62 Best universities for Accounting in Japan

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 147K citations received by 15K academic papers made by 62 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 Accounting

#17 in Asia

#206 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Accounting

#51 in Asia

#394 in the World

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

3. Kobe University

For Accounting

#85 in Asia

#539 in the World

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

4. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Accounting

#93 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 6,287
Male:Female: 70:30
Founded: 1875

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#96 in Asia

#573 in the World

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

6. Keio University

For Accounting

#99 in Asia

#590 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#102 in Asia

#595 in the World

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

8. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Accounting

#105 in Asia

#608 in the World

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

9. Waseda University

For Accounting

#109 in Asia

#621 in the World

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

10. Osaka University

For Accounting

#129 in Asia

#711 in the World

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

11. Nagoya University

For Accounting

#135 in Asia

#724 in the World

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

12. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Accounting

#161 in Asia

#827 in the World

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

13. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Accounting

#163 in Asia

#838 in the World

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

14. Tohoku University

For Accounting

#189 in Asia

#921 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Accounting

#215 in Asia

#1009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

16. Saga University

For Accounting

#227 in Asia

#1034 in the World

Founded: 1949

17. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#274 in Asia

#1196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

18. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#275 in Asia

#1197 in the World

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

19. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#307 in Asia

#1269 in the World

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

20. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Accounting

#318 in Asia

#1298 in the World

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

21. Nihon University

For Accounting

#338 in Asia

#1345 in the World

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

22. Osaka University of Economics

For Accounting

#357 in Asia

#1395 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

23. Ritsumeikan University

For Accounting

#371 in Asia

#1442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

24. Osaka City University

For Accounting

#421 in Asia

#1567 in the World

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

25. Kansai University

For Accounting

#432 in Asia

#1586 in the World

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

26. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Accounting

#434 in Asia

#1594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

27. University of Electro-Communications

For Accounting

#455 in Asia

#1648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 5,329
Founded: 1949

28. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#487 in Asia

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 5,776
Founded: 1905

29. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Accounting

#508 in Asia

#1777 in the World

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

30. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#514 in Asia

#1789 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

31. Meiji University

For Accounting

#519 in Asia

#1799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 31,339
Founded: 1881

32. Nagoya City University

For Accounting

#522 in Asia

#1805 in the World

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

33. Hosei University

For Accounting

#532 in Asia

#1819 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

34. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Accounting

#536 in Asia

#1830 in the World

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

35. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Accounting

#538 in Asia

#1836 in the World

Founded: 1949

36. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Accounting

#546 in Asia

#1856 in the World

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

37. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Accounting

#578 in Asia

#1940 in the World

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

38. Ibaraki University

For Accounting

#613 in Asia

#2014 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 8,249
Founded: 1949

39. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#621 in Asia

#2027 in the World

Enrollment: 20,356
Founded: 1934

40. Doshisha University

For Accounting

#629 in Asia

#2040 in the World

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

41. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Accounting

#630 in Asia

#2042 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

42. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#631 in Asia

#2046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 891
Male:Female: 83:17
Founded: 1990

43. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Accounting

#637 in Asia

#2055 in the World

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

44. Tokai University

For Accounting

#643 in Asia

#2064 in the World

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

45. Osaka Prefecture University

For Accounting

#659 in Asia

#2096 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 8,051
Founded: 1949

46. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Accounting

#660 in Asia

#2097 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

47. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Accounting

#672 in Asia

#2121 in the World

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

48. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Accounting

#675 in Asia

#2125 in the World

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

49. Chiba University

For Accounting

#681 in Asia

#2134 in the World

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

50. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Accounting

#697 in Asia

#2167 in the World

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

51. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Accounting

#715 in Asia

#2210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 6,496
Founded: 1946

52. Tama University

For Accounting

#783 in Asia

#2327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

53. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Accounting

#786 in Asia

#2338 in the World

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

54. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Accounting

#822 in Asia

#2412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 9,031
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1949

55. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Accounting

#823 in Asia

#2413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Founded: 1949

56. Toyo University

For Accounting

#830 in Asia

#2422 in the World

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

57. Konan University

For Accounting

#840 in Asia

#2436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

58. Nanzan University

For Accounting

#854 in Asia

#2458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1949

59. Sophia University

For Accounting

#906 in Asia

#2542 in the World

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

60. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Accounting

#910 in Asia

#2549 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

61. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#916 in Asia

#2557 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 18,693
Founded: 1949

62. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Accounting

#971 in Asia

#2641 in the World

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

The best cities to study Accounting in Japan based on the number of universities and their ranks are Tokyo, Kyoto, Kobe, and Kunitachi.