Analysis of Accounting Education at the World’s Leading Universities and Its Comparison with Turkish Universities

The main purpose of the present research is to examine the undergraduate and graduate accounting education courses given in the business administration programs at the top 100 universities in the world ranking published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) in terms of variables, including the course contents and course categories, and compare the education at these universities with the accounting education at Turkish universities. This comparison was made between the best universities in the world and the oldest universities, the best universities, foundation universities, and newly established universities in Turkey. Ten universities were selected for each university group determined in Turkey. The facts that the origins of the world’s best universities date back to very old times and that these universities are located in developed countries and curricula are practice-oriented are among the remarkable results of our study