100 Best universities for Family medicine 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 Family medicine. A graph of 1.41M citations received by 67.7K academic papers made by 132 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 Family medicine

#5 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

For Family medicine

#14 in Asia

#180 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

For Family medicine

#15 in Asia

#186 in the World

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

4. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Family medicine

#25 in Asia

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Family medicine

#26 in Asia

#251 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Family medicine

#33 in Asia

#270 in the World

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

7. Tohoku University

For Family medicine

#42 in Asia

#296 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Family medicine

#45 in Asia

#321 in the World

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

9. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Family medicine

#48 in Asia

#330 in the World

Founded: 1972

10. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Family medicine

#51 in Asia

#336 in the World

Founded: 2003

11. Keio University

For Family medicine

#54 in Asia

#356 in the World

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

12. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Family medicine

#63 in Asia

#395 in the World

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

13. Chiba University

For Family medicine

#66 in Asia

#431 in the World

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

14. Nihon University

For Family medicine

#71 in Asia

#461 in the World

Founded: 1889

15. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Family medicine

#72 in Asia

#462 in the World

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

16. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Family medicine

#76 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

17. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Family medicine

#77 in Asia

#468 in the World

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

18. Juntendo University

For Family medicine

#80 in Asia

#480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

19. Kobe University

For Family medicine

#84 in Asia

#492 in the World

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

20. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Family medicine

#86 in Asia

#497 in the World

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

21. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Family medicine

#90 in Asia

#506 in the World

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

22. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Family medicine

#94 in Asia

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

23. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Family medicine

#96 in Asia

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

24. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Family medicine

#101 in Asia

#543 in the World

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

25. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Family medicine

#102 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

26. Nagoya City University

For Family medicine

#109 in Asia

#578 in the World

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

27. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Family medicine

#113 in Asia

#592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

28. Teikyo University

For Family medicine

#120 in Asia

#615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

29. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Family medicine

#122 in Asia

#625 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

30. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Family medicine

#123 in Asia

#628 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

31. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Family medicine

#124 in Asia

#630 in the World

Founded: 1978

32. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Family medicine

#126 in Asia

#634 in the World

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

33. Showa University

For Family medicine

#132 in Asia

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

34. Osaka City University

For Family medicine

#133 in Asia

#654 in the World

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

35. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Family medicine

#134 in Asia

#658 in the World

Founded: 1972

36. Kurume University

For Family medicine

#135 in Asia

#660 in the World

Founded: 1928

37. Nippon Medical School

For Family medicine

#136 in Asia

#666 in the World

Founded: 1904

38. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Family medicine

#140 in Asia

#677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

39. Tokai University

For Family medicine

#142 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Kyorin University

For Family medicine

#144 in Asia

#697 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

41. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Family medicine

#145 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

42. Kitasato University

For Family medicine

#151 in Asia

#716 in the World

Founded: 1962

43. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Family medicine

#153 in Asia

#720 in the World

Founded: 1949

44. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Family medicine

#161 in Asia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

45. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Family medicine

#162 in Asia

#737 in the World

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

46. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Family medicine

#164 in Asia

#741 in the World

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

47. Tokyo University of Science

For Family medicine

#165 in Asia

#743 in the World

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

48. Toho University

For Family medicine

#174 in Asia

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

49. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Family medicine

#179 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

50. Tokyo Medical University

For Family medicine

#185 in Asia

#795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

51. Gifu University

For Family medicine

#191 in Asia

#809 in the World

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

52. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Family medicine

#201 in Asia

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

53. Mie University

For Family medicine

#204 in Asia

#850 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

54. Shimane University

For Family medicine

#207 in Asia

#858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

55. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Family medicine

#211 in Asia

#885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

56. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Family medicine

#222 in Asia

#918 in the World

Founded: 1934

57. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Family medicine

#225 in Asia

#926 in the World

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

58. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Family medicine

#236 in Asia

#959 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

59. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Family medicine

#238 in Asia

#964 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

60. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Family medicine

#239 in Asia

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

61. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Family medicine

#240 in Asia

#974 in the World

Founded: 1928

62. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Family medicine

#248 in Asia

#992 in the World

Founded: 1971

63. University of Toyama

For Family medicine

#252 in Asia

#1004 in the World

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

64. Oita University

For Family medicine

#256 in Asia

#1013 in the World

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

65. Tokyo Dental College

For Family medicine

#257 in Asia

#1014 in the World

Founded: 1890

66. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Family medicine

#261 in Asia

#1022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

67. Kanazawa Medical University

For Family medicine

#263 in Asia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

68. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Family medicine

#274 in Asia

#1057 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. University of Yamanashi

For Family medicine

#281 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

70. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Family medicine

#282 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Founded: 1928

71. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Family medicine

#285 in Asia

#1099 in the World

Founded: 1995

72. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Family medicine

#327 in Asia

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

73. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Family medicine

#333 in Asia

#1226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

74. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Family medicine

#343 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Family medicine

#345 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

76. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Family medicine

#347 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

77. Kochi University

For Family medicine

#358 in Asia

#1269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Family medicine

#361 in Asia

#1277 in the World

Founded: 1927

79. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Family medicine

#363 in Asia

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

80. Saga University

For Family medicine

#366 in Asia

#1289 in the World

Founded: 1949

81. Akita University

For Family medicine

#373 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

82. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Family medicine

#402 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. Waseda University

For Family medicine

#408 in Asia

#1413 in the World

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

84. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Family medicine

#444 in Asia

#1520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

85. University of Fukui

For Family medicine

#453 in Asia

#1540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

86. Dokkyo University

For Family medicine

#460 in Asia

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

87. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Family medicine

#471 in Asia

#1588 in the World

Founded: 1949

88. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Family medicine

#477 in Asia

#1600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

89. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Family medicine

#481 in Asia

#1606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

90. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Family medicine

#495 in Asia

#1631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

91. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Family medicine

#496 in Asia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

92. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Family medicine

#506 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

93. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Family medicine

#515 in Asia

#1687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

94. Tsurumi University

Japan | Yokohama

For Family medicine

#531 in Asia

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1924

95. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Family medicine

#570 in Asia

#1823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

96. Fukuoka Dental College

Japan | Fukuoka

For Family medicine

#592 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Founded: 1972

97. Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing

For Family medicine

#608 in Asia

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1999

98. Nippon Dental University

For Family medicine

#618 in Asia

#1966 in the World

Founded: 1907

99. Meijo University

For Family medicine

#620 in Asia

#1969 in the World

Founded: 1926

100. Osaka Dental University

Japan | Hirakata

For Family medicine

#621 in Asia

#1970 in the World

Enrollment: 1,178
Founded: 1911

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology348

Anesthesiology210

Bioethics/Medical Ethics26

Biomedical Engineering140

Clinical Psychology182

Critical Care Nursing93

Forensic Science26

Gastroenterology and Hepatology156

Health Science138

Healthcare Management (MHA)101

Medical Physics80

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)99

Occupational Therapy89

Oncology and Cancer research219

Ophthalmology121

Orthodontics138

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine98

Pharmacology212

Physical Therapy311

Plastic Surgery73

Public Health289

Radiation Therapy122

Radiology and Nuclear medicine332

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound91

Sports / Exercise science56

Sports Medicine236