100 Best universities for Sports Medicine 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 Sports Medicine. A graph of 982K citations received by 79.3K academic papers made by 236 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

#2 in Asia

#66 in the World

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

2. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Sports Medicine

#4 in Asia

#116 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

For Sports Medicine

#7 in Asia

#150 in the World

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

4. Kyoto University

For Sports Medicine

#8 in Asia

#153 in the World

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

5. Waseda University

For Sports Medicine

#12 in Asia

#193 in the World

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

6. Nagoya University

For Sports Medicine

#15 in Asia

#208 in the World

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

7. Keio University

For Sports Medicine

#16 in Asia

#213 in the World

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

8. Tohoku University

For Sports Medicine

#20 in Asia

#242 in the World

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

9. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Sports Medicine

#24 in Asia

#269 in the World

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

10. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Sports Medicine

#28 in Asia

#278 in the World

Founded: 2003

11. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Sports Medicine

#29 in Asia

#291 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Sports Medicine

#32 in Asia

#322 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

For Sports Medicine

#43 in Asia

#363 in the World

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

14. Kitasato University

For Sports Medicine

#47 in Asia

#392 in the World

Founded: 1962

15. Juntendo University

For Sports Medicine

#49 in Asia

#407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

16. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Sports Medicine

#52 in Asia

#422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

17. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#58 in Asia

#450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

18. Chiba University

For Sports Medicine

#59 in Asia

#456 in the World

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

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Sports Medicine

#60 in Asia

#457 in the World

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

20. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Sports Medicine

#64 in Asia

#483 in the World

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

21. Nihon University

For Sports Medicine

#79 in Asia

#531 in the World

Founded: 1889

22. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Sports Medicine

#80 in Asia

#532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Sports Medicine

#82 in Asia

#539 in the World

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

24. Ritsumeikan University

For Sports Medicine

#83 in Asia

#541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

25. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Sports Medicine

#89 in Asia

#569 in the World

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

26. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Sports Medicine

#91 in Asia

#583 in the World

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

27. Saga University

For Sports Medicine

#92 in Asia

#588 in the World

Founded: 1949

28. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Sports Medicine

#97 in Asia

#618 in the World

Founded: 1995

29. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Sports Medicine

#101 in Asia

#632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

30. Akita University

For Sports Medicine

#106 in Asia

#650 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

31. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Sports Medicine

#107 in Asia

#652 in the World

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

32. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Sports Medicine

#109 in Asia

#664 in the World

Founded: 1934

33. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Sports Medicine

#111 in Asia

#671 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

34. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Niigata

For Sports Medicine

#112 in Asia

#677 in the World

Founded: 2001

35. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Sports Medicine

#113 in Asia

#680 in the World

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

36. National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

For Sports Medicine

#119 in Asia

#703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1981

37. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Sports Medicine

#121 in Asia

#706 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

38. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#127 in Asia

#726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

39. Tokyo Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#128 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

40. Showa University

For Sports Medicine

#131 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

41. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Sports Medicine

#134 in Asia

#739 in the World

Founded: 1949

42. Tokai University

For Sports Medicine

#136 in Asia

#746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

43. Nagoya City University

For Sports Medicine

#137 in Asia

#749 in the World

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

44. Gifu University

For Sports Medicine

#138 in Asia

#756 in the World

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

45. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Sports Medicine

#139 in Asia

#758 in the World

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

46. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Sports Medicine

#144 in Asia

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

47. University of Electro-Communications

For Sports Medicine

#145 in Asia

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

48. Osaka City University

For Sports Medicine

#148 in Asia

#784 in the World

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

49. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#154 in Asia

#817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

50. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Sports Medicine

#157 in Asia

#830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

51. Tokyo University of Science

For Sports Medicine

#160 in Asia

#835 in the World

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

52. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Sports Medicine

#161 in Asia

#837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

53. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#167 in Asia

#854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

54. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Sports Medicine

#171 in Asia

#862 in the World

Founded: 1972

55. Teikyo University

For Sports Medicine

#173 in Asia

#868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

56. Kochi University of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#174 in Asia

#873 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

57. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Sports Medicine

#180 in Asia

#885 in the World

Founded: 1978

58. Mie University

For Sports Medicine

#181 in Asia

#886 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

59. Toho University

For Sports Medicine

#190 in Asia

#907 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

60. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Sports Medicine

#197 in Asia

#926 in the World

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

61. Doshisha University

For Sports Medicine

#198 in Asia

#927 in the World

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

62. Nippon Medical School

For Sports Medicine

#200 in Asia

#932 in the World

Founded: 1904

63. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Sports Medicine

#215 in Asia

#977 in the World

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

64. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Sports Medicine

#216 in Asia

#979 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

65. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Sports Medicine

#220 in Asia

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

66. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Sports Medicine

#221 in Asia

#991 in the World

Founded: 1972

67. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Sports Medicine

#222 in Asia

#993 in the World

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

68. Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Japan | Kumatori

For Sports Medicine

#225 in Asia

#1010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 2,500
Founded: 1965

69. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#227 in Asia

#1017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

70. University of Fukui

For Sports Medicine

#230 in Asia

#1021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

71. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

For Sports Medicine

#232 in Asia

#1027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1995

72. Shimane University

For Sports Medicine

#237 in Asia

#1036 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

73. Chukyo University

For Sports Medicine

#241 in Asia

#1043 in the World

Founded: 1927

74. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Sports Medicine

#242 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

75. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Sports Medicine

#249 in Asia

#1063 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

76. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Sports Medicine

#256 in Asia

#1080 in the World

Founded: 1971

77. Kurume University

For Sports Medicine

#261 in Asia

#1092 in the World

Founded: 1928

78. University of Toyama

For Sports Medicine

#271 in Asia

#1121 in the World

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

79. Osaka Prefecture University

For Sports Medicine

#272 in Asia

#1126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

80. Nippon Sport Science University

For Sports Medicine

#275 in Asia

#1135 in the World

Founded: 1891

81. Kio University

For Sports Medicine

#276 in Asia

#1140 in the World

Founded: 1946

82. Tokyo Denki University

For Sports Medicine

#277 in Asia

#1141 in the World

Founded: 1907

83. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#286 in Asia

#1163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

84. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Sports Medicine

#291 in Asia

#1178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

85. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Sports Medicine

#302 in Asia

#1200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

86. Kyorin University

For Sports Medicine

#306 in Asia

#1209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

87. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Sports Medicine

#307 in Asia

#1211 in the World

Founded: 1971

88. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Sports Medicine

#308 in Asia

#1212 in the World

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

89. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Sports Medicine

#311 in Asia

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1928

90. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Sports Medicine

#316 in Asia

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

91. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Sports Medicine

#319 in Asia

#1251 in the World

Founded: 1927

92. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Sports Medicine

#330 in Asia

#1280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

93. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Sports Medicine

#331 in Asia

#1286 in the World

Founded: 1972

94. Oita University

For Sports Medicine

#339 in Asia

#1308 in the World

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

95. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

Japan | Kurashiki

For Sports Medicine

#344 in Asia

#1321 in the World

Founded: 1991

96. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Sports Medicine

#349 in Asia

#1328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

97. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Sports Medicine

#361 in Asia

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

98. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#364 in Asia

#1374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

99. Kyoto Tachibana University

For Sports Medicine

#367 in Asia

#1378 in the World

Founded: 1967

100. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Sports Medicine

#379 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
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.

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology348

Anesthesiology210

Bioethics/Medical Ethics26

Biomedical Engineering140

Clinical Psychology182

Critical Care Nursing93

Family medicine132

Forensic Science26

Gastroenterology and Hepatology156

Health Science138

Healthcare Management (MHA)101

Medical Physics80

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)99

Occupational Therapy89

Oncology and Cancer research219

Ophthalmology121

Orthodontics138

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine98

Pharmacology212

Physical Therapy311

Plastic Surgery73

Public Health289

Radiation Therapy122

Radiology and Nuclear medicine332

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound91

Sports / Exercise science56