100 Best Medical schools in Japan

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Medicine. A graph of 80.6M citations received by 4.71M academic papers made by 507 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 Medicine

#1 in Asia

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,133
Founded: 1877

2. Osaka University

For Medicine

#2 in Asia

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 23,044
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

3. Kyoto University

For Medicine

#3 in Asia

#53 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Medicine

#8 in Asia

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

5. Tohoku University

For Medicine

#11 in Asia

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 17,665
Founded: 1907

6. Nagoya University

For Medicine

#15 in Asia

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 16,376
Founded: 1939

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Medicine

#16 in Asia

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

8. Keio University

For Medicine

#24 in Asia

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 33,437
Founded: 1858

9. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Medicine

#28 in Asia

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1946

10. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Medicine

#32 in Asia

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

11. Chiba University

For Medicine

#34 in Asia

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

12. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Medicine

#35 in Asia

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Medicine

#40 in Asia

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 15,077
Founded: 1949

14. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Medicine

#42 in Asia

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 10,111
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

15. Kobe University

For Medicine

#44 in Asia

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,870
Founded: 1902

16. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Medicine

#47 in Asia

#299 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 7,629
Founded: 1949

17. Juntendo University

For Medicine

#51 in Asia

#310 in the World

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

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Medicine

#56 in Asia

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 12,289
Founded: 1922

19. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Medicine

#57 in Asia

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 9,044
Founded: 1949

20. Osaka City University

For Medicine

#58 in Asia

#356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

21. Nihon University

For Medicine

#60 in Asia

#370 in the World

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

22. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Medicine

#61 in Asia

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

23. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Medicine

#66 in Asia

#384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

24. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Medicine

#69 in Asia

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

25. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Medicine

#71 in Asia

#402 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. Kurume University

For Medicine

#73 in Asia

#406 in the World

Founded: 1928

27. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Medicine

#76 in Asia

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

28. Tokyo University of Science

For Medicine

#77 in Asia

#412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1881

29. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Medicine

#79 in Asia

#418 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1928

30. Kitasato University

For Medicine

#80 in Asia

#423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

31. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Medicine

#81 in Asia

#428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

32. Gifu University

For Medicine

#83 in Asia

#433 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

33. Nippon Medical School

For Medicine

#85 in Asia

#438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1904

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Medicine

#86 in Asia

#439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

35. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Medicine

#88 in Asia

#445 in the World

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

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Medicine

#89 in Asia

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Enrollment: 38,857
Founded: 1949

37. Nagoya City University

For Medicine

#90 in Asia

#449 in the World

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

38. Showa University

For Medicine

#92 in Asia

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1928

39. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Medicine

#93 in Asia

#464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 1949

40. Mie University

For Medicine

#94 in Asia

#467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

41. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Medicine

#97 in Asia

#474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

42. Tokai University

For Medicine

#106 in Asia

#503 in the World

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

43. Teikyo University

For Medicine

#107 in Asia

#507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

44. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Medicine

#110 in Asia

#510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

45. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Medicine

#113 in Asia

#519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1945

46. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Medicine

#117 in Asia

#530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2003

47. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Medicine

#118 in Asia

#534 in the World

Founded: 1972

48. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Medicine

#120 in Asia

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1971

49. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Medicine

#125 in Asia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

50. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Medicine

#128 in Asia

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

51. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Medicine

#129 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

52. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Medicine

#130 in Asia

#562 in the World

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

53. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Medicine

#131 in Asia

#563 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

54. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Medicine

#133 in Asia

#570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1978

55. Tokyo Medical University

For Medicine

#136 in Asia

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

56. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Medicine

#152 in Asia

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

57. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Medicine

#155 in Asia

#627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 3,065
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1964

58. Toho University

For Medicine

#161 in Asia

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

59. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Medicine

#162 in Asia

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,095
Founded: 1952

60. Akita University

For Medicine

#163 in Asia

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

61. Shimane University

For Medicine

#164 in Asia

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

62. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Medicine

#166 in Asia

#644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

63. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Medicine

#171 in Asia

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1928

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Medicine

#174 in Asia

#675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

65. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Medicine

#175 in Asia

#680 in the World

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

66. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Medicine

#176 in Asia

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1939

67. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Medicine

#185 in Asia

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

68. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Medicine

#189 in Asia

#709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

69. Kyorin University

For Medicine

#192 in Asia

#713 in the World

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

70. University of Toyama

For Medicine

#198 in Asia

#732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 9,121
Founded: 1975

71. Waseda University

For Medicine

#200 in Asia

#735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 47,094
Founded: 1882

72. Oita University

For Medicine

#202 in Asia

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

73. University of Fukui

For Medicine

#210 in Asia

#763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

74. University of Yamanashi

For Medicine

#216 in Asia

#775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

75. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Medicine

#231 in Asia

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

76. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Medicine

#233 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1950

77. Kanazawa Medical University

For Medicine

#237 in Asia

#841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

78. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Medicine

#241 in Asia

#849 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

79. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Medicine

#248 in Asia

#870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

80. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Medicine

#251 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

81. Dokkyo University

For Medicine

#252 in Asia

#877 in the World

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

82. Saga University

For Medicine

#261 in Asia

#913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

83. Osaka Prefecture University

For Medicine

#274 in Asia

#945 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

84. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Medicine

#285 in Asia

#982 in the World

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

85. Tokyo Dental College

For Medicine

#291 in Asia

#1004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1890

86. Kochi University

For Medicine

#299 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1949

87. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Medicine

#305 in Asia

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1987

88. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Medicine

#334 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Founded: 1972

89. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Medicine

#339 in Asia

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1991

90. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Medicine

#365 in Asia

#1182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1880

91. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Medicine

#373 in Asia

#1205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,337
Founded: 1941

92. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Medicine

#376 in Asia

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1891

93. Hoshi University

For Medicine

#404 in Asia

#1273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

94. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Medicine

#409 in Asia

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

95. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Medicine

#414 in Asia

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,132
Male:Female: 56:44
Founded: 1973

96. Ritsumeikan University

For Medicine

#425 in Asia

#1305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1899

97. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Medicine

#428 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1932

98. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Medicine

#432 in Asia

#1320 in the World

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

99. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Medicine

#440 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

100. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Medicine

#452 in Asia

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology327

Anesthesiology184

Bioethics/Medical Ethics29

Biomedical Engineering128

Clinical Psychology148

Critical Care Nursing86

Family medicine114

Forensic Science38

Gastroenterology and Hepatology144

Health Science107

Healthcare Management (MHA)92

Medical Physics80

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)94

Occupational Therapy70

Oncology and Cancer research199

Ophthalmology113

Orthodontics118

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine94

Pharmacology194

Physical Therapy280

Plastic Surgery73

Public Health250

Radiation Therapy110

Radiology and Nuclear medicine297

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound92

Sports / Exercise science42

Sports Medicine210