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QS World Rankings by subject 2021

Posted on 8 March 2021

Linguistics at York maintains its place in the world top 100 and UK top 10, while Modern Languages is in the UK top 20.

This week the Department confirmed its place among the world's most highly regarded departments for the subject of Linguistics. The subject is ranked 10th in the UK and 85th in the world in the QS rankings. York has also risen to joint 18th in the UK across its Modern Languages provision.

Published annually since 2011, the QS World University rankings by subject highlight the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas, covering 48 subjects in 2019. Universities are scored according to academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (number of citations per paper).

In total, eight subjects at the University were ranked in the world top 100: Archaeology (18th), English Language and Literature (22nd), History (49th), Development Studies (top 100), Linguistics (top 100), Psychology (top 100), Social Policy and Administration (10th) and Sociology (top 100).