Higher education in Latin America: top 15 universities 2023

Based on their overall scores according to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023, some of the leading Latin American universities are located in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. The Argentinian Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) ranked first with a score of 68.9 out of 100, while the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) ranked second, with 58 points.

Leading universities in Latin America in 2023, by QS score (index score)

Characteristic	QS score
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)	68.9
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)	58
Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil)	56.1
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)	54.9
Universidad de Chile (Chile)	47.5
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)	47.1
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil)	42.5
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)	41.6
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia)	38.9
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)	33.3
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)	32.1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)	29.5
Universidad de Palermo (Argentina)	29.1
El Colegio de México (Mexico)	28.3
Universidad Austral (Argentina)	27

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Release date

June 2022

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LAC

Survey time period

As of June 2023

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Only among the universities with available information

Supplementary notes

The overall QS score is based on six key indicators, namely academic reputation (40%), employer reputation (10%), faculty/student ratio (20%), citations per faculty (20%), international faculty ratio/International student ratio (5% each). For a more in-depth look on the ranking framework and methodology, please click here.
The figures provided were taken from the QS World University Rankings.

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