QS Latin America & Caribbean Ranking 2024

Latin America & Caribbean’s top universities revealed

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

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