QS Top Latin America & Caribbean Universities For 2024

LONDON, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analyst, has released the thirteenth annual list of Latin America & The Caribbean’s best universities. Evaluating the region’s institutions based on academic and employer recognition, research output, resources and internationalisation, the final table lists 430 institutions across 25 locations.

Universidade de São Paulo takes the top spot, usurping Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile which comes second while Brazil’s Universidade Estadual de Campinas places third. Brazil is the most represented higher education system, with 97 listed universities, followed by Mexico with 63 and Colombia with 61.

Overview

Argentina: 14/43 universities drop, 12 rise, 17 remain static. Universidad de Buenos Aires (9th) is national leader

Bolivia’s Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (135th) ranks seventh for Citations per Paper

Brazil leads in PhD-trained faculty and research volume

Chile is most well-renowned country among international academics

Colombia boasts the most top-50 universities for Employer Reputation

Costa Rica’s national leader, Universidad de Costa Rica, places 20th

Cuba enjoys exceptionally high teaching capacity

Dominican Republic excels in research impact

Ecuador: 82% of universities improve for Citations per Paper

Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is the region’s most well-renowned university among academics

Panama ranks for seven universities. Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (130th) is national leader

Peru is most improved overall – 33% of universities climb, 8% drop

All Uruguay’s institutions place among the top 100

Venezuela: 4/9 universities are among the region’s top-100, two are in the top-50

Latin America & Caribbean 2024: Top-20
2024 | 2023 | Institution | Location
1 | 2 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil
2 | 1 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Chile
3 | 5 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas | Brazil
4 | 4 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Mexico
5 | 3 | Universidad de Chile | Chile
6 | 6 | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia
7 | 7 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Mexico
8 | 8 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
9 | 9 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Argentina
10 | 11 | UNESP | Brazil
11 | 12 | Universidad de Concepción | Chile
12 | 10 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia
13 | 13 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | Peru
14 | 16 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Brazil
15 | 14 | Universidad de Santiago de Chil | Chile
16 | 18 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | Colombia
17 | 19 | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
18 | 17 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul | Brazil
19 | 15 | Universidad de Antioquia | Colombia
20 | 20 | Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica
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