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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #16 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.7 | 83.2 | 81.4 | 90.3 |
| #11 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.9 | 85.7 | 81.5 | 91.8 |
| #17 |
McGill University
Canada |
82.2 | 81.5 | 82.5 | 87.4 |
| #8 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
87.0 | 89.8 | 83.0 | 68.3 |
| #7 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
87.3 | 88.5 | 83.1 | 81.5 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
96.7 | 99.3 | 83.2 | 88.9 |
| #42 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.8 | 71.5 | 83.3 | 72.8 |
| #12 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.6 | 84.7 | 83.3 | 95.0 |
| #35 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
73.7 | 74.4 | 84.1 | 58.0 |
| #21 |
Peking University
China |
79.1 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 21.9 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.5 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 92.9 |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
71.2 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 17.2 |
| #3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
96.1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 74.4 |
| #20 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.0 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 61.6 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
93.6 | 95.9 | 87.7 | 81.1 |
| #23 |
Yale University
United States |
78.2 | 76.3 | 87.7 | 83.7 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 62.5 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.3 | 80.8 | 91.7 | 74.7 |
| #6 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
91.1 | 91.8 | 94.4 | 81.7 |
| #38 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
73.4 | 75.3 | 94.7 | 36.4 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
93.3 | 94.1 | 96.0 | 83.9 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
96.5 | 96.4 | 97.0 | 96.5 |
| #32 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.9 | 73.4 | 98.3 | 63.9 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
86.5 | 83.4 | 100.0 | 97.8 |
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