81

Oncology and Cancer research215

Ophthalmology120

Orthodontics128

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine96

Pharmacology205

Physical Therapy298

Plastic Surgery69

Public Health278

Radiation Therapy119

Radiology and Nuclear medicine321

Respiratory Therapy88

Sonography and Ultrasound89

Sports / Exercise science50

Sports Medicine226