Top universities for Modern Languages and Linguistics

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Uni of Wolverhampton

1st

0

3.75 / 5

87 / 100

100 / 100

28.14
Uni of Liverpool

2nd

1

4.29 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

13.13
Edge Hill Uni

3rd

5

4.20 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Ulster Uni

4th

-2

3.91 / 5

89 / 100

85 / 100

18.58
Uni of Huddersfield

5th

4

3.72 / 5

85 / 100

78 / 100

31.56
Uni of York

6th

4

4.00 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

18.77
Uni of Nottingham

7th

7

4.19 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

10.96
Uni of Birmingham

8th

5

4.08 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

9.54
Uni of Reading

9th

-4

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

89 / 100

13.28
Royal Holloway

10th

6

3.71 / 5

83 / 100

93 / 100

18.59
Swansea Uni

11th

-4

3.96 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

17.31
Cardiff Met Uni

12th

-1

3.89 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

York St John Uni

13th

-9

3.50 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

23.02
Uni of Sheffield

14th

-8

3.96 / 5

86 / 100

87 / 100

11.28
Aston Uni

15th

4

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

8.18
Queen Mary, UOL

16th

7

3.76 / 5

86 / 100

84 / 100

15.91
Uni of Surrey

17th

10

4.07 / 5

88 / 100

92 / 100

Cardiff Uni

18th

8

4.07 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

9.57
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol

19th

-2

3.89 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Glasgow

20th

5

3.83 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

12.15
Queen's Uni

21st

3

3.68 / 5

87 / 100

85 / 100

12.91
Uni of Exeter

22nd

6

4.08 / 5

85 / 100

85 / 100

7.17
Bishop Grosseteste Uni

23rd

74

3.59 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Manchester

24th

33

3.99 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

6.27
Newcastle Uni

25th

17

4.21 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

4.91
Uni of C.Lancashire

26th

-6

3.44 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

15.37
UWE, Bristol

27th

13

3.90 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Keele Uni

28th

34

4.07 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Chester

29th

21

4.10 / 5

87 / 100

86 / 100

Lancaster Uni

30th

5

3.65 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

10.13
Liverpool JM

31st

18

4.30 / 5

86 / 100

82 / 100

Uni of Leicester

32nd

28

4.13 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Loughborough Uni

33rd

1

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Warwick

34th

7

3.81 / 5

85 / 100

86 / 100

7.48
Glasgow Caledonian

35th

-6

3.46 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Bournemouth Uni

36th

20

4.14 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Leeds

37th

8

4.09 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

3.76
Northumbria Uni

38th

-7

4.00 / 5

85 / 100

91 / 100

USW

39th

30

3.58 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Sheffield Hallam Uni

40th

-7

3.96 / 5

87 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Cumbria

41st

7

3.42 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Westminster

42nd

12

3.73 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

12.42
Uni of Strathclyde

43rd

-4

3.74 / 5

87 / 100

93 / 100

Leeds Beckett Uni

44th

-1

3.98 / 5

85 / 100

90 / 100

The Uni of Salford

45th

21

4.07 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

UCL

46th

-8

3.85 / 5

87 / 100

83 / 100

4.81
Uni of Worcester

47th

21

4.02 / 5

89 / 100

80 / 100

Manchester Met Uni

48th

19

4.11 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Liverpool Hope Uni

49th

-31

3.32 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

UEA

50th

22

3.97 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Bangor Uni

51st

1

3.67 / 5

84 / 100

85 / 100

9.39
Uni of Hull

52nd

11

3.83 / 5

87 / 100

87 / 100

Bath Spa Uni

53rd

-9

3.58 / 5

83 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Bath

54th

-18

3.65 / 5

86 / 100

92 / 100

Uni of Southampton

55th

-34

3.18 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

14.56
Uni of Brighton

56th

17

3.78 / 5

86 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Cambridge

57th

2

3.86 / 5

85 / 100

84 / 100

2.87
Oxford Brookes

58th

16

3.96 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

Aberystwyth Uni

59th

-44

3.17 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

20.90
Uni of Bristol

60th

-23

3.74 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

7.57
Durham Uni

61st

-15

3.48 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

5.73
Edinburgh Napier

62nd

17

3.79 / 5

85 / 100

88 / 100

Uni of Portsmouth

63rd

-2

3.86 / 5

84 / 100

87 / 100

Nottingham Trent

64th

11

4.36 / 5

83 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Essex

65th

-33

3.15 / 5

83 / 100

83 / 100

17.47
Uni of Chichester

66th

18

3.82 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

De Montfort

67th

10

4.00 / 5

82 / 100

86 / 100

Falmouth Uni

68th

22

3.91 / 5

75 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Derby

69th

22

4.08 / 5

86 / 100

75 / 100

UWTSD

70th

33

2.94 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

24.71
Birmingham City Uni

71st

0

3.84 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

Uni of Greenwich

72nd

-2

3.68 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Canterbury Uni

73rd

14

3.64 / 5

88 / 100

82 / 100

Leeds Trinity Uni

74th

2

3.10 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Kent

75th

-20

3.35 / 5

82 / 100

83 / 100

11.91
Uni of Edinburgh

76th

-12

3.58 / 5

85 / 100

83 / 100

3.37
Teesside Uni

77th

-19

2.90 / 5

88 / 100

100 / 100

Open Uni

78th

18

4.02 / 5

84 / 100

77 / 100

Uni of Lincoln

79th

7

3.99 / 5

83 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Sussex

80th

-2

3.78 / 5

82 / 100

85 / 100

Uni of Gloucestershire

81st

0

3.58 / 5

84 / 100

86 / 100

Uni of Northampton

82nd

-29

2.85 / 5

86 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Plymouth

83rd

0

3.86 / 5

87 / 100

70 / 100

Uni of Roehampton

84th

-19

3.07 / 5

82 / 100

100 / 100

Uni of Oxford

85th

-55

3.17 / 5

86 / 100

83 / 100

4.42
Uni of St. Andrews

86th

-1

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

88 / 100

7.10
Uni of Hertfordshire

87th

-36

2.81 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Goldsmiths, UOL

88th

6

3.27 / 5

83 / 100

89 / 100

Uni of Stirling

89th

3

2.82 / 5

86 / 100

93 / 100

Kingston Uni

90th

10

3.66 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

SOAS

91st

-11

2.78 / 5

82 / 100

80 / 100

13.59
Heriot-Watt Uni

92nd

-10

2.97 / 5

84 / 100

89 / 100

Middlesex Uni

93rd

11

4.26 / 5

86 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Dundee

94th

-6

3.11 / 5

87 / 100

79 / 100

Uni of Bolton

95th

-6

3.17 / 5

88 / 100

75 / 100

Coventry Uni

96th

-1

3.40 / 5

83 / 100

78 / 100

Brunel Uni London

97th

2

3.36 / 5

82 / 100

75 / 100

Uni of Bedfordshire

98th

4

3.16 / 5

86 / 100

67 / 100

City, UOL

99th

8

3.62 / 5

85 / 100

50 / 100

St Mary's, Twickenham

100th

1

3.20 / 5

91 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Sunderland

101st

-8

2.53 / 5

85 / 100

75 / 100

Newman Uni

102nd

-90

1.04 / 5

90 / 100

100 / 100

Staffordshire Uni

103rd

3

3.02 / 5

87 / 100

50 / 100

Uni of Aberdeen

104th

-82

1.00 / 5

85 / 100

87 / 100

16.06
Plymouth Marjon Uni

105th

-58

0.94 / 5

89 / 100

100 / 100

London Met Uni

106th

-1

2.56 / 5

82 / 100

67 / 100

Solent Uni

107th

1

3.17 / 5

80 / 100

50 / 100

Arts Bournemouth

108th

2

3.40 / 5

73 / 100

50 / 100

Wrexham Uni

109th

-11

0.80 / 5

84 / 100

100 / 100

Birkbeck Uni

110th

-1

0.68 / 5

80 / 100

69 / 100

13.69
Uni of East London

111th

1

3.39 / 5

85 / 100

LSBU

112th

-1

3.23 / 5

84 / 100

Blackburn

n/a

0

2.83 / 5

78 / 100

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