100 Best universities for Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 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 Paramedicine and Emergency medicine. A graph of 611K citations received by 41.6K academic papers made by 102 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. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#19 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

2. University of Tokyo

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#22 in Asia

#229 in the World

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

3. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#45 in Asia

#367 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#50 in Asia

#387 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#53 in Asia

#396 in the World

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

6. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#64 in Asia

#455 in the World

Founded: 2003

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#65 in Asia

#467 in the World

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

8. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#68 in Asia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#70 in Asia

#507 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#80 in Asia

#540 in the World

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

11. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#83 in Asia

#549 in the World

Founded: 1889

12. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#88 in Asia

#575 in the World

Founded: 1904

13. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#94 in Asia

#608 in the World

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

14. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#102 in Asia

#629 in the World

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

15. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#105 in Asia

#637 in the World

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

16. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#106 in Asia

#643 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#109 in Asia

#652 in the World

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

18. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#111 in Asia

#662 in the World

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

19. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#117 in Asia

#682 in the World

Founded: 1978

20. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#122 in Asia

#691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

21. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#128 in Asia

#710 in the World

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

22. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#129 in Asia

#711 in the World

Founded: 1972

23. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#130 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

24. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#132 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

25. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#137 in Asia

#746 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

26. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#140 in Asia

#765 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

27. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#143 in Asia

#770 in the World

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

28. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#144 in Asia

#777 in the World

Founded: 1928

29. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#147 in Asia

#782 in the World

Founded: 1962

30. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#148 in Asia

#784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

31. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#170 in Asia

#855 in the World

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

32. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#182 in Asia

#894 in the World

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

33. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#185 in Asia

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

34. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#187 in Asia

#909 in the World

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

35. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#189 in Asia

#911 in the World

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

36. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#191 in Asia

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

37. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#200 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

38. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#205 in Asia

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

39. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#207 in Asia

#963 in the World

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

40. Tokyo Medical University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#229 in Asia

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

41. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#234 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1934

42. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#238 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

43. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#239 in Asia

#1035 in the World

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

44. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#240 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

45. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#247 in Asia

#1055 in the World

Founded: 1949

46. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#250 in Asia

#1058 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

47. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#253 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

48. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#255 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Founded: 1971

49. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#258 in Asia

#1072 in the World

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

50. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#259 in Asia

#1074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#263 in Asia

#1086 in the World

Founded: 1928

52. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#265 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

53. Kokushikan University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#272 in Asia

#1105 in the World

Founded: 1917

54. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#276 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Founded: 1972

55. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#283 in Asia

#1123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

56. Shiga University of Medical Science

Japan | Otsu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#290 in Asia

#1145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

57. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#292 in Asia

#1151 in the World

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

58. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#293 in Asia

#1152 in the World

Founded: 1928

59. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#294 in Asia

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

60. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#305 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

61. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#311 in Asia

#1204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

62. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#317 in Asia

#1220 in the World

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

63. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#331 in Asia

#1261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

64. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#338 in Asia

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

65. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#343 in Asia

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

66. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#344 in Asia

#1300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

67. Kanazawa Medical University

Japan | Kahoku

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#351 in Asia

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

68. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#359 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Founded: 1972

69. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#362 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

70. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#370 in Asia

#1373 in the World

Founded: 1949

71. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#379 in Asia

#1400 in the World

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

72. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#383 in Asia

#1407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

73. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#388 in Asia

#1413 in the World

Founded: 1971

74. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#404 in Asia

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1995

75. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#411 in Asia

#1473 in the World

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

76. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Sendai

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#421 in Asia

#1494 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

77. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Kyoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#422 in Asia

#1495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

78. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#423 in Asia

#1497 in the World

Founded: 1927

79. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#426 in Asia

#1510 in the World

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

80. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#436 in Asia

#1540 in the World

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

81. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#437 in Asia

#1546 in the World

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

82. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#462 in Asia

#1627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#463 in Asia

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

84. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Gifu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#499 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

85. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#535 in Asia

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

86. Dokkyo University

Japan | Soka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#537 in Asia

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

87. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#545 in Asia

#1865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

88. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#553 in Asia

#1883 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

89. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#569 in Asia

#1917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

90. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#576 in Asia

#1928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

91. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#594 in Asia

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

92. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#681 in Asia

#2154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

93. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#713 in Asia

#2214 in the World

Founded: 1904

94. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#724 in Asia

#2239 in the World

Founded: 1974

95. Meijo University

Japan | Nagoya

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#736 in Asia

#2266 in the World

Founded: 1926

96. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#750 in Asia

#2294 in the World

Founded: 2001

97. Otsuma Women's University

Japan | Tokyo

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#772 in Asia

#2340 in the World

Founded: 1908

98. Meiji Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Kiyose

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#785 in Asia

#2367 in the World

Founded: 1902

99. Teikyo Heisei University

Japan | Ichihara

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#826 in Asia

#2432 in the World

Founded: 1987

100. Kanagawa University of Human Services

Japan | Yokosuka

For Paramedicine and Emergency medicine

#829 in Asia

#2436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 2003

The best cities to study Paramedicine and Emergency medicine in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Kyoto, Tokyo, Sendai, and Suita.