Best Universities for Natural Sciences in Japan 2026

Natural Sciences programs

• Graduate School of Science — Physics — Inheritor of the Yukawa-Tomonaga tradition with global top-20 ranking, housing the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics which attracts visiting researchers worldwide
• Department of Chemistry — Ranked in the global top ten with over 215,000 publications and 6.96 million citations, spanning frontier orbital theory to lithium-ion battery development

Natural Sciences programs

• Graduate School of Science — Physics — Ranked seventh globally by ARWU, home to Nobel laureates Koshiba and Kajita whose neutrino research at Super-Kamiokande redefined particle physics. Operates the TAO Observatory at 5,640 metres in Chile.

Natural Sciences programs

• Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences — Suita-campus interdisciplinary graduate school combining biophysics, single-cell biology, and biomedical engineering. Major partner in iPS-cell research collaborations with Kyoto University's CiRA.
• Chemistry-Biology Combined Major Program (CBCMP) — English-taught undergraduate program at the School of Science designed for international students pursuing interdisciplinary chemistry and biology research, with direct laboratory placement from year three.