100 Best Public Health schools 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 Public Health. A graph of 3.72M citations received by 171K academic papers made by 278 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

#5 in Asia

#119 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Public Health

#7 in Asia

#153 in the World

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

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Public Health

#23 in Asia

#278 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

For Public Health

#25 in Asia

#287 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Public Health

#27 in Asia

#294 in the World

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

6. Osaka University

For Public Health

#28 in Asia

#303 in the World

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

7. Nagoya University

For Public Health

#38 in Asia

#355 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Public Health

#46 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

9. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Public Health

#50 in Asia

#410 in the World

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

10. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Public Health

#52 in Asia

#413 in the World

Founded: 2003

11. Keio University

For Public Health

#58 in Asia

#425 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Public Health

#83 in Asia

#536 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Public Health

#88 in Asia

#564 in the World

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

14. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Public Health

#90 in Asia

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

15. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Public Health

#94 in Asia

#610 in the World

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

16. Chiba University

For Public Health

#102 in Asia

#632 in the World

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

17. Nihon University

For Public Health

#116 in Asia

#683 in the World

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

18. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Public Health

#123 in Asia

#701 in the World

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

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Public Health

#139 in Asia

#763 in the World

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

20. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Public Health

#143 in Asia

#779 in the World

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

21. Juntendo University

For Public Health

#151 in Asia

#802 in the World

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

22. Osaka City University

For Public Health

#155 in Asia

#820 in the World

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

23. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Public Health

#158 in Asia

#827 in the World

Founded: 1978

24. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Public Health

#164 in Asia

#849 in the World

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

25. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Public Health

#167 in Asia

#855 in the World

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

26. Gifu University

For Public Health

#172 in Asia

#863 in the World

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

27. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Public Health

#174 in Asia

#867 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

28. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Public Health

#175 in Asia

#871 in the World

Founded: 1972

29. Tokyo University of Science

For Public Health

#177 in Asia

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

30. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Public Health

#178 in Asia

#880 in the World

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

31. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Public Health

#180 in Asia

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

32. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Public Health

#184 in Asia

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

33. Tokai University

For Public Health

#185 in Asia

#902 in the World

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

34. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Public Health

#192 in Asia

#919 in the World

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

35. Nagoya City University

For Public Health

#201 in Asia

#940 in the World

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

36. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Public Health

#215 in Asia

#981 in the World

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

37. Nippon Medical School

For Public Health

#216 in Asia

#984 in the World

Founded: 1904

38. Waseda University

For Public Health

#219 in Asia

#987 in the World

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

39. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Public Health

#230 in Asia

#1013 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

40. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Public Health

#232 in Asia

#1017 in the World

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

41. Kitasato University

For Public Health

#236 in Asia

#1023 in the World

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

42. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Public Health

#240 in Asia

#1032 in the World

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

43. Showa University

For Public Health

#246 in Asia

#1044 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

44. Teikyo University

For Public Health

#251 in Asia

#1061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

45. Kurume University

For Public Health

#260 in Asia

#1092 in the World

Founded: 1928

46. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Public Health

#261 in Asia

#1095 in the World

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

47. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Public Health

#263 in Asia

#1100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

48. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Public Health

#267 in Asia

#1113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

49. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Public Health

#269 in Asia

#1119 in the World

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

50. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Public Health

#271 in Asia

#1130 in the World

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

51. University of Toyama

For Public Health

#273 in Asia

#1133 in the World

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

52. Shimane University

For Public Health

#284 in Asia

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

53. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Public Health

#289 in Asia

#1176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

54. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Public Health

#291 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

55. Mie University

For Public Health

#296 in Asia

#1197 in the World

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

56. Toho University

For Public Health

#324 in Asia

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

57. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Public Health

#325 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

58. Osaka Prefecture University

For Public Health

#328 in Asia

#1279 in the World

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

59. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Public Health

#340 in Asia

#1307 in the World

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

60. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Public Health

#349 in Asia

#1325 in the World

Founded: 1949

61. University of Yamanashi

For Public Health

#358 in Asia

#1342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Public Health

#360 in Asia

#1344 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

63. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Public Health

#362 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

64. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Public Health

#373 in Asia

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

65. Akita University

For Public Health

#375 in Asia

#1366 in the World

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

66. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Public Health

#386 in Asia

#1391 in the World

Founded: 1928

67. Saga University

For Public Health

#396 in Asia

#1419 in the World

Founded: 1949

68. Tokyo Medical University

For Public Health

#398 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

69. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Public Health

#409 in Asia

#1447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

70. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Public Health

#413 in Asia

#1454 in the World

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

71. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Public Health

#420 in Asia

#1482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

72. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Public Health

#427 in Asia

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 10,090
Founded: 1949

73. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Public Health

#438 in Asia

#1517 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

74. Kanazawa Medical University

For Public Health

#439 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

75. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Public Health

#442 in Asia

#1526 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

76. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Public Health

#460 in Asia

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

77. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Public Health

#464 in Asia

#1572 in the World

Founded: 1971

78. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Public Health

#465 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

79. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Public Health

#468 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

80. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Public Health

#469 in Asia

#1585 in the World

Founded: 1972

81. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Public Health

#497 in Asia

#1656 in the World

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

82. Kyorin University

For Public Health

#501 in Asia

#1668 in the World

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

83. Kochi University

For Public Health

#519 in Asia

#1703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

84. Oita University

For Public Health

#531 in Asia

#1742 in the World

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

85. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Public Health

#543 in Asia

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,337
Founded: 1941

86. Ritsumeikan University

For Public Health

#551 in Asia

#1785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

87. University of Fukui

For Public Health

#552 in Asia

#1786 in the World

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

88. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Public Health

#572 in Asia

#1832 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

89. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Public Health

#600 in Asia

#1908 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

90. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Public Health

#617 in Asia

#1946 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

91. Nara Women's University

For Public Health

#620 in Asia

#1953 in the World

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

92. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Public Health

#673 in Asia

#2057 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

93. Ibaraki University

For Public Health

#685 in Asia

#2083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

94. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Public Health

#700 in Asia

#2108 in the World

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

95. Ochanomizu University

For Public Health

#706 in Asia

#2127 in the World

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

96. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Public Health

#713 in Asia

#2147 in the World

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

97. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Public Health

#719 in Asia

#2159 in the World

Founded: 1972

98. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Public Health

#733 in Asia

#2192 in the World

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

99. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

For Public Health

#741 in Asia

#2207 in the World

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

100. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Public Health

#742 in Asia

#2208 in the World

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

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 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

Radiation Therapy119

Radiology and Nuclear medicine321

Respiratory Therapy88

Sonography and Ultrasound89

Sports / Exercise science50

Sports Medicine226