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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25 | 76.5 | 75.5 | 79.7 | 81.5 | |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
| #23 |
Yale University
United States |
78.2 | 76.3 | 87.7 | 83.7 |
| #22 |
University of Michigan
United States |
78.7 | 77.7 | 81.1 | 84.6 |
| #21 |
Peking University
China |
79.1 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 21.9 |
| #20 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.0 | 82.7 | 86.9 | 61.6 |
| #19 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.3 | 80.8 | 91.7 | 74.7 |
| #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 |
| #16 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.7 | 83.2 | 81.4 | 90.3 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.5 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 92.9 |
| #14 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
84.8 | 88.2 | 60.9 | 81.4 |
| #13 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
85.2 | 86.5 | 78.9 | 81.0 |
| #12 |
Princeton University
United States |
85.6 | 84.7 | 83.3 | 95.0 |
| #11 |
University of Chicago
United States |
85.9 | 85.7 | 81.5 | 91.8 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #3 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
96.1 | 100.0 | 86.4 | 74.4 |
| #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 |
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