Linguistics at York placed 10th in the UK and in the top 100 globally

Posted on 23 March 2023

Linguistics at York placed 10th in the UK and in the top 100 in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2023).

This week, York’s Department of Language and Linguistic Science confirmed its place among the world’s most highly regarded departments for the subject of linguistics. This subject was ranked 10th in the UK and in the top 100 in the world by QS World University Rankings (2023). This department sits in our Arts and Humanities faculty, which was ranked 66th in the world.

Published annually, QS World University Rankings assess over 50 subjects, at over 1,400 universities, on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact.

Professor Monika S. Schmid, Head of the Department of Language and Linguistic Science “I am delighted that we have been ranked 10th in the UK for Linguistics. This reflects our position as the top department for the quality of our research, as established by the Research Excellence Framework last year, and our commitment to providing our students with an excellent education. I am proud of my wonderful and hard-working colleagues for making this happen.”

York's overall position

In total, four subjects at the University of York were ranked in the top 50 globally, as well as top 20 in the UK:

Archaeology (5th in the UK, 20th globally)
Social Policy and Administration (7th in the UK, 28th= globally)
English Language and Literature (11th in the UK, 35th globally)
Education (9th in the UK, 47th globally)

Three more were ranked in the top 100 in the world, 3 of which are ranked as top 20 in the UK:

History (11th= in the UK, 51-100 globally)
Linguistics (10th in the UK. 92nd= globally)
Development Studies (11th= in the UK, 51-100 globally)

In the broad subject of Arts and Humanities we were ranked 66th= globally.