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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #29 |
Ohio State University
United States |
75.3 | 79.3 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| #29 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
75.3 | 80.6 | 57.1 | 50.9 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.3 | 80.8 | 91.7 | 74.7 |
| #25 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
76.5 | 81.0 | 50.7 | 66.5 |
| #17 |
McGill University
Canada |
82.2 | 81.5 | 82.5 | 87.4 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.6 | 81.8 | 72.3 | 9.3 |
| #20 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.0 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 61.6 |
| #16 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.7 | 83.2 | 81.4 | 90.3 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
86.5 | 83.4 | 100.0 | 97.8 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.5 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 92.9 |
| #12 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.6 | 84.7 | 83.3 | 95.0 |
| #21 |
Peking University
China |
79.1 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 21.9 |
| #11 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.9 | 85.7 | 81.5 | 91.8 |
| #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 |
| #7 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
87.3 | 88.5 | 83.1 | 81.5 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 62.5 |
| #8 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
87.0 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 68.3 |
| #17 |
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Canada |
82.2 | 90.9 | 46.4 | 48.5 |
| #6 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
91.1 | 91.8 | 94.4 | 81.7 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.1 | 96.0 | 83.9 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
93.6 | 95.9 | 87.7 | 81.1 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
96.5 | 96.4 | 97.0 | 96.5 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
96.7 | 99.3 | 83.2 | 88.9 |
| #3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
96.1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 74.4 |
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