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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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Cambridge | 97.8 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | 97.7 |
| 3 | Harvard University | 95.6 |
| 4 | Yale University | 91.3 |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 90.1 |
| 6 | The University of Edinburgh | 89 |
| 7 | Stanford University | 88.9 |
| 8 | Columbia University | 87.7 |
| 9 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 87.3 |
| =10 | Princeton University | 86.5 |
| =10 | University of Toronto | 86.5 |
| 12 | UCL | 86.1 |
| 13 | University of Chicago | 85.9 |
| 14 | King's College London | 84.2 |
| =15 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 84.1 |
| =15 | New York University (NYU) | 84.1 |
| 17 | University of British Columbia | 82.3 |
| 18 | The University of Melbourne | 82 |
| =19 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | 81 |
| =19 | University of Pennsylvania | 81 |
| 21 | Cornell University | 80.9 |
| =22 | The University of Hong Kong | 80.8 |
| =22 | The University of Manchester | 80.8 |
| 24 | Duke University | 80.6 |
| 25 | The University of Sydney | 80.5 |
| 26 | Durham University | 80.3 |
| 27 | The University of Warwick | 79.3 |
| 28 | University of York | 79.2 |
| 29 | University of Leeds | 78.9 |
| =30 | Peking University | 78.5 |
| =30 | University of Birmingham | 78.5 |
| =30 | University of Glasgow | 78.5 |
| 33 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 78.3 |
| 34 | Queen Mary University of London | 78.2 |
| 35 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 77.5 |
| 36 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 77.3 |
| 37 | Australian National University (ANU) | 76.6 |
| 38 | McGill University | 76.5 |
| 39 | Lancaster University | 76.3 |
| 40 | University of St Andrews | 76.2 |
| 41 | University College Dublin | 76 |
| 42 | University of Bristol | 75.8 |
| 43 | The University of Tokyo | 75.7 |
| =44 | Brown University | 75.6 |
| =44 | Monash University | 75.6 |
| =44 | University of Exeter | 75.6 |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University | 75.3 |
| 48 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | 75.1 |
| 49 | University of Amsterdam | 74.9 |
| 50 | The University of Auckland | 74.8 |
| 51 | Seoul National University | 74.4 |
| 52 | University of Texas at Austin | 73.7 |
| 53 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 73.6 |
| 54 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 73.3 |
| 55 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 73.2 |
| 56 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 73.1 |
| 57 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 72.9 |
| 58 | University of Nottingham | 72.7 |
| 59 | The University of Queensland | 72.5 |
| =60 | The University of Sheffield | 72.4 |
| =60 | University of Sussex | 72.4 |
| =62 | Cardiff University | 72.3 |
| =62 | Sorbonne University | 72.3 |
| =62 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 72.3 |
| =65 | Newcastle University | 71.6 |
| =65 | University of Alberta | 71.6 |
| 67 | University of Virginia | 71.2 |
| =68 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | 71.1 |
| =68 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick | 71.1 |
| =70 | Johns Hopkins University | 71 |
| =70 | The Ohio State University | 71 |
| =72 | Northwestern University | 70.9 |
| =72 | Queen's University Belfast | 70.9 |
| =74 | University of Helsinki | 70.8 |
| =74 | University of Vienna | 70.8 |
| =76 | Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) | 70.7 |
| =76 | SOAS University of London | 70.7 |
| =78 | Leiden University | 70.6 |
| =78 | York University | 70.6 |
| =80 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 70.5 |
| =80 | Universität Heidelberg | 70.5 |
| =82 | University College Cork | 70.2 |
| =82 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 70.2 |
| 84 | Yonsei University | 70.1 |
| =85 | Birkbeck, University of London | 69.9 |
| =85 | Tsinghua University | 69.9 |
| =87 | Fudan University | 69.7 |
| =87 | Kyoto University | 69.7 |
| =87 | University of Galway | 69.7 |
| =90 | Boston University | 69.6 |
| =90 | University of Liverpool | 69.6 |
| =90 | Victoria University of Wellington | 69.6 |
| 93 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) | 69.5 |
| 94 | University of Copenhagen | 69.3 |
| 95 | Arizona State University | 69.1 |
| 96 | KU Leuven | 68.9 |
| 97 | Korea University | 68.7 |
| =98 | Chulalongkorn University | 68.6 |
| =98 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 68.6 |
| =100 | University of Minnesota (System) | 68.4 |
