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TOP-100 best universities in English literature 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: English Literature

Study the TOP-100 best universities in the world in English literature for foreigners according to QS World University Rankings! The Diploma in English Literature develops key skills relevant to a wide variety of professions: students will learn how to explore text, including discussion, analysis, reporting, necessary for a career in publishing, journalism, broadcasting.

Modules of programs in leading universities in English literature consider the origins of British, American, modern world fiction, poetry, poetics. Students develop analytical skills, improve critical thinking, develop the ability to analyze, write, and participate in disputes. English literature programs include the study of how texts have been influenced by historical, cultural contexts, the application of critical theory, research, analysis and the formation of their own interpretations of texts.

The prestigious degree in English literature opens up a number of interesting career opportunities: graduates work in journalism, marketing, advertising, teaching, publishing.

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: English Literature

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	University of Oxford	96,4
2	Cambridge University	96,1
3	Harvard University	95,1
4	Berkeley University of California	91,9
5	Yale University	90,0
6	Stanford University	89,8
7	University of California Los Angeles UCLA	89,2
8	Columbia University	88,9
9	University of Edinburgh	88,7
10	University of Toronto	87,2
11	Princeton University	86,9
12	University College London	86,7
13	University of Chicago	86,2
14	New York University	84,8
15	King's College London	84,2
16	National University of Singapore (NUS)	82,8
=17	Duke University	82,5
=17	University of British Columbia	82,5
=19	University of Manchester	81,8
=19	Sydney University	81,8
21	Trinity College Dublin	81,7
22	University of Pennsylvania	81,0
23	The University of Melbourne	80,9
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	80,8
25	Cornell University	80,7
26	University of Birmingham	80,6
27	The University of Hong Kong	80,5
28	The Australian National University	79,6
29	Durham University	79,5
30	The University of Warwick	79,4
=31	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	79,2
=31	University of Glasgow	79,2
33	Peking University	79,1
34	University of York	78,9
35	McGill University	78,8
36	University of Leeds	78,7
37	University of Tokyo	78,6
38	Lancaster University	78,5
39	University of Amsterdam	78,0
=40	Queen Mary University of London	77,7
=40	University College Dublin	77,7
=42	Freie Universität Berlin	76,8
=42	Nanyang Technological University	76,8
44	University of St Andrews	76,4
45	The University of Texas at Austin	76,1
=46	Humboldt-University of Berlin	76,0
=46	University of Exeter	76,0
=48	Brown University	75,9
=48	The University of Auckland	75,9
50	Monash University	75,6
=51	Pennsylvania State University	75,5
=51	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	75,5
=53	Seoul National University	75,4
=53	Universiti Malaya (UM)	75,4
55	Leiden University	74,9
56	University of Virginia	74,2
57	The Ohio State University	74,1
58	Yonsei University	74,0
59	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	73,8
60	Sorbonne University	73,6
61	Victoria University of Wellington	73,5
62	University of Bristol	73,4
=63	Northwestern University	73,3
=63	University of Wisconsin - Madison	73,3
=65	Michigan State University	73,2
=65	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	73,2
=67	KU Leuven	73,1
=67	SOAS University of London	73,1
=69	Johns Hopkins University	73,0
=69	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	73,0
=71	Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna	72,9
=71	University of Nottingham	72,9
73	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	72,6
=74	University of California, Irvine	72,5
=74	University of Copenhagen	72,5
76	York University	72,4
77	The University of Queensland	72,3
78	Utrecht University	72,2
79	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	72,1
=80	Cardiff University	72,0
=80	Kyoto University	72,0
=80	Newcastle University	72,0
=83	National Taiwan University (NTU)	71,9
=83	Tsinghua University	71,9
85	Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg	71,7
86	University of Vienna	71,6
=87	Georgetown University	71,5
=87	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	71,5
=89	University of Galway	71,4
=89	University of Helsinki	71,4
=91	Fudan University	71,3
=91	Lomonosov Moscow State University	71,3
=93	Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University	71,2
=93	Birkbeck, University of London	71,2
=93	L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU)	71,2
=93	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	71,2
97	Korea University	71,1
=98	University of Liverpool	71,0
=98	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	71,0
=98	University of Sussex	71,0

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