Ranking Latin America
The ranking of the 132 best universities in Latin America in 2026
Ranking based on the average of the three main international rankings: Shanghai (ARWU), QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education.
132ranked universities
RankUniversityCountry
- 1Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Brazil - 2University of Buenos Aires
Argentina - 3National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Mexico - 4Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)Brazil
- 5Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
Chile - 6Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC de Monterrey)Mexico
- 7National University of La PlataArgentina
- 8Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)Brazil
- 9Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Brazil
- 10Universidad de ChileChile
- 11National University of CórdobaArgentina
- 12Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)Brazil
- 13Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Colombia - 14Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)Brazil
- 15Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)Brazil
- 16Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM)Mexico
- 17Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)Brazil
- 18University of PalermoArgentina
- 19El Colegio de México (COLMEX)Mexico
- 20Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)Brazil
- 21Ibero-American University (IBERO)Mexico
- 22Austral UniversityArgentina
- 23Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)Colombia
- 24University of Guadalajara (UDG)Mexico
- 25University of the Argentine EnterpriseArgentina
- 26University of BelgranoArgentina
- 27Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL)Mexico
- 28Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)Brazil
- 29National Polytechnic Institute (IPN)Mexico
- 30Universidad Externado de ColombiaColombia
- 31University of San AndrésArgentina
- 32Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)Brazil
- 33University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP)Mexico
- 34Torcuato Di Tella UniversityArgentina
- 35Universidade de Brasília (UnB)Brazil
- 36Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)Colombia
- 37Pontifical Catholic University of ArgentinaArgentina
- 38Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI)Chile
- 39Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)Brazil
- 40Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH)Chile
- 41Pontificia Universidad JaverianaColombia
- 42Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)Brazil
- 43Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM)Chile
- 44Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)Brazil
- 45Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS)Mexico
- 46ITESO, Jesuit University of GuadalajaraMexico
- 47Universidad de TarapacáChile
- 48Buenos Aires Institute of TechnologyArgentina
- 49Autonomous University of Chapingo (UACh)Mexico
- 50Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)Brazil