65 Best universities for Accounting in Japan

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Japan ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 218K citations received by 16.6K academic papers made by 65 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

#24 in Asia

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

2. Kyoto University

For Accounting

#81 in Asia

#461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

3. Kobe University

For Accounting

#109 in Asia

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

4. Hitotsubashi University

Japan | Kunitachi

For Accounting

#112 in Asia

#581 in the World

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

5. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#117 in Asia

#597 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

6. Waseda University

For Accounting

#131 in Asia

#660 in the World

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

7. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#132 in Asia

#667 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1881

8. Keio University

For Accounting

#134 in Asia

#674 in the World

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

9. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Accounting

#141 in Asia

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

10. Osaka University

For Accounting

#179 in Asia

#814 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

11. Nagoya University

For Accounting

#190 in Asia

#846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

12. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Accounting

#209 in Asia

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

13. Tohoku University

For Accounting

#221 in Asia

#968 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

14. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Accounting

#224 in Asia

#973 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

15. Tokyo University of Science

For Accounting

#298 in Asia

#1189 in the World

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

16. Saga University

For Accounting

#309 in Asia

#1223 in the World

Founded: 1949

17. Chuo University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#325 in Asia

#1268 in the World

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

18. Yokohama National University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#373 in Asia

#1393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1949

19. Nihon University

For Accounting

#387 in Asia

#1432 in the World

Founded: 1889

20. Kwansei Gakuin University

Japan | Nishinomiya

For Accounting

#397 in Asia

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 26,248
Founded: 1912

21. Tokyo Metropolitan University

Japan | Hachioji

For Accounting

#416 in Asia

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 9,126
Founded: 2005

22. Ritsumeikan University

For Accounting

#439 in Asia

#1552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1899

23. Osaka University of Economics

For Accounting

#485 in Asia

#1666 in the World

Enrollment: 7,337
Founded: 1949

24. Kansai University

For Accounting

#488 in Asia

#1682 in the World

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

25. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

For Accounting

#497 in Asia

#1699 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1997

26. Osaka City University

For Accounting

#546 in Asia

#1802 in the World

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

27. Nagoya City University

For Accounting

#560 in Asia

#1832 in the World

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

28. Tama University

For Accounting

#565 in Asia

#1854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1989

29. Meiji University

For Accounting

#591 in Asia

#1921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1881

30. University of Electro-Communications

For Accounting

#605 in Asia

#1951 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1949

31. Hosei University

For Accounting

#624 in Asia

#1985 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1880

32. International University of Japan

Japan | Minamiuonuma

For Accounting

#629 in Asia

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1982

33. Aoyama Gakuin University

For Accounting

#654 in Asia

#2044 in the World

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

34. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Accounting

#669 in Asia

#2074 in the World

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

35. Nagoya Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#673 in Asia

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1905

36. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Accounting

#693 in Asia

#2118 in the World

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

37. Yamaguchi University

Japan | Yamaguchi

For Accounting

#697 in Asia

#2127 in the World

Founded: 1949

38. Doshisha University

For Accounting

#714 in Asia

#2154 in the World

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

39. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Accounting

#728 in Asia

#2189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

40. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Accounting

#739 in Asia

#2211 in the World

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

41. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#740 in Asia

#2214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1990

42. Tokai University

For Accounting

#745 in Asia

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 29,700
Founded: 1946

43. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Accounting

#752 in Asia

#2242 in the World

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

44. Kindai University

Japan | Higashiosaka

For Accounting

#756 in Asia

#2251 in the World

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

45. Fukuoka University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Accounting

#778 in Asia

#2306 in the World

Founded: 1934

46. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Accounting

#781 in Asia

#2309 in the World

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

47. Toyohashi University of Technology

Japan | Toyohashi

For Accounting

#851 in Asia

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Founded: 1976

48. Osaka Prefecture University

For Accounting

#855 in Asia

#2453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

49. Ibaraki University

For Accounting

#865 in Asia

#2479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

50. Tottori University

Japan | Tottori

For Accounting

#868 in Asia

#2485 in the World

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

51. Chiba University

For Accounting

#879 in Asia

#2501 in the World

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

52. University of Kitakyushu

Japan | Kitakyushu

For Accounting

#917 in Asia

#2573 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1946

53. Gakushuin University

For Accounting

#927 in Asia

#2591 in the World

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

54. Musashi University

For Accounting

#960 in Asia

#2655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1949

55. Kanagawa University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#974 in Asia

#2674 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1949

56. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Accounting

#989 in Asia

#2705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

57. Saitama University

Japan | Saitama

For Accounting

#995 in Asia

#2715 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

58. Sophia University

For Accounting

#1005 in Asia

#2734 in the World

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

59. Toyo University

For Accounting

#1029 in Asia

#2782 in the World

Founded: 1887

60. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Accounting

#1033 in Asia

#2790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

61. Konan University

For Accounting

#1035 in Asia

#2792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1919

62. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

For Accounting

#1047 in Asia

#2811 in the World

Enrollment: 5,796
Founded: 2000

63. Nanzan University

For Accounting

#1089 in Asia

#2888 in the World

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

64. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Accounting

#1111 in Asia

#2928 in the World

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

65. Ehime University

Japan | Matsuyama

For Accounting

#1126 in Asia

#2954 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.