67 Best universities for Toxicology in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Toxicology. A graph of 274K citations received by 12.6K academic papers made by 67 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 Toxicology

#24 in Asia

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Toxicology

#34 in Asia

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Toxicology

#39 in Asia

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

4. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Toxicology

#47 in Asia

#211 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Toxicology

#54 in Asia

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

6. Tohoku University

For Toxicology

#75 in Asia

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

7. Nagoya University

For Toxicology

#80 in Asia

#329 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

8. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Toxicology

#99 in Asia

#389 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Toxicology

#123 in Asia

#447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

10. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Toxicology

#133 in Asia

#471 in the World

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

11. Chiba University

For Toxicology

#141 in Asia

#489 in the World

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

12. Nagoya City University

For Toxicology

#150 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

13. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Toxicology

#166 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

14. Osaka University

For Toxicology

#168 in Asia

#562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

15. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Toxicology

#183 in Asia

#618 in the World

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

16. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Toxicology

#194 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

17. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Toxicology

#206 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

18. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Toxicology

#220 in Asia

#716 in the World

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

19. Kitasato University

For Toxicology

#223 in Asia

#727 in the World

Founded: 1962

20. Kobe University

For Toxicology

#239 in Asia

#773 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

21. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Toxicology

#249 in Asia

#792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

22. Gifu University

For Toxicology

#260 in Asia

#815 in the World

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

23. Tokyo University of Science

For Toxicology

#266 in Asia

#827 in the World

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

24. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Toxicology

#269 in Asia

#835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

25. Osaka City University

For Toxicology

#309 in Asia

#914 in the World

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

26. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Toxicology

#325 in Asia

#952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

27. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Toxicology

#326 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

28. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Toxicology

#330 in Asia

#961 in the World

Founded: 1978

29. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Toxicology

#365 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

30. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Toxicology

#393 in Asia

#1096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

31. Keio University

For Toxicology

#399 in Asia

#1111 in the World

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

32. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Toxicology

#410 in Asia

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

33. Ibaraki University

For Toxicology

#416 in Asia

#1156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

34. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Toxicology

#432 in Asia

#1186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

35. Kanazawa Medical University

For Toxicology

#451 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

36. Shimane University

For Toxicology

#472 in Asia

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

37. Akita University

For Toxicology

#476 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

38. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Toxicology

#491 in Asia

#1306 in the World

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

39. Osaka Prefecture University

For Toxicology

#495 in Asia

#1312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

40. Teikyo University

For Toxicology

#511 in Asia

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

41. Prefectural University of Kumamoto

Japan | Kumamoto

For Toxicology

#515 in Asia

#1349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1947

42. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Toxicology

#518 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

43. Daiichi University of Pharmacy

Japan | Fukuoka

For Toxicology

#519 in Asia

#1356 in the World

Enrollment: 1,128
Founded: 1960

44. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Toxicology

#536 in Asia

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

45. Toho University

For Toxicology

#546 in Asia

#1400 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

46. Tokai University

For Toxicology

#547 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

47. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Toxicology

#549 in Asia

#1403 in the World

Founded: 1972

48. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Toxicology

#558 in Asia

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

49. Nihon University

For Toxicology

#565 in Asia

#1434 in the World

Founded: 1889

50. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Toxicology

#568 in Asia

#1439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,353
Founded: 1941

51. University of Toyama

For Toxicology

#573 in Asia

#1449 in the World

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

52. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Toxicology

#583 in Asia

#1462 in the World

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

53. Nippon Medical School

For Toxicology

#590 in Asia

#1472 in the World

Founded: 1904

54. Kochi University

For Toxicology

#599 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

55. Juntendo University

For Toxicology

#601 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

56. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Toxicology

#607 in Asia

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

57. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Toxicology

#617 in Asia

#1518 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

58. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Toxicology

#624 in Asia

#1533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

59. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Toxicology

#628 in Asia

#1541 in the World

Founded: 1949

60. Showa University

For Toxicology

#634 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

61. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Toxicology

#636 in Asia

#1557 in the World

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

62. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Toxicology

#648 in Asia

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

63. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Toxicology

#649 in Asia

#1581 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

64. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Toxicology

#656 in Asia

#1591 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

65. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Toxicology

#686 in Asia

#1643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

66. Saga University

For Toxicology

#705 in Asia

#1678 in the World

Founded: 1949

67. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Toxicology

#713 in Asia

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

The best cities to study Toxicology in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, and Matsuyama.

Medicine subfields in Japan

Anatomy and Physiology350

Anesthesiology210

Bioethics/Medical Ethics23

Biomedical Engineering142

Clinical Psychology185

Critical Care Nursing96

Family medicine135

Forensic Science26

Gastroenterology and Hepatology159

Health Science143

Healthcare Management (MHA)102

Medical Physics78

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)100

Occupational Therapy90

Oncology and Cancer research222

Ophthalmology124

Orthodontics140

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine102

Pharmacology215

Physical Therapy317

Plastic Surgery73

Public Health292

Radiation Therapy123

Radiology and Nuclear medicine336

Respiratory Therapy86

Sonography and Ultrasound93

Sports / Exercise science58

Sports Medicine242