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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
84.5 | 83.4 | 84.7 | 92.9 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
71.2 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 17.2 |
| #9 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
86.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 62.5 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
93.6 | 95.9 | 87.7 | 81.1 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.6 | 81.8 | 72.3 | 9.3 |
| #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 |
| #29 |
Ohio State University
United States |
75.3 | 79.3 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| #35 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
73.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 |
| #38 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
73.4 | 75.3 | 94.7 | 36.4 |
| #44 | 72.0 | 75.0 | 70.4 | 49.9 | |
| #17 |
McGill University
Canada |
82.2 | 81.5 | 82.5 | 87.4 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
96.7 | 99.3 | 83.2 | 88.9 |
| #50 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
70.7 | 69.9 | 68.2 | 79.8 |
| #41 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
72.9 | 77.3 | 52.5 | 57.7 |
| #49 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
71.0 | 71.7 | 57.5 | 78.7 |
| #24 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.0 | 79.3 | 85.3 | 60.2 |
| #34 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 80.4 |
| #32 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
74.9 | 76.3 | 58.0 | 80.2 |
| #29 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
75.3 | 80.6 | 57.1 | 50.9 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
96.5 | 96.4 | 97.0 | 96.5 |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
76.0 | 74.1 | 78.3 | 88.6 |
| #42 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.8 | 71.5 | 83.3 | 72.8 |
| #40 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
73.3 | 77.7 | 64.6 | 47.1 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
86.5 | 83.4 | 100.0 | 97.8 |
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