100 Best universities for Radiology and Nuclear medicine 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 Radiology and Nuclear medicine. A graph of 8.18M citations received by 552K academic papers made by 321 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

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#1 in Asia

#46 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#5 in Asia

#71 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#6 in Asia

#74 in the World

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

4. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#8 in Asia

#77 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#12 in Asia

#90 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#20 in Asia

#130 in the World

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

7. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#23 in Asia

#147 in the World

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

8. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#25 in Asia

#151 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#30 in Asia

#174 in the World

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

10. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#31 in Asia

#175 in the World

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

11. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#37 in Asia

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

12. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#38 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

13. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#39 in Asia

#219 in the World

Founded: 1972

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#40 in Asia

#228 in the World

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

15. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#43 in Asia

#233 in the World

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

16. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#44 in Asia

#235 in the World

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

17. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#45 in Asia

#244 in the World

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

18. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#46 in Asia

#246 in the World

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

19. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#48 in Asia

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

20. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#50 in Asia

#268 in the World

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

21. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#55 in Asia

#281 in the World

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

22. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#56 in Asia

#289 in the World

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

23. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#57 in Asia

#293 in the World

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

24. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#59 in Asia

#300 in the World

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

25. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#60 in Asia

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

26. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#62 in Asia

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

27. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#63 in Asia

#322 in the World

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

28. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#65 in Asia

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#66 in Asia

#328 in the World

Founded: 1928

30. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#67 in Asia

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

31. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#69 in Asia

#342 in the World

Founded: 1904

32. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#72 in Asia

#347 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

33. Tokyo Medical University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#76 in Asia

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

34. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#77 in Asia

#359 in the World

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

35. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#82 in Asia

#369 in the World

Founded: 1972

36. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#83 in Asia

#370 in the World

Founded: 1949

37. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#84 in Asia

#375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

38. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#85 in Asia

#377 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

39. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#87 in Asia

#379 in the World

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

40. Shiga University of Medical Science

Japan | Otsu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#89 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

41. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#90 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

42. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#92 in Asia

#392 in the World

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

43. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#94 in Asia

#394 in the World

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

44. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#98 in Asia

#403 in the World

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

45. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#99 in Asia

#405 in the World

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

46. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#103 in Asia

#414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

47. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#104 in Asia

#417 in the World

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

48. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#105 in Asia

#420 in the World

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

49. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#106 in Asia

#424 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

50. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#108 in Asia

#427 in the World

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

51. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#109 in Asia

#433 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

52. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#112 in Asia

#436 in the World

Founded: 1928

53. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#115 in Asia

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

54. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#121 in Asia

#458 in the World

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

55. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#122 in Asia

#459 in the World

Founded: 1978

56. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#126 in Asia

#470 in the World

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

57. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#127 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

58. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#130 in Asia

#483 in the World

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

59. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#132 in Asia

#485 in the World

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

60. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#134 in Asia

#488 in the World

Founded: 1971

61. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#137 in Asia

#493 in the World

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

62. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#141 in Asia

#499 in the World

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

63. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#146 in Asia

#510 in the World

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

64. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#147 in Asia

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

65. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#149 in Asia

#519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

66. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#151 in Asia

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

67. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#153 in Asia

#527 in the World

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

68. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Sendai

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#155 in Asia

#535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

69. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#164 in Asia

#554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

70. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#170 in Asia

#583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

71. Dokkyo University

Japan | Soka

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#176 in Asia

#604 in the World

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

72. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#188 in Asia

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

73. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#194 in Asia

#650 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

74. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#199 in Asia

#657 in the World

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

75. Kanazawa Medical University

Japan | Kahoku

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#200 in Asia

#661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

76. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#206 in Asia

#677 in the World

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

77. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#208 in Asia

#686 in the World

Founded: 1972

78. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#221 in Asia

#714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

79. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#233 in Asia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1949

80. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#242 in Asia

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

81. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#261 in Asia

#819 in the World

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

82. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#276 in Asia

#871 in the World

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

83. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#282 in Asia

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

84. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#287 in Asia

#898 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo Dental College

Japan | Chiba

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#306 in Asia

#947 in the World

Founded: 1890

86. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#329 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

87. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#338 in Asia

#1040 in the World

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

88. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#341 in Asia

#1050 in the World

Founded: 2003

89. Aichi Gakuin University

Japan | Nisshin

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#342 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1953

90. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#358 in Asia

#1094 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

91. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#388 in Asia

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

92. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#395 in Asia

#1179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

93. Kyushu Dental College

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#397 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1914

94. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#407 in Asia

#1232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

95. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#410 in Asia

#1243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,876
Founded: 1907

96. Kyoto Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Kyoto

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#416 in Asia

#1259 in the World

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

97. Tsurumi University

Japan | Yokohama

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#420 in Asia

#1274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1924

98. Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Japan | Takatsuki

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#423 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Founded: 1904

99. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#427 in Asia

#1287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

100. Shiga University

Japan | Hikone

For Radiology and Nuclear medicine

#429 in Asia

#1293 in the World

Enrollment: 3,702
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1949

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