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 696K citations received by 68.8K academic papers made by 226 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
#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

2. University of Tsukuba

For Sports Medicine

#4 in Asia
#119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
16,507
Male:Female
61:39
Founded
1973

3. Osaka University

For Sports Medicine

#6 in Asia
#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

4. Kyoto University

For Sports Medicine

#7 in Asia
#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

5. Waseda University

For Sports Medicine

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

6. Nagoya University

For Sports Medicine

#13 in Asia
#202 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

7. Keio University

For Sports Medicine

#14 in Asia
#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
33,518
Founded
1858

9. Tohoku University

For Sports Medicine

#17 in Asia
#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

10. Hokkaido University

For Sports Medicine

#21 in Asia
#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

11. Kyushu University

For Sports Medicine

#27 in Asia
#285 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

12. Hiroshima University

For Sports Medicine

#28 in Asia
#289 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
15,066
Founded
1949

13. Kobe University

For Sports Medicine

#37 in Asia
#365 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
15,871
Founded
1902

14. Kitasato University

For Sports Medicine

#38 in Asia
#367 in the World
Enrollment
8,576
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1962

15. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#47 in Asia
#400 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

16. Juntendo University

For Sports Medicine

#51 in Asia
#418 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
3,802
Founded
1836

17. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Sports Medicine

#52 in Asia
#428 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Founded
1946

18. Chiba University

For Sports Medicine

#54 in Asia
#441 in the World
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
13,983
Founded
1949

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

For Sports Medicine

#55 in Asia
#444 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
9,059
Founded
2005

20. Kanazawa University

For Sports Medicine

#63 in Asia
#483 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,127
Male:Female
64:36
Founded
1949

21. Shinshu University

For Sports Medicine

#72 in Asia
#520 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1949

22. Ritsumeikan University

For Sports Medicine

#75 in Asia
#530 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1899

23. Saga University

For Sports Medicine

#76 in Asia
#536 in the World
Founded
1949

24. Okayama University

For Sports Medicine

#79 in Asia
#540 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
13,057
Founded
1922

25. University of Tokushima

For Sports Medicine

#81 in Asia
#552 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

26. Niigata University

For Sports Medicine

#82 in Asia
#560 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
12,068
Founded
1922

28. Nihon University

For Sports Medicine

#87 in Asia
#588 in the World
Enrollment
77,651
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1889

29. Kagoshima University

For Sports Medicine

#91 in Asia
#601 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
10,661
Male:Female
62:38
Founded
1949

30. Akita University

For Sports Medicine

#92 in Asia
#602 in the World
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
5,157
Founded
1949

31. Yokohama City University

For Sports Medicine

#94 in Asia
#617 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1928

32. Kumamoto University

For Sports Medicine

#97 in Asia
#620 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
7,629
Founded
1949

33. Gunma University

For Sports Medicine

#98 in Asia
#623 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
6,556
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1949

34. Fukuoka University

For Sports Medicine

#103 in Asia
#636 in the World
Enrollment
20,356
Founded
1934

35. Fujita Health University

For Sports Medicine

#109 in Asia
#662 in the World
Enrollment
3,065
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1964

36. University of Electro-Communications

For Sports Medicine

#110 in Asia
#669 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
5,329
Founded
1949

37. Nagoya City University

For Sports Medicine

#112 in Asia
#678 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
4,685
Founded
1950

38. Tokyo University of Science

For Sports Medicine

#113 in Asia
#684 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1881

39. Gifu University

For Sports Medicine

#114 in Asia
#695 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
7,227
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1949

40. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#117 in Asia
#705 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1881

41. National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

For Sports Medicine

#118 in Asia
#711 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
849
Founded
1981

43. Niigata University of Health and Welfare

For Sports Medicine

#120 in Asia
#720 in the World
Enrollment
3,439
Founded
2001

44. Showa University

For Sports Medicine

#121 in Asia
#725 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1928

45. Tokai University

For Sports Medicine

#122 in Asia
#726 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,535
Founded
1946

46. Tokyo Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#123 in Asia
#730 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Founded
1916

47. Nagasaki University

For Sports Medicine

#125 in Asia
#734 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
9,090
Founded
1949

48. Osaka City University

For Sports Medicine

#136 in Asia
#766 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
8,230
Founded
1928

49. Shibaura Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#137 in Asia
#772 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Founded
1949

50. Nara Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#140 in Asia
#785 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1945

51. Sapporo Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#141 in Asia
#787 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1950

52. Kochi University of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#143 in Asia
#793 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
2,074
Founded
1997

53. Hirosaki University

For Sports Medicine

#147 in Asia
#804 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Founded
1949

54. Tokyo University of the Arts

For Sports Medicine

#148 in Asia
#809 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
3,217
Founded
1949

56. Teikyo University

For Sports Medicine

#161 in Asia
#839 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1966

58. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#166 in Asia
#862 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,223
Founded
1872

59. Doshisha University

For Sports Medicine

#167 in Asia
#868 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,354
Male:Female
62:38
Founded
1920

60. Chukyo University

For Sports Medicine

#168 in Asia
#870 in the World
Enrollment
13,000
Founded
1927

61. Toho University

For Sports Medicine

#170 in Asia
#874 in the World
Acceptance Rate
47%
Founded
1925

62. Kagawa University

For Sports Medicine

#175 in Asia
#887 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
6,539
Founded
1949

63. Tottori University

For Sports Medicine

#180 in Asia
#896 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
6,195
Founded
1949

64. Aichi Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#184 in Asia
#906 in the World
Enrollment
1,239
Founded
1971

65. Mie University

For Sports Medicine

#190 in Asia
#920 in the World
Enrollment
8,455
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1949

66. Kindai University

For Sports Medicine

#196 in Asia
#937 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
38,857
Founded
1949

67. Nippon Medical School

For Sports Medicine

#199 in Asia
#948 in the World
Founded
1904

68. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

For Sports Medicine

#207 in Asia
#977 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1995

69. University of Fukui

For Sports Medicine

#208 in Asia
#980 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
5,167
Founded
1949

70. Yamagata University

For Sports Medicine

#213 in Asia
#991 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1949

71. Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

For Sports Medicine

#215 in Asia
#994 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
1965

72. Tokyo Denki University

For Sports Medicine

#220 in Asia
#1019 in the World
Founded
1907

73. Fukushima Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#223 in Asia
#1030 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
1,095
Founded
1952

74. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#224 in Asia
#1040 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
5,776
Founded
1905

76. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#226 in Asia
#1045 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1991

77. Kio University

For Sports Medicine

#227 in Asia
#1053 in the World
Enrollment
469
Founded
1946

78. Osaka Prefecture University

For Sports Medicine

#228 in Asia
#1056 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
8,051
Founded
1949

79. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#229 in Asia
#1058 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1971

80. Shimane University

For Sports Medicine

#230 in Asia
#1059 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1949

81. Kurume University

For Sports Medicine

#232 in Asia
#1062 in the World
Founded
1928

82. Nippon Sport Science University

For Sports Medicine

#237 in Asia
#1077 in the World
Enrollment
5,848
Founded
1891

83. Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare

For Sports Medicine

#244 in Asia
#1088 in the World
Enrollment
3,810
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1991

84. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Sports Medicine

#245 in Asia
#1091 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1939

86. University of Toyama

For Sports Medicine

#261 in Asia
#1124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
9,208
Founded
1975

87. Kyorin University

For Sports Medicine

#263 in Asia
#1130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
4,820
Founded
1966

88. Wakayama Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#267 in Asia
#1135 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1945

89. Kansai Medical University

For Sports Medicine

#275 in Asia
#1155 in the World
Enrollment
782
Founded
1928

90. Kyushu Institute of Technology

For Sports Medicine

#276 in Asia
#1156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
5,876
Founded
1907

91. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

For Sports Medicine

#285 in Asia
#1179 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
934
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1974

92. Osaka Medical College

For Sports Medicine

#288 in Asia
#1186 in the World
Enrollment
1,195
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1927

93. Oita University

For Sports Medicine

#292 in Asia
#1193 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
5,781
Male:Female
62:38
Founded
1949

94. Ehime University

For Sports Medicine

#298 in Asia
#1211 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
9,033
Founded
1949

95. Yokohama National University

For Sports Medicine

#309 in Asia
#1243 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Founded
1949

97. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#325 in Asia
#1281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
891
Male:Female
83:17
Founded
1990

98. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Sports Medicine

#342 in Asia
#1327 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1949

99. Ibaraki University

For Sports Medicine

#343 in Asia
#1331 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
8,249
Founded
1949

100. Kyoto Tachibana University

For Sports Medicine

#344 in Asia
#1332 in the World
Enrollment
3,450
Founded
1967

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