94 Best universities for Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics. A graph of 1.12M citations received by 58K academic papers made by 94 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 Pediatrics

#24 in Asia

#198 in the World

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

2. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Pediatrics

#33 in Asia

#238 in the World

Founded: 2003

3. Tohoku University

For Pediatrics

#36 in Asia

#248 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

For Pediatrics

#37 in Asia

#252 in the World

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

5. Kyoto University

For Pediatrics

#43 in Asia

#278 in the World

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

6. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pediatrics

#47 in Asia

#291 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Pediatrics

#59 in Asia

#322 in the World

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

8. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pediatrics

#61 in Asia

#324 in the World

Founded: 1972

9. Osaka University

For Pediatrics

#62 in Asia

#326 in the World

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

10. Chiba University

For Pediatrics

#64 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

11. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Pediatrics

#70 in Asia

#369 in the World

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

12. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Pediatrics

#72 in Asia

#374 in the World

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

13. Juntendo University

For Pediatrics

#73 in Asia

#376 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

14. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pediatrics

#77 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

15. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Pediatrics

#79 in Asia

#394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

16. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pediatrics

#85 in Asia

#416 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Pediatrics

#86 in Asia

#421 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Dokkyo University

For Pediatrics

#89 in Asia

#426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

19. Kobe University

For Pediatrics

#94 in Asia

#438 in the World

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

20. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Pediatrics

#98 in Asia

#450 in the World

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

21. Kitasato University

For Pediatrics

#100 in Asia

#454 in the World

Founded: 1962

22. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Pediatrics

#106 in Asia

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

23. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Pediatrics

#111 in Asia

#500 in the World

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

24. Kurume University

For Pediatrics

#115 in Asia

#512 in the World

Founded: 1928

25. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Pediatrics

#119 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

26. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Pediatrics

#121 in Asia

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

27. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Pediatrics

#122 in Asia

#525 in the World

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

28. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Pediatrics

#123 in Asia

#526 in the World

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

29. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pediatrics

#126 in Asia

#530 in the World

Founded: 1972

30. Nagoya City University

For Pediatrics

#133 in Asia

#555 in the World

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

31. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Pediatrics

#136 in Asia

#559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

32. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Pediatrics

#141 in Asia

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

33. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Pediatrics

#143 in Asia

#571 in the World

Founded: 1949

34. Showa University

For Pediatrics

#145 in Asia

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

35. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Pediatrics

#148 in Asia

#582 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

36. Toho University

For Pediatrics

#149 in Asia

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

37. Gifu University

For Pediatrics

#151 in Asia

#586 in the World

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

38. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Pediatrics

#152 in Asia

#589 in the World

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

39. Nippon Medical School

For Pediatrics

#153 in Asia

#590 in the World

Founded: 1904

40. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Pediatrics

#155 in Asia

#592 in the World

Founded: 1972

41. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pediatrics

#165 in Asia

#624 in the World

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

42. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Pediatrics

#168 in Asia

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

43. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pediatrics

#173 in Asia

#653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

44. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Pediatrics

#175 in Asia

#655 in the World

Founded: 1978

45. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Pediatrics

#177 in Asia

#659 in the World

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

46. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Pediatrics

#178 in Asia

#662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

47. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Pediatrics

#179 in Asia

#666 in the World

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

48. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pediatrics

#180 in Asia

#678 in the World

Founded: 1934

49. Teikyo University

For Pediatrics

#182 in Asia

#681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

50. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Pediatrics

#183 in Asia

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

51. Shimane University

For Pediatrics

#185 in Asia

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

52. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Pediatrics

#193 in Asia

#715 in the World

Founded: 1928

53. Akita University

For Pediatrics

#199 in Asia

#728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

54. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Pediatrics

#203 in Asia

#737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

55. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Pediatrics

#205 in Asia

#748 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

56. Mie University

For Pediatrics

#206 in Asia

#749 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

57. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Pediatrics

#208 in Asia

#751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Osaka City University

For Pediatrics

#211 in Asia

#755 in the World

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

59. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Pediatrics

#214 in Asia

#759 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

60. University of Fukui

For Pediatrics

#224 in Asia

#787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Pediatrics

#227 in Asia

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

62. Tokai University

For Pediatrics

#234 in Asia

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

63. Tokyo Medical University

For Pediatrics

#236 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

64. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Pediatrics

#238 in Asia

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

65. Kanazawa Medical University

For Pediatrics

#239 in Asia

#832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

66. University of Toyama

For Pediatrics

#240 in Asia

#836 in the World

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

67. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Pediatrics

#241 in Asia

#845 in the World

Founded: 1971

68. University of Yamanashi

For Pediatrics

#243 in Asia

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

69. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pediatrics

#247 in Asia

#859 in the World

Founded: 1927

70. Oita University

For Pediatrics

#252 in Asia

#866 in the World

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

71. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Pediatrics

#259 in Asia

#888 in the World

Founded: 1971

72. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Pediatrics

#270 in Asia

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

73. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Pediatrics

#275 in Asia

#927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

74. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Pediatrics

#280 in Asia

#940 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

75. Kyorin University

For Pediatrics

#302 in Asia

#994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

76. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Pediatrics

#307 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Founded: 1928

77. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Pediatrics

#309 in Asia

#1012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

78. Saga University

For Pediatrics

#336 in Asia

#1084 in the World

Founded: 1949

79. Kochi University

For Pediatrics

#379 in Asia

#1207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

80. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Pediatrics

#380 in Asia

#1208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

81. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Pediatrics

#416 in Asia

#1318 in the World

Founded: 1995

82. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Pediatrics

#473 in Asia

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1974

83. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Pediatrics

#480 in Asia

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

84. Saitama Prefectural University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Pediatrics

#483 in Asia

#1515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1999

85. Waseda University

For Pediatrics

#548 in Asia

#1717 in the World

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

86. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pediatrics

#550 in Asia

#1727 in the World

Founded: 1904

87. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Pediatrics

#567 in Asia

#1753 in the World

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

88. Tokyo University of Science

For Pediatrics

#576 in Asia

#1779 in the World

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

89. Tokyo Dental College

For Pediatrics

#588 in Asia

#1800 in the World

Founded: 1890

90. Sapporo University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pediatrics

#622 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1967

91. Fukuoka Dental College

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pediatrics

#658 in Asia

#2002 in the World

Founded: 1972

92. Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing

For Pediatrics

#687 in Asia

#2056 in the World

Founded: 1999

93. Aichi Shukutoku University

For Pediatrics

#725 in Asia

#2122 in the World

Founded: 1975

94. Hyogo University

Japan | Kakogawa

For Pediatrics

#730 in Asia

#2127 in the World

Founded: 1995

The best cities to study Pediatrics in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Fujikawaguchiko, Sendai, and Nagoya.

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