80 Best universities for Medical Physics 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 Medical Physics. A graph of 255K citations received by 16K academic papers made by 80 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 Medical Physics

#4 in Asia

#126 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Medical Physics

#11 in Asia

#151 in the World

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

3. Tohoku University

For Medical Physics

#15 in Asia

#180 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

For Medical Physics

#18 in Asia

#184 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Medical Physics

#21 in Asia

#220 in the World

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

6. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Medical Physics

#27 in Asia

#243 in the World

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

7. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Medical Physics

#29 in Asia

#251 in the World

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

8. Nagoya University

For Medical Physics

#31 in Asia

#278 in the World

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

9. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Medical Physics

#37 in Asia

#321 in the World

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

10. Keio University

For Medical Physics

#39 in Asia

#333 in the World

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

11. Chiba University

For Medical Physics

#42 in Asia

#339 in the World

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

12. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Medical Physics

#43 in Asia

#349 in the World

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

13. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Medical Physics

#44 in Asia

#352 in the World

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

14. Juntendo University

For Medical Physics

#45 in Asia

#355 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

15. Showa University

For Medical Physics

#52 in Asia

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

16. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Medical Physics

#53 in Asia

#373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

17. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Medical Physics

#56 in Asia

#386 in the World

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

18. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Medical Physics

#58 in Asia

#392 in the World

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

19. Kobe University

For Medical Physics

#60 in Asia

#394 in the World

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

20. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Medical Physics

#61 in Asia

#399 in the World

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

21. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Medical Physics

#65 in Asia

#408 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1952

22. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Medical Physics

#66 in Asia

#411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

23. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Medical Physics

#71 in Asia

#430 in the World

Enrollment: 3,106
Founded: 1964

24. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Medical Physics

#74 in Asia

#436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

25. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Medical Physics

#76 in Asia

#460 in the World

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

26. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Medical Physics

#78 in Asia

#464 in the World

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

27. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Medical Physics

#81 in Asia

#474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

28. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Medical Physics

#83 in Asia

#477 in the World

Founded: 1972

29. Nihon University

For Medical Physics

#84 in Asia

#478 in the World

Founded: 1889

30. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Medical Physics

#86 in Asia

#481 in the World

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

31. Tokyo Medical University

For Medical Physics

#94 in Asia

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

32. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Medical Physics

#103 in Asia

#527 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

33. Nippon Medical School

For Medical Physics

#107 in Asia

#533 in the World

Founded: 1904

34. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Medical Physics

#112 in Asia

#549 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

35. Tokai University

For Medical Physics

#113 in Asia

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

36. Teikyo University

For Medical Physics

#114 in Asia

#553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

37. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Medical Physics

#122 in Asia

#571 in the World

Founded: 1995

38. Nagoya City University

For Medical Physics

#123 in Asia

#574 in the World

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

39. Kitasato University

For Medical Physics

#124 in Asia

#577 in the World

Founded: 1962

40. Toho University

For Medical Physics

#133 in Asia

#599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

41. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Medical Physics

#136 in Asia

#607 in the World

Founded: 1928

42. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Medical Physics

#139 in Asia

#615 in the World

Founded: 1978

43. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Medical Physics

#149 in Asia

#649 in the World

Founded: 1972

44. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Medical Physics

#159 in Asia

#663 in the World

Founded: 1934

45. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Medical Physics

#171 in Asia

#682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

46. Kurume University

For Medical Physics

#173 in Asia

#685 in the World

Founded: 1928

47. Osaka City University

For Medical Physics

#179 in Asia

#700 in the World

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

48. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Medical Physics

#180 in Asia

#702 in the World

Founded: 1927

49. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Medical Physics

#183 in Asia

#708 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

50. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Medical Physics

#185 in Asia

#714 in the World

Founded: 1928

51. University of Yamanashi

For Medical Physics

#186 in Asia

#715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

52. Kyorin University

For Medical Physics

#188 in Asia

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

53. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Medical Physics

#191 in Asia

#725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

54. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Medical Physics

#197 in Asia

#742 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

55. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Medical Physics

#198 in Asia

#743 in the World

Founded: 1972

56. Gifu University

For Medical Physics

#199 in Asia

#746 in the World

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

57. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Medical Physics

#200 in Asia

#747 in the World

Founded: 1949

58. Waseda University

For Medical Physics

#202 in Asia

#749 in the World

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

59. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Medical Physics

#207 in Asia

#764 in the World

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

60. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Medical Physics

#210 in Asia

#772 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

61. University of Fukui

For Medical Physics

#217 in Asia

#794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

62. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Medical Physics

#221 in Asia

#803 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

63. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Medical Physics

#232 in Asia

#825 in the World

Founded: 1971

64. Mie University

For Medical Physics

#236 in Asia

#838 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

65. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Medical Physics

#239 in Asia

#844 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1974

66. Shimane University

For Medical Physics

#240 in Asia

#845 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

67. Shiga University of Medical Science

For Medical Physics

#246 in Asia

#876 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1974

68. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Medical Physics

#250 in Asia

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1949

69. Kanazawa Medical University

For Medical Physics

#253 in Asia

#894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1972

70. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Medical Physics

#264 in Asia

#919 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

71. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Medical Physics

#265 in Asia

#920 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

72. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Medical Physics

#281 in Asia

#952 in the World

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

73. Akita University

For Medical Physics

#284 in Asia

#956 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1949

74. Saga University

For Medical Physics

#295 in Asia

#972 in the World

Founded: 1949

75. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Medical Physics

#298 in Asia

#978 in the World

Founded: 1971

76. Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences

Japan | Maebashi

For Medical Physics

#301 in Asia

#981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 2005

77. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Medical Physics

#302 in Asia

#982 in the World

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

78. Oita University

For Medical Physics

#312 in Asia

#999 in the World

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

79. Tokyo University of Science

For Medical Physics

#313 in Asia

#1000 in the World

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

80. Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences

For Medical Physics

#315 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1995

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

Physics subfields in Japan

Acoustical Engineering280

Applied/Engineering Physics96

Astrobiology126

Astrophysics and Astronomy292

Atomic and Molecular physics191

Condensed Matter Physics203

Materials Science388

Nanotechnology246

Nuclear Physics282

Optical Engineering353

Quantum and Particle physics452

Theoretical Physics133