100 Best universities for Pharmacology 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 Pharmacology. A graph of 4.43M citations received by 214K academic papers made by 205 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 Pharmacology

#2 in Asia

#57 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Pharmacology

#9 in Asia

#76 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Pharmacology

#17 in Asia

#109 in the World

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

4. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacology

#20 in Asia

#119 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

For Pharmacology

#25 in Asia

#138 in the World

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

6. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Pharmacology

#39 in Asia

#200 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Pharmacology

#43 in Asia

#212 in the World

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

8. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Pharmacology

#44 in Asia

#214 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pharmacology

#47 in Asia

#234 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Pharmacology

#48 in Asia

#236 in the World

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

11. Chiba University

For Pharmacology

#51 in Asia

#250 in the World

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

12. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacology

#52 in Asia

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 2,301
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1884

13. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pharmacology

#59 in Asia

#281 in the World

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

14. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Pharmacology

#61 in Asia

#295 in the World

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

15. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacology

#71 in Asia

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

16. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Pharmacology

#72 in Asia

#327 in the World

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

17. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Pharmacology

#85 in Asia

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

18. Kitasato University

For Pharmacology

#95 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

19. Hoshi University

For Pharmacology

#97 in Asia

#396 in the World

Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

20. Nihon University

For Pharmacology

#98 in Asia

#397 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Pharmacology

#99 in Asia

#400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

22. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Pharmacology

#100 in Asia

#401 in the World

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

23. Nagoya City University

For Pharmacology

#105 in Asia

#412 in the World

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

24. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Pharmacology

#111 in Asia

#426 in the World

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

25. Kobe University

For Pharmacology

#114 in Asia

#431 in the World

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

26. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Pharmacology

#116 in Asia

#435 in the World

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

27. Osaka City University

For Pharmacology

#118 in Asia

#446 in the World

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

28. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Pharmacology

#120 in Asia

#453 in the World

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

29. Showa University

For Pharmacology

#124 in Asia

#458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

30. Teikyo University

For Pharmacology

#125 in Asia

#463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

31. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Pharmacology

#126 in Asia

#465 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

32. Juntendo University

For Pharmacology

#129 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Pharmacology

#135 in Asia

#477 in the World

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

34. Nippon Medical School

For Pharmacology

#136 in Asia

#484 in the World

Founded: 1904

35. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pharmacology

#145 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

36. Gifu University

For Pharmacology

#146 in Asia

#504 in the World

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

37. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacology

#153 in Asia

#523 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

38. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pharmacology

#155 in Asia

#525 in the World

Founded: 1972

39. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Pharmacology

#157 in Asia

#529 in the World

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

40. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacology

#158 in Asia

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

41. Toho University

For Pharmacology

#165 in Asia

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

42. University of Toyama

For Pharmacology

#166 in Asia

#549 in the World

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

43. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pharmacology

#170 in Asia

#557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

44. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Pharmacology

#176 in Asia

#568 in the World

Founded: 1971

45. Tokyo University of Science

For Pharmacology

#178 in Asia

#571 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

46. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Pharmacology

#179 in Asia

#573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

47. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Pharmacology

#186 in Asia

#598 in the World

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

48. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Pharmacology

#190 in Asia

#612 in the World

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

49. Kurume University

For Pharmacology

#191 in Asia

#613 in the World

Founded: 1928

50. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Pharmacology

#194 in Asia

#618 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

51. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Pharmacology

#198 in Asia

#631 in the World

Founded: 1978

52. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Pharmacology

#203 in Asia

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

53. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Pharmacology

#204 in Asia

#641 in the World

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

54. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Pharmacology

#209 in Asia

#653 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

55. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Pharmacology

#210 in Asia

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

56. Tokyo Medical University

For Pharmacology

#212 in Asia

#660 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

57. Tokai University

For Pharmacology

#213 in Asia

#663 in the World

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

58. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Pharmacology

#214 in Asia

#666 in the World

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

59. Akita University

For Pharmacology

#216 in Asia

#668 in the World

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

60. Shimane University

For Pharmacology

#217 in Asia

#669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

61. Mie University

For Pharmacology

#220 in Asia

#675 in the World

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

62. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Pharmacology

#223 in Asia

#680 in the World

Founded: 1972

63. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Pharmacology

#231 in Asia

#696 in the World

Founded: 1949

64. Oita University

For Pharmacology

#232 in Asia

#697 in the World

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

65. Kyorin University

For Pharmacology

#236 in Asia

#702 in the World

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

66. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Pharmacology

#239 in Asia

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

67. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Pharmacology

#250 in Asia

#728 in the World

Founded: 2003

68. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pharmacology

#253 in Asia

#732 in the World

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

69. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Pharmacology

#255 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

70. Meijo University

For Pharmacology

#256 in Asia

#735 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

71. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Pharmacology

#269 in Asia

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

72. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Pharmacology

#272 in Asia

#771 in the World

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

73. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Pharmacology

#275 in Asia

#782 in the World

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

74. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Pharmacology

#283 in Asia

#795 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. University of Yamanashi

For Pharmacology

#286 in Asia

#801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

76. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pharmacology

#288 in Asia

#807 in the World

Founded: 1904

77. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Pharmacology

#295 in Asia

#826 in the World

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

78. University of Fukui

For Pharmacology

#299 in Asia

#841 in the World

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

79. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Pharmacology

#300 in Asia

#842 in the World

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

80. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Pharmacology

#306 in Asia

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

81. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Pharmacology

#308 in Asia

#856 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

82. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Pharmacology

#310 in Asia

#860 in the World

Founded: 1928

83. Sojo University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Pharmacology

#312 in Asia

#865 in the World

Founded: 1965

84. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Pharmacology

#329 in Asia

#904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

85. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Pharmacology

#332 in Asia

#909 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

86. Kanazawa Medical University

For Pharmacology

#334 in Asia

#913 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

87. Dokkyo University

For Pharmacology

#343 in Asia

#928 in the World

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

88. Meiji Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacology

#353 in Asia

#945 in the World

Enrollment: 2,290
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1902

89. Daiichi University of Pharmacy

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacology

#366 in Asia

#973 in the World

Founded: 1960

90. Josai University

For Pharmacology

#372 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 1965

91. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Pharmacology

#379 in Asia

#996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

92. Kobe Gakuin University

For Pharmacology

#408 in Asia

#1058 in the World

Enrollment: 10,177
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1966

93. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Pharmacology

#417 in Asia

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

94. Waseda University

For Pharmacology

#421 in Asia

#1085 in the World

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

95. Hokuriku University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pharmacology

#425 in Asia

#1090 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

96. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Pharmacology

#428 in Asia

#1093 in the World

Founded: 1972

97. Setsunan University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Pharmacology

#430 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Founded: 1975

98. Mukogawa Women's University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Pharmacology

#436 in Asia

#1111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1949

99. Kobe Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacology

#438 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Enrollment: 1,287
Founded: 1930

100. Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences

Japan | Niigata

For Pharmacology

#458 in Asia

#1157 in the World

Founded: 1977

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

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

Orthodontics128

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine96

Physical Therapy298

Plastic Surgery69

Public Health278

Radiation Therapy119

Radiology and Nuclear medicine321

Respiratory Therapy88

Sonography and Ultrasound89

Sports / Exercise science50

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