100 Best universities for Pharmacy 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 Pharmacy. A graph of 2.21M citations received by 113K academic papers made by 157 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

For Pharmacy

#1 in Asia

#1 in the World

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

2. Osaka University

For Pharmacy

#2 in Asia

#2 in the World

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

3. University of Tokyo

For Pharmacy

#3 in Asia

#3 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Pharmacy

#4 in Asia

#6 in the World

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

5. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Pharmacy

#5 in Asia

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pharmacy

#6 in Asia

#11 in the World

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

7. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacy

#8 in Asia

#14 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Pharmacy

#10 in Asia

#17 in the World

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

9. Tokyo University of Science

For Pharmacy

#19 in Asia

#76 in the World

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

10. Chiba University

For Pharmacy

#21 in Asia

#81 in the World

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

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Pharmacy

#30 in Asia

#120 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Pharmacy

#32 in Asia

#127 in the World

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

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Pharmacy

#34 in Asia

#132 in the World

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

14. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pharmacy

#36 in Asia

#136 in the World

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

15. Osaka City University

For Pharmacy

#57 in Asia

#227 in the World

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

16. Waseda University

For Pharmacy

#58 in Asia

#229 in the World

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

17. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Pharmacy

#59 in Asia

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

18. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Pharmacy

#60 in Asia

#231 in the World

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

19. Gifu University

For Pharmacy

#61 in Asia

#233 in the World

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

20. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Pharmacy

#65 in Asia

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

21. Keio University

For Pharmacy

#66 in Asia

#241 in the World

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

22. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacy

#72 in Asia

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

23. Osaka Prefecture University

For Pharmacy

#73 in Asia

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

24. Kitasato University

For Pharmacy

#83 in Asia

#302 in the World

Founded: 1962

25. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Pharmacy

#84 in Asia

#305 in the World

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

26. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Pharmacy

#87 in Asia

#312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

27. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Pharmacy

#93 in Asia

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

28. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Pharmacy

#95 in Asia

#335 in the World

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

29. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacy

#100 in Asia

#353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1884

30. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Pharmacy

#102 in Asia

#362 in the World

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

31. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Pharmacy

#104 in Asia

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

32. Kobe University

For Pharmacy

#106 in Asia

#379 in the World

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

33. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Pharmacy

#108 in Asia

#382 in the World

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

34. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pharmacy

#115 in Asia

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

35. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacy

#117 in Asia

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

36. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Pharmacy

#119 in Asia

#407 in the World

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

37. Kansai University

For Pharmacy

#121 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

38. University of Toyama

For Pharmacy

#125 in Asia

#419 in the World

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

39. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Pharmacy

#126 in Asia

#422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

40. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Pharmacy

#133 in Asia

#433 in the World

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

41. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Pharmacy

#134 in Asia

#434 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Pharmacy

#141 in Asia

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

43. Nagoya City University

For Pharmacy

#147 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

44. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacy

#148 in Asia

#473 in the World

Founded: 1934

45. Kobe Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacy

#158 in Asia

#494 in the World

Founded: 1930

46. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Pharmacy

#168 in Asia

#522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

47. Kyoto Institute of Technology

For Pharmacy

#169 in Asia

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

48. Toho University

For Pharmacy

#175 in Asia

#540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

49. Mie University

For Pharmacy

#176 in Asia

#543 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

50. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Pharmacy

#194 in Asia

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

51. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pharmacy

#195 in Asia

#589 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

52. Tokushima Bunri University

Japan | Tokushima

For Pharmacy

#197 in Asia

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

53. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Pharmacy

#202 in Asia

#607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

54. Josai University

For Pharmacy

#210 in Asia

#618 in the World

Founded: 1965

55. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Pharmacy

#213 in Asia

#623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

56. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Pharmacy

#214 in Asia

#624 in the World

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

57. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Pharmacy

#219 in Asia

#633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

58. Gakushuin University

For Pharmacy

#227 in Asia

#649 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 9,240
Founded: 1877

59. Saga University

For Pharmacy

#231 in Asia

#657 in the World

Founded: 1949

60. Ibaraki University

For Pharmacy

#237 in Asia

#672 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Pharmacy

#240 in Asia

#679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

62. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Pharmacy

#248 in Asia

#699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

63. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Pharmacy

#250 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

64. Nihon University

For Pharmacy

#251 in Asia

#706 in the World

Founded: 1889

65. Kochi University

For Pharmacy

#253 in Asia

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

66. Showa Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Machida

For Pharmacy

#254 in Asia

#711 in the World

Founded: 1949

67. Hoshi University

For Pharmacy

#260 in Asia

#725 in the World

Founded: 1911

68. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Pharmacy

#269 in Asia

#755 in the World

Founded: 1904

69. Sophia University

For Pharmacy

#275 in Asia

#768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

70. Showa University

For Pharmacy

#278 in Asia

#774 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

71. Meiji Pharmaceutical University

For Pharmacy

#282 in Asia

#786 in the World

Founded: 1902

72. Ritsumeikan University

For Pharmacy

#288 in Asia

#803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

73. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Pharmacy

#292 in Asia

#809 in the World

Founded: 2003

74. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Pharmacy

#296 in Asia

#825 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

75. Hokuriku University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Pharmacy

#299 in Asia

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

76. Doshisha University

For Pharmacy

#301 in Asia

#838 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Founded: 1920

77. Ochanomizu University

For Pharmacy

#304 in Asia

#847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

78. Meijo University

For Pharmacy

#305 in Asia

#849 in the World

Founded: 1926

79. Shimane University

For Pharmacy

#306 in Asia

#851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

80. Rikkyo University

For Pharmacy

#307 in Asia

#852 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

81. Nara Women's University

For Pharmacy

#321 in Asia

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

82. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Pharmacy

#325 in Asia

#892 in the World

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

83. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Pharmacy

#330 in Asia

#903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

84. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Pharmacy

#340 in Asia

#932 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

85. Aichi University of Education

For Pharmacy

#352 in Asia

#965 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1873

86. Setsunan University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Pharmacy

#355 in Asia

#969 in the World

Founded: 1975

87. University of Hyogo

For Pharmacy

#361 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

88. Teikyo University

For Pharmacy

#362 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

89. Kitami Institute of Technology

For Pharmacy

#371 in Asia

#1004 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 2,106
Founded: 1960

90. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Pharmacy

#376 in Asia

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

91. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Pharmacy

#383 in Asia

#1022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

92. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Pharmacy

#391 in Asia

#1043 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

93. Bunkyo University

Japan | Koshigaya

For Pharmacy

#392 in Asia

#1045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1966

94. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Pharmacy

#397 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Founded: 1974

95. Meiji University

For Pharmacy

#404 in Asia

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

96. Tokai University

For Pharmacy

#413 in Asia

#1084 in the World

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

97. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Pharmacy

#414 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

98. Kobe Gakuin University

For Pharmacy

#445 in Asia

#1153 in the World

Founded: 1966

99. Nara University of Education

For Pharmacy

#449 in Asia

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 1,245
Founded: 1949

100. University of Electro-Communications

For Pharmacy

#454 in Asia

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

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

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Bioethics/Medical Ethics23

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Health Science143

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