World's Best Universities
Linguistics
Linguistics students learn about the structure of languages, as well as how and why various languages differ from each other. Graduates can pursue careers in interpretation, translation, education, and many more fields. These are the world's top universities for linguistics. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
96.7 | 99.3 | 83.2 | 88.9 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
96.5 | 96.4 | 97.0 | 96.5 |
| #3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
96.1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 74.4 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
93.6 | 95.9 | 87.7 | 81.1 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.1 | 96.0 | 83.9 |
| #6 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
91.1 | 91.8 | 94.4 | 81.7 |
| #7 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
87.3 | 88.5 | 83.1 | 81.5 |
| #8 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
87.0 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 68.3 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
86.5 | 83.4 | 100.0 | 97.8 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 62.5 |
| #11 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.9 | 85.7 | 81.5 | 91.8 |
| #12 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.6 | 84.7 | 83.3 | 95.0 |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
85.2 | 86.5 | 78.9 | 81.0 |
| #14 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
84.8 | 88.2 | 60.9 | 81.4 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.5 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 92.9 |
| #16 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.7 | 83.2 | 81.4 | 90.3 |
| #17 |
McGill University
Canada |
82.2 | 81.5 | 82.5 | 87.4 |
| #17 |
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Canada |
82.2 | 90.9 | 46.4 | 48.5 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.3 | 80.8 | 91.7 | 74.7 |
| #20 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.0 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 61.6 |
| #21 |
Peking University
China |
79.1 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 21.9 |
| #22 |
University of Michigan
United States |
78.7 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 84.6 |
| #23 |
Yale University
United States |
78.2 | 76.3 | 87.7 | 83.7 |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
| #25 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
76.5 | 81.0 | 50.7 | 66.5 |
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