100 Best universities for Accounting in India

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 231K citations received by 24.7K academic papers made by 136 universities in India 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 Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#42 in Asia

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

2. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Accounting

#111 in Asia

#582 in the World

Founded: 1931

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Accounting

#120 in Asia

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

4. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Accounting

#139 in Asia

#689 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#157 in Asia

#753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Symbiosis International University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Accounting

#159 in Asia

#758 in the World

Enrollment: 20,568
Founded: 2002

7. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#168 in Asia

#782 in the World

Founded: 1959

8. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Accounting

#179 in Asia

#822 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

9. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Accounting

#196 in Asia

#870 in the World

Founded: 1958

10. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Accounting

#197 in Asia

#874 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

11. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Accounting

#226 in Asia

#990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

12. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Accounting

#233 in Asia

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1955

13. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Accounting

#237 in Asia

#1036 in the World

Founded: 1986

14. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Accounting

#242 in Asia

#1051 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

15. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Accounting

#250 in Asia

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

16. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Accounting

#253 in Asia

#1070 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

17. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Accounting

#259 in Asia

#1099 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

18. Vidyasagar University

West Bengal | Midnapore

For Accounting

#261 in Asia

#1107 in the World

Founded: 1981

19. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Accounting

#267 in Asia

#1118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

20. IMS Unison University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Accounting

#282 in Asia

#1161 in the World

Founded: 2013

21. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Accounting

#305 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Founded: 1963

22. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Accounting

#307 in Asia

#1228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1882

23. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and Higher Studies

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Accounting

#317 in Asia

#1257 in the World

Founded: 1981

24. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Accounting

#321 in Asia

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

25. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Accounting

#327 in Asia

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

26. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#333 in Asia

#1301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

27. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#338 in Asia

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

28. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Accounting

#339 in Asia

#1313 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

29. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Accounting

#345 in Asia

#1332 in the World

Founded: 2005

30. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Accounting

#356 in Asia

#1365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500
Male:Female: 53:47

31. Mangalore University

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Accounting

#362 in Asia

#1380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1980

32. Gujarat University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Accounting

#366 in Asia

#1384 in the World

Founded: 1949

33. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Accounting

#375 in Asia

#1412 in the World

Founded: 1962

34. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Accounting

#376 in Asia

#1416 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

35. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#396 in Asia

#1455 in the World

Founded: 1978

36. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Accounting

#415 in Asia

#1503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

37. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Accounting

#431 in Asia

#1543 in the World

Founded: 1857

38. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Accounting

#440 in Asia

#1576 in the World

Founded: 1948

39. Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology

Haryana | Hisar

For Accounting

#464 in Asia

#1631 in the World

Founded: 1995

40. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Accounting

#469 in Asia

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

41. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Accounting

#477 in Asia

#1662 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2004

42. Graphic Era University

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Accounting

#490 in Asia

#1686 in the World

Founded: 1993

43. Banasthali University

Rajasthan | Banasthali

For Accounting

#498 in Asia

#1714 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 10,973

44. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#501 in Asia

#1720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

45. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Accounting

#503 in Asia

#1726 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

46. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Accounting

#506 in Asia

#1731 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

47. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Accounting

#536 in Asia

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

48. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Accounting

#547 in Asia

#1815 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,611
Founded: 2012

49. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#549 in Asia

#1817 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1998

50. University of Mysore

Karnataka | Mysore

For Accounting

#560 in Asia

#1856 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1916

51. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Accounting

#568 in Asia

#1878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

52. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Accounting

#569 in Asia

#1880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

53. Chitkara University - Punjab

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Accounting

#577 in Asia

#1903 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 2010

54. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#588 in Asia

#1930 in the World

Founded: 1971

55. Vikram University

Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain

For Accounting

#590 in Asia

#1932 in the World

Founded: 1956

56. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Accounting

#592 in Asia

#1936 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

57. Nirma University

Gujarat | Ahmedabad

For Accounting

#594 in Asia

#1939 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

58. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Accounting

#605 in Asia

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

59. Gandhigram Rural University

Tamil Nadu | Gandhigram

For Accounting

#633 in Asia

#2020 in the World

Founded: 1956

60. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Accounting

#639 in Asia

#2030 in the World

Founded: 1918

61. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Accounting

#646 in Asia

#2042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

62. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Accounting

#665 in Asia

#2075 in the World

Founded: 1921

63. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Accounting

#667 in Asia

#2077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

64. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#684 in Asia

#2108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

65. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#694 in Asia

#2131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

66. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Haryana | Delhi

For Accounting

#704 in Asia

#2149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1963

67. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Accounting

#705 in Asia

#2152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

68. Jain University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Accounting

#724 in Asia

#2190 in the World

Founded: 1990

69. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Accounting

#735 in Asia

#2213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

70. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Accounting

#745 in Asia

#2241 in the World

Founded: 1972

71. North Eastern Hill University

Meghalaya | Shillong

For Accounting

#746 in Asia

#2245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

72. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Accounting

#762 in Asia

#2283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 37,444
Founded: 1929

73. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Accounting

#764 in Asia

#2290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

74. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Accounting

#767 in Asia

#2293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

75. Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Accounting

#774 in Asia

#2308 in the World

Enrollment: 20,945
Male:Female: 64:36
Founded: 1980

76. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Accounting

#777 in Asia

#2311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

77. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#782 in Asia

#2322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

78. University of Kerala

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

For Accounting

#790 in Asia

#2339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1937

79. Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Accounting

#792 in Asia

#2346 in the World

80. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Accounting

#799 in Asia

#2360 in the World

Founded: 1963

81. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Accounting

#804 in Asia

#2371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

82. Tripura University

Tripura | Agartala

For Accounting

#807 in Asia

#2377 in the World

Founded: 1947

83. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Accounting

#813 in Asia

#2387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

84. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Accounting

#828 in Asia

#2411 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1823

85. Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Accounting

#830 in Asia

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2001

86. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Accounting

#834 in Asia

#2421 in the World

Founded: 1960

87. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Accounting

#837 in Asia

#2426 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

88. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Accounting

#843 in Asia

#2439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

89. Maharishi Dayanand University

Haryana | Rohtak

For Accounting

#852 in Asia

#2472 in the World

Founded: 1976

90. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior

For Accounting

#854 in Asia

#2475 in the World

Founded: 1996

91. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#855 in Asia

#2476 in the World

Founded: 2005

92. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Accounting

#856 in Asia

#2479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1984

93. Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Uttar Pradesh | Meerut

For Accounting

#859 in Asia

#2483 in the World

Founded: 1965

94. Alliance University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Accounting

#861 in Asia

#2488 in the World

Founded: 2010

95. Shiv Nadar University

Uttar Pradesh | Dadri

For Accounting

#870 in Asia

#2504 in the World

Founded: 2011

96. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Accounting

#872 in Asia

#2508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

97. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Accounting

#873 in Asia

#2509 in the World

Founded: 1982

98. Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

For Accounting

#878 in Asia

#2516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1946

99. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Accounting

#881 in Asia

#2522 in the World

Founded: 1926

100. Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Accounting

#887 in Asia

#2533 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1988

The best cities to study Accounting in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Delhi, Kolkata, Kharagpur, and Roorkee.