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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.6 | 81.8 | 72.3 | 9.3 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
71.2 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 17.2 |
| #21 |
Peking University
China |
79.1 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 21.9 |
| #38 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
73.4 | 75.3 | 94.7 | 36.4 |
| #40 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
73.3 | 77.7 | 64.6 | 47.1 |
| #17 |
Universitu0082 du Quu0082bec
Canada |
82.2 | 90.9 | 46.4 | 48.5 |
| #44 | 72.0 | 75.0 | 70.4 | 49.9 | |
| #29 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
75.3 | 80.6 | 57.1 | 50.9 |
| #46 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
71.3 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 56.7 |
| #41 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
72.9 | 77.3 | 52.5 | 57.7 |
| #35 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
73.7 | 74.4 | 84.1 | 58.0 |
| #29 |
Ohio State University
United States |
75.3 | 79.3 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
| #20 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.0 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 61.6 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 62.5 |
| #32 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.9 | 73.4 | 98.3 | 63.9 |
| #25 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
76.5 | 81.0 | 50.7 | 66.5 |
| #8 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
87.0 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 68.3 |
| #43 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
72.6 | 72.1 | 79.5 | 69.8 |
| #42 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.8 | 71.5 | 83.3 | 72.8 |
| #46 |
University of Washington
United States |
71.3 | 71.5 | 67.0 | 74.0 |
| #3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
96.1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 74.4 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.3 | 80.8 | 91.7 | 74.7 |
| #35 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
73.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 |
| #45 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
71.8 | 72.3 | 62.7 | 76.9 |
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