65 Best universities for Optometry 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 Optometry. A graph of 83.3K citations received by 8.49K academic papers made by 65 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. Osaka University

For Optometry

#9 in Asia

#76 in the World

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

2. Keio University

For Optometry

#12 in Asia

#93 in the World

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

3. University of Tokyo

For Optometry

#13 in Asia

#99 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Optometry

#20 in Asia

#155 in the World

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

5. Kitasato University

For Optometry

#22 in Asia

#164 in the World

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

6. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Optometry

#23 in Asia

#171 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Optometry

#26 in Asia

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

8. Kyoto University

For Optometry

#32 in Asia

#201 in the World

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

9. Kanazawa Medical University

For Optometry

#36 in Asia

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

10. Tokyo Dental College

For Optometry

#39 in Asia

#248 in the World

Founded: 1890

11. Chiba University

For Optometry

#40 in Asia

#253 in the World

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

12. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Optometry

#42 in Asia

#263 in the World

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

13. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Optometry

#43 in Asia

#265 in the World

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

14. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Optometry

#44 in Asia

#270 in the World

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

15. Gifu University

For Optometry

#49 in Asia

#297 in the World

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

16. Tohoku University

For Optometry

#53 in Asia

#303 in the World

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

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Optometry

#54 in Asia

#308 in the World

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

18. Juntendo University

For Optometry

#60 in Asia

#345 in the World

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

19. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Optometry

#65 in Asia

#367 in the World

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

20. Teikyo University

For Optometry

#68 in Asia

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

21. Kobe University

For Optometry

#69 in Asia

#380 in the World

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

22. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Optometry

#75 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

23. Waseda University

For Optometry

#81 in Asia

#424 in the World

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

24. Nihon University

For Optometry

#83 in Asia

#430 in the World

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

25. Kyorin University

For Optometry

#86 in Asia

#441 in the World

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

26. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Optometry

#87 in Asia

#444 in the World

Founded: 1972

27. Tokai University

For Optometry

#94 in Asia

#456 in the World

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

28. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Optometry

#96 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

29. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Optometry

#100 in Asia

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

30. Tsukuba University of Technology

Japan | Tsukuba

For Optometry

#102 in Asia

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2005

31. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Optometry

#103 in Asia

#490 in the World

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

32. University of Yamanashi

For Optometry

#105 in Asia

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

33. University of Toyama

For Optometry

#111 in Asia

#524 in the World

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

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Optometry

#115 in Asia

#537 in the World

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

35. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Optometry

#119 in Asia

#545 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

36. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Optometry

#120 in Asia

#546 in the World

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

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Optometry

#121 in Asia

#549 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Toho University

For Optometry

#122 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

39. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Optometry

#127 in Asia

#563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

40. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Optometry

#131 in Asia

#570 in the World

Founded: 1928

41. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Optometry

#133 in Asia

#576 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

42. University of Fukui

For Optometry

#137 in Asia

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

43. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Optometry

#156 in Asia

#638 in the World

Founded: 1978

44. Mie University

For Optometry

#167 in Asia

#673 in the World

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

45. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Optometry

#176 in Asia

#702 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

46. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Optometry

#185 in Asia

#727 in the World

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

47. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Optometry

#186 in Asia

#729 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

48. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Optometry

#191 in Asia

#742 in the World

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

49. Tokyo Medical University

For Optometry

#193 in Asia

#749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

50. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Optometry

#195 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

51. Nippon Medical School

For Optometry

#198 in Asia

#763 in the World

Founded: 1904

52. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Optometry

#204 in Asia

#775 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

53. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Optometry

#205 in Asia

#776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

54. Shimane University

For Optometry

#210 in Asia

#793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

55. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Optometry

#214 in Asia

#802 in the World

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

56. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Optometry

#218 in Asia

#815 in the World

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

57. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Optometry

#228 in Asia

#838 in the World

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

58. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Optometry

#230 in Asia

#844 in the World

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

59. Showa University

For Optometry

#231 in Asia

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

60. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Optometry

#235 in Asia

#860 in the World

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

61. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Optometry

#239 in Asia

#868 in the World

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

62. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Optometry

#241 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

63. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Optometry

#251 in Asia

#900 in the World

Founded: 1972

64. Kurume University

For Optometry

#253 in Asia

#902 in the World

Founded: 1928

65. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Japan | Kurashiki

For Optometry

#254 in Asia

#903 in the World

Enrollment: 3,810
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1991

The best cities to study Optometry in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Suita, Tokyo, Nagoya, and Tsukuba.

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Bioethics/Medical Ethics25

Biomedical Engineering136

Clinical Psychology165

Critical Care Nursing87

Family medicine118

Forensic Science27

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Health Science127

Healthcare Management (MHA)95

Medical Physics81

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)98

Occupational Therapy81

Oncology and Cancer research215

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