91 Best universities for Sonography / Ultrasound technician in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Sonography and Ultrasound. A graph of 323K citations received by 20.3K academic papers made by 91 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 Sonography and Ultrasound

#7 in Asia

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,479
Founded: 1877

2. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#21 in Asia

#107 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#24 in Asia

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Founded: 1931

4. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#25 in Asia

#134 in the World

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

5. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#31 in Asia

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Founded: 1897

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#34 in Asia

#160 in the World

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

7. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#42 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#43 in Asia

#194 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#48 in Asia

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Founded: 1973

10. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#52 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

11. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#56 in Asia

#228 in the World

Founded: 1972

12. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#57 in Asia

#233 in the World

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

13. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#61 in Asia

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

14. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#64 in Asia

#262 in the World

Founded: 1934

15. Tokyo Medical University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#65 in Asia

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

16. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#73 in Asia

#311 in the World

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

17. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#76 in Asia

#317 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#77 in Asia

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

19. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#82 in Asia

#328 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#85 in Asia

#338 in the World

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

21. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#87 in Asia

#342 in the World

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

22. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#89 in Asia

#344 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

23. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#90 in Asia

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

24. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#91 in Asia

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

25. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#92 in Asia

#353 in the World

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

26. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#94 in Asia

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,999
Founded: 1902

27. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#96 in Asia

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

28. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#101 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

29. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#102 in Asia

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

30. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#104 in Asia

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

31. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#105 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

32. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#106 in Asia

#385 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

33. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#109 in Asia

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

34. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#110 in Asia

#398 in the World

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

35. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#111 in Asia

#407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

36. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#112 in Asia

#410 in the World

Founded: 1904

37. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#114 in Asia

#415 in the World

Founded: 1928

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#118 in Asia

#426 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#120 in Asia

#429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

40. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#126 in Asia

#446 in the World

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

41. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#134 in Asia

#461 in the World

Founded: 1962

42. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#137 in Asia

#466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

43. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#139 in Asia

#473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

44. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#140 in Asia

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

45. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#142 in Asia

#479 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

46. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#144 in Asia

#487 in the World

Founded: 1972

47. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#145 in Asia

#488 in the World

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

48. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#152 in Asia

#497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

49. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#155 in Asia

#501 in the World

Founded: 1928

50. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#156 in Asia

#505 in the World

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

51. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#161 in Asia

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

52. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#163 in Asia

#521 in the World

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

53. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#165 in Asia

#525 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

54. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#166 in Asia

#527 in the World

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

55. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#169 in Asia

#536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

56. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#171 in Asia

#540 in the World

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

57. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#174 in Asia

#546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

58. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#175 in Asia

#547 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

59. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#179 in Asia

#561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

60. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#183 in Asia

#580 in the World

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

61. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#188 in Asia

#586 in the World

Founded: 1927

62. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#193 in Asia

#597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

63. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#194 in Asia

#598 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#199 in Asia

#616 in the World

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

65. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#205 in Asia

#627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

66. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#210 in Asia

#637 in the World

Founded: 1928

67. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#212 in Asia

#641 in the World

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

68. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#215 in Asia

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

69. Shiga University of Medical Science

Japan | Otsu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#221 in Asia

#663 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

70. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#222 in Asia

#665 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

71. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#232 in Asia

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

72. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#235 in Asia

#689 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

73. Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan | Nagaoka

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#264 in Asia

#756 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1976

74. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#267 in Asia

#762 in the World

Founded: 1972

75. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#271 in Asia

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

76. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Sendai

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#274 in Asia

#781 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

77. Toin University of Yokohama

Japan | Yokohama

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#290 in Asia

#810 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1988

78. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#331 in Asia

#896 in the World

Founded: 1971

79. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#335 in Asia

#902 in the World

Founded: 1978

80. Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Japan | Hachioji

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#343 in Asia

#922 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1880

81. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#344 in Asia

#923 in the World

Founded: 1995

82. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#346 in Asia

#926 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

83. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#348 in Asia

#934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

84. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#353 in Asia

#943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

85. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#363 in Asia

#961 in the World

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

86. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#375 in Asia

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

87. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Ikoma

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#377 in Asia

#982 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

88. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#378 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

89. Kanazawa Medical University

Japan | Kahoku

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#379 in Asia

#985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

90. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#387 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Founded: 1949

91. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Sonography and Ultrasound

#399 in Asia

#1020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

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

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Clinical Psychology182

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Gerontology147

Health Science138

Healthcare Management (MHA)101

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