In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - Accounting &, Finance 2015, universities must offer a course or the option to specialize in these disciplines, and meet the discipline specific threshold for papers published.
Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
1
Harvard University
United States
100
98.4
96.3
96.1
98.8
2
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
95.2
92.3
92.6
87.4
93.3
3
5
Stanford University
United States
94.4
91
94
88.5
92.8
3
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
90.9
100
85.6
87.4
92.8
5
3
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
94.2
93
87.6
87.4
92.5
6
8=
University of Chicago
United States
93.5
80.7
97.9
100
90.8
7
11
University of Pennsylvania
United States
91.5
81.7
95.8
99.3
89.8
8
4
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
89.4
99.4
74.1
76.2
89.6
9
7
London Business School
United Kingdom
90.4
88.9
85.8
86.2
89.1
10
15
New York University (NYU)
United States
90.1
80.4
95.2
99.3
88.6
11
14
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
90.7
83.9
91.6
88.5
88.5
12
10
The University of New South Wales
Australia
86.3
91.6
82.3
86.2
87.5
13
12
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
88.1
93.6
76.7
72.5
87.1
14
8=
The University of Melbourne
Australia
85.7
91.5
81.8
85
87
15
16
Yale University
United States
85.6
87.4
88.1
85
86.3
16
21
Columbia University
United States
86.2
83.9
89.2
89.6
86.2
17
19
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
86.5
84.8
85.6
80.9
85.3
18
17
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
84.1
83.8
85.4
92.6
85
19
13
The University of Sydney
Australia
81.4
90.6
81.4
87.4
84.8
19
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
87.9
82.6
83.2
77.9
84.8
21
INSEAD (France)
France
85.1
88
72.2
72.5
83.4
22
28=
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
83.2
83.9
82.2
79.5
82.9
23
18
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
82
87.7
75.7
76.2
82.5
24
33
University of Michigan
United States
84.9
72.2
90.5
88.5
82
25
22
Australian National University
Australia
81.8
83.5
77.4
80.9
81.8
26
24=
Princeton University
United States
79.9
80.9
89.5
82.4
81.4
26
24=
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
79.8
87.5
72.8
79.5
81.4
28
41
Northwestern University
United States
84.3
68.9
100
83.7
81.2
28
26
The University of Queensland
Australia
78.9
83.8
83.3
82.4
81.2
28
31
Università, , Bocconi
Italy
80.6
84.8
79.7
74.4
81.2
31
HEC Paris
France
80.4
86.2
75.5
74.4
81.1
32
20
Monash University
Australia
77.2
87.9
78.7
80.9
80.9
33
36
University of Texas at Austin
United States
84
71.6
89.3
83.7
80.8
33
38
University of Toronto
Canada
81.7
77.4
84.8
82.4
80.8
35
27
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
79.3
83.4
81.9
76.2
80.5
35
42
University of British Columbia
Canada
82.3
78.9
79.2
77.9
80.5
37
34=
Duke University
United States
81.2
71.7
91.2
91.6
80.4
38
39
Cornell University
United States
78
77.5
88.7
91.6
80.3
38
30
Peking University
China
80
85.6
78.1
68.3
80.3
40
34=
Copenhagen Business School
Denmark
80.3
76.7
82.7
82.4
79.7
41
37
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
77.8
76.8
85
86.2
79.1
42
28=
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
79
80.6
77.9
74.4
78.9
43
40
Seoul National University
Korea, South
77.1
84.4
71.5
76.2
78.6
44
23
The University of Tokyo
Japan
80.7
88.3
59.4
57.2
78.5
45
48=
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
77
78.6
80.1
76.2
77.7
46
32
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
75.2
86.6
72.1
65.9
77.4
47
51-100
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
77.9
67.8
85.5
80.9
75.9
48
McGill University
Canada
74.6
79.1
77.1
70.5
75.8
49
50
Stockholm School of Economics
Sweden
76.2
73.7
78.9
76.2
75.7
50
51-100
Singapore Management University
Singapore
74.2
73.3
82.3
80.9
75.4
51-100
51-100
Aalto University
Finland
69.8
62.2
74.2
76.2
51-100
51-100
Boston College
United States
69.3
61.4
87.6
83.7
51-100
51-100
Boston University
United States
70.7
72
75.5
74.4
51-100
51-100
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
68
67.3
76.6
76.2
51-100
51-100
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
68.7
69.3
70.2
72.5
51-100
51-100
City University London
United Kingdom
71.2
70.8
81.6
82.4
51-100
51-100
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
71.6
76.7
81.1
77.9
51-100
ESSEC Business School, Paris
France
71
79.2
54.8
65.9
51-100
43
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
69.6
82.5
75.4
72.5
51-100
51-100
Fudan University
China
72.5
79.7
64.1
53.5
51-100
101-150
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
66.4
65.4
89.9
87.4
51-100
51-100
KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science &, Technology
Korea, South
68.1
79.4
56
60.4
51-100
51-100
Korea University
Korea, South
69.2
81
71.2
74.4
51-100
46
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
76.4
64.4
82.9
83.7
51-100
51-100
Maastricht University
Netherlands
66.6
67.7
81.2
80.9
51-100
51-100
Macquarie University
Australia
66.5
77.1
64.4
63.3
51-100
51-100
Massey University
New Zealand
64.1
73.3
72.2
76.2
51-100
51-100
Michigan State University
United States
68.3
61.1
89.3
85
51-100
48=
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
71.2
77.4
72.3
76.2
51-100
Ohio State University
United States
73.7
61.5
95.3
91.6
51-100
51-100
Purdue University
United States
64.3
67.7
84.9
77.9
51-100
51-100
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
70.8
80.4
64.4
63.3
51-100
Sungkyunkwan University
Korea, South
70
87
53.4
63.3
51-100
Tecnoló,gico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Mexico
72.2
77.7
46.6
44.2
51-100
51-100
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
68.3
76.5
82.5
79.5
51-100
47
The University of Adelaide
Australia
72.6
78.8
67.2
70.5
51-100
45
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
64.1
76.8
82.5
82.4
51-100
51-100
The University of Western Australia
Australia
70.7
73.3
72.5
76.2
51-100
51-100
Tilburg University
Netherlands
78.9
56.6
88
87.4
51-100
44
Tsinghua University
China
73.4
82.1
65.4
65.9
51-100
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
71.8
80.8
62.8
53.5
51-100
University of Navarra
Spain
74
76.8
56.8
53.5
51-100
Universidade de Sã,o Paulo (USP)
Brazil
74.8
76.6
50.1
57.2
51-100
101-150
Universitä,t Frankfurt am Main
Germany
65.6
66.6
76.3
79.5
51-100
51-100
Universitä,t Mannheim
Germany
67.4
71.4
78.3
80.9
51-100
51-100
Université, Paris 1 Panthé,on-Sorbonne