100 Best universities for Pathology 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 Pathology. A graph of 27.4M citations received by 1.16M academic papers made by 439 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. University of Tokyo

For Pathology

#2 in Asia

#47 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

For Pathology

#6 in Asia

#69 in the World

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

3. Kyoto University

For Pathology

#11 in Asia

#82 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pathology

#19 in Asia

#126 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Pathology

#22 in Asia

#140 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Pathology

#28 in Asia

#172 in the World

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

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pathology

#29 in Asia

#179 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Pathology

#32 in Asia

#191 in the World

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

9. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Pathology

#39 in Asia

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

10. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Pathology

#48 in Asia

#261 in the World

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

11. Juntendo University

For Pathology

#49 in Asia

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

12. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pathology

#50 in Asia

#268 in the World

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

13. Chiba University

For Pathology

#54 in Asia

#284 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Pathology

#55 in Asia

#290 in the World

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

15. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Pathology

#56 in Asia

#294 in the World

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

16. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Pathology

#58 in Asia

#299 in the World

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

17. Kobe University

For Pathology

#61 in Asia

#309 in the World

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

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Pathology

#64 in Asia

#323 in the World

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

19. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Pathology

#69 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

20. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pathology

#71 in Asia

#353 in the World

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

21. Osaka City University

For Pathology

#77 in Asia

#372 in the World

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

22. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Pathology

#80 in Asia

#385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Pathology

#82 in Asia

#393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

24. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Pathology

#83 in Asia

#398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

25. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pathology

#84 in Asia

#399 in the World

Founded: 1972

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Pathology

#88 in Asia

#407 in the World

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

27. Nihon University

For Pathology

#93 in Asia

#417 in the World

Founded: 1889

28. Kurume University

For Pathology

#95 in Asia

#423 in the World

Founded: 1928

29. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pathology

#99 in Asia

#432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

30. Kitasato University

For Pathology

#103 in Asia

#439 in the World

Founded: 1962

31. Nippon Medical School

For Pathology

#105 in Asia

#443 in the World

Founded: 1904

32. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Pathology

#106 in Asia

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

33. Showa University

For Pathology

#110 in Asia

#456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

34. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Pathology

#111 in Asia

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

35. Nagoya City University

For Pathology

#117 in Asia

#482 in the World

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

36. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Pathology

#119 in Asia

#488 in the World

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

37. Gifu University

For Pathology

#120 in Asia

#489 in the World

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

38. Mie University

For Pathology

#123 in Asia

#498 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

39. Tokai University

For Pathology

#124 in Asia

#505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

40. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Pathology

#131 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

41. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Pathology

#135 in Asia

#530 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Pathology

#136 in Asia

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

43. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Pathology

#139 in Asia

#538 in the World

Founded: 1972

44. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Pathology

#142 in Asia

#542 in the World

Founded: 1978

45. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pathology

#143 in Asia

#546 in the World

Founded: 1934

46. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Pathology

#144 in Asia

#547 in the World

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

47. Toho University

For Pathology

#146 in Asia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

48. Teikyo University

For Pathology

#147 in Asia

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

49. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Pathology

#148 in Asia

#558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

50. Tokyo University of Science

For Pathology

#157 in Asia

#595 in the World

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

51. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Pathology

#159 in Asia

#599 in the World

Founded: 1928

52. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Pathology

#163 in Asia

#603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

53. Tokyo Medical University

For Pathology

#167 in Asia

#613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

54. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Pathology

#169 in Asia

#617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

55. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Pathology

#171 in Asia

#622 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. Shimane University

For Pathology

#172 in Asia

#626 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

57. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Pathology

#177 in Asia

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

58. Akita University

For Pathology

#183 in Asia

#650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

59. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Pathology

#188 in Asia

#665 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

60. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Pathology

#189 in Asia

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

61. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Pathology

#190 in Asia

#668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

62. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Pathology

#202 in Asia

#706 in the World

Founded: 1928

63. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Pathology

#205 in Asia

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Pathology

#206 in Asia

#714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

65. Oita University

For Pathology

#207 in Asia

#715 in the World

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

66. Kyorin University

For Pathology

#217 in Asia

#730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

67. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pathology

#222 in Asia

#744 in the World

Founded: 1927

68. University of Toyama

For Pathology

#223 in Asia

#745 in the World

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

69. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Pathology

#226 in Asia

#752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

70. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Pathology

#228 in Asia

#757 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

71. Kanazawa Medical University

For Pathology

#229 in Asia

#758 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

72. University of Yamanashi

For Pathology

#232 in Asia

#764 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

73. University of Fukui

For Pathology

#233 in Asia

#766 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

74. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Pathology

#254 in Asia

#806 in the World

Founded: 1971

75. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Pathology

#255 in Asia

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

76. Waseda University

For Pathology

#262 in Asia

#829 in the World

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

77. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Pathology

#264 in Asia

#832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

78. Saga University

For Pathology

#292 in Asia

#915 in the World

Founded: 1949

79. Dokkyo University

For Pathology

#299 in Asia

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

80. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Pathology

#304 in Asia

#946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

81. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Pathology

#306 in Asia

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

82. Kochi University

For Pathology

#315 in Asia

#984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pathology

#317 in Asia

#988 in the World

Founded: 1972

84. Osaka Prefecture University

For Pathology

#334 in Asia

#1029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo Dental College

For Pathology

#357 in Asia

#1080 in the World

Founded: 1890

86. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Pathology

#372 in Asia

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

87. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Pathology

#379 in Asia

#1136 in the World

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

88. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Pathology

#424 in Asia

#1220 in the World

Founded: 1995

89. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Pathology

#438 in Asia

#1246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

90. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Pathology

#460 in Asia

#1302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

91. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Pathology

#463 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,353
Founded: 1941

92. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Pathology

#486 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

93. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Pathology

#494 in Asia

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

94. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Pathology

#503 in Asia

#1405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

95. Ritsumeikan University

For Pathology

#506 in Asia

#1408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

96. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Pathology

#521 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

97. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pathology

#530 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Founded: 1904

98. Nippon Dental University

For Pathology

#533 in Asia

#1475 in the World

Founded: 1907

99. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Pathology

#556 in Asia

#1538 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

100. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Pathology

#579 in Asia

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology348

Anesthesiology210

Bioethics/Medical Ethics26

Biomedical Engineering140

Clinical Psychology182

Critical Care Nursing93

Family medicine132

Forensic Science26

Gastroenterology and Hepatology156

Health Science138

Healthcare Management (MHA)101

Medical Physics80

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)99

Occupational Therapy89

Oncology and Cancer research219

Ophthalmology121

Orthodontics138

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine98

Pharmacology212

Physical Therapy311

Plastic Surgery73

Public Health289

Radiation Therapy122

Radiology and Nuclear medicine332

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound91

Sports / Exercise science56

Sports Medicine236