THE Latin America University Rankings

2026 edition. Published by Times Higher Education.

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Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

Rank	Institution	Claim
1	University of Sao Paulo	1st in the world
2	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)	2nd in the world
3	Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile	3rd in the world
=4	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)	4th in the world
=4	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	4th in the world
6	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	6th in the world
7	Tecnológico de Monterrey	7th in the world
8	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	8th in the world
9	National Autonomous University of Mexico	9th in the world
10	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	10th in the world
=11	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	11th in the world
=11	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	11th in the world
13	University of Chile	13th in the world
14	Universidad de Los Andes	14th in the world
15	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	15th in the world
16	Universidad Espíritu Santo	16th in the world
17	Universidade Federal do Paraná	17th in the world
18	University of Tarapacá	18th in the world
19	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	19th in the world
20	Universidade de Brasília	20th in the world
21	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	21st in the world
22	Universidade Federal de Lavras	22nd in the world
23	Adolfo Ibáñez University	23rd in the world
=24	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	24th in the world
=24	University of Havana	24th in the world
26	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos	26th in the world
27	Universidade Federal de Goiás	27th in the world
28	Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto	28th in the world
29	Universidad de Los Andes, Chile	29th in the world
=30	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	30th in the world
=30	Universidade Federal do ABC	30th in the world
=32	University of Concepción	32nd in the world
=32	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	32nd in the world
34	Universidad de Antioquia	34th in the world
35	Universidad San Francisco de Quito	35th in the world
36	Universidad de La Frontera	36th in the world
37	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	37th in the world
38	Universidade Católica de Brasília	38th in the world
=39	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	39th in the world
=39	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	39th in the world
41	Austral University of Chile	41st in the world
42	Universidad del Rosario	42nd in the world
43	Universidad del Norte	43rd in the world
=44	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná	44th in the world
=44	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	44th in the world
=44	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	44th in the world
47	Universidad de Talca	47th in the world
=48	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	48th in the world
=48	Universidade Federal Fluminense	48th in the world
50	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	50th in the world
52	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	52nd in the world
55	Universidad Diego Portales	55th in the world
=62	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	62nd in the world
=62	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	62nd in the world
64	Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral	64th in the world
75	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	75th in the world
82	Austral University	82nd in the world
85	Universidad de Costa Rica	85th in the world
93	Universidad de La Sabana	93rd in the world
=101	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	101st in the world
=101	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	101st in the world
=101	National University of San Marcos	101st in the world
=126	Universidad Central de Venezuela	126th in the world
=126	Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	126th in the world
=126	Universidad de Guadalajara	126th in the world
151	Universidad De Santander	151st in the world