100 Best universities for Sports Medicine in Japan

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Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Sports Medicine. A graph of 1.05M citations received by 83.2K academic papers made by 242 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 Sports Medicine

#3 in Asia
#69 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

2. University of Tsukuba

For Sports Medicine

#4 in Asia
#116 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,684
Founded
1973

3. Osaka University

For Sports Medicine

#7 in Asia
#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

4. Kyoto University

For Sports Medicine

#8 in Asia
#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

5. Waseda University

For Sports Medicine

#12 in Asia
#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
47,094
Founded
1882

6. Nagoya University

For Sports Medicine

#16 in Asia
#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

7. Keio University

For Sports Medicine

#17 in Asia
#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
33,518
Founded
1858

8. Tohoku University

For Sports Medicine

#23 in Asia
#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

9. Hokkaido University

For Sports Medicine

#25 in Asia
#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

11. Kyushu University

For Sports Medicine

#30 in Asia
#297 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

12. Hiroshima University

For Sports Medicine

#35 in Asia
#329 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
15,505
Founded
1949

13. Kobe University

For Sports Medicine

#44 in Asia
#367 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
16,214
Founded
1902

14. Kitasato University

For Sports Medicine

#48 in Asia
#395 in the World
Founded
1962

15. Juntendo University

For Sports Medicine

#50 in Asia
#408 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1836

16. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Sports Medicine

#53 in Asia
#433 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1946

17. Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Sports Medicine

#59 in Asia
#463 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
9,126
Founded
2005

18. Chiba University

For Sports Medicine

#60 in Asia
#466 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
13,983
Founded
1949

19. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#63 in Asia
#471 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

20. Kanazawa University

For Sports Medicine

#70 in Asia
#489 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,127
Founded
1949

21. Ritsumeikan University

For Sports Medicine

#82 in Asia
#534 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1899

22. University of Tokushima

For Sports Medicine

#84 in Asia
#543 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

23. Nihon University

For Sports Medicine

#85 in Asia
#544 in the World
Founded
1889

24. Shinshu University

For Sports Medicine

#87 in Asia
#548 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
10,849
Founded
1949

25. Okayama University

For Sports Medicine

#92 in Asia
#583 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
13,057
Founded
1922

26. Niigata University

For Sports Medicine

#95 in Asia
#595 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
12,068
Founded
1922

27. Saga University

For Sports Medicine

#99 in Asia
#606 in the World
Founded
1949

29. Kagoshima University

For Sports Medicine

#107 in Asia
#643 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1949

30. Akita University

For Sports Medicine

#109 in Asia
#657 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Founded
1949

32. Yokohama City University

For Sports Medicine

#112 in Asia
#669 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
5,198
Founded
1928

33. Gunma University

For Sports Medicine

#113 in Asia
#681 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

34. Fukuoka University

For Sports Medicine

#114 in Asia
#684 in the World
Founded
1934

35. Kumamoto University

For Sports Medicine

#120 in Asia
#701 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
11,098
Founded
1949

36. National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

For Sports Medicine

#125 in Asia
#713 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1981

37. Fujita Health University

For Sports Medicine

#126 in Asia
#715 in the World
Enrollment
3,106
Founded
1964

38. Tokyo Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#130 in Asia
#721 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1916

39. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#134 in Asia
#734 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
981
Founded
1881

40. Nagoya City University

For Sports Medicine

#139 in Asia
#753 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
4,685
Founded
1950

41. Showa University

For Sports Medicine

#141 in Asia
#763 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1928

42. Tokai University

For Sports Medicine

#144 in Asia
#769 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
29,700
Founded
1946

43. Sapporo Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#146 in Asia
#773 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1950

45. Gifu University

For Sports Medicine

#148 in Asia
#784 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
7,227
Founded
1949

46. Nagasaki University

For Sports Medicine

#151 in Asia
#804 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,090
Founded
1949

47. University of Electro-Communications

For Sports Medicine

#152 in Asia
#805 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1949

48. Osaka City University

For Sports Medicine

#155 in Asia
#817 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
8,230
Founded
1928

49. Nara Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#158 in Asia
#824 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1945

50. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#160 in Asia
#827 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1872

51. Hirosaki University

For Sports Medicine

#171 in Asia
#858 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Founded
1949

52. Tokyo University of Science

For Sports Medicine

#172 in Asia
#859 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
19,768
Founded
1881

53. Teikyo University

For Sports Medicine

#178 in Asia
#867 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1966

55. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#184 in Asia
#879 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Founded
1949

56. Kochi University of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#194 in Asia
#908 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1997

57. Mie University

For Sports Medicine

#195 in Asia
#913 in the World
Enrollment
8,455
Founded
1949

59. Toho University

For Sports Medicine

#200 in Asia
#930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1925

60. Doshisha University

For Sports Medicine

#201 in Asia
#936 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,354
Founded
1920

61. Tottori University

For Sports Medicine

#203 in Asia
#941 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
6,179
Founded
1949

62. Nippon Medical School

For Sports Medicine

#212 in Asia
#956 in the World
Founded
1904

64. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Sports Medicine

#223 in Asia
#991 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
3,217
Founded
1949

65. Kindai University

For Sports Medicine

#224 in Asia
#996 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
38,857
Founded
1949

66. Fukushima Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#227 in Asia
#1005 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1952

67. Kagawa University

For Sports Medicine

#228 in Asia
#1007 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1949

68. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

For Sports Medicine

#236 in Asia
#1028 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1995

69. Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

For Sports Medicine

#239 in Asia
#1033 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
1965

70. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#241 in Asia
#1037 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1905

71. University of Fukui

For Sports Medicine

#242 in Asia
#1038 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

72. Chukyo University

For Sports Medicine

#245 in Asia
#1043 in the World
Founded
1927

73. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#258 in Asia
#1076 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1971

74. Shimane University

For Sports Medicine

#259 in Asia
#1078 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1949

75. Yamagata University

For Sports Medicine

#262 in Asia
#1089 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

78. Kio University

For Sports Medicine

#274 in Asia
#1119 in the World
Founded
1946

79. Kurume University

For Sports Medicine

#280 in Asia
#1127 in the World
Founded
1928

80. University of Toyama

For Sports Medicine

#281 in Asia
#1130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
9,208
Founded
1975

81. Osaka Prefecture University

For Sports Medicine

#290 in Asia
#1154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1949

82. Wakayama Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#296 in Asia
#1172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1945

83. Tokyo Denki University

For Sports Medicine

#298 in Asia
#1178 in the World
Founded
1907

84. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#301 in Asia
#1183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1991

86. Asahikawa Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#309 in Asia
#1210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1973

88. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#311 in Asia
#1214 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1974

89. Kyorin University

For Sports Medicine

#313 in Asia
#1219 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1966

90. Ehime University

For Sports Medicine

#314 in Asia
#1222 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
9,033
Founded
1949

92. Osaka Medical College

For Sports Medicine

#337 in Asia
#1284 in the World
Founded
1927

93. Oita University

For Sports Medicine

#344 in Asia
#1302 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
5,781
Founded
1949

95. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Sports Medicine

#351 in Asia
#1315 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1939

96. Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#362 in Asia
#1356 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1907

98. Saitama Prefectural University

For Sports Medicine

#368 in Asia
#1369 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1999

99. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#374 in Asia
#1385 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1949

100. Yokohama National University

For Sports Medicine

#383 in Asia
#1397 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

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