QS Latin America
When students, parents and teachers search for a prestigious university to suit their specifications, they duly turn to world rankings to see if their desired establishment ranks highly. The university pecking order is not an outdated institution, but an essential method to ensure that prospective students adequately assess their place of learning before committing to a period of study.
| Ranking | Institution | Country |
Previous ranking |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2
|
 |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
|
Brazil
|
1
|
|
|
10
|
 |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
|
Brazil
|
10
|
10.6%
|
|
9
|
 |
Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
|
Brazil
|
11
|
|
|
19
|
 |
Universidad de Buenos Aires
|
Argentina
|
12
|
|
|
16
|
 |
Universidad de Santiago de Chile - USACH
|
Chile
|
13
|
|
|
10
|
 |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul
|
Brazil
|
14
|
|
|
12
|
 |
Universidad de Concepción
|
Chile
|
15
|
|
|
26
|
 |
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN)
|
Mexico
|
16
|
|
|
15
|
 |
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
|
Brazil
|
17
|
|
|
13
|
 |
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC - Rio)
|
Brazil
|
18
|
|
|
22
|
 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa María de los Buenos Aires - UCA
|
Argentina
|
19
|
|
|
1
|
 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
|
Chile
|
2
|
|
|
31
|
 |
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
|
Colombia
|
20
|
|
|
17
|
 |
Universidade de Brasilia (UnB)
|
Brazil
|
21
|
|
|
25
|
 |
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
|
Argentina
|
22
|
|
|
30
|
 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
|
Peru
|
23
|
|
|
21
|
 |
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
|
Argentina
|
24
|
|
|
20
|
 |
Universidad Austral
|
Argentina
|
25
|
|
|
23
|
 |
Universidad de Costa Rica
|
Costa Rica
|
26
|
|
|
28
|
 |
Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA)
|
Mexico
|
27
|
|
|
33
|
 |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC - SP)
|
Brazil
|
28
|
|
|
27
|
 |
Universidad Central de Venezuela - UCV
|
Venezuela
|
28
|
|
|
18
|
 |
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
|
Brazil
|
29
|
|
|
3
|
 |
Universidade estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
|
Brazil
|
3
|
|
|
36
|
 |
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
|
Mexico
|
31
|
|
|
23
|
 |
Universidad de Antioquia
|
Colombia
|
32
|
|
|
35
|
 |
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM)
|
Mexico
|
33
|
|
|
32
|
 |
Universidad Simón Bolívar Venezuela
|
Venezuela
|
34
|
|
|
34
|
 |
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
|
Brazil
|
35
|
|
|
29
|
 |
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
|
Chile
|
36
|
|
|
40
|
 |
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
|
Brazil
|
37
|
|
|
42
|
 |
Universidad del Rosario
|
Colombia
|
38
|
|
|
37
|
 |
Universidad Austral de Chile
|
Chile
|
39
|
|
|
5
|
 |
Universidad de Los Andes Colombia
|
Colombia
|
4
|
|
|
39
|
 |
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
|
Chile
|
40
|
|
|
38
|
 |
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
|
Brazil
|
41
|
|
|
46
|
 |
Universidad de San Andrés
|
Argentina
|
41
|
|
|
43
|
 |
Universidade Federal do Pernambuco
|
Brazil
|
43
|
|
|
44
|
 |
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
|
Argentina
|
44
|
|
|
46
|
 |
Universidad Nacional de Rosario
|
Argentina
|
45
|
|
|
49
|
 |
Universidade Federal Fluminense
|
Brazil
|
47
|
|
|
50
|
 |
Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP)
|
Mexico
|
48
|
|
|
41
|
 |
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
|
Brazil
|
49
|
|
|
45
|
 |
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA)
|
Argentina
|
49
|
|
|
6
|
 |
Universidad de Chile
|
Chile
|
5
|
|
|
48
|
 |
Universidad de Puerto Rico
|
Puerto Rico
|
51
|
|
|
8
|
 |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
|
Mexico
|
6
|
|
|
7
|
 |
Tec de Monterrey
|
Mexico
|
7
|
|
|
4
|
 |
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
|
Brazil
|
8
|
|
|
14
|
 |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
|
Colombia
|
9
|