90 Best Occupational Therapy (OT) schools in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Occupational Therapy. A graph of 205K citations received by 16.9K academic papers made by 90 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. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Asia

#61 in the World

Founded: 2003

2. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#17 in Asia

#175 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#21 in Asia

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

4. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Occupational Therapy

#25 in Asia

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

5. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#27 in Asia

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

6. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Occupational Therapy

#29 in Asia

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

7. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#42 in Asia

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

8. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Occupational Therapy

#44 in Asia

#312 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

9. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Occupational Therapy

#51 in Asia

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

10. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#53 in Asia

#369 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

11. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Occupational Therapy

#64 in Asia

#422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

12. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#65 in Asia

#424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

13. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#66 in Asia

#425 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Occupational Therapy

#70 in Asia

#454 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

15. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#74 in Asia

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

16. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Occupational Therapy

#75 in Asia

#480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

17. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#81 in Asia

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

18. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#85 in Asia

#504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

19. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Occupational Therapy

#87 in Asia

#510 in the World

Founded: 1995

20. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#91 in Asia

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#97 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

22. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#100 in Asia

#554 in the World

Founded: 1889

23. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#101 in Asia

#555 in the World

Founded: 1962

24. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Occupational Therapy

#102 in Asia

#556 in the World

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

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Occupational Therapy

#107 in Asia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#110 in Asia

#580 in the World

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

27. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#118 in Asia

#609 in the World

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

28. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Occupational Therapy

#122 in Asia

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

29. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Occupational Therapy

#124 in Asia

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

30. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Occupational Therapy

#129 in Asia

#652 in the World

Founded: 1978

31. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#130 in Asia

#655 in the World

Founded: 1904

32. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Occupational Therapy

#132 in Asia

#667 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Occupational Therapy

#139 in Asia

#685 in the World

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

34. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#148 in Asia

#705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

35. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Occupational Therapy

#151 in Asia

#709 in the World

Founded: 1972

36. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Occupational Therapy

#152 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

37. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Japan | Ami

For Occupational Therapy

#158 in Asia

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1995

38. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Occupational Therapy

#160 in Asia

#742 in the World

Founded: 1971

39. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#163 in Asia

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

40. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Occupational Therapy

#166 in Asia

#765 in the World

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

41. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#168 in Asia

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

42. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Occupational Therapy

#172 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

43. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Occupational Therapy

#179 in Asia

#799 in the World

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

44. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#184 in Asia

#811 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

45. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Occupational Therapy

#189 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

46. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#190 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

47. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Occupational Therapy

#191 in Asia

#825 in the World

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

48. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Occupational Therapy

#200 in Asia

#850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

49. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Occupational Therapy

#210 in Asia

#883 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

50. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#218 in Asia

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

51. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#221 in Asia

#913 in the World

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

52. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Occupational Therapy

#224 in Asia

#921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

53. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Occupational Therapy

#225 in Asia

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

54. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#227 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

55. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#228 in Asia

#926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

56. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#235 in Asia

#943 in the World

Founded: 1934

57. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Occupational Therapy

#264 in Asia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

58. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#265 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

59. Kio University

Japan | Koryo

For Occupational Therapy

#266 in Asia

#1022 in the World

Founded: 1946

60. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Occupational Therapy

#267 in Asia

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

61. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Occupational Therapy

#271 in Asia

#1035 in the World

Founded: 1971

62. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Occupational Therapy

#272 in Asia

#1037 in the World

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

63. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#273 in Asia

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

64. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#280 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Founded: 2001

65. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Occupational Therapy

#300 in Asia

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1928

66. Kibi International University

Japan | Takahashi

For Occupational Therapy

#306 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1990

67. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#315 in Asia

#1135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

68. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#316 in Asia

#1136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

69. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#319 in Asia

#1143 in the World

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

70. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Occupational Therapy

#322 in Asia

#1147 in the World

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

71. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Occupational Therapy

#334 in Asia

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Kanagawa University of Human Services

Japan | Yokosuka

For Occupational Therapy

#339 in Asia

#1188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 2003

73. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#344 in Asia

#1195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

74. Konan Women's University

Japan | Kobe

For Occupational Therapy

#346 in Asia

#1203 in the World

Founded: 1955

75. Nihon Fukushi University

Japan | Chita

For Occupational Therapy

#354 in Asia

#1221 in the World

Founded: 1953

76. Seijoh University

Japan | Tokai

For Occupational Therapy

#355 in Asia

#1222 in the World

Founded: 1941

77. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Occupational Therapy

#356 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

78. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Occupational Therapy

#357 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Founded: 1972

79. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Occupational Therapy

#367 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 1972

80. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Occupational Therapy

#370 in Asia

#1253 in the World

Founded: 1928

81. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#373 in Asia

#1259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

82. Kyoto Tachibana University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#374 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Founded: 1967

83. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Japan | Kurashiki

For Occupational Therapy

#377 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Founded: 1991

84. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Occupational Therapy

#384 in Asia

#1279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

85. Saitama Prefectural University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Occupational Therapy

#386 in Asia

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

86. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Occupational Therapy

#387 in Asia

#1286 in the World

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

87. Seirei Christopher University

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#390 in Asia

#1289 in the World

Founded: 2002

88. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#391 in Asia

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

89. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Occupational Therapy

#396 in Asia

#1299 in the World

Founded: 1928

90. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Occupational Therapy

#397 in Asia

#1300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

The best cities to study Occupational Therapy in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Fujikawaguchiko, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Tsukuba.