66 Best universities for Accounting in Japan

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 203K citations received by 16.4K academic papers made by 66 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

#22 in Asia

#213 in the World

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

2. Kyoto University

For Accounting

#78 in Asia

#452 in the World

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

3. Kobe University

For Accounting

#107 in Asia

#561 in the World

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

4. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Accounting

#109 in Asia

#572 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#119 in Asia

#607 in the World

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

6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#131 in Asia

#652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

7. Waseda University

For Accounting

#132 in Asia

#663 in the World

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

8. Keio University

For Accounting

#134 in Asia

#670 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Accounting

#137 in Asia

#681 in the World

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

10. Osaka University

For Accounting

#172 in Asia

#795 in the World

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

11. Nagoya University

For Accounting

#184 in Asia

#831 in the World

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

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Accounting

#205 in Asia

#908 in the World

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

13. Tohoku University

For Accounting

#212 in Asia

#940 in the World

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

14. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Accounting

#217 in Asia

#954 in the World

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

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Accounting

#287 in Asia

#1182 in the World

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

16. Saga University

For Accounting

#301 in Asia

#1212 in the World

Founded: 1949

17. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#318 in Asia

#1259 in the World

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

18. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#353 in Asia

#1360 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

19. Nihon University

For Accounting

#387 in Asia

#1435 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Accounting

#390 in Asia

#1445 in the World

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

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#403 in Asia

#1468 in the World

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

22. Ritsumeikan University

For Accounting

#426 in Asia

#1537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

23. Osaka University of Economics

For Accounting

#465 in Asia

#1632 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

24. Kansai University

For Accounting

#478 in Asia

#1664 in the World

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

25. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Accounting

#496 in Asia

#1707 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 417
Founded: 1997

26. Osaka City University

For Accounting

#524 in Asia

#1761 in the World

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

27. Nagoya City University

For Accounting

#545 in Asia

#1813 in the World

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

28. Tama University

For Accounting

#546 in Asia

#1814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

29. University of Electro-Communications

For Accounting

#582 in Asia

#1916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

30. Meiji University

For Accounting

#586 in Asia

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

31. Nara Institute of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#591 in Asia

#1934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1991

32. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Accounting

#603 in Asia

#1954 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

33. Hosei University

For Accounting

#621 in Asia

#1996 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

34. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#637 in Asia

#2028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

35. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Accounting

#640 in Asia

#2031 in the World

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

36. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Accounting

#642 in Asia

#2034 in the World

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

37. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Accounting

#658 in Asia

#2062 in the World

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

38. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Accounting

#680 in Asia

#2097 in the World

Founded: 1949

39. Doshisha University

For Accounting

#693 in Asia

#2130 in the World

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

40. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Accounting

#708 in Asia

#2156 in the World

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

41. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#722 in Asia

#2185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

42. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Accounting

#725 in Asia

#2192 in the World

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

43. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Accounting

#730 in Asia

#2202 in the World

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

44. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Accounting

#736 in Asia

#2215 in the World

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

45. Tokai University

For Accounting

#739 in Asia

#2224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

46. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#755 in Asia

#2269 in the World

Founded: 1934

47. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Accounting

#765 in Asia

#2291 in the World

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

48. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Accounting

#806 in Asia

#2375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

49. Osaka Prefecture University

For Accounting

#816 in Asia

#2392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

50. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Accounting

#821 in Asia

#2398 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 6,179
Founded: 1949

51. Ibaraki University

For Accounting

#827 in Asia

#2407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

52. Chiba University

For Accounting

#871 in Asia

#2507 in the World

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

53. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Accounting

#894 in Asia

#2546 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

54. Gakushuin University

For Accounting

#896 in Asia

#2549 in the World

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

55. Musashi University

For Accounting

#921 in Asia

#2594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

56. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Accounting

#944 in Asia

#2638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#951 in Asia

#2646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

58. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Accounting

#962 in Asia

#2670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

59. Sophia University

For Accounting

#992 in Asia

#2725 in the World

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

60. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Accounting

#993 in Asia

#2727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Konan University

For Accounting

#1003 in Asia

#2744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

62. Toyo University

For Accounting

#1006 in Asia

#2748 in the World

Founded: 1887

63. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Accounting

#1025 in Asia

#2786 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

64. Nanzan University

For Accounting

#1056 in Asia

#2837 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 9,883
Founded: 1949

65. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#1095 in Asia

#2905 in the World

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

66. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Accounting

#1103 in Asia

#2915 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.