89 Best Occupational Therapy (OT) schools 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 Occupational Therapy. A graph of 184K citations received by 16.2K academic papers made by 89 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

#60 in the World

Founded: 2003

2. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#15 in Asia

#172 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#20 in Asia

#199 in the World

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

4. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Occupational Therapy

#24 in Asia

#216 in the World

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

5. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#25 in Asia

#217 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Occupational Therapy

#28 in Asia

#226 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#42 in Asia

#305 in the World

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

8. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Occupational Therapy

#43 in Asia

#312 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

9. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Occupational Therapy

#48 in Asia

#336 in the World

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

10. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#50 in Asia

#361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

11. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#61 in Asia

#424 in the World

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

12. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#62 in Asia

#427 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Occupational Therapy

#64 in Asia

#429 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Occupational Therapy

#69 in Asia

#450 in the World

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

15. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#72 in Asia

#469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

16. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Occupational Therapy

#73 in Asia

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

17. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#78 in Asia

#499 in the World

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

18. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#79 in Asia

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

19. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#83 in Asia

#512 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

20. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Occupational Therapy

#88 in Asia

#526 in the World

Founded: 1995

21. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#92 in Asia

#539 in the World

Founded: 1889

22. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Occupational Therapy

#93 in Asia

#541 in the World

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

23. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#99 in Asia

#556 in the World

Founded: 1962

24. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#101 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Occupational Therapy

#103 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#106 in Asia

#567 in the World

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

27. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#114 in Asia

#600 in the World

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

28. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Occupational Therapy

#120 in Asia

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

29. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Occupational Therapy

#125 in Asia

#639 in the World

Founded: 1978

30. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#126 in Asia

#646 in the World

Founded: 1904

31. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Occupational Therapy

#127 in Asia

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

32. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Occupational Therapy

#130 in Asia

#663 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#137 in Asia

#680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

34. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Occupational Therapy

#139 in Asia

#687 in the World

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

35. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Occupational Therapy

#141 in Asia

#696 in the World

Founded: 1972

36. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Occupational Therapy

#146 in Asia

#716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

37. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Occupational Therapy

#150 in Asia

#723 in the World

Founded: 1971

38. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Occupational Therapy

#156 in Asia

#740 in the World

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

39. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#157 in Asia

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

40. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Japan | Ami

For Occupational Therapy

#160 in Asia

#755 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1995

41. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#161 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

42. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Occupational Therapy

#167 in Asia

#770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

43. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#171 in Asia

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

44. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Occupational Therapy

#174 in Asia

#789 in the World

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

45. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Occupational Therapy

#181 in Asia

#802 in the World

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

46. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Occupational Therapy

#183 in Asia

#806 in the World

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

47. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#185 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

48. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Occupational Therapy

#196 in Asia

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

49. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Occupational Therapy

#204 in Asia

#884 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

50. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#205 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

51. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#211 in Asia

#896 in the World

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

52. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Occupational Therapy

#213 in Asia

#900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

53. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#223 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

54. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Occupational Therapy

#225 in Asia

#925 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

55. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#228 in Asia

#929 in the World

Founded: 1934

56. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#230 in Asia

#934 in the World

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

57. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Occupational Therapy

#244 in Asia

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

58. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#253 in Asia

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

59. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#254 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

60. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Occupational Therapy

#258 in Asia

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

61. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Occupational Therapy

#263 in Asia

#1021 in the World

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

62. Kio University

Japan | Koryo

For Occupational Therapy

#266 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Founded: 1946

63. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Occupational Therapy

#269 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#271 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Founded: 2001

65. Kibi International University

Japan | Takahashi

For Occupational Therapy

#284 in Asia

#1073 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1990

66. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Occupational Therapy

#294 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Founded: 1928

67. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Occupational Therapy

#297 in Asia

#1099 in the World

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

68. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#298 in Asia

#1100 in the World

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

69. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Occupational Therapy

#299 in Asia

#1102 in the World

Founded: 1949

70. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#301 in Asia

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

71. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#303 in Asia

#1115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

72. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Occupational Therapy

#313 in Asia

#1143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

73. Kanagawa University of Human Services

Japan | Yokosuka

For Occupational Therapy

#318 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 2003

74. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#322 in Asia

#1166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

75. Konan Women's University

Japan | Kobe

For Occupational Therapy

#328 in Asia

#1177 in the World

Founded: 1955

76. Nihon Fukushi University

Japan | Chita

For Occupational Therapy

#331 in Asia

#1182 in the World

Founded: 1953

77. Seijoh University

Japan | Tokai

For Occupational Therapy

#341 in Asia

#1194 in the World

Founded: 1941

78. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Occupational Therapy

#342 in Asia

#1195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

79. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Occupational Therapy

#343 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Founded: 1972

80. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Occupational Therapy

#349 in Asia

#1216 in the World

Founded: 1972

81. Kyoto Tachibana University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#352 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Founded: 1967

82. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Occupational Therapy

#353 in Asia

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1928

83. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Japan | Kurashiki

For Occupational Therapy

#357 in Asia

#1229 in the World

Founded: 1991

84. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#360 in Asia

#1235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

85. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Occupational Therapy

#361 in Asia

#1237 in the World

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

86. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Occupational Therapy

#362 in Asia

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

87. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#363 in Asia

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

88. Seirei Christopher University

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#367 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Founded: 2002

89. Saitama Prefectural University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Occupational Therapy

#368 in Asia

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

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