In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - Linguistics 2015, universities must offer a course or the option to specialize in these disciplines, and meet the discipline specific threshold for papers published.
Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
100
89.4
100
94.1
2
2
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
91.8
79.3
89.5
89.9
3
3
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
85.2
82.4
91.1
89.9
4
7
Harvard University
United States
82.7
97.7
95.6
94.1
4
6
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
84
99.9
79.6
85
6
4
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
83.3
100
82
86.7
7
5
Stanford University
United States
82.4
92.6
99.3
94.1
8
16
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
83.6
90
83.6
81.3
9
18
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
84.3
85.5
80.6
77
10
8
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States
86.1
54.3
91.9
91.4
11
10
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
81.9
81.4
94.7
89.9
12
13
University of Pennsylvania
United States
80.7
78.9
95
91.4
13
9
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
82.3
72.7
86.3
77
14
22
Peking University
China
82.4
82.1
79.1
58.4
15
12
The University of Melbourne
Australia
79
89.5
83.3
81.3
16
11
Australian National University
Australia
79.1
87.5
82.9
72
17
14
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
76.4
87.2
88.3
95.4
18
24
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
80.2
70.8
78.1
74.6
19
20
The University of Tokyo
Japan
77.2
89.4
84.4
74.6
20
15
Ohio State University
United States
79.2
56.7
95.7
91.4
21
48
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
77.3
82.6
78.3
74.6
22
25
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
76.7
77.2
82.9
85
23
19
University of Chicago
United States
76.5
75.6
84.1
81.3
24
42
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
76.2
75.4
76.9
69.1
25
28
McGill University
Canada
74.5
75.3
89.4
81.3
25
39
University of British Columbia
Canada
74.4
77.4
87.8
81.3
27
34=
University of Maryland, College Park
United States
77
42.3
92.2
100
28
21
The University of Sydney
Australia
72.9
88.3
82.8
79.2
29
26=
Leiden University
Netherlands
77.1
65
74.2
65.9
30
44=
New York University (NYU)
United States
73
77.4
89
89.9
31
38
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
73.2
72.5
93.4
89.9
31
32
University of Toronto
Canada
73.8
71.4
88.2
88.4
33
36
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
73.1
89.1
80.1
65.9
34
26=
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States
75.2
54.7
87.4
81.3
35
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
77.4
90.2
33.5
20.8
35
23
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
73.7
76.5
75.1
65.9
37
51-100
University of Michigan
United States
71.5
73.4
90
83.2
37
51-100
University of Southern California
United States
72.6
68.8
83.7
81.3
39
33
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
70.2
81.4
86.3
86.7
39
51-100
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States
73.9
56.9
86.9
77
41
50=
Seoul National University
Korea, South
73.4
84
56.8
53.8
42
30
University of Texas at Austin
United States
70.4
66.8
92.8
95.4
43
51-100
Cornell University
United States
70
77
90.1
79.2
44
101-150
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
72.1
85.1
62.3
53.8
45
34=
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
70.4
62.7
89.4
94.1
46
41
Radboud University
Netherlands
70.7
60.8
88.2
92.8
47
51-100
National Tsing Hua University
Taiwan
72.1
68.5
73
62.4
48
17
Monash University
Australia
69.6
92.7
71
53.8
49
51-100
Georgetown University
United States
69.5
68.7
87.6
79.2
50
37
The University of Queensland
Australia
67.9
84.6
80.4
72
51-100
Beijing Foreign Studies University
China
70.1
41
40
33
51-100
151-200
Boston University
United States
66.2
63
96.2
79.2
51-100
101-150
Brown University
United States
59.4
74
90.7
79.2
51-100
51-100
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
61.4
69.2
93.4
89.9
51-100
51-100
Freie Universitä,t Berlin
Germany
62.8
69.1
80.4
81.3
51-100
46
Fudan University
China
64.2
76
60.2
48.3
51-100
51-100
Humboldt-Universitä,t zu Berlin
Germany
69.6
66.1
75.5
69.1
51-100
51-100
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
64.2
63.9
85.4
79.2
51-100
40
KU Leuven
Belgium
65.9
69.9
80.7
85
51-100
51-100
Korea University
Korea, South
67.5
84
68.4
48.3
51-100
51-100
Kyoto University
Japan
66.6
81.3
81.7
65.9
51-100
51-100
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
64
64.4
71.4
62.4
51-100
43
Macquarie University
Australia
68.9
74.9
81.4
72
51-100
101-150
Michigan State University
United States
60.7
63.3
86.3
83.2
51-100
51-100
National Taiwan Normal University
Taiwan
66.9
59.6
67.9
62.4
51-100
51-100
Pennsylvania State University
United States
62.2
66.8
83.4
83.2
51-100
Pontificia Universidad Cató,lica de Chile
Chile
69.1
61.3
53.1
33
51-100
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom
63.2
61.8
73.8
62.4
51-100
Saint-Petersburg State University
Russia
68.2
82.4
42.5
48.3
51-100
101-150
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
63.8
79.6
66.2
53.8
51-100
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
United Kingdom
72.2
51.7
56.8
48.3
51-100
51-100
Stockholm University
Sweden
68.9
53.1
85.5
72
51-100
44=
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
59.7
80.7
84.8
74.6
51-100
47
Tsinghua University
China
67.5
85.6
70.3
62.4
51-100
51-100
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
65.7
65.7
63.6
48.3
51-100
Universidad Nacional Autó,noma de Mé,xico (UNAM)