100 Best universities for Psychiatry 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 Psychiatry. A graph of 9.92M citations received by 546K academic papers made by 390 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 Psychiatry

#2 in Asia

#90 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Psychiatry

#3 in Asia

#105 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Psychiatry

#9 in Asia

#131 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Psychiatry

#15 in Asia

#163 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Psychiatry

#18 in Asia

#176 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Psychiatry

#26 in Asia

#227 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Psychiatry

#28 in Asia

#237 in the World

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

8. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Psychiatry

#30 in Asia

#246 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Psychiatry

#39 in Asia

#293 in the World

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

10. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Psychiatry

#40 in Asia

#297 in the World

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

11. Chiba University

For Psychiatry

#42 in Asia

#309 in the World

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

12. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Psychiatry

#47 in Asia

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

13. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Psychiatry

#51 in Asia

#345 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Psychiatry

#56 in Asia

#373 in the World

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

15. Juntendo University

For Psychiatry

#58 in Asia

#381 in the World

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

16. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Psychiatry

#59 in Asia

#385 in the World

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

17. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Psychiatry

#60 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

18. Kobe University

For Psychiatry

#63 in Asia

#401 in the World

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

19. Osaka City University

For Psychiatry

#66 in Asia

#411 in the World

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

20. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Psychiatry

#71 in Asia

#433 in the World

Founded: 1972

21. Nihon University

For Psychiatry

#75 in Asia

#445 in the World

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

22. Nippon Medical School

For Psychiatry

#80 in Asia

#461 in the World

Founded: 1904

23. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Psychiatry

#83 in Asia

#477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

24. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Psychiatry

#87 in Asia

#491 in the World

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

25. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Psychiatry

#94 in Asia

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

26. Kitasato University

For Psychiatry

#95 in Asia

#509 in the World

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

27. Mie University

For Psychiatry

#99 in Asia

#518 in the World

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

28. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Psychiatry

#101 in Asia

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

29. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Psychiatry

#103 in Asia

#530 in the World

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

30. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Psychiatry

#104 in Asia

#532 in the World

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

31. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Psychiatry

#105 in Asia

#533 in the World

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

32. Showa University

For Psychiatry

#107 in Asia

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

33. Kurume University

For Psychiatry

#109 in Asia

#545 in the World

Founded: 1928

34. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Psychiatry

#111 in Asia

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

35. Toho University

For Psychiatry

#112 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

36. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Psychiatry

#113 in Asia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Psychiatry

#114 in Asia

#554 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Nagoya City University

For Psychiatry

#115 in Asia

#561 in the World

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

39. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Psychiatry

#116 in Asia

#564 in the World

Founded: 1978

40. Teikyo University

For Psychiatry

#118 in Asia

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

41. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Psychiatry

#119 in Asia

#569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

42. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Psychiatry

#120 in Asia

#572 in the World

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

43. Gifu University

For Psychiatry

#122 in Asia

#583 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Psychiatry

#133 in Asia

#614 in the World

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

45. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Psychiatry

#137 in Asia

#623 in the World

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

46. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Psychiatry

#139 in Asia

#633 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

47. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Psychiatry

#140 in Asia

#634 in the World

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

48. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Psychiatry

#142 in Asia

#641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

49. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Psychiatry

#143 in Asia

#642 in the World

Founded: 1972

50. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Psychiatry

#145 in Asia

#648 in the World

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

51. Tokyo Medical University

For Psychiatry

#147 in Asia

#650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

52. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Psychiatry

#148 in Asia

#653 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

53. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Psychiatry

#150 in Asia

#658 in the World

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

54. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Psychiatry

#152 in Asia

#660 in the World

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

55. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Psychiatry

#155 in Asia

#674 in the World

Founded: 1971

56. Tokyo University of Science

For Psychiatry

#159 in Asia

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

57. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Psychiatry

#160 in Asia

#694 in the World

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

58. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Psychiatry

#163 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

59. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Psychiatry

#165 in Asia

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

60. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Psychiatry

#169 in Asia

#709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

61. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Psychiatry

#170 in Asia

#711 in the World

Founded: 1928

62. Akita University

For Psychiatry

#176 in Asia

#733 in the World

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

63. Shimane University

For Psychiatry

#184 in Asia

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

64. Waseda University

For Psychiatry

#185 in Asia

#761 in the World

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

65. University of Fukui

For Psychiatry

#188 in Asia

#767 in the World

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

66. University of Toyama

For Psychiatry

#194 in Asia

#789 in the World

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

67. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Psychiatry

#196 in Asia

#794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

68. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Psychiatry

#200 in Asia

#802 in the World

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

69. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Psychiatry

#202 in Asia

#807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

70. Kyorin University

For Psychiatry

#203 in Asia

#809 in the World

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

71. Oita University

For Psychiatry

#210 in Asia

#835 in the World

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

72. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Psychiatry

#213 in Asia

#842 in the World

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

73. Dokkyo University

For Psychiatry

#224 in Asia

#866 in the World

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

74. University of Yamanashi

For Psychiatry

#228 in Asia

#877 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

75. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Psychiatry

#231 in Asia

#883 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

76. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Psychiatry

#251 in Asia

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

77. Saga University

For Psychiatry

#255 in Asia

#943 in the World

Founded: 1949

78. Kanazawa Medical University

For Psychiatry

#258 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

79. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Psychiatry

#266 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

80. Osaka Prefecture University

For Psychiatry

#273 in Asia

#993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

81. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Psychiatry

#290 in Asia

#1044 in the World

Founded: 1972

82. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

For Psychiatry

#297 in Asia

#1063 in the World

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

83. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Psychiatry

#302 in Asia

#1073 in the World

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

84. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Psychiatry

#317 in Asia

#1112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

85. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Psychiatry

#318 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

86. Hoshi University

For Psychiatry

#339 in Asia

#1192 in the World

Enrollment: 1,640
Founded: 1911

87. Kochi University

For Psychiatry

#342 in Asia

#1195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

88. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Psychiatry

#352 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

89. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Psychiatry

#372 in Asia

#1270 in the World

Founded: 2003

90. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Psychiatry

#378 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

91. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Psychiatry

#388 in Asia

#1310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 1,132
Male:Female: 56:44
Founded: 1973

92. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Psychiatry

#393 in Asia

#1317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

93. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Psychiatry

#395 in Asia

#1325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

94. Gifu Pharmaceutical University

For Psychiatry

#414 in Asia

#1381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1932

95. Meijo University

For Psychiatry

#421 in Asia

#1397 in the World

Enrollment: 3,835
Founded: 1926

96. Doshisha University

For Psychiatry

#448 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

97. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Psychiatry

#454 in Asia

#1461 in the World

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

98. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Psychiatry

#485 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

99. Ochanomizu University

For Psychiatry

#493 in Asia

#1563 in the World

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

100. Ritsumeikan University

For Psychiatry

#496 in Asia

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

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

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

Pharmacology205

Physical Therapy298

Plastic Surgery69

Public Health278

Radiation Therapy119

Radiology and Nuclear medicine321

Respiratory Therapy88

Sonography and Ultrasound89

Sports / Exercise science50

Sports Medicine226