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 | |
| #27 |
Cornell University
United States |
76.0 | 74.1 | 78.3 | 88.6 |
| #28 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.5 | 75.0 | 68.2 | 87.1 |
| #29 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
75.3 | 80.6 | 57.1 | 50.9 |
| #29 |
Ohio State University
United States |
75.3 | 79.3 | 59.4 | 59.2 |
| #29 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.3 | 75.3 | 70.4 | 79.7 |
| #32 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
74.9 | 76.3 | 58.0 | 80.2 |
| #32 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.9 | 73.4 | 98.3 | 63.9 |
| #34 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 73.0 | 74.6 | 80.4 |
| #35 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
73.7 | 73.3 | 75.6 | 75.3 |
| #35 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
73.7 | 74.4 | 84.1 | 58.0 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.6 | 81.8 | 72.3 | 9.3 |
| #38 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
73.4 | 75.3 | 94.7 | 36.4 |
| #38 |
University of Arizona
United States |
73.4 | 74.0 | 58.1 | 84.3 |
| #40 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
73.3 | 77.7 | 64.6 | 47.1 |
| #41 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
72.9 | 77.3 | 52.5 | 57.7 |
| #42 |
Columbia University
United States |
72.8 | 71.5 | 83.3 | 72.8 |
| #43 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
72.6 | 72.1 | 79.5 | 69.8 |
| #44 | 72.0 | 75.0 | 70.4 | 49.9 | |
| #45 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
71.8 | 72.3 | 62.7 | 76.9 |
| #46 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
71.3 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 56.7 |
| #46 |
University of Washington
United States |
71.3 | 71.5 | 67.0 | 74.0 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
71.2 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 17.2 |
| #49 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
71.0 | 71.7 | 57.5 | 78.7 |
| #50 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
70.7 | 69.9 | 68.2 | 79.8 |
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