81 Best Occupational Therapy (OT) schools 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 Occupational Therapy. A graph of 137K citations received by 14.5K academic papers made by 81 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

#2 in Asia

#48 in the World

Founded: 2003

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#15 in Asia

#185 in the World

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

3. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#17 in Asia

#189 in the World

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

4. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Occupational Therapy

#20 in Asia

#203 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Occupational Therapy

#22 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

6. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#25 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

7. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Occupational Therapy

#37 in Asia

#285 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#42 in Asia

#302 in the World

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

9. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Occupational Therapy

#44 in Asia

#325 in the World

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

10. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#51 in Asia

#390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

11. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#52 in Asia

#404 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Occupational Therapy

#54 in Asia

#409 in the World

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

13. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#56 in Asia

#422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Occupational Therapy

#59 in Asia

#433 in the World

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

15. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#62 in Asia

#446 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

16. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Occupational Therapy

#63 in Asia

#454 in the World

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

17. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#65 in Asia

#469 in the World

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

18. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#71 in Asia

#492 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

19. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Occupational Therapy

#74 in Asia

#499 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

20. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#78 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

21. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Occupational Therapy

#83 in Asia

#541 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#94 in Asia

#563 in the World

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

23. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Occupational Therapy

#97 in Asia

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

24. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#98 in Asia

#575 in the World

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

25. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#99 in Asia

#582 in the World

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

26. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#102 in Asia

#591 in the World

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

27. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#111 in Asia

#626 in the World

Founded: 1904

28. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Occupational Therapy

#113 in Asia

#636 in the World

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

29. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#119 in Asia

#650 in the World

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

30. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Occupational Therapy

#121 in Asia

#655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

31. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Occupational Therapy

#123 in Asia

#664 in the World

Founded: 1978

32. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#124 in Asia

#665 in the World

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

33. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Occupational Therapy

#129 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

34. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Occupational Therapy

#130 in Asia

#687 in the World

Founded: 1971

35. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Occupational Therapy

#131 in Asia

#690 in the World

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

36. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

Japan | Ami

For Occupational Therapy

#140 in Asia

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1995

37. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#143 in Asia

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

38. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#144 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

39. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Occupational Therapy

#146 in Asia

#731 in the World

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

40. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Occupational Therapy

#148 in Asia

#734 in the World

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

41. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Occupational Therapy

#149 in Asia

#736 in the World

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

42. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Occupational Therapy

#154 in Asia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1949

43. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Occupational Therapy

#156 in Asia

#750 in the World

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

44. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Occupational Therapy

#161 in Asia

#774 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

45. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#163 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

46. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Occupational Therapy

#167 in Asia

#792 in the World

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

47. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Occupational Therapy

#173 in Asia

#805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

48. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#181 in Asia

#823 in the World

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

49. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Occupational Therapy

#183 in Asia

#827 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

50. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Occupational Therapy

#184 in Asia

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 2,074
Founded: 1997

51. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Occupational Therapy

#185 in Asia

#831 in the World

Founded: 1972

52. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Occupational Therapy

#186 in Asia

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

53. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#192 in Asia

#855 in the World

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

54. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#193 in Asia

#858 in the World

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

55. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Occupational Therapy

#197 in Asia

#874 in the World

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

56. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Occupational Therapy

#201 in Asia

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

57. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Occupational Therapy

#218 in Asia

#930 in the World

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

58. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Occupational Therapy

#221 in Asia

#936 in the World

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

59. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Occupational Therapy

#229 in Asia

#949 in the World

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

60. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#230 in Asia

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

61. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Occupational Therapy

#233 in Asia

#954 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

62. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Occupational Therapy

#235 in Asia

#956 in the World

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

63. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#241 in Asia

#972 in the World

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

64. Kio University

Japan | Koryo

For Occupational Therapy

#243 in Asia

#975 in the World

Enrollment: 469
Founded: 1946

65. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Occupational Therapy

#247 in Asia

#989 in the World

Enrollment: 3,439
Founded: 2001

66. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Occupational Therapy

#248 in Asia

#991 in the World

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

67. Kibi International University

Japan | Takahashi

For Occupational Therapy

#257 in Asia

#1016 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 2,133
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1990

68. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Occupational Therapy

#260 in Asia

#1026 in the World

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

69. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Occupational Therapy

#278 in Asia

#1057 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

70. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Occupational Therapy

#281 in Asia

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

71. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Occupational Therapy

#282 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Kanagawa University of Human Services

Japan | Yokosuka

For Occupational Therapy

#283 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 2003

73. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Occupational Therapy

#286 in Asia

#1072 in the World

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

74. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Occupational Therapy

#301 in Asia

#1103 in the World

Founded: 1972

75. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Occupational Therapy

#306 in Asia

#1112 in the World

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

76. Seijoh University

Japan | Tokai

For Occupational Therapy

#307 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Founded: 1941

77. Nihon Fukushi University

Japan | Chita

For Occupational Therapy

#308 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Founded: 1953

78. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Occupational Therapy

#309 in Asia

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

79. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Occupational Therapy

#310 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Founded: 1928

80. Tokyo University of Technology

Japan | Hachioji

For Occupational Therapy

#312 in Asia

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1986

81. Saitama Prefectural University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Occupational Therapy

#316 in Asia

#1132 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, Kyoto, Tokyo, and Tsukuba.