100 Best universities for Urology 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 Urology. A graph of 1.63M citations received by 83.2K academic papers made by 127 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 Urology

#3 in Asia

#43 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Urology

#7 in Asia

#64 in the World

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

3. Nagoya University

For Urology

#11 in Asia

#81 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Urology

#13 in Asia

#90 in the World

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

5. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Urology

#15 in Asia

#100 in the World

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

6. Tohoku University

For Urology

#21 in Asia

#146 in the World

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

7. Kobe University

For Urology

#22 in Asia

#149 in the World

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

8. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Urology

#26 in Asia

#167 in the World

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

9. Chiba University

For Urology

#29 in Asia

#179 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Urology

#31 in Asia

#183 in the World

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

11. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Urology

#37 in Asia

#202 in the World

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

12. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Urology

#38 in Asia

#206 in the World

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

13. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Urology

#40 in Asia

#219 in the World

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

14. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Urology

#48 in Asia

#239 in the World

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

15. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Urology

#58 in Asia

#272 in the World

Founded: 1949

16. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Urology

#59 in Asia

#274 in the World

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

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Urology

#60 in Asia

#276 in the World

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

18. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Urology

#61 in Asia

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

19. Nagoya City University

For Urology

#62 in Asia

#287 in the World

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

20. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Urology

#64 in Asia

#294 in the World

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

21. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Urology

#67 in Asia

#302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

22. Kitasato University

For Urology

#68 in Asia

#304 in the World

Founded: 1962

23. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Urology

#72 in Asia

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

24. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Urology

#76 in Asia

#328 in the World

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

25. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Urology

#78 in Asia

#332 in the World

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

26. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Urology

#81 in Asia

#340 in the World

Founded: 1972

27. Juntendo University

For Urology

#82 in Asia

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

28. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Urology

#83 in Asia

#349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

29. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Urology

#84 in Asia

#350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

30. Gifu University

For Urology

#85 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

31. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Urology

#88 in Asia

#356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

32. Osaka City University

For Urology

#93 in Asia

#366 in the World

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

33. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Japan | Obihiro

For Urology

#94 in Asia

#371 in the World

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

34. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Urology

#97 in Asia

#376 in the World

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

35. Akita University

For Urology

#98 in Asia

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

36. Tokai University

For Urology

#103 in Asia

#384 in the World

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

37. Tokyo University of Agriculture

For Urology

#107 in Asia

#390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1891

38. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Urology

#110 in Asia

#399 in the World

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

39. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Urology

#113 in Asia

#405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

40. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Urology

#115 in Asia

#409 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

41. Nihon University

For Urology

#116 in Asia

#410 in the World

Founded: 1889

42. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Urology

#119 in Asia

#421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

43. Toho University

For Urology

#128 in Asia

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

44. Tokyo University of Science

For Urology

#130 in Asia

#447 in the World

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

45. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Urology

#134 in Asia

#459 in the World

Founded: 1928

46. Showa University

For Urology

#136 in Asia

#463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

47. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Urology

#140 in Asia

#468 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

48. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Urology

#144 in Asia

#474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

49. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Urology

#148 in Asia

#485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

50. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Urology

#150 in Asia

#490 in the World

Founded: 1971

51. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Urology

#151 in Asia

#491 in the World

Founded: 1972

52. Nippon Medical School

For Urology

#152 in Asia

#493 in the World

Founded: 1904

53. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Urology

#155 in Asia

#501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

54. Kurume University

For Urology

#161 in Asia

#512 in the World

Founded: 1928

55. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Urology

#162 in Asia

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

56. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Urology

#164 in Asia

#518 in the World

Founded: 2003

57. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Urology

#166 in Asia

#523 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

58. Teikyo University

For Urology

#170 in Asia

#530 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

59. Mie University

For Urology

#171 in Asia

#532 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

60. Tokyo Medical University

For Urology

#173 in Asia

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

61. University of Yamanashi

For Urology

#175 in Asia

#542 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

62. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Urology

#181 in Asia

#558 in the World

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

63. Kochi University

For Urology

#184 in Asia

#565 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

64. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Urology

#189 in Asia

#584 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

65. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Urology

#191 in Asia

#590 in the World

Founded: 1927

66. University of Fukui

For Urology

#194 in Asia

#598 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

67. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

For Urology

#197 in Asia

#605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

68. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Urology

#200 in Asia

#614 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

69. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Urology

#201 in Asia

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

70. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Urology

#202 in Asia

#620 in the World

Founded: 1978

71. Shimane University

For Urology

#204 in Asia

#622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

72. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

For Urology

#211 in Asia

#633 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

73. Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Japan | Musashino

For Urology

#213 in Asia

#636 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1881

74. Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology

For Urology

#218 in Asia

#658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2003

75. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Urology

#219 in Asia

#659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

76. Kyorin University

For Urology

#228 in Asia

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

77. Dokkyo University

For Urology

#230 in Asia

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1964

78. Kanazawa Medical University

For Urology

#242 in Asia

#709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

79. University of Toyama

For Urology

#243 in Asia

#715 in the World

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

80. Azabu University

Japan | Sagamihara

For Urology

#251 in Asia

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1890

81. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Urology

#252 in Asia

#738 in the World

Founded: 1934

82. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Urology

#255 in Asia

#744 in the World

Founded: 1972

83. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Urology

#266 in Asia

#756 in the World

Founded: 1971

84. Rakuno Gakuen University

For Urology

#271 in Asia

#767 in the World

Founded: 1933

85. Osaka Prefecture University

For Urology

#280 in Asia

#800 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

86. Iwate University

Japan | Morioka

For Urology

#283 in Asia

#806 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,402
Founded: 1949

87. Meiji University

For Urology

#286 in Asia

#818 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

88. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Urology

#290 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

89. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Urology

#292 in Asia

#831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

90. Oita University

For Urology

#299 in Asia

#842 in the World

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

91. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Urology

#303 in Asia

#850 in the World

Founded: 1928

92. Asahikawa Medical University

Japan | Asahikawa

For Urology

#314 in Asia

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1973

93. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

For Urology

#320 in Asia

#896 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

94. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Urology

#349 in Asia

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

95. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Urology

#358 in Asia

#988 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

96. Waseda University

For Urology

#359 in Asia

#994 in the World

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

97. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Urology

#364 in Asia

#1012 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

98. Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Japan | Hiroshima

For Urology

#368 in Asia

#1023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 2005

99. Saga University

For Urology

#389 in Asia

#1074 in the World

Founded: 1949

100. Tokyo Dental College

For Urology

#400 in Asia

#1101 in the World

Founded: 1890

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

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Health Science143

Healthcare Management (MHA)102

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