100 Best universities for Orthodontics 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 Orthodontics. A graph of 875K citations received by 63.4K academic papers made by 128 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. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Orthodontics

#3 in Asia

#25 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

2. Osaka University

For Orthodontics

#5 in Asia

#35 in the World

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

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Orthodontics

#10 in Asia

#59 in the World

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

4. Nihon University

For Orthodontics

#11 in Asia

#62 in the World

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

5. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Orthodontics

#12 in Asia

#70 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Orthodontics

#16 in Asia

#95 in the World

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

7. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Orthodontics

#17 in Asia

#111 in the World

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

8. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Orthodontics

#18 in Asia

#116 in the World

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

9. Kyoto University

For Orthodontics

#21 in Asia

#135 in the World

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

10. Tokyo Dental College

For Orthodontics

#22 in Asia

#137 in the World

Founded: 1890

11. University of Tokyo

For Orthodontics

#25 in Asia

#148 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Orthodontics

#26 in Asia

#151 in the World

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

13. Showa University

For Orthodontics

#32 in Asia

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

14. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Orthodontics

#34 in Asia

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

15. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Orthodontics

#42 in Asia

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

16. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Orthodontics

#43 in Asia

#217 in the World

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

17. Osaka Dental University

Japan | Hirakata

For Orthodontics

#45 in Asia

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 1,178
Founded: 1911

18. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Orthodontics

#49 in Asia

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

19. Tsurumi University

Japan | Yokohama

For Orthodontics

#52 in Asia

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1924

20. Nippon Dental University

For Orthodontics

#56 in Asia

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1907

21. Nagoya University

For Orthodontics

#57 in Asia

#255 in the World

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

22. Kobe University

For Orthodontics

#66 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

23. Kanagawa Dental University

Japan | Yokosuka

For Orthodontics

#72 in Asia

#319 in the World

Founded: 1964

24. Keio University

For Orthodontics

#73 in Asia

#328 in the World

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

25. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Orthodontics

#77 in Asia

#335 in the World

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

26. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Orthodontics

#93 in Asia

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

27. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Orthodontics

#94 in Asia

#412 in the World

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

28. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Orthodontics

#95 in Asia

#418 in the World

Founded: 2003

29. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Orthodontics

#99 in Asia

#430 in the World

Founded: 1928

30. Matsumoto Dental University

Japan | Shiojiri

For Orthodontics

#102 in Asia

#438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

31. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Orthodontics

#115 in Asia

#475 in the World

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

32. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Orthodontics

#117 in Asia

#479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

33. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Orthodontics

#123 in Asia

#500 in the World

Enrollment: 3,302
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1974

34. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Orthodontics

#128 in Asia

#515 in the World

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

35. Chiba University

For Orthodontics

#135 in Asia

#546 in the World

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

36. Asahi University

For Orthodontics

#137 in Asia

#553 in the World

Enrollment: 2,486
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1972

37. Fukuoka Dental College

Japan | Fukuoka

For Orthodontics

#140 in Asia

#556 in the World

Founded: 1972

38. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Orthodontics

#147 in Asia

#574 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

39. Meikai University

Japan | Urayasu

For Orthodontics

#149 in Asia

#578 in the World

Founded: 1970

40. Osaka City University

For Orthodontics

#154 in Asia

#587 in the World

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

41. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Orthodontics

#156 in Asia

#590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

42. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Orthodontics

#159 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

43. Waseda University

For Orthodontics

#167 in Asia

#631 in the World

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

44. Akita University

For Orthodontics

#168 in Asia

#641 in the World

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

45. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Orthodontics

#181 in Asia

#704 in the World

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

46. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Orthodontics

#184 in Asia

#712 in the World

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

47. Tokyo University of Science

For Orthodontics

#186 in Asia

#721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

48. Gifu University

For Orthodontics

#187 in Asia

#724 in the World

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

49. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Orthodontics

#191 in Asia

#737 in the World

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

50. Shimane University

For Orthodontics

#206 in Asia

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

51. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Orthodontics

#207 in Asia

#781 in the World

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

52. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Orthodontics

#208 in Asia

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

53. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Orthodontics

#215 in Asia

#811 in the World

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

54. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Orthodontics

#220 in Asia

#817 in the World

Founded: 1949

55. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Orthodontics

#225 in Asia

#838 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Orthodontics

#228 in Asia

#850 in the World

Founded: 1972

57. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Orthodontics

#235 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

58. Kurume University

For Orthodontics

#243 in Asia

#895 in the World

Founded: 1928

59. Kanazawa Medical University

For Orthodontics

#247 in Asia

#900 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

60. Kitasato University

For Orthodontics

#255 in Asia

#916 in the World

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

61. Juntendo University

For Orthodontics

#262 in Asia

#931 in the World

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

62. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Orthodontics

#264 in Asia

#942 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 9,033
Founded: 1949

63. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Orthodontics

#266 in Asia

#945 in the World

Enrollment: 3,439
Founded: 2001

64. Teikyo University

For Orthodontics

#269 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

65. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Orthodontics

#270 in Asia

#962 in the World

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

66. Mie University

For Orthodontics

#271 in Asia

#966 in the World

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

67. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Orthodontics

#273 in Asia

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 891
Male:Female: 83:17
Founded: 1990

68. University of Fukui

For Orthodontics

#274 in Asia

#975 in the World

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

69. Tokai University

For Orthodontics

#286 in Asia

#1007 in the World

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

70. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Orthodontics

#290 in Asia

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Orthodontics

#295 in Asia

#1033 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

72. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Orthodontics

#305 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Founded: 1978

73. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Orthodontics

#309 in Asia

#1069 in the World

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

74. Saga University

For Orthodontics

#316 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Orthodontics

#319 in Asia

#1089 in the World

Founded: 1972

76. Oita University

For Orthodontics

#324 in Asia

#1102 in the World

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

77. Toho University

For Orthodontics

#326 in Asia

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

78. Tokyo Medical University

For Orthodontics

#327 in Asia

#1105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

79. Ritsumeikan University

For Orthodontics

#334 in Asia

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

80. Nippon Medical School

For Orthodontics

#338 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Founded: 1904

81. University of Yamanashi

For Orthodontics

#349 in Asia

#1157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

82. Ohu University

Japan | Koriyama

For Orthodontics

#350 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Enrollment: 967
Founded: 1972

83. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Orthodontics

#366 in Asia

#1204 in the World

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

84. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Orthodontics

#370 in Asia

#1222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

85. Nagoya City University

For Orthodontics

#379 in Asia

#1244 in the World

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

86. University of Electro-Communications

For Orthodontics

#382 in Asia

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

87. Osaka Prefecture University

For Orthodontics

#390 in Asia

#1284 in the World

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

88. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Orthodontics

#396 in Asia

#1308 in the World

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

89. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Orthodontics

#397 in Asia

#1309 in the World

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

90. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Orthodontics

#407 in Asia

#1335 in the World

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

91. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Orthodontics

#414 in Asia

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

92. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Orthodontics

#439 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

93. Dokkyo University

For Orthodontics

#449 in Asia

#1450 in the World

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

94. University of Toyama

For Orthodontics

#451 in Asia

#1457 in the World

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

95. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Orthodontics

#454 in Asia

#1465 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

96. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Orthodontics

#465 in Asia

#1502 in the World

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

97. Kochi University

For Orthodontics

#470 in Asia

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

98. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Orthodontics

#471 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

99. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Orthodontics

#472 in Asia

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

100. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Orthodontics

#503 in Asia

#1594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology343

Anesthesiology202

Bioethics/Medical Ethics25

Biomedical Engineering136

Clinical Psychology165

Critical Care Nursing87

Family medicine118

Forensic Science27

Gastroenterology and Hepatology152

Health Science127

Healthcare Management (MHA)95

Medical Physics81

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)98

Occupational Therapy81

Oncology and Cancer research215

Ophthalmology120

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine96

Pharmacology205

Physical Therapy298

Plastic Surgery69

Public Health278

Radiation Therapy119

Radiology and Nuclear medicine321

Respiratory Therapy88

Sonography and Ultrasound89

Sports / Exercise science50

Sports Medicine226