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The ranking of linguistic universities in Europe will tell you which universities of the European Union are recognized as the best for the study of foreign languages, literature, language theory and applied linguistics.
Students from all over the world come to the best universities in Europe to study linguistics, here they find a wide range of programs in English and other European languages, as well as interesting internships.
Linguistic universities in Europe offer to study language theory, several foreign languages, research programs and the study of related areas: sociology, philosophy, pedagogy, computer science and others.
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Best Linguistics universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | Lancaster University |
| 2 | University of Cambridge |
| 3 | University of Oxford |
| 4 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 5 | UCL |
| 6 | University of Birmingham |
| 7 | Leiden University |
| 8 | The University of Manchester |
| 9 | KU Leuven |
| 10 | Radboud University |
| 11 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| 12 | University of Amsterdam |
| 13 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 14 | University of Helsinki |
| 15 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| 16 | Queen Mary University of London |
| 17 | University of Zurich |
| 18 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) |
| 19 | University of Vienna |
| 20 | Utrecht University |
| 21 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 22 | University of Geneva |
| 23 | Ghent University |
| 24 | Université Paris Cité |
| 25 | Universität Leipzig |
| 26 | Stockholm University |
| 27 | SOAS University of London |
| 28 | Universität Potsdam |
| 29 | Sorbonne University |
| 30 | University of Groningen |
| 31 | University of Cologne |
| 32 | RUDN University |
| 33 | Moscow State Linguistic University |
| 34 | Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales |
| 35 | University of Nottingham |
| 36 | Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań |
| 37 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg |
| 38 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 39 | Charles University |
| 40 | Complutense University of Madrid |
| 41 | Dublin City University |
| 42 | HSE University |
| 43 | Jagiellonian University |
| 44 | Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz |
| 45 | Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz |
| 46 | King's College London |
| 47 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 48 | Newcastle University |
| 49 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| 50 | Universitat de Barcelona |
