Best Clinical Psychology universities in Japan [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Clinical Psychology. A graph of 810K citations received by 50.1K academic papers made by 165 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 Clinical Psychology

#11 in Asia

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

Japan | Kyoto

For Clinical Psychology

#27 in Asia

#389 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

3. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Clinical Psychology

#42 in Asia

#483 in the World

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

4. Osaka University

Japan | Suita

For Clinical Psychology

#43 in Asia

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

5. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Clinical Psychology

#45 in Asia

#492 in the World

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

6. Health Science University

Japan | Fujikawaguchiko

For Clinical Psychology

#48 in Asia

#497 in the World

Founded: 2003

7. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Clinical Psychology

#51 in Asia

#513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,507
Male:Female: 61:39
Founded: 1973

8. Tohoku University

Japan | Sendai

For Clinical Psychology

#52 in Asia

#517 in the World

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

9. Keio University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#56 in Asia

#539 in the World

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

10. Nagoya University

Japan | Nagoya

For Clinical Psychology

#61 in Asia

#564 in the World

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

11. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Clinical Psychology

#63 in Asia

#569 in the World

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

12. Chiba University

Japan | Chiba

For Clinical Psychology

#67 in Asia

#599 in the World

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

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Clinical Psychology

#74 in Asia

#621 in the World

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

14. Waseda University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#86 in Asia

#662 in the World

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

15. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#101 in Asia

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

16. Nagoya City University

Japan | Nagoya

For Clinical Psychology

#105 in Asia

#736 in the World

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

17. Osaka City University

Japan | Osaka

For Clinical Psychology

#113 in Asia

#771 in the World

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

18. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Clinical Psychology

#117 in Asia

#795 in the World

Founded: 1978

19. Teikyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#138 in Asia

#866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1966

20. Kobe University

Japan | Kobe

For Clinical Psychology

#145 in Asia

#890 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,871
Founded: 1902

21. Showa University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#153 in Asia

#915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1928

22. Fujita Health University

Japan | Toyoake

For Clinical Psychology

#154 in Asia

#920 in the World

Enrollment: 3,065
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1964

23. Nihon University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#155 in Asia

#922 in the World

Enrollment: 77,651
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1889

24. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Clinical Psychology

#158 in Asia

#929 in the World

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

25. Juntendo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#164 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 3,802
Founded: 1836

26. Kitasato University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#173 in Asia

#973 in the World

Enrollment: 8,576
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1962

27. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Clinical Psychology

#174 in Asia

#983 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1949

28. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Clinical Psychology

#176 in Asia

#985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

29. Nippon Medical School

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#191 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1904

30. Kurume University

Japan | Kurume

For Clinical Psychology

#197 in Asia

#1041 in the World

Founded: 1928

31. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Clinical Psychology

#199 in Asia

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,556
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

32. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Clinical Psychology

#203 in Asia

#1061 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,195
Founded: 1949

33. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Clinical Psychology

#206 in Asia

#1070 in the World

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

34. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Clinical Psychology

#219 in Asia

#1108 in the World

Founded: 1949

35. Gifu University

Japan | Gifu

For Clinical Psychology

#221 in Asia

#1114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 7,227
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1949

36. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Clinical Psychology

#226 in Asia

#1120 in the World

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

37. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Clinical Psychology

#229 in Asia

#1125 in the World

Founded: 1972

38. Fukushima Medical University

Japan | Fukushima

For Clinical Psychology

#232 in Asia

#1138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 1,095
Founded: 1952

39. Shiga University of Medical Science

Japan | Otsu

For Clinical Psychology

#233 in Asia

#1139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Enrollment: 1,107
Founded: 1974

40. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Clinical Psychology

#236 in Asia

#1145 in the World

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

41. Tokai University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#240 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,535
Founded: 1946

42. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Clinical Psychology

#243 in Asia

#1159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,661
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

43. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Japan | Hamamatsu

For Clinical Psychology

#247 in Asia

#1172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 934
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1974

44. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Japan | Kyoto

For Clinical Psychology

#250 in Asia

#1181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 1,223
Founded: 1872

45. University of Fukui

Japan | Fukui

For Clinical Psychology

#261 in Asia

#1199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 5,167
Founded: 1949

46. Oita University

Japan | Oita

For Clinical Psychology

#272 in Asia

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 5,781
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1949

47. Tokyo Medical University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#273 in Asia

#1234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1916

48. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Clinical Psychology

#280 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1928

49. University of Toyama

Japan | Toyama

For Clinical Psychology

#285 in Asia

#1279 in the World

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

50. Hirosaki University

Japan | Hirosaki

For Clinical Psychology

#291 in Asia

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1949

51. Ritsumeikan University

Japan | Kyoto

For Clinical Psychology

#301 in Asia

#1330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

52. Jikei University School of Medicine

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#310 in Asia

#1346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

53. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Clinical Psychology

#311 in Asia

#1347 in the World

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

54. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Clinical Psychology

#315 in Asia

#1353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

55. Toho University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#318 in Asia

#1358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

56. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Clinical Psychology

#320 in Asia

#1361 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 25,254
Founded: 1912

57. Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#330 in Asia

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

58. Mie University

Japan | Tsu

For Clinical Psychology

#344 in Asia

#1421 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1949

59. Doshisha University

Japan | Kyoto

For Clinical Psychology

#345 in Asia

#1422 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 28,354
Male:Female: 62:38
Founded: 1920

60. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Clinical Psychology

#346 in Asia

#1429 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

61. Toyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#347 in Asia

#1437 in the World

Enrollment: 29,300
Male:Female: 59:41
Founded: 1887

62. Kansai Medical University

Japan | Moriguchi

For Clinical Psychology

#352 in Asia

#1451 in the World

Enrollment: 782
Founded: 1928

63. International University of Health and Welfare

Japan | Otawara

For Clinical Psychology

#358 in Asia

#1460 in the World

Enrollment: 6,130
Founded: 1995

64. Tokyo University of Science

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#359 in Asia

#1463 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

65. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Clinical Psychology

#369 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

66. Akita University

Japan | Akita

For Clinical Psychology

#373 in Asia

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 5,157
Founded: 1949

67. Yamagata University

Japan | Yamagata

For Clinical Psychology

#374 in Asia

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

68. Rikkyo University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#378 in Asia

#1504 in the World

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

69. Osaka University of Human Sciences

Japan | Osaka

For Clinical Psychology

#381 in Asia

#1514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 2001

70. Ochanomizu University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#387 in Asia

#1536 in the World

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

71. University of Yamanashi

Japan | Kofu

For Clinical Psychology

#392 in Asia

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

72. Shimane University

Japan | Matsue

For Clinical Psychology

#401 in Asia

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1949

73. Tohoku Pharmaceutical University

Japan | Sendai

For Clinical Psychology

#409 in Asia

#1596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1939

74. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Clinical Psychology

#411 in Asia

#1601 in the World

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

75. Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Japan | Ishikari

For Clinical Psychology

#430 in Asia

#1659 in the World

Enrollment: 3,302
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1974

76. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Clinical Psychology

#435 in Asia

#1667 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

77. Wakayama Medical University

Japan | Wakayama

For Clinical Psychology

#436 in Asia

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1945

78. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Clinical Psychology

#440 in Asia

#1679 in the World

Founded: 1972

79. University of the Ryukyus

Japan | Nishihara

For Clinical Psychology

#477 in Asia

#1787 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1950

80. Kyorin University

Japan | Mitaka

For Clinical Psychology

#482 in Asia

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 4,820
Founded: 1966

81. Hyogo College of Medicine

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Clinical Psychology

#493 in Asia

#1822 in the World

Founded: 1971

82. Kochi University

Japan | Kochi

For Clinical Psychology

#497 in Asia

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

83. Kanazawa Medical University

Japan | Kahoku

For Clinical Psychology

#498 in Asia

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 913
Founded: 1972

84. Aichi Medical University

Japan | Nagakute

For Clinical Psychology

#510 in Asia

#1871 in the World

Enrollment: 1,239
Founded: 1971

85. Osaka Medical College

Japan | Takatsuki

For Clinical Psychology

#513 in Asia

#1891 in the World

Enrollment: 1,195
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1927

86. St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Japan | Kawasaki

For Clinical Psychology

#518 in Asia

#1897 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1971

87. Saga University

Japan | Saga

For Clinical Psychology

#525 in Asia

#1919 in the World

Founded: 1949

88. University of Miyazaki

Japan | Miyazaki

For Clinical Psychology

#530 in Asia

#1929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1949

89. Hyogo University of Teacher Education

Japan | Kato

For Clinical Psychology

#544 in Asia

#1961 in the World

Enrollment: 1,573
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1978

90. Iwate Medical University

Japan | Morioka

For Clinical Psychology

#546 in Asia

#1972 in the World

Founded: 1928

91. Tokyo Gakugei University

Japan | Koganei

For Clinical Psychology

#553 in Asia

#1986 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

92. Kansai University

Japan | Suita

For Clinical Psychology

#564 in Asia

#2007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 29,749
Founded: 1922

93. Tokyo University of the Arts

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#569 in Asia

#2020 in the World

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

94. Dokkyo University

Japan | Soka

For Clinical Psychology

#570 in Asia

#2021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 8,675
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1964

95. Dokkyo Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Clinical Psychology

#571 in Asia

#2022 in the World

Founded: 1972

96. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Japan | Onna

For Clinical Psychology

#578 in Asia

#2045 in the World

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

97. University of Shizuoka

Japan | Shizuoka

For Clinical Psychology

#586 in Asia

#2068 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1987

98. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Clinical Psychology

#591 in Asia

#2077 in the World

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

99. Kagawa University

Japan | Takamatsu

For Clinical Psychology

#620 in Asia

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 6,539
Founded: 1949

100. Hosei University

Japan | Tokyo

For Clinical Psychology

#631 in Asia

#2166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

Psychology subfields in Japan