Rankings of universities in Latin America have been published by Quacquarelli Symonds, SCImago and Webometrics.
QS Ranking New Rankings of Universities have been published by QS World University Rankings 2024. (apply filter by location "Latin America") (2020) Top 20 University1 Universidade de São Paulo2 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas4 Tecnológico de Monterrey5 Universidad de Chile6 Universidad de los Andes7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico8 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro9 Universidad de Buenos Aires10 UNESP11 Universidad de Concepción12 Universidad Nacional de Colombia13 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru14 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais15 Universidad de Santiago de Chile16 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana17 Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro18 Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul19 Universidad de Antioquia20 Universidad de Costa Rica
SCImago Institutions Rankings (2016) Rankings of institutions in Latin America have been published by SCImago for the year 2016.The University of São Paulo was also the best Latin American university in the SCImago rankings of 2013, 2014 and 2015. Top 20 University Country1 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil2 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas Argentina 3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil 4 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mexico 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil6 Universidade Estadual Paulista Brazil 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 8 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil9 Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina 10 Universidad de Chile Chile11 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Chile 12 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazil13 Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil14 Universidade Federal do Parana Brazil15 Instituto Politecnico Nacional Mexico16 Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina17 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia 18 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Brazil19 Universidade de Brasilia Brazil20 Universidade Federal de Vicosa Brazil
Times Higher Education (2015/2016) Rankings of universities including those in Latin America have been published by Times Higher Education Rankings 2018 Top 20 University Country1 Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil2 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil3 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile4 Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil5 Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico6 Universidad de Chile Chile7 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Brazil8 Universidad de los Andes Colombia9 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil10 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
See also List of colonial universities in Latin America
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