The annual QS World University Rankings is a comprehensive guide to the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas. Using data on reputation and research citations, the rankings highlight the 200 top universities in the world for 30 individual subjects.
The top 9 universities in the UK with world rankings and overall score.
1 100.0 University of Oxford
2 98.7 University of Cambridge
8 84.7 UCL (University College London)
12 81.3 University of Edinburgh
24 77.4 The University of Warwick
32 75.1 SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
33 75.0 The University of Manchester
48 70.7 University of York
49 70.4 King's College London (KCL)
More information can be found at
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2014/modern-languages