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<p>In the NRC-95 rankings, UCLA was:</p>
<h1>3 in linguistics</h1>
<h1>4 in psychology</h1>
<h1>5 in philosophy</h1>
<h1>5 in sociology</h1>
<h1>6 in history</h1>
<h1>8 in political science</h1>
<p>In the current QS World University rankings, UCLA is:</p>
<h1>3 in linguistics</h1>
<h1>6 in sociology</h1>
<h1>7 in psychology</h1>
<h1>8 in history</h1>
<h1>10 in mathematics</h1>
<h1>12 in english language & lit</h1>
<h1>16 in politics and international studies</h1>
<h1>17 in philosophy</h1>
<p>In the current USNWR department rankings, UCLA is:</p>
<h1>2 in psychology</h1>
<h1>8 in mathematics (#2 in logic, #2 in applied math, #3 in analysis)</h1>
<h1>9 in history</h1>
<h1>9 in sociology</h1>
<h1>10 in political science</h1>
<h1>10 in english</h1>
<p>Then there’s film, in which Hollywood Reporter pegged them at #4.
I don’t know what is the threshold for “renowned”, but I would think top 10 or so ought to qualify.</p>