Best Theoretical Physics universities in Japan [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Theoretical Physics. A graph of 2.12M citations received by 83.4K academic papers made by 133 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

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#1 in Asia

#9 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#2 in Asia

#11 in the World

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

3. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Theoretical Physics

#7 in Asia

#65 in the World

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

4. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Theoretical Physics

#9 in Asia

#69 in the World

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

5. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Theoretical Physics

#14 in Asia

#112 in the World

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

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#16 in Asia

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

7. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#18 in Asia

#140 in the World

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

8. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#20 in Asia

#169 in the World

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

9. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Theoretical Physics

#28 in Asia

#205 in the World

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

10. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Theoretical Physics

#30 in Asia

#218 in the World

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

11. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Theoretical Physics

#31 in Asia

#225 in the World

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

12. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Theoretical Physics

#33 in Asia

#228 in the World

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

13. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Theoretical Physics

#46 in Asia

#294 in the World

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

14. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#50 in Asia

#331 in the World

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

15. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#64 in Asia

#382 in the World

Founded: 1889

16. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Theoretical Physics

#71 in Asia

#396 in the World

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

17. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Theoretical Physics

#73 in Asia

#405 in the World

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

18. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Theoretical Physics

#77 in Asia

#420 in the World

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

19. Rikkyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#95 in Asia

#483 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 20,720
Founded: 1922

20. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Theoretical Physics

#98 in Asia

#487 in the World

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

21. Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Japan | Miura

For Theoretical Physics

#99 in Asia

#489 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1988

22. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Theoretical Physics

#120 in Asia

#554 in the World

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

23. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Theoretical Physics

#128 in Asia

#579 in the World

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

24. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Theoretical Physics

#129 in Asia

#582 in the World

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

25. Ochanomizu University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#135 in Asia

#621 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,075
Founded: 1874

26. Ibaraki University

Japan | Mito

For Theoretical Physics

#139 in Asia

#635 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

27. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Theoretical Physics

#142 in Asia

#639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

28. Shizuoka University

Japan | Shizuoka

For Theoretical Physics

#159 in Asia

#698 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1949

29. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Theoretical Physics

#168 in Asia

#720 in the World

Founded: 1949

30. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#185 in Asia

#776 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

31. Gakushuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#187 in Asia

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 9,240
Founded: 1877

32. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Theoretical Physics

#204 in Asia

#816 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

33. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Theoretical Physics

#209 in Asia

#826 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

34. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Theoretical Physics

#213 in Asia

#834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 31,739
Founded: 1885

35. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Theoretical Physics

#218 in Asia

#845 in the World

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

36. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Theoretical Physics

#222 in Asia

#850 in the World

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

37. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Theoretical Physics

#224 in Asia

#853 in the World

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

38. University of Electro-Communications

Japan | Chofu

For Theoretical Physics

#249 in Asia

#918 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

39. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Theoretical Physics

#252 in Asia

#928 in the World

Founded: 1949

40. Tokyo University of the Arts

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#255 in Asia

#941 in the World

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

41. Osaka Prefecture University

Japan | Sakai

For Theoretical Physics

#260 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

42. Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan | Nagoya

For Theoretical Physics

#262 in Asia

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

43. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Theoretical Physics

#272 in Asia

#976 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

44. Kyushu Institute of Technology

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Theoretical Physics

#276 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1907

45. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#284 in Asia

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

46. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Japan | Onna

For Theoretical Physics

#285 in Asia

#1007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 237
Male:Female: 56:44

47. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Theoretical Physics

#290 in Asia

#1019 in the World

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

48. Okayama University of Science

Japan | Okayama

For Theoretical Physics

#292 in Asia

#1026 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1962

49. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Theoretical Physics

#296 in Asia

#1037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

50. Sophia University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#297 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,280
Founded: 1913

51. Ryukoku University

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#298 in Asia

#1042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1639

52. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Theoretical Physics

#302 in Asia

#1050 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

53. Nara Women's University

Japan | Nara

For Theoretical Physics

#305 in Asia

#1058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 2,631
Founded: 1908

54. Kyoto Sangyo University

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#308 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1965

55. Saitama Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukaya

For Theoretical Physics

#315 in Asia

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1976

56. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#317 in Asia

#1084 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

57. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Theoretical Physics

#318 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

58. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Theoretical Physics

#330 in Asia

#1117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,679
Founded: 1912

59. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Theoretical Physics

#333 in Asia

#1128 in the World

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

60. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#347 in Asia

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

61. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Theoretical Physics

#348 in Asia

#1169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

62. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Theoretical Physics

#351 in Asia

#1182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

63. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Japan | Fuchu

For Theoretical Physics

#383 in Asia

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1949

64. Aoyama Gakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#386 in Asia

#1257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 20,285
Founded: 1874

65. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Theoretical Physics

#387 in Asia

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

66. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Theoretical Physics

#392 in Asia

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Founded: 1875

67. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Theoretical Physics

#398 in Asia

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Meiji University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#402 in Asia

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

69. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#405 in Asia

#1298 in the World

Founded: 1962

70. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#408 in Asia

#1314 in the World

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

71. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Theoretical Physics

#409 in Asia

#1319 in the World

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

72. Kyoto Institute of Technology

Japan | Kyoto

For Theoretical Physics

#416 in Asia

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

73. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Theoretical Physics

#423 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

74. Osaka Institute of Technology

Japan | Osaka

For Theoretical Physics

#429 in Asia

#1355 in the World

Enrollment: 8,146
Founded: 1922

75. Tokyo Denki University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#432 in Asia

#1360 in the World

Founded: 1907

76. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Theoretical Physics

#435 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

77. Osaka Kyoiku University

Japan | Kashiwara

For Theoretical Physics

#437 in Asia

#1368 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 4,317
Founded: 1874

78. Fukushima University

Japan | Fukushima

For Theoretical Physics

#445 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1949

79. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Theoretical Physics

#456 in Asia

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

80. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Theoretical Physics

#457 in Asia

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

81. Utsunomiya University

Japan | Utsunomiya

For Theoretical Physics

#464 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

82. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Theoretical Physics

#474 in Asia

#1461 in the World

Founded: 1934

83. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Theoretical Physics

#475 in Asia

#1464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

84. Seikei University

Japan | Musashino

For Theoretical Physics

#478 in Asia

#1470 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1949

85. Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Japan | Fukuoka

For Theoretical Physics

#481 in Asia

#1474 in the World

Founded: 1963

86. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Theoretical Physics

#488 in Asia

#1488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

87. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Theoretical Physics

#495 in Asia

#1501 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

88. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#510 in Asia

#1535 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

89. International Christian University

Japan | Mitaka

For Theoretical Physics

#551 in Asia

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1953

90. Kochi University of Technology

Japan | Kami

For Theoretical Physics

#554 in Asia

#1627 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1997

91. Meiji Gakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#569 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,176
Founded: 1877

92. Setsunan University

Japan | Neyagawa

For Theoretical Physics

#572 in Asia

#1664 in the World

Founded: 1975

93. Shibaura Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#580 in Asia

#1677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1949

94. Kogakuin University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#583 in Asia

#1680 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1887

95. Chubu University

Japan | Kasugai

For Theoretical Physics

#593 in Asia

#1693 in the World

Founded: 1938

96. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Japan | Nomi

For Theoretical Physics

#612 in Asia

#1731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

97. Aichi University

Japan | Nagoya

For Theoretical Physics

#618 in Asia

#1746 in the World

Enrollment: 9,879
Founded: 1946

98. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Theoretical Physics

#619 in Asia

#1747 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

99. University of Aizu

Japan | Aizuwakamatsu

For Theoretical Physics

#621 in Asia

#1749 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,371
Founded: 1993

100. University of Hyogo

Japan | Kobe

For Theoretical Physics

#626 in Asia

#1761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,551
Founded: 2004

Physics subfields in Japan