100 Best Public Health schools 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 Public Health. A graph of 4.97M citations received by 189K academic papers made by 292 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 Public Health

#6 in Asia

#123 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Public Health

#11 in Asia

#164 in the World

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

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Public Health

#28 in Asia

#292 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Public Health

#30 in Asia

#301 in the World

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

5. Osaka University

For Public Health

#34 in Asia

#319 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Public Health

#36 in Asia

#325 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Public Health

#51 in Asia

#385 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Public Health

#57 in Asia

#404 in the World

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

9. Keio University

For Public Health

#69 in Asia

#455 in the World

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

10. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Public Health

#84 in Asia

#504 in the World

Founded: 2003

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Public Health

#94 in Asia

#566 in the World

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

12. Kobe University

For Public Health

#104 in Asia

#595 in the World

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

13. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Public Health

#117 in Asia

#643 in the World

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

14. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Public Health

#119 in Asia

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

15. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Public Health

#120 in Asia

#653 in the World

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

16. Chiba University

For Public Health

#128 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Public Health

#144 in Asia

#732 in the World

Founded: 1889

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Public Health

#157 in Asia

#779 in the World

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

19. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Public Health

#172 in Asia

#833 in the World

Founded: 1978

20. Juntendo University

For Public Health

#178 in Asia

#847 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

21. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Public Health

#183 in Asia

#861 in the World

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

22. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Public Health

#196 in Asia

#899 in the World

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

23. Osaka City University

For Public Health

#202 in Asia

#924 in the World

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

24. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Public Health

#203 in Asia

#925 in the World

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

25. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Public Health

#217 in Asia

#957 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

26. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Public Health

#218 in Asia

#958 in the World

Founded: 1972

27. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Public Health

#228 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

28. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Public Health

#229 in Asia

#986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

29. Gifu University

For Public Health

#232 in Asia

#990 in the World

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

30. Waseda University

For Public Health

#237 in Asia

#997 in the World

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

31. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Public Health

#242 in Asia

#1010 in the World

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

32. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Public Health

#243 in Asia

#1012 in the World

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

33. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Public Health

#249 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

34. Nippon Medical School

For Public Health

#254 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1904

35. Nagoya City University

For Public Health

#255 in Asia

#1035 in the World

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

36. Tokyo University of Science

For Public Health

#257 in Asia

#1037 in the World

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

37. Tokai University

For Public Health

#261 in Asia

#1047 in the World

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

38. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Public Health

#276 in Asia

#1094 in the World

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

39. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Public Health

#282 in Asia

#1107 in the World

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

40. Kitasato University

For Public Health

#287 in Asia

#1122 in the World

Founded: 1962

41. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Public Health

#292 in Asia

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

42. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Public Health

#296 in Asia

#1142 in the World

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

43. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Public Health

#313 in Asia

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Public Health

#319 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

45. Teikyo University

For Public Health

#320 in Asia

#1191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

46. Kurume University

For Public Health

#329 in Asia

#1225 in the World

Founded: 1928

47. University of Toyama

For Public Health

#333 in Asia

#1231 in the World

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

48. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Public Health

#335 in Asia

#1236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

49. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Public Health

#344 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

50. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Public Health

#348 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

51. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Public Health

#349 in Asia

#1272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

52. Shimane University

For Public Health

#358 in Asia

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

53. Mie University

For Public Health

#365 in Asia

#1307 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

54. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Public Health

#376 in Asia

#1329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

55. Toho University

For Public Health

#392 in Asia

#1371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

56. Showa University

For Public Health

#397 in Asia

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

57. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Public Health

#415 in Asia

#1417 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

58. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Public Health

#418 in Asia

#1423 in the World

Founded: 1928

59. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Public Health

#424 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Founded: 1949

60. University of Yamanashi

For Public Health

#426 in Asia

#1437 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

61. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Public Health

#438 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

62. Osaka Prefecture University

For Public Health

#455 in Asia

#1500 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

63. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Public Health

#458 in Asia

#1505 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

64. Akita University

For Public Health

#460 in Asia

#1508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

65. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Public Health

#467 in Asia

#1529 in the World

Founded: 1934

66. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Public Health

#469 in Asia

#1533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

67. Tokyo Medical University

For Public Health

#485 in Asia

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

68. Saga University

For Public Health

#490 in Asia

#1571 in the World

Founded: 1949

69. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Public Health

#501 in Asia

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

70. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Public Health

#510 in Asia

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

71. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Public Health

#520 in Asia

#1641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

72. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Public Health

#524 in Asia

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

73. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Public Health

#541 in Asia

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

74. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Public Health

#560 in Asia

#1720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

75. Kanazawa Medical University

For Public Health

#561 in Asia

#1721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

76. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Public Health

#564 in Asia

#1728 in the World

Founded: 1971

77. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Public Health

#566 in Asia

#1732 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

78. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Public Health

#570 in Asia

#1744 in the World

Founded: 1972

79. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Public Health

#610 in Asia

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

80. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Public Health

#614 in Asia

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

81. Kyorin University

For Public Health

#618 in Asia

#1868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

82. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Public Health

#621 in Asia

#1873 in the World

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

83. Ritsumeikan University

For Public Health

#625 in Asia

#1880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

84. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Public Health

#630 in Asia

#1889 in the World

Founded: 1971

85. Kochi University

For Public Health

#639 in Asia

#1906 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

86. Oita University

For Public Health

#659 in Asia

#1945 in the World

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

87. University of Fukui

For Public Health

#668 in Asia

#1968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

88. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Public Health

#675 in Asia

#1979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

89. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Public Health

#717 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Founded: 1995

90. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Public Health

#727 in Asia

#2102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

91. Nara Women's University

For Public Health

#746 in Asia

#2139 in the World

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

92. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Public Health

#765 in Asia

#2184 in the World

Founded: 1928

93. Ochanomizu University

For Public Health

#796 in Asia

#2255 in the World

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

94. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Public Health

#799 in Asia

#2260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

95. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Public Health

#806 in Asia

#2274 in the World

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

96. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Public Health

#823 in Asia

#2319 in the World

Founded: 1972

97. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Public Health

#828 in Asia

#2328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 3,217
Founded: 1949

98. Ibaraki University

For Public Health

#834 in Asia

#2335 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

99. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Public Health

#835 in Asia

#2336 in the World

Founded: 1927

100. Hosei University

For Public Health

#863 in Asia

#2403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

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

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology350

Anesthesiology210

Bioethics/Medical Ethics23

Biomedical Engineering142

Clinical Psychology185

Critical Care Nursing96

Family medicine135

Forensic Science26

Gastroenterology and Hepatology159

Health Science143

Healthcare Management (MHA)102

Medical Physics78

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)100

Occupational Therapy90

Oncology and Cancer research222

Ophthalmology124

Orthodontics140

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine102

Pharmacology215

Physical Therapy317

Plastic Surgery73

Radiation Therapy123

Radiology and Nuclear medicine336

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound93

Sports / Exercise science58

Sports Medicine242