World University Index

QS World University Rankings: Latin America & The Caribbean

2026 edition. Published by Quacquarelli Symonds.

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Rank Institution Claim
1 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 1st in the world
2 University of Sao Paulo 2nd in the world
3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) 3rd in the world
4 Tecnológico de Monterrey 4th in the world
5 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 5th in the world
=6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) 6th in the world
=6 University of Chile 6th in the world
8 Universidad de Los Andes 8th in the world
9 National Autonomous University of Mexico 9th in the world
10 University of Buenos Aires 10th in the world
11 University of Concepción 11th in the world
12 Universidad Nacional de Colombia 12th in the world
13 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro 13th in the world
14 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 14th in the world
15 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 15th in the world
16 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 16th in the world
17 Universidad de Santiago de Chile 17th in the world
18 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 18th in the world
19 Universidad de Costa Rica 19th in the world
20 Universidad de Antioquia 20th in the world
21 Universidad Nacional de La Plata 21st in the world
22 Adolfo Ibáñez University 22nd in the world
23 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 23rd in the world
24 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso 24th in the world
25 Austral University 25th in the world
26 Universidade de Brasília 26th in the world
27 Universidad del Rosario 27th in the world
28 Universidade Federal de São Paulo 28th in the world
29 Instituto Politécnico Nacional 29th in the world
30 Universidade Federal de São Carlos 30th in the world
31 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 31st in the world
32 Universidade Federal do Paraná 32nd in the world
33 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 33rd in the world
34 Universidad de La Sabana 34th in the world
35 Universidad Central de Venezuela 35th in the world
36 Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral 36th in the world
37 Austral University of Chile 37th in the world
=38 Universidad San Francisco de Quito 38th in the world
=38 University of Puerto Rico System 38th in the world
40 Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 40th in the world
41 Universidad de la República de Uruguay 41st in the world
42 Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México 42nd in the world
43 Universidad Diego Portales 43rd in the world
44 National University of San Marcos 44th in the world
=45 University of Havana 45th in the world
=45 Universidad de Los Andes, Chile 45th in the world
47 Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María 47th in the world
=48 Universidad de Talca 48th in the world
=48 Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 48th in the world
50 Universidad de Guadalajara 50th in the world
201 Universidad De Santander 201st in the world