In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - Modern Languages 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
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
100
100
100
2
2
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
99.8
98.8
99.5
3
3
Harvard University
United States
99.1
94.6
97.8
4
4
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
94.3
84.6
91.4
5
22
Peking University
China
92.2
84.7
90
6
13
The University of Tokyo
Japan
92.3
83.7
89.7
7
5=
Yale University
United States
91.7
83.9
89.4
8
5=
Stanford University
United States
90.4
84.8
88.7
9
16
Université, Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
France
90.7
81
87.8
10
9
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
91.3
78.5
87.5
11
10
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
87.6
84.1
86.6
12
19
Columbia University
United States
90
77.8
86.3
13
7
Princeton University
United States
89.2
79.2
86.2
14
20
Humboldt-Universitä,t zu Berlin
Germany
90.2
76
85.9
15
17
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
86.4
84
85.7
16
47
Seoul National University
Korea, South
87.5
81.3
85.6
17
34
Kyoto University
Japan
90
74.9
85.5
17
8
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
87
81.9
85.5
19
18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
83.8
87.4
84.9
20
101-150
Sungkyunkwan University
Korea, South
83.9
86.6
84.7
21
14=
University of Toronto
Canada
87.7
75.9
84.2
22
49=
New York University (NYU)
United States
86.3
79
84.1
22
27
University of Chicago
United States
88.2
74.5
84.1
24
14=
Australian National University
Australia
85.3
80.5
83.9
25
33
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
83.3
85
83.8
26
12
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
85.9
78
83.5
27
51-100
Korea University
Korea, South
85.6
76.1
82.8
27
30
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
87.6
71.5
82.8
27
40
Yonsei University
Korea, South
84.1
79.9
82.8
30
21
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitä,t Heidelberg
Germany
84.5
78.6
82.7
30
11
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
86.2
74.5
82.7
32
31
Freie Universitä,t Berlin
Germany
89
66.3
82.2
33
24
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
81.4
83.6
82.1
34
35
McGill University
Canada
83.5
78.6
82
35
51-100
Tsinghua University
China
81.9
81.4
81.8
36
51-100
Fudan University
China
83.4
76.9
81.5
37
25
Cornell University
United States
84.7
73.2
81.3
37
26
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
83.3
76.5
81.3
39
51-100
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
85.5
70.5
81
40
49=
King's College London (KCL)
United Kingdom
80
82.6
80.8
41
38
University of Michigan
United States
86.1
67.8
80.6
42
28
Duke University
United States
85.6
68.7
80.5
43
43
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
84.3
69.3
79.8
44
23
The University of Melbourne
Australia
81
76.6
79.7
45
46
The University of Sydney
Australia
80.2
77.7
79.5
46
29
Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies
Korea, South
82.3
71.9
79.2
46
51-100
University of Bologna
Italy
83.8
68.4
79.2
48
51-100
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
81.2
73.7
79
49
39
Brown University
United States
82
71.2
78.8
49
42
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
79.7
76.6
78.8
49
51-100
University of British Columbia
Canada
83
69
78.8
49
36
Waseda University
Japan
83.7
67.3
78.8
51-100
101-150
Beijing Normal University
China
79.5
67
51-100
Boston University
United States
74
75.5
51-100
151-200
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
71.2
74.9
51-100
51-100
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
77.8
69.8
51-100
51-100
Durham University
United Kingdom
73.8
80.5
51-100
51-100
Eberhard Karls Universitä,t Tü,bingen
Germany
76.2
66.9
51-100
51-100
Ecole normale supé,rieure, Paris
France
80
58.7
51-100
44
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
82.5
65.5
51-100
51-100
KU Leuven
Belgium
76.4
75.4
51-100
51-100
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
75.4
72.9
51-100
51-100
Leiden University
Netherlands
79.2
72.6
51-100
51-100
Monash University
Australia
74.6
77.6
51-100
101-150
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
77.2
78
51-100
101-150
Osaka University
Japan
76.7
64.6
51-100
151-200
Pontificia Universidad Cató,lica de Chile
Chile
77.8
59.8
51-100
51-100
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy
81.6
63.2
51-100
51-100
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
74.7
74.3
51-100
32
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
United Kingdom
82.4
64.4
51-100
151-200
Stockholm University
Sweden
73.9
72.2
51-100
45
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
80
70.6
51-100
151-200
The University of New South Wales
Australia
71.2
76.8
51-100
101-150
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
71.4
75.9
51-100
51-100
The University of Queensland
Australia
72.7
76.2
51-100
51-100
University Complutense Madrid
Spain
80.2
72
51-100
37
Universidad Nacional Autó,noma de Mé,xico (UNAM)
Mexico
85.8
61
51-100
101-150
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia
76.4
71.8
51-100
51-100
Universidade de Sã,o Paulo (USP)
Brazil
78.1
71.3
51-100
51-100
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Brazil
76.2
67.1
51-100
51-100
University of Milan
Italy
76.5
71
51-100
101-150
Universitat Autó,noma de Barcelona
Spain
80.2
64
51-100
101-150
University of Barcelona
Spain
76.5
67
51-100
51-100
Universitä,t Freiburg
Germany
79.2
61.6
51-100
51-100
University of Vienna
Austria
80
57.9
51-100
51-100
Université, Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Belgium
72
73.7
51-100
101-150
Université, de Montré,al
Canada
79.3
57.4
51-100
51-100
Université, Paris 1 Panthé,on-Sorbonne